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AI for Social Impact Professionals
4.2
(14 ratings)
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
A transformative four week course designed for social impact professionals to leverage the power of AI for your work and careers.
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Course overview
Leverage the power of AI for Impact
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.
Who is this course for
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Designed for Social Impact Professionals eager to amplify their work through AI.
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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.
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For those excited yet mindful of AI's potential. Time to engage responsibly & help find the tools for you and your work + shape AI as well
What you’ll get out of this course
What you need to know about AI and Machine Learning
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.
The Right Tools for Social Impact
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.
Prompting for 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.
To AI or Not AI
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.
A Bright Impact Future or an AI Apocalypse
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 Terrific List of AI Tools 4 Impact
All participants will receive an amazing of over 100 AI tools for impact ranging from design, writing, podcasting, finance and more.
Membership in the PCDN Career Campus
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.
This course includes
7 interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
4 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
3 projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
AI for Social Impact Professionals
Course syllabus
Week 1
Jun 4—Jun 9
Week dates are set to instructor's time zoneEvents
- Jun
4
Week 1: AI and Social Impact - Foundations and Prompting
Week 1: AI and Social Impact - Foundations and Prompting
Tue, Jun 4, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Modules
- AI and Social Impact - Foundations and PromptingAI and Social Impact - Foundations and Prompting1 Lesson
Week 2
Jun 10—Jun 16
Week dates are set to instructor's time zoneEvents
- Jun
11
Week 2: AI, Impact and Core Tools
Week 2: AI, Impact and Core Tools
Tue, Jun 11, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
- Jun
12
Optional: Option Office Hours #1
Optional: Option Office Hours #1
Wed, Jun 12, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Modules
- AI, Impact and Core ToolsAI, Impact and Core Tools1 Lesson • 1 Project
Week 3
Jun 17—Jun 23
Week dates are set to instructor's time zoneEvents
- Jun
18
Week 3: AI Impact Tools For Your Work
Week 3: AI Impact Tools For Your Work
Tue, Jun 18, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
- Jun
19
Optional Office Hours #2
Optional Office Hours #2
Wed, Jun 19, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Modules
- AI Tools & Potential for Individual Impact WorkAI Tools & Potential for Individual Impact Work1 Lesson • 1 Project
Week 4
Jun 24—Jun 26
Week dates are set to instructor's time zoneEvents
- Jun
24
Optional Office Hours #3
Optional Office Hours #3
Mon, Jun 24, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
- Jun
25
Week 4: Leveraging AI for the Future of Impact Work, Next Steps
Week 4: Leveraging AI for the Future of Impact Work, Next Steps
Tue, Jun 25, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Modules
- How to Shape and Better Engage with AI Before Today and in the FutureHow to Shape and Better Engage with AI Before Today and in the Future1 Lesson • 1 Project
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Meet your instructor
Craig Zelizer, PhD
Changemaker, Angel Investor, Professor, Founder with 30+ Years Experience in the Social Impact Sector
Dr. Craig Zelizer is the Founder of http://PCDN.global, which connects a global community of changemakers to the tools, opportunities and inspiration to build careers of impact and scale change. In the community and beyond he is regularly testing tons of AI tools and leading workshops on AI for social impact.
He has strong tri-sectoral experience in social entrepreneurship, higher education and the nonprofit sector.
He is a very active angel investor for social impact, investing in over 100 startups around the world working in sustainability, fintech, future of work and future of transport including several AI impact startups.
He serves as a scout for Carbon Collective, Enduring Planet, a Deal Partner for Ganas Ventures and a Mentor for Seedscout.
From 2006 to 2016 he served as a professor in the Conflict Resolution program at Georgetown University (where he still serves as an Adjunct Faculty teaching a class on social entrepreneurship).
He has led trainings, workshops and consultancies in over 25 countries organizations including with USAID, Rotary International, Partners Global, University for Peace, University of San Diego and many others. He has coached over 200 social impact professionals to help them upskill, land their next career opp and for many explore their relationship to money.
Craig is a recognized leader in the social sector field. He has received several awards including George Mason’s School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution’s alumni of the year award and an alumni career achievement award from Central European University.
Dr. Zelizer spent two years in Hungary as Fulbright Scholar and was a Boren Fellow in Bosnia. He has published widely on innovation in higher education, international development and peacebuilding.
Catalina Rojas, PhD
Shaking things up for Impact for 30+ Years.
Originally from Bogota, Colombia, she received her Doctoral degree from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.
She has been a consultant for international organizations and worked in many social impact sectors including gender, international development and peacebuilding.
She has published academic articles, trained and taught around the world and enjoyed working directly with women’s organizations in advocacy issues.
She has been a recipient of a number of scholarships, received professional awards, but she has also quit jobs.
She is currently Director at PCDN.global where she is delighted to support the next generation of troublemakers for good. She is an AI skeptic but is experimenting, using AI tools regularly in her work and curious.
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AI for Social Impact Professionals
June 2024 AI for Impact
$385 USD
Dates
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Course schedule
3-4 hours per week
Course Sessions, June 4-25
12 pm - 2:00pm EST
These will be highly engaging cohort-based sessions.
Optional Office Hours June 12, 19 and 24
12 pm - 1pm EST
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.
Weekly projects
2 hours per week
Schedule items can also be used to convey commitments outside of specific time slots (like weekly projects or daily office hours).
Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
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Join an upcoming cohort
AI for Social Impact Professionals
June 2024 AI for Impact
$385 USD
Dates
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