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 courses designed for nonprofits. Learn how to apply AI to operations, research and storytelling, and develop an 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:

  • 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

  • Opportunities to connect with nonprofit peers using AI in their work

Discover each course

AI for operations, admin & planning

Streamline processes and boost efficiency.

  • 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

AI foundations – ethics, governance & prompting

Build your AI confidence and responsible-use practices.

  • 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

AI for research, insights & data

Turn data into knowledge for action and policy change.

  • 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

AI-powered content, storytelling & advocacy

Strengthen communications and advocacy impact.

  • 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)

Discover each course

AI for operations, admin & planning

Streamline processes and boost efficiency.

AI foundations – ethics, governance & prompting

Build your AI confidence and responsible-use practices.

AI for research, insights & data

Turn data into knowledge for action and policy change.

AI-powered content, storytelling & advocacy

Strengthen communications and advocacy impact.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)

Discover each course

AI for operations, admin & planning

Streamline processes and boost efficiency.

AI foundations – ethics, governance & prompting

Build your AI confidence and responsible-use practices.

AI for research, insights & data

Turn data into knowledge for action and policy change.

AI-powered content, storytelling & advocacy

Strengthen communications and advocacy impact.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)

Meet the course experts

Paola Gálvez Callirgos

AI Ethics Manager at Globethics, AI Policy Fellow at the Center for AI and Digital Policy

Tea Mustać

AI Governance & Privacy specialist, Harvard Law LL.M.

Kateřina Švidrnochová

Coordinator of the AI Research Lab at Masaryk University

Dr Cecilia Cannon

Managing Director at PoliSync, Communications Expert

Jenna Nassiri

Course Director in Social Anthropology at York University

Dr Marie McAuliffe

PoliSync Migration Shift Hub Director, former head of the Migration Research & Publications Division at IOM

Tim Ngwena

Principal Consultant at Aimpoint Digital, AI & Data Consulting

Robin Sutherland-Harris

Educational developer at York University, GenAI Community of Practice co-chair

Jeremy Caplan

Director of Teaching and Learning at CUNY's Newmark Graduate School of Journalism

Nikolaj Lykke Viborg

Independent AI advisor and Creative AI strategist

Meet the course experts

Paola Gálvez Callirgos

AI Ethics Manager at Globethics, AI Policy Fellow at the Center for AI and Digital Policy

Tea Mustać

AI Governance & Privacy specialist, Harvard Law LL.M.

Kateřina Švidrnochová

Coordinator of the AI Research Lab at Masaryk University

Dr Cecilia Cannon

Managing Director at PoliSync, Communications Expert

Jenna Nassiri

Course Director in Social Anthropology at York University

Dr Marie McAuliffe

PoliSync Migration Shift Hub Director, former head of the Migration Research & Publications Division at IOM

Tim Ngwena

Principal Consultant at Aimpoint Digital, AI & Data Consulting

Robin Sutherland-Harris

Educational developer at York University, GenAI Community of Practice co-chair

Jeremy Caplan

Director of Teaching and Learning at CUNY's Newmark Graduate School of Journalism

Nikolaj Lykke Viborg

Independent AI advisor and Creative AI strategist

Buy all 4 courses for the full certificate, or select individual courses

FULL CERTIFICATE

€79 €99.60

  • Access to all 4 courses

  • Save €20.90 compared to buying separately

  • Accredited by PoliSync + nonprofit partners

Individual Course

€24.90

  • Choose any one of the four courses

  • Accredited by PoliSync + nonprofit partners

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