{"id":219006,"date":"2026-05-22T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/honolulu-launches-ai-training-program-for-oahu-businesses-nonprofits\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T04:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:00:23","slug":"honolulu-launches-ai-training-program-for-oahu-businesses-nonprofits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/honolulu-launches-ai-training-program-for-oahu-businesses-nonprofits\/","title":{"rendered":"Honolulu launches AI training program for O\u2018ahu businesses, nonprofits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alohastatedaily.com\/2026\/05\/22\/honolulu-launches-ai-training-program-for-oahu-businesses-nonprofits\/\">Honolulu launches AI training program for O\u2018ahu businesses, nonprofits<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alohastatedaily.com\/2026\/05\/22\/honolulu-launches-ai-training-program-for-oahu-businesses-nonprofits\/\">https:\/\/alohastatedaily.com\/2026\/05\/22\/honolulu-launches-ai-training-program-for-oahu-businesses-nonprofits\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-22 21:39:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"alohastatedaily.com\">alohastatedaily.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>The City and County of Honolulu\u2019s Office of Economic Revitalization (OER), in collaboration with M\u0101punawai and Skilled Tomorrow, is launching \u201cAI for Everyone at Work: Training Trainers to Teach Across Generations,\u201d a pilot program aimed at helping small businesses and nonprofits on O\u2018ahu to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The initiative uses a &#8220;train-the-trainer&#8221; model to provide free one-day training sessions designed for leaders to educate their employees on AI, focusing on practical and responsible implementation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Participants must commit to conducting at least two internal training sessions within six months after the initial training, learning about AI fundamentals, applicable use cases, prompt-writing frameworks, and responsible AI teaching strategies for multigenerational teams.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The program emphasizes ensuring AI&#8217;s benefits reach the island\u2019s high older-adult labor participation rate, aiming to retain employees past retirement age by equipping them with AI skills.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The program targets organizations with five to 50 employees, focusing particularly on human resources, management, learning and development, or team leadership roles, stressing no prior AI experience is needed but participants must have a supportive letter from organizational leadership.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Participants will gain the skills to introduce AI as a support tool rather than a replacement, fostering sustainable, cost-effective, and adaptive workplace environments.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The initiative aims to build in-house training capacity and thus reduce reliance on external consultants, creating a ripple effect of AI literacy and knowledge dissemination within participating organizations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Applications close on May 27, with a cohort of 12 being chosen by June 3. 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