Series Overview:
AI tools can significantly enhance your organization's efficiency, productivity, and capacity to achieve its goals. Their capabilities can be so impressive that it might feel like you're “cheating” or gaining an unfair advantage. However, to fully realize the potential of AI, it's vital to understand its strengths and limitations in specific contexts.
In this comprehensive six-part series, Alice Ruhnke and David Gates will delve into how artificial intelligence can transform the operations of your nonprofit. Each session will focus on a distinct aspect of AI and provide attendees with valuable insights into innovative uses of AI chatbots like ChatGPT.
All TargetED sessions are 45 minutes long and begin at 2 PM ET.
Session Descriptions:
January 6, 2025
Getting Your Grants Program “AI Ready”*
During this free webinar, you’ll receive an in-depth introduction to using AI in grant development, emphasizing how to prepare your grants program to take advantage of AI technology.
January 27, 2025
Using AI to Develop Grant Proposals
This session will help you use AI to quickly generate outputs and drafts for your grant proposals. You’ll learn about a framework which will help you streamline key parts of the grantwriting process.
February 3, 2025
Using AI to Edit and Review Grant Proposals
You’ll learn how to leverage AI for precise editing and reviewing of your grant proposals. You’ll discover how an additional “set of eyes” will ensure you’re submitting the best proposals possible.
February 24, 2025
Establishing AI Policies
This TargetED will help you begin the process of creating AI policies tailored to your organization’s needs. You’ll learn key considerations and strategies for establishing a framework that guides AI use responsibly and sustainably.
March 10, 2025
Improve Your Programs Using AI
This session will cover ways you can use AI when developing programs and throughout the evaluation process. You’ll see how AI can help you measure and enhance your organization’s impact.
March 24, 2025
Build Development Capacity Using AI
During this TargetED, you’ll explore broader applications of AI in development work, from brainstorming ideas to developing fundraising efforts and finding valuable data sources for your grant applications.
*The session on January 6th, Getting Your Grants Program “AI Ready”, is a free TargetED event. All other sessions are paid. You’ll save $20 by joining the entire series.
Who should attend:
This TargetED series is perfect for beginners looking to harness AI's potential to elevate their nonprofit work, saving time and resources while maximizing impact.
After each webinar, you’ll receive:
- slides and handouts; and,
- a link to the webinar recording.
Can’t attend live and still want to watch the webinar?
Want to review the materials after the session?
You will receive an email with the full recording and any handouts within 10 business days after the webinar.
After you register, you will receive the following emails:
- A sales receipt for your bookkeeping records
- A confirmation email from Zoom with the login credentials
- Instructions for other attendees if you registered a group
If you do not receive these emails within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
Alice Ruhnke
Alice Ruhnke is the President of GrantStation. Having raised over $45 million from federal, state, and private grantmakers, she knows what it takes to get funded. As a former nonprofit program coordinator and director, and the Founder of The Grant Advantage, Alice has a deep understanding of the challenges that nonprofits face. Over the last 20 years she's worked in the trenches with hundreds of nonprofit organizations to improve their capacity to raise funds. Alice is an author and educator with a passion to share her expertise. Her insightful trainings on grant proposal writing and development, community change models, service projects, and measuring outcomes have helped over 4,000 individuals positively impact their communities.
