<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Blog on Ops Machine</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/</link><description>Recent content in Blog on Ops Machine</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://opsmachine.co/blog/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>We Host the FrUn SMB AI Guide — Ten Experts on AI for Small Business</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/frun-smb-ai-guide-hosted/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/frun-smb-ai-guide-hosted/</guid><description>Ten fractional leaders wrote the same six-part playbook for SMB owners. We host the hub and Mitch&amp;rsquo;s full Operations chapter; every contributor gets equal credit and a LinkedIn link.</description></item><item><title>80% of Nonprofits Are Already Using AI. Only 10% Have a Policy. Here's What That Means for Your Organization.</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/80pct-policy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/80pct-policy/</guid><description>80% of nonprofit workers use AI; only 10% of organizations have a policy. The gap creates privacy exposure, inconsistent quality, and staff anxiety — fixable with a one-page policy in an afternoon.</description></item><item><title>AI Adoption in the Canadian Nonprofit Sector: Where We Actually Are in 2026</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/nfp-canada-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/nfp-canada-2026/</guid><description>Canadian nonprofits aren&amp;rsquo;t lagging on AI — 80% of workers already use it, but only 10% have policies. Organizations move through shadow experimentation, paralysis, and intentional integration.</description></item><item><title>AI Consulting in Canada: What to Actually Look for Before You Hire</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/ai-consulting-canada/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/ai-consulting-canada/</guid><description>Canadian organizations hiring AI consultants should prioritize regulatory knowledge (PIPEDA, Law 25), sector-specific experience, and measurable outcomes over tool hype. Boutique consultants often fit SMB and nonprofit needs better than large agencies.</description></item><item><title>AI Consulting in Montreal: What the Local Market Actually Needs</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/ai-consulting-montreal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/ai-consulting-montreal/</guid><description>Montreal&amp;rsquo;s AI consulting market is noisy. Good consultants diagnose before prescribing tools, understand bilingual and Law 25 requirements, and build internal capacity rather than dependency.</description></item><item><title>AI for Nonprofits in Quebec: What's Actually Working (And What Isn't)</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/ai-for-nonprofits-quebec/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/ai-for-nonprofits-quebec/</guid><description>Quebec nonprofits are adopting AI fast — 80% of workers use it, but 64% have no plan. The wins are in admin offloading and research synthesis; the risks are unguided use, wrong problems, and single-expert dependency.</description></item><item><title>AI Whack-a-Mole: Why Your AI Projects Keep Failing</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/ai-whack-a-mole/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/ai-whack-a-mole/</guid><description>AI Whack-a-Mole is the cycle of fixing AI output that wasn&amp;rsquo;t done right the first time. The fix isn&amp;rsquo;t a better model — it&amp;rsquo;s structure: separate instructions from prompts, define what &amp;lsquo;done&amp;rsquo; looks like, and add checkpoints.</description></item><item><title>How to Use AI Without Feeding It Confidential Data: A Practical Guide for Nonprofits</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/confidential-data-nonprofits/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/confidential-data-nonprofits/</guid><description>Nonprofits can use AI safely by categorizing tasks into AI-safe, de-identify-first, and human-only buckets — and by using paid plans with data processing agreements where client data is involved.</description></item><item><title>Nonprofit AI Governance: How to Build a Policy Without a Six-Month Committee Process</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/policy-template/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/policy-template/</guid><description>Your nonprofit needs an AI policy — but not a six-month committee process. A one-page living document with approved tools, prohibited data, and an escalation path can ship this week.</description></item><item><title>Start with Impact, Not Tech: A Framework for Evaluating AI Use Cases at Your Nonprofit</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/impact-not-tech/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/impact-not-tech/</guid><description>Before choosing AI tools, nonprofits should categorize work into Automate (routine, low-stakes), Augment (human judgment with AI support), and Human-Only — then apply a mission integrity filter.</description></item><item><title>The Dispatcher Model: How to Build AI Workflows That Don't Break</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/dispatcher-model/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/dispatcher-model/</guid><description>The Dispatcher Model treats AI like a functioning team: a routing index (Dispatcher), reusable ingredients (Primitives), task recipes (Skills), and quality standards (Contracts) — so workflows don&amp;rsquo;t break as they scale.</description></item><item><title> How to Share App pages &amp; How to use url parameters for deep linking in a Web app</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/how-to-share-app-pages-how-to-use-url-parameters-for-deep-linking-in-a-web-app/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/how-to-share-app-pages-how-to-use-url-parameters-for-deep-linking-in-a-web-app/</guid><description>How to use url parameters to redirect users to pages that have been shared with them from a mobile app.</description></item><item><title>Adalo External user collections with Xano Part 1 + Part 2</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/adalo-external-user-collections-with-xano-part-1-part-2/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/adalo-external-user-collections-with-xano-part-1-part-2/</guid><description>Part 1 focuses on Authentication; Part 2 focuses on Storing logged in user data</description></item><item><title>Adalo Layout Tutorial</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/adalo-layout-tutorial/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/adalo-layout-tutorial/</guid><description>Step by Step guide to Adalo&amp;rsquo;s layout engine</description></item><item><title>Adalo Preauthorized stripe Payment</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/adalo-preauthorized-stripe-payment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/adalo-preauthorized-stripe-payment/</guid><description>3 part video of how to integrate compliant preauthorized stripe payments into you app using stripe.</description></item><item><title>Always Be Delivering</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/always-be-delivering/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/always-be-delivering/</guid><description>Deliver [&amp;hellip;] frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale.</description></item><item><title>Auto-Blogging new Podcast Episodes to Wordpress via Make.com</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/auto-blogging-new-podcast-episodes-to-wordpress-via-make-com/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/auto-blogging-new-podcast-episodes-to-wordpress-via-make-com/</guid><description>automatically posting blog posts on WordPress when your blog is actually hosted somewhere else using Make.com</description></item><item><title>Creating Adalo Custom Actions with Integromat Webhooks (2021) - Low Code Superpowers</title><link>https://opsmachine.co/blog/creating-adalo-custom-actions-with-integromat-webhooks-2021-low-code-superpowers-2/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://opsmachine.co/blog/creating-adalo-custom-actions-with-integromat-webhooks-2021-low-code-superpowers-2/</guid><description>Step-by-step tutorial on creating Adalo custom actions and connecting them to other platforms via Integromat (Make.com).</description></item><item><title>Creating Discord Token Price &amp; 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