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AI for Nonprofits & Communities

AI adoption, communications, fundraising support, program development, and community impact.

Nonprofit staff, volunteers, faith and community leaders, and civic groups.
4 classes 3 labs 7–9 weeks, team-friendly

What you finish with

A communications workflow, a grant-research assistant, and a shared organizational knowledge library.

The sequence

Take them in this order. Each one assumes what the last one taught.

1
Beginner

01 — AI Made Simple

Understand what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot actually do, pick one, catch its mistakes, and know what you'll never paste in.

2 hours Live, up to 10 people
2
Beginner

02 — Prompting for Real Life

Learn a four-part way to ask AI for what you want, fix answers that miss, and leave with three tested prompt templates for your own weekly tasks.

2 hours Live, up to 10 people
3
Intermediate

07 — AI for Small Business & Nonprofits

Score where AI pays off in your organization, draft an update with zero invented numbers, and leave with a one-page AI policy your team can live with.

2 hours Live, up to 10 people
4
IntermediateAdvanced

09 — AI Automation Lab

Map one tedious task, then build one small working automation with an AI step in the middle and your approval before anything reaches a person.

2 hours Live, up to 10 people

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Labs in this path

Each lab pairs with a class above and produces something you keep.

Intermediate Follow-on lab · 2 hours · $99

Create an AI Newsletter Workflow

Build the full pipeline for a recurring newsletter — source gathering, drafting, review, and scheduling — with a human approval step before anything sends.

You leave with
A working newsletter workflow with approval.

ClaudeZapierEmail platform
Beginner Follow-on lab · 2 hours · $99

Create a Personal Research Assistant

Configure an assistant that researches a topic properly — gathering, comparing, citing, and summarizing into a one-page brief you can act on.

You leave with
A research assistant plus a finished one-page brief.

ClaudeChatGPT
Beginner Follow-on lab · 2 hours · $99

Create a Knowledge Library

Turn scattered documents, notes, and institutional knowledge into a searchable library your AI tools can reason over.

You leave with
A working knowledge library with a query workflow.

Claude ProjectsGoogle Drive or SharePoint

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5 classes 3 labs

AI for Small Business

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4 classes 3 labs

Find Your AI Learning Group.

Bring one task you want to make easier. We organize a class when 10 people with similar work needs are interested. See the class details before you decide to enroll.