AI-Ready Mission Organization Cohort
Get Your Organization AI-Ready!
Announcing a Missio Nexus 4-month Cohort
Instead of reacting to the disruptions AI is generating, what if you could proactively position your ministry to be AI-Ready? AI adoption will look different for each organization but that is no reason to make the journey alone.
Join with other organizations to build out a strategy that will take your organization forward:
- Create and roll out your ethical, theological, and policy documents
- Design your workforce transformation strategy
- Operationalize AI in into your key departments
- Integrate AI into your ministry programs globally
The details:
- 2 staff from each organization
- Monthly meetings and homework (November – February)
- Monthly organizational coaching session between meetings
- Cost: $3,800 ($1,900 per person) for Missio Nexus Members and $4,500 ($2,250 per person for Non-Members
- Register by October 15, 2026
Meet the Facilitators
Jon Hirst – With over 25 years of experience leading innovation efforts in global ministry, Jon is committed to helping nonprofits to explore how they can explore new ideas, identify areas for growth and pivot to meet new opportunities.
Jon brings together a unique mix of innovation leadership, marketing & branding experience, and technology expertise to help ministries to reimagine ministry approaches in the face of disruption. He is a trainer for the Seeds Innovation Lab, a facilitator for CoStarters, and has completed the MITx Disciplined Entrepreneurship Course.
He has helped write four books and regularly writes and speaks on topics related to innovation and new approaches to ministry. Currently he serves as the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Innovation in Mission, a fractional innovation leader service. In the past he served as Chief Innovation Officer for SIL Global, CEO of Global Mapping International, Communications Director for Reach Beyond, along with other ministry, business as mission and start-up roles.
Jon lives in Wisconsin with his wife Mindy, three kids and three dogs. He grew up as a missionary kid in Argentina and Venezuela and has traveled in 30 countries in support of global mission.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonhirst/
Innovation Substack: https://innovationinmission.substack.com
Ann Chow – For 30+ years, Ann’s breadth of business experience and relational intelligence brings worlds together as a global strategist in systems development, project implementation, and training to empower businesses, organizations, and individuals around the world.
Ann’s industry expertise, passion for innovation and collaboration empower organisations and individuals around the world. Her priorities of amplification and multiplication establish themselves in different ways with the same goal of building a more hope-filled future.
Nationally, Ann is proud of her involvement in the global development sector and empowering women and children in the majority world as a member of the Board of Directors for Partners International. Locally, she provides leadership as an elder at Knox Presbyterian Church. Ann has earned her Master of Arts in Theology from Regent College.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annchowcanada/
Published by Missio Nexus, . Last updated 22 Jun 2026.
