Kakao Successfully Concludes ‘Kakao Tech NGO AI Class’ for Non-Profits

Program Expanded to Include NGO Workers as Participants

On September 10, Kakao announced that it held the ‘Kakao Tech NGO AI Class’ to help strengthen the artificial intelligence (AI) competency of domestic non-profit organization (NGO) workers.

The Kakao Tech NGO AI Class is an educational program designed so that NGO workers can use generative AI in their actual work and enhance organizational-level AI utilization competency. Following last year's ‘Kakao Tech AI School for Small Business Owners’, the program has expanded its target group to NGO workers this year.

Participants of the Kakao Tech NGO AI class.

A total of 106 participants from 53 organizations were selected for this round of training. The program ran over two days: the introductory session on September 2 was held at the Kakao AI Campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, where trainees practiced business automation using generative AI, PowerPoint design, and creating Excel quotations. The advanced course was held at the Kakao Pangyo Agit on September 8 and 9.

In particular, this training was conducted in pairs, with each organization sending both a leader at the team manager level or above and a staff member. This approach was intended to ensure that what was learned could be applied to each organization’s work, thereby spreading AI usage across teams. All program completers will receive a one-month subscription to Anthropic’s Claude Pro, and an open chat room where trainees can continue to ask the instructors questions will be operated for an additional month after the course ends.

Seongbeom Lee, CEO of Wonders International, which participated in the training, commented, "Although I was already using AI in my work, I joined the program because I was interested in how to implement it at the organizational level with my staff. Through the training and practical exercises, I learned concrete methods for applying AI, and it gave me time to think specifically about how to expand these practices across the organization."

Hong Shin, ESG Collaboration Performance Leader at Kakao, stated, "Through this course, we were able to confirm the high demand for AI education in the non-profit sector and its organizational-level application potential. We will continue to provide practical education that meets the needs of various fields and expand the support to more areas moving forward."

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