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“Train your champion. Build your agency’s AI operating system.”
Most cohorts send one person to a class and nothing changes back at the organization. That is a waste of money. In this AI cohort, your champion walks out having built a Team OS. The everyday AI setup that runs underneath one of their departments, so people spend time on relationships and judgment, not on meeting notes, inbox triage, and report writing. In production and ready to be used by your whole team by the time the cohort ends.
Apply for a seat →AI builds a briefing before recurring meetings so no one walks in cold. After, it writes the summary and routes action items.
A custom AI assistant loaded with your documents, voice, history, and priorities. The rest of the Team OS pulls from this, and your team can ask it directly.
The CEO or department lead’s inbox gets sorted. Replies get drafted in their voice. They review and send. Nothing goes out automatically.
One recurring report written for you: board update, weekly rollup, match snapshot, or grant progress. You pick which fits first.
AI Fluency Diagnostic (adapted from Zapier’s internal rubric). Pick your target department. Learn the CTFC prompt framework. Start your organization’s Knowledge Base.
Finish the Knowledge Base. Set up the first Meeting Prep flow from start to finish.
Set up Email Handling in your department lead’s voice. Automate one recurring report. Calculate real ROI.
Tie the pieces together. Plan how your leadership team starts using it. Rehearse the CEO Demo. Preview Claude Code as the next level.
Your champion walks your CEO through the running Team OS. Or, if you ARE the CEO, you walk your leadership team through it instead. Either way, this is not a pitch deck. The actual working system: meetings getting prepped, reports writing themselves, emails getting drafted in the right voice. They leave with a 60-day roadmap you can drive, or that Russ leads with you as implementation partner.
“This cohort challenged me to build real-world solutions. From refining prompts to creating specialized Gems, I’ve gained the tools to increase our organizational efficiency without losing our human touch.”
Amber Hoyle
Chief Program Officer
BBBS of Greater Chattanooga
“Russ brought great real-world examples of uses of AI. This cohort made implementing AI into my organization’s processes seem much more attainable. Our team is passionate about serving families, and AI will allow us to focus more of our time on those families.”
Mitchell Qualls
COO
First Things First
“Russell is an excellent facilitator with a clear passion for helping professionals use AI tools to improve processes and increase efficiency. Our sessions were engaging, informative, and filled with practical resources and tools, incredibly helpful!”
Lauren Amezaga
Director of Quality Services
CM Consulting
Impact from previous cohorts
Twelve seats per cohort. One per organization. Cohort A runs September 2026.
Open the interest form →Russell McBride runs The McBride Method, an AI and automation consultancy working with nonprofits across the country. This cohort distills two years of in-the-field implementation into one installable system. russ@mcbridemethod.com
Leading a for-profit team? We run executive 1:1 builds and custom company cohorts too.
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