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General Questions

AI4Communicators is an online training platform that offers courses designed to teach employee communications professionals how to leverage AI strategically. The courses cover such topics as content creation, predictive analytics, data analysis, ethics, sentiment analysis, change management and more.

The courses are taught by industry leaders with extensive experience in employee communications and higher education, including Mark, president of North Star Communications Consulting, Sharon McIntosh, president of And Then Communications, and Jon Stemmle, professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. These instructors have deep skills and experience leading global employee communications and engagement functions with Fortune 500 and Fortune 50 companies, certified coaching and higher education teaching experience and consulting expertise across many industries and geographies. You can read more in their biographies on this web site.

Between the multiple courses offered with AI4Communicators, you will learn about various AI technologies and their applications in employee communications, such as using employee communications data for sentiment analysis and predictive analytics, managing change with AI and addressing privacy, security, ethics and governance issues associated with Generative AI.

Yes, we plan to offer additional courses that address the unique needs of other communications professionals, specifically to cover external stakeholders as well. Please register for our mailing list so we can keep you up to date on new courses as they become available.

For more details, you can reach out at info@ai4communicators.com.

Course Specifics: delivery, sequence and structure

The courses are delivered live, on line, through Zoom technology in American English, with automated, real-time translation available in multiple languages. Each course is comprised of three modules, each lasting one hour. When registering, simply select a specific section – with per-scheduled meeting times for each module in the course.

The courses include automated, real-time translation in languages  that include Arabic;  Cantonese;  Chinese (Simplified);  Chinese (Traditional);  Czech;  Danish;  Dutch;  English;  Estonian;  Finnish;  French (Canada);  French(France);  German; Hebrew;  Hindi; Hungarian;  Indonesian; Italian;  Japanese;  Korean; Malay;  Persian; PoliPPortuguese;  Romanian;  Russian;  Spanish;  Swedish;  Tagalog;  Tamil;  Telugu;  Thai;  Turkish;  Ukrainian;  and Vietnamese.

The content is divided into three tracks: basic AI for productivity; strategic and data-driven applications; and AI leadership, to meet employee communications professionals where they are in their AI journeys.

No, the courses are designed to meet you where you are and help you grow from there, regardless of your current knowledge of AI.

No.  The courses are designed to be taken in any order, giving you the prioritize what you want to learn in whatever order that’s more important for you.

Scheduling and enrollment

Specific dates and times for sections of each course are available for enrollment on www.ai4communicators.com. The schedule, typically going 60-90 days out, is updated at the end of each month. You can subscribe to our mailing list for updates on these offerings.

Yes, as long as you notify your course instructor or let us know at info@ai4communicators.com within seven days of the missed session. We’ll make a recorded session of the module you missed available for you on demand, or schedule you for the next available meeting date/time for that module.

No. Once you choose a section, you are registered only for those specific dates and times. Dates and times in OTHER sections cannot be substituted.

Benefits and certification of completion

By taking these courses, you’ll save time and energy learning about AI for employee communications and gain practical knowledge, tools, and insights to enhance your professional skills. Our researchers who have pulled together the content for each course, and every module, have engaged professionals like machine learning engineers, sifted through existing research and gauged best practices for this rapidly developing technology.

While this training does not apply to any college or university credit, it does represent current best-in-class training on AI for employee communication. At the completion of each course, students who meet criteria for completion will receive a certificate of completion and a digital badge administered through Credly to indicate their advancing knowledge and skills. This will be issued automatically once criteria for completion is verified.

Discounts, group and customized training

Yes, discounts for registering for multiple courses are available. Those discounts are applied at checkout on line, but essentially amount to $200 savings per additional course. If you are part of a larger group interested in additional discounts, contact us at info@ai4communicators.com.

Yes, customized training (specific modules and specific dates, both on-line and on-site) is available for larger groups, departments or teams. Reach us at info@ai4communiators.com to get details.

Student Enrollment Agreement and Release AI for Communicators: Courses 1, 2 and 3

This Student Enrollment Agreement (this “Agreement”), is a binding agreement between you, the Student (“Student”), and North Star Communications Consulting, Inc. (“North Star”) with regard to a single enrollment in any of Course 1, 2, or 3 of the North Star AI for Communicators Courses (the “Course”). This Agreement becomes binding and effective upon the Student accepting  its terms, indicated by [Student’s signature below or electronic signature or clicking the “Accept” button below].

