Posts by The Canadian AI Guy
How to ‘Talk’ to AI: A Small Business Owner’s Guide to Better Conversations
Let’s talk about the “Almost Perfect” first draft. You’ve done your homework. You used the 5-step TCREI framework. You maybe even stole one of our prompts from the last article. You get a response back from the AI, and it’s… pretty good. It’s a solid B-. But it’s not quite what you had in your…
Read More7 Time-Saving AI Prompts Every Canadian Small Business Should Steal
Alright, let’s get down to brass tacks. In the last two articles, we figured out why your prompts were getting you garbage results and laid out the 5-step TCREI framework to fix them. You have the playbook. Now, it’s time to run the plays. Think of this article as your AI recipe box. We’ve built…
Read MoreThe 5-Step Framework for Writing AI Prompts That Actually Work
In our last article, we established the golden rule of AI: Garbage In, Garbage Out. You now know why you’ve been getting useless, generic results from tools like ChatGPT. It’s not the AI’s fault; it’s just been waiting for better instructions. Today, we’re handing you the keys to the kingdom. This isn’t theory; it’s a…
Read MoreWhy Your Business Gets Garbage from ChatGPT (And How to Fix It)
It’s 9 PM on a Tuesday. You’ve finally got the kids to bed, cleared the dinner table, and now you’re staring at the blinking cursor, a dozen business tasks swirling in your head. You need a social media post for this week’s sale, but your brain is fried. Someone told you AI could help. So…
Read MoreFrom Buried in Paperwork to Big-Picture Leader: How AI Can Carve Out Time for Strategic Planning
You became a non-profit leader to change the world, not to drown in paperwork. But the daily reality is a constant battle against the “tyranny of the urgent,” a relentless cycle of fire-fighting that leaves no room for the very thing your organization needs most: your vision. If this feels familiar, you’re not alone. Research…
Read MoreThe Volunteer Coordinator You Don’t Have to Hire: An AI-Powered Playbook
Your volunteers contribute the equivalent of over $40 billion in economic value to Canada’s economy each year. They are the engine of your non-profit. But managing that engine can feel like a second full-time job you simply don’t have time for. You’re not imagining it. The Canadian non-profit sector is at a “critical juncture.” Since…
Read MoreNever Write Meeting Summaries Again: Your AI Guide to Perfect Notes and Action Items
You know the feeling. The meeting ends, and you’re left staring at a notebook full of cryptic scribbles, trying to remember who agreed to do what by when. This post-meeting haze isn’t just a nuisance; it’s a massive, hidden drain on your organization. Recent data shows that Canadian workers spend nearly 20% of their workweek…
Read MoreThe 60-Minute Board Meeting Prep: An AI Workflow for Agendas, Reports, and Minutes
It’s the Sunday Scramble. That familiar feeling of dread that hits on the weekend before a board meeting. You know you have hours of tedious work ahead: pulling numbers from five different spreadsheets, writing summaries, and trying to format it all into a professional-looking package. This isn’t just administrative work; it’s a high-stakes performance. You’re…
Read MoreStop Staring at a Blank Page: How to Draft Any Non-Profit Policy with AI in 30 Minutes
You’re in the middle of a board meeting when the chair turns to you and says, “We really should have a formal social media policy in place. Can you draft something for our next meeting?” For a busy Executive Director, that simple request lands with a thud. It feels like legal homework, not the mission-driven…
Read MoreThe Overwhelmed ED’s Survival Guide: 5 Simple AI Tasks You Can Offload Today
It’s 8 PM on a Tuesday. The office is quiet, and you’re staring at your laptop, aren’t you? The screen glows with a half-written grant proposal, an inbox with 50 unread emails, a board report due Friday, and a reminder about that volunteer scheduling conflict you still have to solve. Sound familiar? If you’re a…
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