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Google's NotebookLM is a free AI-powered research assistant and note-taking tool. In some ways it's like other Generative AI tools. But the audio interview function is different. I tried it today with a report I'm very familiar with. It's pretty neat.

In this August 2021 Building Migrant Resilience in Cities webinar researchers presented a project that documents how access to information influenced collective resilience, settlement, and social inclusion among Yazidi refugees and Turkish-speaking refugee claimants in York Region.

This February 2024 webinar explored WhatsApp's potential to enhance your nonprofits communication strategies. Presenters provided an overview of the skills needed to seamlessly incorporate WhatsApp's functionalities into their operational and outreach endeavors.

In this December 2018 video I thought out loud about the future of immigrant/refugee settlement work, but really human service more broadly. We've learned a lot since then. Experienced a lot. I thought it would be interesting to reshare this 2018 reflection now to see where we're at. And not much has changed.

From UK digital transformation consultancy Zoe Amar Digital (so much great stuff always coming out of the UK for nonprofits and charities), this checklist ensures that you create a shared understanding of AI in your organization's leadership, make the right decisions about AI, and have processes to review your progress.

As I look forward into 2024, I thought I'd look back. In 2023 I posted 146 articles, 28 publications, and 5 good ideas on this site. That's not enough publications and good ideas, given how much is out there, and how much folks in the sector want, need, and like to hear about interesting projects and insightful resources. My goal for 2024 would be to post more of those.

I realized that while many of the articles, research reports, and Good Ideas I share in the newsletter lead back here, not all do. And, maybe having weekly summary of posts on this site might make sense. Granted, it only took me 92 editions of my newsletter to realize that, but such is life. From now on I'm going to post my newsletters here. I hope you find it useful.

What has the settlement sector learned from the COVID-19 pandemic? What knowledge do we want to carry into the future? This article considers the need for innovation in online service post the COVID-19 pandemic, and propose sharing and dissemination of resources as the best approach to long-term project sustainability.

This report presents a review of relevant literature and an analysis of 25 programmes selected from across the world that have used innovative information and communication technologies (ICTs) in literacy and education for refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons (IDPs).