AI - Threat or Opportunity? An Introduction For Charities - Online course on Tuesday 14 May

Why come?

We’ll spend a day together immersing ourselves in the rapidly evolving world of AI.

Together we’ll get comfortable with what it is (and what it isn’t). We’ll delve into the many ethical questions that surround the technology and think through how they apply to your role and organisation. And we’ll go beyond theory to look at how charities are using generative AI in practice as well as testing out some generative AI tools ourselves.

Through a mix of presentation, group discussion and practical exercises we’ll cover the essentials for using generative AI in your business as usual.

Who should attend?

Anyone in the charity sector who is AI curious and would like to start using generative AI in their day-to-day role or introduce it into their team’s systems and processes.

We’ll touch on organisational policy, but our focus is on how you can use AI in an ethical way to help you in your day-to-day role.

Outcomes

By the end of the course, participants will have:

• A good basic understanding of what AI is
• An approach for using AI in an ethical way
• Examples of how other charities are using AI
• Practical experience of using generative AI tools to help you with your day-to-day

What will it cover?

• A brief history of AI
• Charity case studies: generative AI in practice in our sector
• Discussion: share experiences of using generative AI or discuss how you would like to use it in your role
• Practicals: test out some generative AI tools with the support of a prompt writing guide, ethics checklist and advice on how to add value as a human!

Trainer – Helen Olszowska, Managing Director, Seashell Collective

Helen is a freelance writer for Charity Digital about all things digital, with an interest in emerging technology and AI.

She also runs a digital marketing collective called Seashell which has been supporting charities and purpose-led businesses since 2019.

Helen has worked with non-profits for 20 years. She got started in the health and social care sector before moving into human rights as UK Associate Director for Development and Outreach at Human Rights Watch.