SE & AI · Facilitator resources
Printable worksheets
Every activity from the handbook, written as a sheet you can print and take into the room. Each one lists the goal, materials, steps and debrief questions.
AI Tool Exploration
Goal Give participants hands-on experience with beginner-friendly AI tools and build basic AI literacy.
Materials Laptops or tablets, internet access, projector, AI glossary handout.
Steps
- Introduce one AI tool — OpenAI Playground, Teachable Machine, or Lobe.ai — with a short demonstration.
- Split into small groups and assign each a different tool to experiment with.
- Groups explore what the tool can do: text generation, image classification, or model building.
- Each group notes one capability that could help a social enterprise and one ethical concern.
- Groups present their findings in three minutes to the whole room.
Debrief questions
- Which tool surprised you the most?
- What ethical concern did your group identify?
- How could this tool help solve a problem in your community?
Facilitator notes
Problem Definition with AI
Goal Use AI research tools to understand a social challenge and define a clear, data-driven problem statement.
Materials Laptops, internet, sticky notes, markers, problem-definition framework handout.
Steps
- Choose a local social challenge as a group — food insecurity, unemployment, or education access.
- Use Elicit.org or Perplexity AI to research the challenge and gather data.
- Use Datawrapper or Tableau Public to visualise one pattern or root cause you found.
- Refine your problem statement using ChatGPT with a structured prompt for clarity and scope.
- Share the refined statement with another group for feedback.
Debrief questions
- How did AI change your understanding of the problem?
- What data surprised you?
- Is your problem statement clearer than your first draft? What changed?
Facilitator notes
Business Model Canvas with AI
Goal Build and test a mission-driven business model for a social enterprise using AI tools.
Materials Laptops, internet, printed business model canvas template, sticky notes.
Steps
- Use Strategyzer AI or Leanstack to draft a business model canvas for your social enterprise idea.
- Test one assumption using CB Insights or Crunchbase for market validation.
- Refine your value proposition using AI-assisted customer insights from ChatGPT.
- Use Gamma.app to create a one-page visual summary of your model.
- Present the model to the group for a two-minute peer review.
Debrief questions
- Which part of the canvas was hardest to fill?
- What did the market data tell you about your assumption?
- How did AI help you refine the value proposition?
Facilitator notes
Impact Measurement Design
Goal Design impact metrics and create a narrative using AI-assisted data tools.
Materials Laptops, internet, impact metric templates, sample data sets.
Steps
- Identify three impact metrics appropriate for your social enterprise goal.
- Use Sopact or 60 Decibels to design a simple measurement framework.
- Create a one-page impact narrative using ChatGPT and a sample data set.
- Use PowerBI or Impact Mapper to build one visualisation of your impact data.
- Share your impact narrative with the group and gather feedback on clarity.
Debrief questions
- Which metric was easiest to define, and which was hardest?
- How did AI change the way you told your impact story?
- What would you measure first if you launched tomorrow?
Facilitator notes
AI-Powered Pitch Clinic
Goal Build and deliver a persuasive pitch for a social enterprise using AI design and coaching tools.
Materials Laptops, internet, timer, judging rubric handout.
Steps
- Use Pitch.com, Beautiful.ai, or Tome.app to create a 5-slide pitch deck for your social enterprise.
- Practice your delivery using Yoodli.ai or Speechify for AI-powered feedback on clarity and timing.
- Refine your pitch based on the AI coaching feedback.
- Deliver the pitch in three minutes to a panel of peers acting as investors.
- Receive structured feedback using the judging rubric.
Debrief questions
- How did AI tools change your pitch compared to doing it alone?
- Which AI feedback was most useful for your delivery?
- What is the one thing you would improve before a real pitch?
Facilitator notes