Earn your Certificate in Applied AI for Social Good
Learn practical AI tools to save time, cut costs and amplify your mission
Join leading GenAI experts for four short, hands-on modules designed for nonprofit professionals. Learn how to apply AI to operations, research, and storytelling, and develop your own AI ethics and governance framework to guide responsible innovation.
Complete all 4 short courses to earn a Certificate in Applied AI for Social Good, or choose individual courses based on your needs.
What you’ll get:
Free of charge
Accredited by PoliSync + nonprofit partners
Practical tools you can apply immediately
Access to a dedicated learning platform + free resources
1-2 hours per course, learn at your own pace
A live Q&A session with a trainer
Opportunities to connect with nonprofit peers using AI in their work
Discover each course - next sessions begin 6 April
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Course 1: AI foundations – ethics, governance & prompting
Build your AI confidence and responsible-use practices.
Next round available between: 6- 10 April 2026
- Understand GenAI, risks, challenges & opportunities
- Clarify your AI needs & create a responsible AI plan for your organization
- Craft an AI ethics & governance framework
- Understand relevant AI law & guidelines
- Access free AI tools & resources
- Practice effective prompt with GenAI tools
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Course 2: AI for operations, admin & planning
Streamline processes and boost efficiency.
Next round available between: 13 - 17 April 2026
- Automate meeting notes, checklists & workflows
- Simplify email, accounting & financial tracking & analysis
- Set up automated, AI-powered outreach
- Stay on top of sector research & updates
- Reach more people with language translations & automated video captions
- Summarize reports & policy documents
- Build compelling, evidence-based reports
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Course 3: AI for research, insights & data
Turn data into knowledge for action and policy change.
Next round available between: 20 - 25 April 2026
- Use GenAI as your research assistant with advanced prompts & ‘expert’ trained gpts
- Sharpen research questions, notes, search strings & ‘what’s known/unkown’ prompts
- Triage open-web sources & return evidence tables with links
- Uncover more in other languages
- Analyze and visualize data with AI tools
- Scan & compare case studies or policies
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Course 4: AI-powered content, storytelling & advocacy
Strengthen communications and advocacy impact.
Next round available between: 28 April - 1 May 2026
- Draft & refine newsletters, blogs, social media content
- Create fundraising and grant materials with AI support
- Clarify policy/advocacy goals and identify key audiences
- Conduct advanced stakeholder mappings & analyse their positions
- Generate campaign content (text, visuals, design & language translations)
Tools you’ll learn about:
ChatGPT
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Claude projects & artifacts
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Gemini
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Excel AI and Google Sheets AI
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Copilot
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NotebookLM
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Scite
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Connected Papers
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Grantable
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Funraise
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Fireflies.ai
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Teams transcriptions
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DeepL AI Translator
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Canva AI Image Generator
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Connected papers
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Scite
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Remesh
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ChatGPT | Claude projects & artifacts | Gemini | Excel AI and Google Sheets AI | Copilot | NotebookLM | Scite | Connected Papers | Grantable | Funraise | Fireflies.ai | Teams transcriptions | DeepL AI Translator | Canva AI Image Generator | Connected papers | Scite | Remesh |
Quick register for all four courses
OR register for individual courses
From our participants
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“All 4 courses were very good and value added in my nonprofit work. The trainers were experts and I appreciated the balance of learning concepts with seeing practical examples.”
Tina Bolding
Director, Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation -
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“This AI Course for Social Good is a must for my humanitarian advocates out there. It is well structured, ethically grounded, practical, and free! All you need is your time - which you'll make back, and some, once you put into practice the AI tools. I appreciated not only learning how to use the AI tools for advocacy and research, but how to ensure accuracy, accountability and liability while inputting and extracting data.”
Issie Basile
Policy Officer, ICVA (International Council for Voluntary Agencies) -
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“The training contents and delivery are amazing. They instigate shifts in ways of running operations and which ultimately save time for organisations to focus more on critical mission-oriented work. I recommend this training for all actors in NGOs.”
Jean Baptiste Hategekimana
Researcher and Independent Consultant, MSC -
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“Very good introduction to the basics of AI. Great materials to guide how individuals could learn independently on our own.”
Lenni Montiel
Former UN Assistant-Secretary General / UNDP Resident Representative -
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“Learnt a lot from this course and the basic free tools that one can use for anything from content to tracking data!”
Shuaiba Rahaman
Founder, Worldtouch -
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“The session provided a very clear and practical overview of the EU AI Act and its relevance to nonprofits. The risk-based approach, focus on fundamental rights, and the emphasis on user responsibility were especially valuable. Very informative and timely.”
Dhia Fathi Alasiri
Communication & Advocacy Manager, Building Foundation for Development (BFD) -
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“Data and AI can be very overwhelming, but these lessons made it a lot easier to digest.”
Genna Ingold
Head of Communications, Kofi Annan Foundation -
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“I have been using AI for some time and even taken some courses on it. But here and now I have a better clue about the risks.”
Senay Getachew
Program Manager, YADAM Foundation -
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"An eye opener for me. Thanks to the organizers for curating such a dynamic course."
Robert Donkor
Co Founder & Incubation Manager, Green Stem Africa Ltd.
Still have questions?
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After registering, you’ll receive an email from PoliSync with instructions and a link to the learning platform. If you don’t see it, check your spam folder.
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Go to learn.polisync.org to access the learning platform. You should also receive your access details via email soon after registering. Follow the link in that message to log in and start learning.
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Go to learn.polisync.org. Your courses should automatically appear on the page - the dashboard. If they don’t, click “Browse Products” (top right) and select “My Library” (top left, under “Browse Products”). You’ll find all the courses you’re enrolled in there.
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The courses are self-paced but available for a limited time. Make sure to enroll and complete each course within the indicated timeframe.
Check out these FAQ or reach out anytime to Valentina, our workshop coordinator: v.lazzarini@polisync.org.