2026-2027 Training Courses (online)
Next course date: Tuesday 28 July 2026 (sold out) or Monday 3 August 2026
This foundational training course for social impact practitioners helps build confidence, AI literacy, and ethical grounding to responsibly and effectively use AI for common social impact functions including research, data analysis (qualitative and quantitative), engagement, evaluation, SROI, and report preparation.
Who it’s for
· Social impact professionals
· SIA practitioners, evaluators
· Community engagement specialists
· Local government staff
· Projects or organisations preparing for digital uplift within the infrastructure, energy & development sectors
Core learning topics:
Common AI terms & available tools
AI use cases in social impact functions (with international case studies)
The strengths/limits of LLMs
Basics of prompt engineering and agentic AI
Risks & ethical issues around AI & social impact
AI data use policies, informed consent, and data sovereignty
Social impacts of AI data centres
Applying responsible AI principles
Next course date: Tuesday 4 August 2026
This training workshop will bring practical guidance - through exercises in a group lab setting -to help practitioners build the ability to apply AI prompts and functions using Large Language Models (LLMs) to common social impact functions.
The focus will be on AI prompt engineering exercises for:
developing a theory of change
stakeholder mapping and analysis
developing monitoring & evaluation plans
data analysis (qualitative and quantitative)
SROI/social valuation, and
impact reporting.
Prompting guidance will also be given for supporting social impact practice rigour and ethical considerations (including equity, inclusion, sovereignty, quality assurance and fairness)
Who it’s for
Social impact professionals
SIA practitioners, evaluators
Community engagement specialists
Local government staff
Social impact practitioners that want to develop practical AI skills (prompt engineering)
Organisations/ project teams building internal AI capability
Next course date: Thursday 6 August 2026 (sold out)
The aim of this course is to equip social impact practitioners and consultants with the understanding of, and ability to design, basic multi‑agent systems and orchestrated workflows that automate and scale complex social impact research, data analysis, SIA, evaluation, and reporting tasks.
Note: This course provides general guidance, demonstration processes and templates rather than specific AI agentic tool set-up technical training. This is so the content is accessible to participants that may only have access to free AI platform subscriptions.
Who it’s for
Social impact professionals
SIA practitioners, evaluators
Community engagement specialists
Local government staff
Practitioners that want to develop more advanced AI skills, beyond prompt engineering and chat bots.
Organisations building internal AI capability
You’re in good company
Our training attendees are social impact practitioners working in Australia & the broader Asia Pacific region.
Attendees have included people employed in local government, energy companies, infrastructure projects, consultancies and regional organisations.
We also have a promotional arrangement for our training programs with the Social Impact Measurement Network of Australia (SIMNA), providing 25% discount off the standard registration fee for SIMNA members.
What attendees say about our training courses
“Was fantastic”
— Training attendee“I loved this course!”
— Training attendee“Very supportive for social impact practitioners”
— Training attendeePast training & webinar topics
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Social Impax training series, 21 April 2026
Online training (public registration)
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Social Impax training series, 2 June 2026 - SOLD OUT
Online training (public registration)
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FutureSteps, Lendlease, Skilling Workshops
Online training (complimentary)
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Engagement Institute Infrastructure Working Group
Webinar (session for members)
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) &Pacific Network for Environmental Assessment (PNEA)
Webinar (open registration)
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PowerHour series by Engaged Outcomes, supported by Powerlink & WindLab
Webinar (open registration)
PowerHour Virtual Forum - “Understanding Impact and Legacy” Engaged Outcomes
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Asia Foundation's USAID and AUSTRALIA MEKONG SAFEGUARDS PROGRAM
Webinar (open registration)
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Dentsu Satori Week, Asia Pacific region
Training (complimentary)
Satori Week 2023: Sustainability
AI Use in Social Impact Measurement & Practice: 2026 Survey Results
