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Key Resources 4 Upskilling, PCDN AI for Impact Newsletter, April 7, 2025

April 07, 2025

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Unlock Your Potential: A Practical AI Toolkit for Impact—Share Your Faves!

The world's changing fast, and artificial intelligence is playing a big role. As someone committed to making a difference, I'm always looking for ways to use these new tools to boost my work. I've gathered some resources I've found really helpful, and I'd love to hear what works for you too. Share your favorite AI tools in the comments below so we can all learn together!

Where to Learn

  • PCDN Cohort Course: AI for Impact
    Our next course starts in early summer 2025. Learn how to use AI for fundraising, research, and creating content – saving time and maximizing your impact. You'll get live training and join a community of like-minded folks. Join the waitlist

  • Hugging Face
    A fantastic place to explore AI. Find open-source tools, build your own solutions, and take their free course on automating tasks with AI. Check it out

  • LinkedIn Learning
    Get free training on AI until the end of 2024. Learn how it's changing leadership and organizations. Get started

  • OpenAI Academy
    Learn the basics of AI straight from the experts at OpenAI. Explore the OpenAI Academy

  • BlueDot.org
    Provides educational courses and career support, developed in collaboration with global AI safety experts, and has trained over 3,000 professionals. Visit BlueDot

Tools to Start Using Now

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  • ChatGPT Try it here
    I use it to understand tricky concepts, improve my writing, and plan my work. Try asking it to "Create a 30-day learning plan for mastering AI in nonprofit fundraising" or "Help me draft a compelling impact statement for my project."

  • Claude Try it here
    Great for getting ethical advice and help with complex problems. Brainstorm ideas and get feedback on how to approach ethical dilemmas.

  • Perplexity Try it here
    Like having a super-smart research assistant. Use it to find the latest trends and information in your field.

  • Mistral AI
    A European AI startup building open-source language models (LLMs). If you're a bit techy, you can play around with their models to customize them for your specific needs. Explore Mistral AI

  • Salesforce Trailhead
    Quick, free lessons on using AI ethically. Start learning

  • Microsoft Learn
    Get hands-on experience with AI through labs and projects. Explore the courses

Stay in the Loop

  • Tech To The Rescue
    A cool program that connects nonprofits with tech companies to create AI solutions for big problems. They also have a podcast featuring leaders in the tech and social impact space.

  • Possible is Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger
    Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger host "Possible," a podcast that explores how technology, particularly AI, can shape a brighter future. Aria is also Chief of Staff to LinkedIn's co-founder. Listen to Possible

  • Tech Won't Save Us
    Paris Marx offers a critical look at the tech industry, which is important for understanding the full picture. Listen here

  • PCDN Career Campus Your GPS for navigating your career, finding jobs, upskilling opportunities, and more. Explore the Career Campus

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AI for Impact Opportunities

Career Opportunities: SNSF Phd Position in Digital Law (22214)

Dominant online platforms play a key role in our societies. This creates systemic risks to democracy, such as undermining freedom of information and online privacy. These risks are, however merely symptoms of a root cause: the high concentration of control and data with dominant (online) platforms. Both computer science (CS) and legal scholarship (Law) have been developing countermeasures, but typically in disciplinary silos.

Talos Fellowship

7-month programme for ambitious graduates interested in EU policy careers focused on aritficial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence Portfolio and Platform Lead (2-Year LTE*), Gates Foundation, Seattle

The Team The Global Health team harnesses technological advancements to tackle health challenges in low- and middle-income countries. We aim to address significant issues that lack adequate attention and resources. Our approach involves enhancing existing tool delivery and investing in innovative solutions like Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, digital health strategies, and advanced data analytics. The Foundation's mission is to use the power of AI to reduce the digital gap, focusing on the ethical and fair use of AI to help low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). As Large Language Models become more advanced, we are committed to unleashing AI’s untapped potential to create development solutions in LMIC. Our initiatives are diverse, not only creating new applications for AI in decision support and chatbot interventions but also covering health, education, and agriculture sectors. Building on the success of proof-of-concept projects from the Grand Challenges, we aim to make sure that the progress of AI reaches and benefits all segments of the population.

Strategic Partnerships and Philanthropy Lead | The Centre for Long-Term Resilience

The Centre For Long-Term Resilience seek a highly skilled Strategic Partnerships and Philanthropy Lead to build lasting high-value partnerships that will secure a safer and more sustainable future for us all.

HOPE not hate, Social Media Researcher, London

HOPE not hate is looking for a Social Media Researcher to join our research team. 
You will work on a new project looking at the role of social media in the spread of far-right hate online, using quantitative methods. The job will require mapping networks, identifying key actors and analysing trends and narratives within the far right across a wide range of platforms. 

Giga Photo Festival | Global Photo Festival Celebrating Visual Storytelling

A global photo contest on the impact of being connected

Operations Generalist, ML Alignment & Theory Scholars, Berkeley

We are seeking proactive and dedicated operations professionals to join the MATS team as Operations Generalists. These individuals will support scholars, mentors, and team members by creating an environment that allows them to focus on their core work. Ideal candidates are detail-oriented, service-minded, and adaptable to the changing needs of a dynamic research program.

Solicitud de servicio de consultoría técnica para el diseño de un programa de formación a distancia en turismo digita, Colombia

Apply Now: $100,000 Funding for Technology Solutions for Women - ICTworks

The UNICEF Venture Fund will identify solutions that empower women and girls holistically with technology solutions

Senior Project Manager, Global Privacy, DC

The Senior Project Manager, Global Privacy, will support the execution of FPF’s global privacy initiatives by coordinating programming across international offices, managing project timelines and event planning, and ensuring smooth cross-functional collaboration.

Event Producer , US

Our client is a leading AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. They are known for their cutting-edge advancements in AI technologies.

We are seeking an Event Producer with experience in logistics and execution for a junior-level role. This position will support the execution of 8+ high-impact Marketing and GTM events across the U.S. and EMEA, with events in San Francisco, New York, and Europe between now and June.

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News & Resources

😄 Joke of the Day
Why did the AI become a poet?
Because it had deep learning and a lot of verse-atility!

🌍 News

  • 🧠 Anthropic’s Grand Vision: Anthropic is on a mission to create “benevolent” AI, embedding constitutional principles directly into models like Claude to promote safety and transparency.
    🔗 Wired – Read more

  • 🤖 Meta Unleashes LLaMA 4: Meta’s latest open-weight model, LLaMA 4, is now integrated across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram DMs, aiming to democratize AI with more accessibility and multilingual capabilities.
    🔗 The Verge – Full article

  • 🗳️ Musk, X, and AI-Moderation Politics: Elon Musk’s X platform is under scrutiny after an AI-driven moderation change seemingly amplified political content tied to Trump, raising new concerns over algorithmic bias in election contexts.
    🔗 NYT – Full story

💼 Organization to Watch
Mistral AI – A European startup building high-performance, open-weight large language models. With a strong focus on open science and transparency, they’re actively hiring for roles supporting ethical and scalable AI development.
🔗 Careers at Mistral AI

🔗 LinkedIn Connection
Jamira Burley – A dynamic leader at the intersection of youth activism, equity, and emerging tech. Jamira advocates for ethical AI governance and inclusive digital futures.
🔗 Connect with Jamira