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Happy Holidays from SkillBuilder.io! May this season bring you joy, connection, and inspiration for the exciting possibilities ahead ✨

🚨 Let’s face it: your chatbot isn’t just underwhelming—it might be driving prospective students away. Here’s why it happens (and why it’s not your fault): 👉 Prioritizing internal processes over what students actually need. 👉 Jargon-heavy responses that confuse more than they clarify. 👉 Decision-making in silos, far from the voice of your prospective students. But here’s the good news: you can turn it around. Today’s students expect more than a glorified FAQ machine. They want a conversational AI that gets them—their worries, their questions, their language. And that’s where we shine. At SkillBuilder.io, we help universities like Carnegie Mellon deliver seamless, AI-powered engagement that feels human, not robotic. Say goodbye to guesswork, groupthink, and frustrated students. Ready to build the AI agent (formerly known as a chatbot) students deserve? Check out our full blog below, and let’s get to work. 🚀 https://lnkd.in/eWe6KdEU

A few weeks ago we hosted a Demo Day in Philadelphia, where five incredible nonprofits graduated from our Skilly AI cohort 🎓 If we are being honest, it was a leap of faith that lead most of the organizations to sign up for a 6 session x 2 hours experience that would help them deploy their FIRST AI colleague. However, they brought the same energy and determination that they demonstrate every day while working in and for their communities, and the results clearly reflect this. It was an overwhelming success and 100% of the credit goes to the nonprofits that showed up for themselves who ALL launched their AI that day! While not a single person was a computer scientist it didn’t matter, they created AI agents to combat REAL issues. Meet the Skillies: Campaign for Working Families' AI agent "Campy" can help you find tax resources if you are a low or moderate income household A Home for Shana has created "Vonee" to help pregnant teens find the resources they need quickly "Legend" from Future Legends, provides education around how to support children in the foster care system "Bridgy" was created by Bridges of Opportunities to educate around its mission of social emotion learning for bipoc youth And last but not least, the NOMO Foundation has created a QR code campaign to bring their 37 programs to a wider audience of people Shoutout to all our fantastic nonprofits + the leaders who joined us! Curious about how AI can transform your mission? Reach out and let’s talk! 🤖 All photos credit 📸 Kwadir Scott of Phase Two Productions #AI #missiondriven #SkillyAI

We are excited to announce our next series of AI, Humanity-Centered, and Strategic Design Cohorts, launching in January 2024 in partnership with The Forbes Funds and the GPNP: Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership. These three cohorts are designed to help nonprofit and social impact organizations tackle their biggest challenges, improve their capacity, and transform their operations. Cohort 1: Humanity-Centered Strategic Design in a Box Is your organization tackling a complex issue or working on your strategic plan, operational improvements, or new program launches? This cohort will help you apply humanity-centered design principles to create actionable solutions tailored to your mission. 📅  Register for the Cohort 1 Info Session on December 16th- https://bit.ly/3D84ctX Cohort 2: Upskilling Leaders to Strengthen Organizational Impact Are you looking to improve your team's alignment, constituent engagement, fundraising, or volunteer campaigns? This cohort will help you create internal resources and leverage the latest tools to streamline engagement strategies and improve outcomes. 📅 Register for the Cohort 2 Info Session on December 16th - https://bit.ly/4ivlKQI Cohort 3: Training and Hiring Your First Digital Development Assistant Learn how to create and train your organization’s first digital assistant to increase capacity, streamline operations, turn inquiries into supporters, and strengthen partnerships - 📅 Register for the Cohort 3 Info Session on December 16th - https://bit.ly/4gqjp7X Each cohort is designed for small class sizes, ensuring a hands-on experience, personalized guidance, and support. If your organization is ready to tackle its biggest challenges and build capacity for greater impact, join us.📌

We hosted the second session in our "AI as a Cofounder" workshop series for Innovation Works' founders, leaders, and alumni. Building on the momentum of our first event, everybody rolled up their sleeves with our Founder/CEO Adam Paulisick for today's "Numbers to Narratives" workshop covering Custom AI Assistants, Data Analysis and Visualization, Data Hygiene and Quality Control, Financial Modeling, and more. We're grateful for Innovation Works' continued partnership and the enthusiastic participation of their community. The "AI as a Cofounder" workshop series is providing valuable hands-on experience, with participants developing actionable strategies to improve their startups' effectiveness and impact.

AI agents help Universities and Colleges win before it’s too late - https://lnkd.in/eqsh8RQv h/t Adam Paulisick

The NotebookLM podcast about Adam Paulisick's 'Why You Should Pay AI Commission, Not Just a Base (Subscription) Salary.' Original article: https://lnkd.in/di2Df9MF

We were honored to play a small part in this year's Arizona Technology Council Governor's Celebration of Innovation, where #AZTech leadership introduced their newest AI colleague, 'Ada' to their statewide team, membership, sponsors, and partners. Special thanks to Steven Zylstra, Leslie Cooper Marquez, Diana White & Deborah Zack.

We’re excited to be hosting the 'AI as a Cofounder' workshop series for Innovation Works' founders, leaders, and alumni. A big thank you to the IW team for the opportunity! We kicked off the first session this week, focusing on transforming their cohort teams' content creation and competitive intelligence capabilities and boosting their overall capacity and effectiveness.