FirmSideAINonprofit AI Academy

Learning for nonprofit teams

Learn to use AI safely at work.

A calm, plain-language path you take at your own pace. No prior AI experience needed, and no jargon. A full curriculum, from your first lesson to a leadership capstone.

  • 14 modules, fully built
  • Three ways to run it
  • Beginner first, no jargon

Three ways to run it

One curriculum, however your team learns.

Every module works three ways. A person can read it at their own pace, a presenter can run it as slides, or an instructor can lead it as a team workshop where the room breaks into groups at each activity.

Self-paced reading

One learner, at their own pace. Calm, plain-language pages with a moment to try each idea, and nothing is scored.

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Presenter slides

One presenter drives full-screen slides for a room or a video call. Arrow keys advance, and the type is built to read from the back row.

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Team workshop

An instructor presents, and at each activity the room breaks into teams. Built-in timers keep time and facilitator notes guide the debrief.

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The curriculum

Start with the foundation, then your pathway.

M00 · OrientationWelcome and your starting pointSettle in, learn how the academy works, and find your own starting point without any ranking or test.Begin

The four foundation modules

  1. M01Start hereAI in plain languageGet a correct, usable picture of what today's AI is, without the technical words.Open module
  2. M02Good choices with AIReplace hype and fear with task-level judgment about where AI helps and where it must not decide.Open module
  3. M03Safe everyday useBuild the minimum safe habits before you use AI on real work: Stop, Check, and Escalate.Open module
  4. M04People stay in chargeLearn a repeatable, human-led way to work with AI, instead of chasing prompt tricks.Open module

Then choose your pathway

After the foundation, everyone takes one pathway for their role. Staff take the workforce pathway, board members and executives take the leadership pathway, and both finish with the shared capstone.

C01 · Joint capstoneResponsible AI operating reviewUse the one shared decision system from the earlier modules to design and pressure-test your own bounded AI pilot.Open Put it into practice · GovernanceAI Usage & Governance Policy CreatorAfter the lessons, turn what you learned into a real policy your organization can adopt. This is a fill-in-the-blank AI usage and governance policy, written in plain language and built straight from these modules. Fill in your organization’s name, approved tools, data rules, and who is responsible, then download the finished document as Word or PDF to take to your board. It saves as you go on your device.Open the policy creator