The Student and North Star agree as follows:

  1. STUDENT ACCESS TO COURSE AND MATERIALS: Upon successful registration and payment of the required Course fee, Student shall be entitled to attend all sessions of the Course session for which Student is registered and shall be entitled to receive all materials distributed or otherwise made available by North Star in connection with the Course.
  1. NO EDUCATIONAL CREDIT: North Star is not affiliated with or approved by any educational or vocational institution or government entity. No credit toward any degree or certification of any kind is offered in connection with the Course.
  1. COURSE PURPOSE/LIMITATIONS/OBLIGATIONS: North Star offers the Course including all instruction and materials for the sole purpose of educating students concerning possible uses of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). North Star does not recommend, advocate, endorse or suggest any particular use of AI, appropriate use of which shall be solely at the discretion of Student. Students shall abide by all applicable laws, regulations or policies of any state, nation, or employer relating to their use of AI. North Star shall have no liability or responsibility for Student’s use of AI and Student hereby releases North Star, its instructors, employees, officers, Directors and owners and any of their agents from any and all liability arising from, accruing from or otherwise relating to Student’s use of AI.
  1. TUITION NON-REFUNDABLE/REGISTRATION NON-TRANFERABLE: Tuition for the Course including any applicable taxes, must be received by North Star before the Student will be registered for the Course and shall be non-refundable. Registrations shall be personal to each Student and may not be transferred to any other person except that a business entity paying tuition for an employee may be permitted to transfer registration to another employee of that same business entity.
  1. COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: North Star will send Students who complete the Course a Certificate of Completion which shall state only that the Student successfully completed the Course. In order to receive a Certificate of Completion, the Student must attend all sessions, complete all Course exercises and complete a short survey when the last module of each course is finished. Students also will receive a digital badge upon completion of each course. Missed sessions may be made up either through viewing on-demand videos of previous recorded sessions if available or, if available, another live offering of the missed session. Requests for access to recorded sessions or to attend an alternate live session, if available, must be made in writing within seven days of the missed session.
  1. CANCELLATION/POSTPONEMENT: In the event North Star cancels the Course for any reason, Student shall be entitled to a refund of all fees paid for the Course. Student will be notified in the event individual Course sessions must be rescheduled for any reason and shall be given the opportunity to attend alternate sessions or to view recorded sessions in the event they are unable to attend the rescheduled session.
  1. COURSE MATERIALS. The copyright and all other rights in Course materials are and shall remain the exclusive property of North Star and are licensed to Student for use in connection with the Course and for personal future reference only. Course materials may not be reproduced, displayed, distributed, shared, altered or otherwise used in any other manner without North Star’s express written permission.
  1. GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION: Breach of this Agreement shall be grounds for termination of Student’s enrollment and denial of access to Course sessions without refund.
  1. NO GUARANTEE: COMPLETION OF THE COURSE DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE EMPLOYMENT, ADVANCEMENT, PROMOTION, OR INCREASED COMPENSATION. NORTH STAR HAS NOT MADE ANY PROMISE TO STUDENT, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENT AS A RESULT OF COMPLETING THE COURSE.
  1. MESSAGING DISCLOSURE: Student consents to North Star using prerecorded/artificial voice messages, telephone monitoring and recording of phone calls, text messages and/or automatic dialing equipment to communicate and memorialize communications with Student as the law allows. North Star may use any telephone number provided by Student to make such communications, regardless of whether the number is for a mobile telephone and/or using the number results in charges to Student.
  1. RECORDING NOTICE: North Star may create audio, video and/or audio/video recordings of Course sessions for purposes of offering Course make-up sessions or online versions of the Course and/or for purposes of marketing and advertising the Course or any other course offered by North Star. As a condition of Student being permitted access to the Course, Student consents to, and waives any claim arising out of, North Star’s use of Student’s name, likeness, image, voice, appearance, comments and questions in any such recordings for any and all such purposes.
  1. PRIVACY OF STUDENT INFORMATION: Information Student provides to North Star, whether in connection with registration or otherwise, shall be treated by North Star in accordance with the North Star Privacy Policy posted at https://www.northstarcomms.com/privacy-policy-2/.
  1. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION FOR DISPUTES: This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut, without regard to any of its conflict of law provisions that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. Any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement may be commenced and maintained only in a court of competent subject matter jurisdiction in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Each Party waives any objection to jurisdiction and venue in such courts. The Parties expressly, knowingly and voluntarily waive any right to a trial by jury in any proceeding arising out of, relating to, and/or to enforce this Agreement.

I have reviewed the Student Enrollment Agreement and Release and all of the terms stated above and hereby agree to abide by those terms.