Streamline Your Work with Custom AI Tools
Septembr 11th, 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Registration Fees: $69 per person or $199 for 2-10 people
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Description:
Custom AI tools such as GPTs (from ChatGPT) and GEMS (from Gemini) can transform how you manage your workload. Well-developed tools can help in a wide variety of domains—from writing grants and donor communications to analyzing data.
During this practical workshop, Alice Ruhnke and David Gates, will show you how to create your own AI “assistants” that reflect your organization’s voice, goals, and structure. We’ll explore best practices for building custom AI tools that can save time and build capacity.
You’ll learn:
- how to create a Custom GPT or GEM to streamline key tasks such as grantwriting and donor development;
- the types of knowledge that are most helpful to upload to ensure accurate outputs;
- how to test and refine your GPT’s outputs;
- ways you can share GPTs across your organization; and,
- best practices for governance, updates, and privacy settings.
Whether you’re developing a GPT to help with common writing tasks or want to build a tool to streamline your evaluation process, this session will provide you with the frameworks to get started.
Who should attend:
This session is beginner-friendly, but you’ll get the most out of it if you’ve already started experimenting with AI tools like ChatGPT. While you don’t need a paid ChatGPT account to attend, many of the features and best practices we’ll cover involve features that require a paid subscription.
After the webinar, you’ll receive:
- slides and handouts; and,
- a link to the webinar recording.
Full participation in this webinar is applicable for 1.5 points in Category 1.B -Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.
Can’t attend live and still want to watch the webinar?
Want to review the materials after the session?
You will receive an email with the full recording and any handouts within 10 business days after the webinar.
After you register, you will receive the following emails:
- A sales receipt for your bookkeeping records
- A confirmation email from Zoom with the login credentials
- Instructions for other attendees if you registered a group
If you do not receive these emails within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
Alice Ruhnke
Alice Ruhnke is the President of GrantStation. Having raised over $45 million from federal, state, and private grantmakers, she knows what it takes to get funded. As a former nonprofit program coordinator and director, and Founder of The Grant Advantage, Alice has a deep understanding of the challenges that nonprofits face. Over the last 20 years she’s worked in the trenches with hundreds of nonprofit organizations to improve their capacity to raise funds. Alice is an author and educator with a passion to share her expertise. Her insightful trainings on grant proposal writing and development, community change models, service projects, and measuring outcomes have helped over 4,000 individuals positively impact their communities. Alice earned the Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential in 2025, a distinguished certification that recognizes expertise in grantsmanship through a rigorous, experience-based examination.