Find out how you can use AI and other digital tools to improve your digital skills as part of a series of free webinars for the Welsh voluntary sector.
As part of ProMo-Cymru’s Third Sector Digital Support Project, showing how different digital trends and tools can support your work, these free Digital Skills Webinars will delve into the world of TikTok, Canva and even Artificial Intelligence with Dr Irina Mirkina, AI lead at UNICEF’s Office of Innovation.
DIGITAL SKILLS WEBINARS
These 45 minute taster sessions introduce some useful digital tools that can help improve your service. You can come to one session or attend all three.
TIKTOK
Monday 9 October 2023, 11.30 am – 12.15 pm
Presented by: Lucy Palmer, Communications and Engagement Officer, ProMo-Cymru
Curious about whether your organisation should be on TikTok? We’ve got the answer!
Discover the incredible potential this platform offers for raising awareness, reaching new audiences, and creating a community.
CANVA
Tuesday 10 October 2023, 11.30 am – 12.15 pm
Presented by: Daniele Mele, Media Designer and Producer, ProMo-Cymru
Canva is an online graphic design platform that allows users to create a wide range of visual content, including graphics, presentations, social media posts, posters, flyers, and more. It is designed to be user-friendly and accessible to individuals and businesses with little to no graphic design experience. Daniele will share his years of design experience, helping you to gain the confidence to take your first steps in graphic design and content creation.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Wednesday 11 October 2023, 11.30 am – 12.15 pm
Presented by: Andrew Collins, Senior Digital Manager, ProMo-Cymru
Are you ready to dive into the world of Artificial Intelligence and discover the benefits of tools such as ChatGPT and Google Bard? Join us for an informative and beginner-friendly webinar, designed to help you get to grips with this new and exciting technology.
AI FOR GOOD: SPEAKER EVENT WITH DR IRINA MIRKINA. AI LEAD AT UNICEF’S OFFICE OF INNOVATION
Wednesday 25 October 2023, 2 pm – 3 pm Online (Zoom)
The headlines and stories about Artificial Intelligence have left many of us apprehensive about the future, but AI has the potential to change the way voluntary organisations work and provide services to the people we support for the better.
Join us for an event with Dr Irina Mirkina, AI lead at UNICEF’s Office of Innovation, as she explores the risks and benefits of Artificial intelligence.
Irina Mirkina is an AI strategist and a leading expert on responsible AI. Working for increasing global awareness of both risks and benefits of artificial intelligence, Dr Mirkina is currently the AI Lead for the Office of Innovation at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Having built a successful career in academia and the private sector, she joined UNICEF to advance the ethical development and use of AI systems that respect children’s rights and save children’s lives. She is currently serving as a co-chair of Community of Practice on AI for the Digital Public Goods Alliance, a co-organizer of the UN Generative AI Practice Group, a member of the UN Intra-Agency Working Group on AI, the NIST Generative AI Public Working Group, and the USAID Equitable AI Community of Practice, and an expert for the European Commission Research Executive Agency. She is included in the open directory of Women in AI Ethics™.
If you’d like to attend any of these sessions you can book a place using the links below, or if you have any other enquiries you can send us an email at bookings@wcva.cymru to find out more.
Digital Skills Webinar: TikTok