Earn your Certificate in Applied AI for Social Good
Free, accredited certificate for nonprofits
You told us you want practical AI skills for your nonprofit work — and we listened.
Learn practical AI tools to save time, cut costs, and amplify your mission.
Complete all 4 short courses to earn a Certificate in Applied AI for Social Good, or choose individual courses based on your needs.
Quick register all 4 short courses starting 19 January 2026
After the success of our AI for Social Good webinar series, we’re excited to invite you to the next step: the Certificate in Applied AI for Social Good, launching 24 November 2025.
Join GenAI experts for four short, hands-on modules built for nonprofit professionals. Learn how to use AI for operations, research, and storytelling — and design your own AI ethics and governance framework to guide responsible innovation.
▶ Free of charge
▶ Accredited by Polisync + nonprofit partners
▶ Practical tools, immediate application
▶ Access to dedicated learning platform + free resources
▶ One-two hours per module, learn at your own pace
▶ One-hour live Q & A session with the trainer
▶ Meet nonprofit peers applying AI in their work
▶ Complete 1 module = Accredited badge
▶ Complete all 4 modules = Accredited certificate
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Course 1: AI foundations – ethics, governance & prompting
Build your AI confidence and responsible-use practices.
Next session: 19 - 23 January 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 session: 26 - 30 January 2025
- 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 session: 2 - 6 February 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 session: 9 - 13 February 2025
- 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)