Dec 15–17 · NYCLeading What's Next: an AI Strategy Retreat for JCC professional leadership.See the details
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Puzzle No. 1: find the AI

There's AI in your email, your fundraising, and your training.

see it?

It is already hiding in the work your team does every day. I'm Amanda Loveland, a former JCC executive, and I help nonprofit and community teams decide where AI belongs, write guidelines people follow, and train your teams, so AI use is purposeful and impactful.

FIND THE AI

six words, one thing in common

Hint: it was there the whole time.

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JCC Association of North AmericaJCC Greater BostonKaplen JCC on the PalisadesPeninsula JCCDavid Posnack JCCJCC of Greater ColumbusSan José State University

Puzzle No. 2: multiple choice

Which piece is your team missing?

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Puzzle No. 3: spot the pattern

Somewhere between afraid and certain?

Most teams I meet are. These three notes come up in nearly every room.

Half the staff already uses AI on personal accounts and none of their data is protected.

Someone was handed a powerful new tool with zero instructions. Usage is currently at 0%.

Leadership wants a plan. The board wants reassurance. You want to protect your team’s bandwidth.

Every one of these gets easier once your team knows which tools to use and what is permitted. That is where we start.

Puzzle No. 4: the game plan

Follow the trail.

The AI Foundation is five moves, from “we should probably do something” to a team that knows what it is doing. No dice required.

$5,000

complete program, delivered virtually

start herefinish: a team thatknows what it's doing1Find the right tools2Create guidelines3Get comfortable4Know your tools5Put AI to work

move 1

Discovery conversation

Compare ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot against your needs, accounts, and budget.

move 2

2-hour leadership workshop

Privacy, appropriate use, and human review, ending in a tailored policy draft.

move 3

1-hour staff training

What AI is, where its limits are, and how to check a draft before using it.

move 4

1 hour per tool, up to two

Navigation, features, and everyday uses of the tools you chose.

move 5

Three 1-hour sessions

Your tools applied to real tasks from your own team.

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A couple of focused days, or spread over several weeks. Your team sets the pace.

Puzzle No. 5: pick a card

Already playing? Pair up.

ATraining & workshopsATraining & workshopsFocused sessions or a tailored series built around your tools and daily work, from AI 101 to advanced deep dives.Find your training KStrategy & policyKStrategy & policyLeadership alignment and a policy staff can use, for the important decisions that need to come before the tools.Start with the decisions QCustom tools & SkillsQCustom tools & SkillsWhen one workflow keeps eating the week, we build for it: an onboarding assistant, a program finder, a Skill that holds your templates.See what we can build JSpeaking & retreatsJSpeaking & retreatsKeynotes, intensives, and leadership retreats for conferences and convenings.Invite Amanda to speak

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Amanda with workshop participants at JCC Greater Boston

learning together at JCC Greater Boston

In the room

Real people. Real work. Room to learn.

Every session is built on real work.

“…inspired to keep growing on this AI journey together.”
Alejandra G., David Posnack JCC

Meet Amanda

Pull up a chair.

Before Puzzles & Profits I was chief marketing officer at Peninsula JCC, where I led a team and steered our AI adoption. I started this work because your organization deserves AI guidance from someone who knows what it feels like on the inside.

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Amanda Loveland

player one

Role
Founder, Puzzles & Profits
Before
Chief marketing officer, Peninsula JCC
Marketing executive in nonprofit, startups, and Fortune 500 organizations
Chaired
JCC Association Marketing Peer Community, 2023 to 2026
Writes
Community Rec Magazine column and Unpuzzling AI
Off the clock
Avid reader
Board game collector
Wannabe runner

Answers in the back of the book

Straight answers.

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Delivered in three pieces

You've got mail.

Unpuzzling AI is my newsletter for nonprofit and community teams.

last puzzle: your move

Raise your hand.

Tell me what is going on in your organization. You leave with a clearer sense of your next piece.

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