The CFJC’s Nonprofit Book Club has read and discussed 17 books together, and we welcome you to join us for Book #18! This opportunity is open to anyone – donors, nonprofit partners, and community members. The Nonprofit Book Club is an informal space for professional development, networking, and learning. We hope you can join us.
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Nonprofit Book Club
Book Club Discussion
“Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI” by Ethan Mollick
The focus of the next Johnson County Nonprofit Alliance Book Club Event will be Ethan Mollick’s New York Times Bestseller, “Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI“. This book assesses artificial intelligence’s profound impact on business and education, using dozens of real-time examples of AI in action. Read the full summary below!
We’re working on a location for our early November discussion, but details will be available soon! Please join us for this timely discussion on AI!
Summary: Something new entered our world in November 2022 — the first general purpose AI that could pass for a human and do the kinds of creative, innovative work that only humans could do previously. Wharton professor Ethan Mollick immediately understood what ChatGPT meant: after millions of years on our own, humans had developed a kind of co-intelligence that could augment, or even replace, human thinking. Through his writing, speaking, and teaching, Mollick has become one of the most prominent and provocative explainers of AI, focusing on the practical aspects of how these new tools for thought can transform our world. (Source: Summary from Penguin Random House Publishing)
Discussion Date/Location TBD
Featured Free Event
The Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature is hosting John Warner, author of More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 8th, at the Iowa City Public Library during the Iowa City Book Festival! Learn more about the Book Festival and this FREE event here!
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Resources
Resources mentioned in discussion and shared by book club members:
Mountains Beyond Mountains (Tracy Kidder)
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Malcolm Gladwell)
The Resilience Myth (Soraya Chemaly)
On Her Own Ground: The Life of Madam C.J. Walker (A’Lelia Bundles)
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Caroline Criado-Perez)
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor (Jacqueline Novogratz)
Leaders Eat Last (Simon Sinek)
We Heard It When We Were Young (Chuy Renteria)
Dare to Lead (Brene Brown)
Philanthropy Revolution (Lisa Greer)
The Light We Carry (Michelle Obama)
Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind (Alex Counts)
The Last Suspicious Holdout (Laddee Hubbard)
Made to Stick (Chip & Dan Heath)
Make the Impossible, Possible (Bill Strickland)
- Bill Strickland’s Webpage
- 1619 Freedom School, Waterloo IA
- Strickland Lecture Event Page, UofI
- Strickland UofI Lecture News Article
- David Gould Life Design Class Page
- Bill Strickland’s Music to Make the Impossible Possible
No More Duct Tape Fundraising: A Nonprofit Leaders Guide to Raising More Money (Rachel Ramjatten)
- Virtual Solicitation Tips (Book Club Members)
Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership (Joan Garry)
- Board Term Limits (BoardSource)
- Board Succession Planning (BoardSource)
- Board Recruitment Tool (Iowa Council of Foundations)
- How To Train Your Board to Fundraise (Trainyourboard.com)