Principles
Build a clear foundation in how generative AI works, where it helps, and where human judgment remains essential.
Education and capability building
Build practical
Field-specific courses and training that help economic development teams understand AI, apply it responsibly, and build skills they can use immediately.
Designed for real EDO work—not generic demonstrations, technical audiences, or tool hype.
Over 1,000 trained
National AI 101 for EDOs
Built for practitioner use
Learning that transfers
Give your team shared language and usable skill.
AI adoption becomes difficult when staff have different levels of knowledge, different tools, and no common way to judge quality or risk. Training creates a shared foundation and turns individual experimentation into organizational capability.
- Understand what AI can and cannot do in an EDO context.
- Recognize responsible-use, privacy, and quality concerns.
- Practice with workflows drawn from economic development work.
- Leave with repeatable methods—not a list of trendy tools.
A durable learning path
Learn it. Apply it. Govern it. Extend it.
Methods
Learn practical prompting, workflow design, verification, and responsible-use methods.
Application
Practice with research, communications, business support, strategy, and other EDO use cases.
Practice
Build confidence through guided exercises, feedback, and reusable tools that support continued learning.
Training options
Meet people at the right starting point.
AI 101 for EDOs
A practical introduction to generative AI, responsible use, and high-value applications across economic development work.
- Core AI concepts in plain language
- EDO-specific opportunities and limitations
- Prompting and quality-check basics
- Responsible-use foundation
AI for EDO Workflows
Hands-on learning organized around the work practitioners actually do, with structured practice and reusable methods.
- Research and analysis
- Marketing and communications
- Business and entrepreneurship support
- Strategy and project workflows
AI Education for Businesses and Partners
Training an EDO can offer to entrepreneurs, small businesses, community partners, and other local stakeholders.
- Accessible, nontechnical instruction
- Practical small-business applications
- Responsible use and verification
- Locally relevant examples
Flexible delivery
Fit the learning to your people and setting.
Training can be shaped for staff teams, boards, conference audiences, regional cohorts, business groups, or community partners. The format follows the learning goal—not the other way around.
Keynotes and briefings
Virtual workshops
In-person training
Multi-session cohorts
Team intensives
Custom curriculum
What changes
Capability your organization can keep using.
More confident staff
People understand enough to use AI thoughtfully, ask better questions, and know when not to rely on it.
More consistent practice
Teams develop shared methods for prompting, checking outputs, protecting information, and documenting workflows.
More useful experimentation
Staff connect learning to priority work instead of testing disconnected tools without a clear organizational purpose.
Plan the right experience
Build a learning experience around your audience.
Share who needs the training, what they need to be able to do, and how you want to deliver it. AI for EDOs will shape a practical option around that goal.