Service Description

We enable NGOs to integrate AI and digital innovation to boost impact, efficiency, and learning. Our pilots include AI-powered monitoring tools, assessments, and learning management systems, and through partnerships such as zerohunger.ai we run innovation challenges and AI hackathons that advance digital transformation. Over the past years, we have designed and facilitated a wide range of innovation processes – from design thinking journeys and innovation camps to piloted solutions with tangible impact. Today, innovation is accelerating rapidly. AI has become a powerful catalyst that makes innovation faster, more creative, and more scalable. We combine proven innovation methodologies with practical AI applications to help organisations move from ideas to implementation. Our Offer 1. AI & Innovation Hackathons - Design and facilitation of hackathons for organisations, networks, and partner ecosystems - Co-creation of practical, AI-enabled solutions to real organisational and societal challenges - Rapid prototyping and testing of ideas within a short, high-energy format 2. Design Thinking & AI-Enabled Innovation Processes - Structured innovation journeys using design thinking combined with AI tools - Faster problem analysis, ideation, and solution development through AI-supported methods - Customised innovation processes aligned with organisational goals and capacities 3. Mentoring, Piloting & Scaling of Innovations - Mentoring and hands-on support for innovation pilots and early-stage solutions - Coaching teams to refine, test, and validate innovations in real-world settings - Support for scaling successful innovations within organisations or across networks 4. Embedding Innovation & AI in Organisations - Integration of innovation and AI-enabled experimentation into core organisational processes - Development of innovation governance, skills, and ways of working - Creating structures and cultures that support continuous learning and innovation Please email us for an intro session: joachim@civilsocietyacademy.de