Cohort 1

A transformative four week course designed for social impact professionals to leverage the power of AI for your work and careers. 

Craig Zelizer, PhD

Changemaker, Angel Investor, Professor, Founder with 30+ Years Experience in the Social Impact Sector

Catalina Rojas, PhD

Shaking things up for Impact for 30+ Years. 

AI for Social Impact Professionals

Marketing

IREX

PCDN

Evolve from a social impact enthusiast to a discerning user of AI. Save dozens of hours each month, enhance your projects, and gain nuanced insights into the AI terrain. Learn to select the right AI tools while thoughtfully navigating ethical challenges and opportunities. We will explore popular tools such as ChatGpt, Germini, Claude, PI and Bing. We will also deeply explore many others that can be used for building a website in a few minutes, crafting social media content and scheduling, conducting research, blogging, report writing, for funding proposals, podcasting, video creation and editing, marketing for impact and much more more.

Leverage the power of AI for Impact

Designed for Social Impact Professionals eager to amplify their work through AI.

Is eager to leverage the power of AI tools to radically improve your work, save hundreds of hours per year and open to trying new tools.

For those excited yet mindful of AI's potential. Time to engage responsibly &amp; help find the tools for you and your work + shape AI as well

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

Gain a solid understanding of AI, from its basic principles to its inner workings. This foundational knowledge will empower you to make informed decisions in your individual and organizational work.

What you need to know about AI and Machine Learning

Explore a range of AI tools tailored for social impact. You'll learn how to choose and more importantly use the right tools to enhance your initiatives and drive meaningful change. We will dive into many cutting edge tools beyond ChatGPT, Gemini, PI, Claude and Bard.

The Right Tools for Social Impact

Understand the power of prompting in AI. You'll learn how to craft effective prompts to maximize the utility and accuracy of AI in your work. Also learn how to iterate and learn from others and AI itself to prompt for impact.

Prompting for Impact

Delve into the ethical considerations of using AI as well as how AI is being built for the rest of the world and impact uses. You'll leave equipped with guidelines and best practices to ensure responsible and ethical AI usage for individual and organizational use.

To AI or Not AI

Learn the strategies and resources to stay up-to-date in the rapidly evolving field of AI. You'll also discover how to be part of shaping how AI evolves and connect with key networks for ongoing learning and impact.

A Bright Impact Future or an AI Apocalypse 

All participants will receive an amazing of over 100 AI tools for impact ranging from design, writing, podcasting, finance and more.

A Terrific List of AI Tools 4 Impact

All course participants will also receive one year access to the PCDN Career Campus. Members receive 350 human curated job, funding, upskilling, event, fellowships, each month in the impact sector + weekly office hours, monthly workshops + our AI podcast + AI Tool Database.

Membership in the PCDN Career Campus

<ul><li>Gain a foundational understanding of what AI is and how it works.</li><li>Learn to make informed decisions when incorporating AI into your social impact projects.</li><li>Start Engaging &amp; Using AI Tools for Impact</li></ul>

Demystifying AI: A Guide for Social Impact
 

<ul><li>Explore a curated list of AI tools designed specifically for social impact.</li><li>Learn how to use the tools effectively.</li><li>Master the art of prompting to unlock the full potential of AI in your projects.</li></ul>

AI Power-Up: Radically Grow Your Impact with Smart Tools & Techniques
 

<ul><li>Understand the ethical considerations and best practices for responsible AI usage.</li><li>Explore how many in the impact sector are building AI tools focused on ethical use in the rest of the world.</li><li>Learn how to stay current in the AI field and connect with key networks for ongoing impact.</li></ul>

Ethics: Navigating the AI Landscape of Today and the Future
 

Course syllabus

Coaching the 🌎 with AI 🤖🧠 | Co-founder at Bunch

Senior Expert in DEI in the Impact Sector

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These will be highly engaging cohort-based sessions.

Course Sessions, October 16-Nov 6

We will host three optional office hours for trying out tools in even more depth based on your goals, space for any additional questions and extra guidance from the pcdn team.

Optional Office Hours Oct 24, Nov 7 & 14

Schedule items can also be used to convey commitments outside of specific time slots (like weekly projects or daily office hours).

Weekly projects

Course schedule

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Active hands-on learning

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Interactive and project-based

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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