Philanthropy, technology, and the social good

[Cindy McMurray]

A colloquy with SUNY Plattsburgh alumnus Tim Sarrantonio

Institute for Ethics in Public Life

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Noon over Zoom: https://bit.ly/3smLXc4

Tim Sarrantonio ‘04 is director of brand at Neon One, a firm that builds
software applications designed to help small to midsize not-for-profit
organizations manage and grow their fundraising efforts. Tim has
considerable experience in the nonprofit world. His expertise includes
working on fundraising databases of all sizes, procuring grants, and
formulating communication and fundraising campaigns in the nonprofit
sector. Tim also has raised more than $3 million for various causes. He has
been a frequent presenter at international conferences and is a TEDx
speaker on technology and philanthropy. Tim serves as an active volunteer
in his home community around Niskayuna, New York.

Tim will join Institute director Dr. Jonathan Slater in an hour-long
conversation about ways technology has been affecting and shaping the
nonprofit sector. How can organizations ethically manage donor information
in light of recent advances in information processing and major shifts in
the use of computer technology, such as the widespread adoption of
artificial intelligence? Why are many firms experiencing challenges in
trying to adapt their fundraising efforts to changes brought about by the
current pandemic? Tim believes we ought to be seeking answers to these and
other questions now and engaging in a collective conversation about the
social and ethical implications of the wholesale enlistment of technology
in the field of nonprofit philanthropy.



Ethics Institute colloquies are open to the entire SUNY Plattsburgh
community.

The Institute for Ethics in Public Life is supported by generous gifts to
the Plattsburgh College Foundation.

For further information about the Institute, contact Dr. Jonathan Slater,
director, at slaterjr at plattsburgh.edu.
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