Ideas, opinions, and lessons from building software for nonprofits, families, and the Singapore social sector.
The privacy worry comes from consumer AI tools, not enterprise ones. What "we don't train on your data" really means, the four-step ladder from safest-easiest to hardest — and why the biggest real risk is staff quietly using free AI tools because the org gave them nothing official.
One rule everyone can remember, six clauses your DPO can live with, and a 15-minute rollout. Print it, fill in the blanks, and close the "shadow AI" gap that actually causes incidents. Free to use and adapt.
The funding feels less like a maze once you can see the steps. A plain-English walkthrough of applying for the NCSS Transformation Sustainability Scheme — eligibility, OHFSS, the OurSG Grants portal, and the documents you need at each stage. Checked against the official source.
The Organisational Health Framework for Social Services sounds like an audit and feels like a gate to funding. Here's what it really is — the seven domains it measures, why it's often the first step to TSS digitalisation funding, and how to approach it without dread.
A practical guide for separated parents: the everyday flashpoints — schedules, expenses, messages — the habits that take the heat out of them, and how a co-parenting app like CoParentIt makes coordination calmer. General information, not legal advice.
The PDPA doesn't forbid AI — it asks for care, honesty, and accountability. A plain-English walk through the PDPC's AI guidelines, the breach rules, four rules of thumb that keep you safe, and a one-afternoon checklist before you switch anything on.
The NCSS Transformation Sustainability Scheme (previously Tech-and-GO!) co-funds up to 80% of digitalisation for eligible agencies — CRM systems, bespoke builds, and consultancy. Exact caps, eligibility, and a practical path to applying.
A practitioner's guide to picking a nonprofit CRM in Singapore. Covers case management, donor tracking, PDPA, IPC receipts, and honest comparisons of Salesforce, Bonterra, Bloomerang, Zoho and custom builds.