Coaching
For professionals advancing specific projects or strategies.
Stop overcomplicating tech adoption.
Strategy, policy and culture all matter. None of it works until people have spent real time with the tools. We start there, with patient, hands-on training led by Samhir Vasdev.
IREX Community Engagement Exchange summit, Warsaw3,000+ people trained across 250+ organizations
Skills first. The rest follows.
Leaders are choosing tools they’ve never tried. Policies are written for technology no one has touched. We wouldn’t write the pool rules for a team that’s never been in the water.
Training programs
Workshops and cohorts where staff learn by doing, on their own real work.
Courses at scale
Self-paced certification programs, like those built with Conservation International and OpenAI Academy.
Strategy and governance
Policies and roadmaps that keep technology in service of the mission.
3,000+people trained since 2016
250+organizations served
$20ksaved by one client in two months, redirected to mission work
Impact
What changed, in their words
“Makes AI feel approachable rather than intimidating.”ASAli SwansonConservation International
“The most important training I have taken in my 20 years in the sector.”MHMichael HoffmanRare
“Turned me from an AI denier to a true believer.”ABAngie BrathwaiteBlue Alliance
“His focus on responsible AI set him apart.”LMLes MilesIREX
“More of our energy goes toward our mission.”AGAngela GlymphPeer Health Exchange
“Made complex ideas accessible to everyone in the room.”ZHZac HubbellForest Service International Foundation
Aleš used AI to compare drafts of a new law against the old one.
A faster, more thorough read on new environmental policy.Dora taught Copilot to repeat her manual data-cleaning steps.
More timely data behind CI's conservation investments.Brittany used AI to analyze a large, organization-wide needs assessment.
Insights now shaping training for 500 conservation staff.
Trusted by
World Bank
Conservation International
WWF
IREX
TechChange
Project Evident
OpenAI Academy
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Forest Service International Foundation
Climate Collective
Nearly all of our work comes through referrals, and clients come back: IREX, the World Bank, Conservation International, WWF, TechChange and Project Evident have each hired Samhir more than once.
The specialist
Samhir Vasdev
Every engagement is designed and led by Samhir. He works where design, facilitation and digital strategy meet, and has taught as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University since 2018.
Before AI was the headline, he spent fifteen years helping governments, nonprofits and companies in more than 20 countries use technology responsibly, at the World Bank, IREX and Meta. He is based in Oregon.
Referred by someone? Welcome.
The next step is a short conversation about your team and the people you serve.
Write to Samhir