HR and staff development
Make a training plan for a new skill
Helps your staff learn something new with a structured, low-cost plan.
Lower risk: public info only — Describe the skill and goal, not individual performance.
Please note: This site is only a guide to help people understand. Consult your IT, security and/or privacy department for clarification.
Before you start, gather
Set [NUMBER OF WEEKS], [HOURS PER WEEK] and [BUDGET] from your real calendar and training budget, and name the actual [SKILL] gap. Describe the skill, never a named employee's performance.
Starter prompt
Create a [NUMBER OF WEEKS]-week learning plan for staff at [ORGANIZATION NAME], a small nonprofit, to learn [SKILL]. Coverage is thin, so plan around grant deadlines and event seasons. We have about [HOURS PER WEEK] hours a week and a budget of [BUDGET]. Suggest free or low-cost resource types, practice tasks, a mentor or peer check-in routine, and how to know they've learned it. Do not name specific courses, prices or providers you cannot confirm; describe the type and write FIND ONE instead of guessing.
Paste the prompt into your AI tool first, then replace the placeholders with your own details. Don't use real names of clients or donors.
Open an AI tool
You are leaving this guide. Copy the prompt first, then open a tool. The link goes to the website of the company named on each link, in a new tab. That company's terms and privacy policy apply there. Paste the prompt in, then replace the placeholders with your own details. Don't enter real names or confidential details.
- Open Claude (Anthropic) (opens Anthropic's website in a new tab)
Anthropic documents pre-filled links only for the Claude Desktop app, not for the website, so copy the prompt and paste it in.
- Open ChatGPT (OpenAI) (opens OpenAI's website in a new tab)
OpenAI does not document a link that pre-fills a prompt, so copy the prompt and paste it in.
- Open Gemini (Google) (opens Google's website in a new tab)
Google does not document a link that pre-fills a prompt, so copy the prompt and paste it in.
- Open Grok (SpaceXAI) (opens SpaceXAI's website in a new tab)
SpaceXAI (the company behind Grok) does not document a link that pre-fills a prompt, so copy the prompt and paste it in.
- Open Amazon Bedrock (hosts Llama; needs an AWS account) (opens Amazon Web Services' website in a new tab)
Llama has no chat website of its own, and Meta's own assistant (Meta AI) now runs on a different Meta model. One host is Amazon Bedrock: sign in to AWS, open a playground, and paste the prompt.
- Open Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft) (opens Microsoft's website in a new tab)
Microsoft documents no link that pre-fills a prompt, so copy the prompt and paste it in. The Copilot page shows a Sign in button, and you may need to sign in.
- Open Perplexity (Perplexity AI) (opens Perplexity AI's website in a new tab)
Perplexity documents no link that pre-fills a prompt, so copy the prompt and paste it in.
- Open Mistral Le Chat (Mistral AI) (opens Mistral AI's website in a new tab)
Mistral renamed Le Chat to Vibe, at the same web address. Mistral documents no link that pre-fills a prompt, so copy the prompt and paste it in.
- Givebutter (Givebutter): no website to open from here. Givebutter Magic works inside a Givebutter account; there is no public chat page.
- Grantable (Grantable): no website to open from here. Grantable's AI works inside a Grantable account; there is no public chat page.
Check the result
Verify that suggested resources exist and are good quality before assigning them.
What it might get wrong
Courses, tools or providers that do not exist or cost more than the budget. Weekly loads bigger than the hours you have. Ways to prove learning that do not fit the skill.