{"id":92580,"date":"2025-05-06T03:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T07:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=92580"},"modified":"2025-05-08T08:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:31:54","slug":"utoledo-foundation-embraces-innovation-with-ai-engagement-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/05_06_2025\/utoledo-foundation-embraces-innovation-with-ai-engagement-officer","title":{"rendered":"UToledo Foundation Embraces Innovation with AI Engagement Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an exciting new partnership with the digital fundraising and engagement company Givzey, The University of Toledo Foundation has introduced a first of its kind virtual engagement officer powered by artificial intelligence \u2014 Doug Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>Doug will interact with alumni, donors and community members by sharing information on events, engagement opportunities and other areas of the University, enhancing outreach and engagement efforts in new and innovative ways.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92581\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92581\" class=\"wp-image-92581\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Doug-Reynolds-Virtual-Engagement-Officer.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Doug Reynold, the first virtual engagement officer powered by artificial intelligence at The University of Toledo Foundation.\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Doug-Reynolds-Virtual-Engagement-Officer.jpg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Doug-Reynolds-Virtual-Engagement-Officer-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Reynolds is the first virtual engagement officer powered by artificial intelligence at The University of Toledo Foundation.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He\u2019s designed by Boston-based Givzey, which introduced the most advanced technology that nonprofit fundraising has ever seen with the launch of the AI Research and Development Design Lab, Version2.ai, in 2024. Version2 looks to build the world&#8217;s most experienced fundraising and engagement officer using autonomous artificial intelligence so organizations can add trusted fundraising capacity to programs of any size.<\/p>\n<p>UToledo is the first nonprofit to utilize these tools in the state of Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to be one of the first higher education partners and the first collaborator in the state to introduce this new technology from Givzey,\u201d said Brittanie Kuhr, executive director for main campus development. \u201cAs we continue to grow and move forward, it is the Foundation\u2019s responsibility to support not only our campus community but also alumni and friends from UToledo by continuing to engage and connect with them in new ways. We&#8217;re thrilled to be leading the way, finding new approaches to meet our supporters where they are with exciting, groundbreaking solutions that build connection and community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more and opt-in to the virtual engagement officer program, go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utoledofoundation.ai\/\">UToledo Foundation website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/05_06_2025\/utoledo-foundation-embraces-innovation-with-ai-engagement-officer\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Doug-Reynolds-Virtual-Engagement-Officer-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Image of Doug Reynold, the first virtual engagement officer powered by artificial intelligence at The University of Toledo Foundation.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>Doug Reynolds, developed by the digital fundraising and engagement company Givezy, will enhance outreach and engagement among alumni, donors and community members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":908,"featured_media":92581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92580"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92595,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92580\/revisions\/92595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}