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Unlock the power of AI at your nonprofit and start using groundbreaking technology to enhance your marketing, donor relations, research capabilities, and fundraising. Explore our collection of resources, designed specifically for changemakers like you.
Learn what AI is and what it can enable. We'll review generative text and images, video translation, slide deck creation, data analysis, and more.
Get practical advice for using AI responsibly. Learn best practices before you deploy AI as an organizational resource while keeping ethics and safety front and center.
Learn the art and science of prompt engineering so you can consistently get intelligent, nuanced responses from chatbots like Bing Chat.
Leverage AI to generate engaging content, create high-quality graphics, and summarize long documents into key takeaways. We’ll cover uses of AI across nonprofit functions from marketing to donor relations.
Nonprofits, charities, and NGOs around the world can now access Microsoft product training through the TechSoup Courses platform. The Microsoft Digital Skills Center for Nonprofits combines great skill-building content from subject matter experts at Microsoft with TechSoup's deep understanding of how nonprofits use technology. The training resources are curated based on use cases from real nonprofits.
Learn more about the latest generation of AI and how nonprofits can use it to their advantage.
Learn how to integrate AI into your organization's workflow safely and transparently.
Learn how to develop AI prompts to get just the right results to create impactful email content.
Learn how Viva Insights can improve your productivity with "quiet time" settings, consolidation of important documents, and prioritization of emails from key donors and funders.
Learn how to transfer data from printed annual reports, financial documents, and other sources directly into an Excel document.
Learn how to provide real-time captions and slide translations in your next presentation.
Highlighting how you can understand the veracity of a Microsoft Copilot response on country research by viewing source information within the Microsoft Copilot responses.
Learn how to leverage Microsoft Copilot in Edge and understand the differences between search tools and Microsoft Copilot including key support for writing a first draft of an email to your funder and how to think about choosing the conversation style.
Showing an example of two ways to ask for support on writing a draft email to your funder with basic prompts versus targeted prompts that still protect your organization and funder’s information.
Explore these tips for summarizing content with Copilot, formerly known as Bing Chat.
Discover how to use Microsoft Loop, an online collaboration platform, within Microsoft Teams.
Discover how to use Rehearse with Coach in PowerPoint, to generate summaries of your presentations and receive recommendations.
Learn how to use Excel's Forecast feature to calculate or predict a future value using existing values.
Learn how to use Copilot (formerly known as Bing Chat), Microsoft’s conversational AI tool that provides comprehensive answers to natural-language queries.
An AI Usage Policy is a document that outlines the rules and principles for using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in an ethical and responsible way within an organization. It is also called an AI Acceptable Use Policy
Generative AI technologies are changing the way organizations work. But in order to fully benefit from these technologies, crafting effective prompts is pivotal. This guide is designed to help nonprofit organizations optimize their communication efforts and develop clear, purposeful, and actionable prompts.
This guide is designed to help nonprofit organizations optimize their communication efforts and develop clear, purposeful, and actionable prompts. We will explore strategies, techniques, and best practices along with prompt writing examples and templates to help you extract the maximum value from this groundbreaking technology.
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The Digital Skills Center focuses on "microlearning," delivering specific bite-size portions that are easier to absorb and use, and also more easily searched. These courses can double as on-the-job support materials, and all are available on demand, at a pace that fits each user’s needs.
Completion of each learning path is formally recognized through a certificate, co-branded by Microsoft and TechSoup.
This popular training series not only teaches you the basics of Excel, but also covers advanced topics such as worksheet design, how to use functions, how to best create PivotTables, and the most effective ways to analyze charts.
Power BI is a suite of business analytics tools that deliver insights throughout your organization. In this track, you will learn how Power BI services and applications work together and explore how Power BI can make your organization more efficient.
Chat, collaborate, share files, host meetings, and run live events using Microsoft Teams.
Identify tools and best practices to help set you and your team up for remote working success.
Start with the basics of Excel, walk through the process of analyzing data, and learn how to use Power BI's data visualization tools.
Building your first app is easier than you think. Learn how to set up your app-building environment, and use data connectors to link to other software that you already use and build an app with a custom data source.
In this three-part course track on PowerPoint, you will learn how to create powerful and compelling presentations so you can effectively share your impact stories.
Create compelling documents that can best tell your organization's story.
The Microsoft Digital Skills Center is a collaboration between TechSoup and Microsoft that offers a subset of training courses via TechSoup Courses. These courses are designed to help you learn how to use and get the most out of the Microsoft tools.
Read this blog post to learn how you and your nonprofit can benefit from the Digital Skills Center courses.
We also created this blog post to share some insights into the development of our courses and provide an overview of the different types of courses that we offer.
All nonprofit staff and volunteers can take any of the training courses we offer. And you do not need to have a TechSoup account to participate.
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