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Check out our new Digital Skills Resource Hub!
As we kick off our Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit this week, we wanted to share a new resource we will showcase at our breakout session “Leveling up on AI Skills”. Microsoft has launched a Digital Skills Resource Hub with free skills training content, resources, curriculum and insights to help you and your organization thrive in the new age of AI. Whether you’re interested in learning the latest on AI, cybersecurity, sustainability or in developing your foundational digital literacy and productivity skills, you’ll find training materials to support nonprofits, educators and community organizations all in one place, including our newly released AI Trainer Toolkit available in multiple languages. Explore the Digital Skills Resource Hub and learn how you and your community can harness the power of AI. Together, we can expand economic opportunity and growth for all.Digital Skills Toolkit
Did you know there’s an online resource that helps you find digital skills training and resources, and learn skills for in-demand jobs, including curriculum and training materials for educators and organizations? It's called the Digital Skills Toolkit, and it offers resources for in-demand skills as well as resources for nonprofits, such as a training hub, Nonprofit Tech Accelerator (NTA), and more! Learn more here: aka.ms/DigitalSkillsResourceHubTechSpark Fellows Update: Expanding opportunities locally
Update from Michelleschuler: As we embark on a new year marked by innovation and opportunities, I'm excited to share an update on the impactful strides made by the TechSpark Fellows in the first three months of the program. This progress report shows our commitment to exploring community needs, implementing new programs, and sustaining the factors driving local community impact and building ecosystems that expand opportunities. I invite you to explore the TechSpark Fellows 3-month Impact Report. You'll find a state-by-state snapshot of the transformative projects initiated by the Fellows.
Free learning and development opportunity
Until 19 April, Microsoft is running the AI Skills Challenge - complete the challenge and earn a free Microsoft Certification Exam voucher. Registration | Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge Depending on the challenge topic you choose you can learn how to do the following: Build your own generative AI applications Work smarter, be more productive and boost creativity with AI-infused tools Reshape how users' access, manage, and act on data with a single, AI-powered platform Use an enterprise-grade AI service for the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle These are great free learning and development opportunities for data analysts, data scientists and IT users within your organisations with the added bonus of the free exam to prove their new skills.Learn how to help the current workforce gain valuable AI skills
Discover how Ann Franz, Director of the NEW Manufacturing Alliance, is leveraging the new Generative AI Learning Pathway on LinkedIn to upskill the manufacturing workforce in their community. In this short video you'll hear how the NEW Manufacturing Alliance is helping the current workforce boost their AI skills through learning cohorts. Watch videoLearn how AI can support jobseekers in their career journey
Learn from ChadFuller-GMI, COO of the Global Mentorship Initiative, on how they are helping job seekers across the globe infuse AI into their career development journey. In this short video you'll hear how GMI helps jobseekers harness the power of AI through each of the nine phases of a job search. Watch videoHarlem CODEtrotters
Written by Darrell Booker, NTA It was an amazing day at the Microsoft Garage in New York with the Harlem Globetrotters to launch The Harlem CODEtrotters, a game-changing STEM program that empowers Black and Brown communities. This is a historic day for STEM and basketball. Coming to a nonprofit near you on Oct 23rd. Register for our tech acceleration program at https://aka.ms/NTA to get access as soon as it drops!
