Introducing Generative AI: Unlocking Your Capacity
Start your journey from doing more to thinking more.
AI is already changing how we work. For nonprofits and mission-driven teams, the opportunity isn’t just about speed—it’s about capacity. Done well, AI clears the desk, joins us as a collaborator, and even helps us think more clearly.
The AI Learning Lab workshops help you and your team build a shared practice. Not technical training. Not hype. Just a grounded, human way to integrate AI into the way you already think, plan, and create.
Relational AI starts with understanding how to work with it.
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Efficiency: clear the desk
Use AI to take friction out of everyday work. Summarize reports, format proposals, write first drafts—so you can focus your energy where it matters most.
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Collaborator: create together
AI can contribute ideas, reframe challenges, and move with you through ambiguity. It’s like adding a teammate who listens well, asks sharp questions, and never gets tired.
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Thinking Partner: make better sense
This is where it gets interesting. AI can hold long arcs of thinking, surface patterns across weeks and months, and help you refine judgment before big decisions.
Workshops to get you started
Across these foundational modes, our workshops guide you from task-doer to team-enhancer to strategic thinker. All of our workshops are built on the same foundation: relational AI—a human way of working with artificial intelligence that values conversation, context, and clarity over commands.
AI Learning Lab (Morning)
Learn the fundamentals of working with AI—hands-on, human, and practical. Understand the three modes, practice real examples, and leave with new habits that expand your capacity.
AI Application Studio (Afternoon)
Apply what you learned right away. Bring a real organizational challenge, and work alongside Overlap facilitators to turn ideas into tangible outputs, workflows, and insights.
Together, these sessions form a full-day experience that blends learning and doing—a clear path from awareness to applied confidence.
AI Workshops for Teams or Groups
AI Learning Lab
A field workshop in learning how to think and work with artificial intelligence.
Best for
Leaders and teams who want a practical, human way to get started with AI—moving beyond “prompting” to developing a real working relationship with the technology.
What it is
The AI Learning Lab is a hands-on introduction to working with artificial intelligence in a relational way.
You’ll learn the fundamentals of generative AI, experiment with the latest frontier models, and explore how to apply them in your own work—from writing and planning to sensemaking and collaboration.
This isn’t a technical training. It’s a guided, live experience designed to build fluency, confidence, and shared understanding across your team.
What happens in the Lab
Introductions and orientation—how to think about AI as a partner, not a program
What is generative AI? Understanding how it works and what it means for your work
Exploring the six moves of relational AI—different ways to engage and co-create with the tool
Working through the three modes of AI collaboration: Efficiency, Collaborator, and Thinking Partner
Applying AI to real tasks from your own work
Group reflection and conversation on ethics, curiosity, and enabling AI responsibly (“permissive in pursuit of mission”)
What you leave with
Clear, actionable ways to use AI in your daily work
A deeper understanding of how AI can augment, not replace, your skills and judgment
Shared language for talking about AI inside your organization
Practical prompts, examples, and frameworks you can start using tomorrow
Format & pricing
3-hour interactive workshop (virtual or on-site)
Hands-on AI Chat practice
Slides, digital resources, and post-session recap email
$1,999 CAD for up to 25 participants
What people say
“Fantastic—so informative and accessible. Well worth it.”
“Foundational but also aspirational. Real practical value.”
“I feel much more confident about using AI and leading my team.”
“Critical guidance to leaders during this sea change.”
“Mind-blowing ideas. Great presentation.”
Notes
Bring laptops. We’ll use your preferred tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini).
AI Application Studio (Afternoon Add-On)
A working session to apply what you learned, right away.
Best for
Teams that want to turn the morning’s ideas into real outputs and momentum on a live priority.
What it is
A three-hour, facilitated build sprint. We take one real challenge, set clear outcomes, and use AI together to produce tangible drafts and a short adoption plan. Your team does the work, we coach the practice.
What happens in the studio
Pick the focus: a messy problem, campaign, program brief, policy outline, service improvement, or equivalent
Frame the goal and guardrails, align on success criteria
Co-worker mode, live: record a 10–15 minute working conversation, then use the transcript as fuel
Build fast: one-pager → slide draft → comms/workshop outline (or your stack)
Thinking partner moves: tensions, blind spots, alternative framings to strengthen the work
Wrap with a two-week adoption plan: who will do what, with which AI workflow, by when
What you leave with
A strong first draft set for your chosen deliverable(s)
A “locked-in” reusable workflow for this type of work
Notes on disclosure, privacy, and policy fit for your context
A simple checklist for the next two weeks to keep the practice alive
Format & pricing
3-hour working studio (virtual or on-site)
Up to 25 participants
Includes facilitation, live coaching, and a recap pack
$1,499 CAD as an add-on to the AI Learning Lab
Full-day option
Book both for a full-day experience:
AI Learning Lab (morning) + AI Application Studio (afternoon)
Package: $3,299 CAD for up to 25 participants
Notes
Bring laptops. We’ll use your preferred tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini).
We’ll respect your data/security posture. Anonymized or sandboxed inputs are fine.
We tailor deliverables to your focus, so your outputs are immediately usable.
Most people stop at “make this faster.” But the real gains come when AI contributes ideas, notices patterns, and holds the arc of your work over time. These workshops helps teams move past novelty into practice, equipping staff and leaders with confidence, guardrails, and permission to experiment.
Our experience shows that when organizations move from doing more to thinking more, the difference isn’t incremental, it’s transformative.
Bring This to Your Organization
Want to unlock your team’s capacity with AI?