Preparing Your Planning Agency for AI
From Planetizen
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What you'll learn
You score your agency's AI readiness, compare GovTech AI tools with a build, buy or wait framework, work through verification, bias and privacy risks, draft an AI usage policy, and finish with a phased adoption roadmap.
- AI fundamentals for planners
- Agency AI readiness framework
- AI tool categories and the GovTech vendor landscape
- Responsible adoption, governance and procurement
- Adoption roadmap building
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Is this right for you?
- Level
- Intermediate People with some experience who want to go further or prove what they know.
- What you get
- A certificate from a name employers know, ready to add to LinkedIn and your résumé the day you finish.
- How you learn
- Live or scheduled sessions, about 6 weeks.
- How to use it
- Add it to LinkedIn under Licenses and certifications, post it with one thing you learned, and name the exact skills on your résumé. Then bring it up in interviews and show how you use AI to get more done.
- Why it's worth it
- Fast, practical proof that you are ahead on AI. It shows initiative, gives you skills you can use the same day, and hands you something concrete to talk about with every hiring manager.
What you will pay$795Upfront cost. Full details below.
- Time
- 6 weeks, about 3 to 4 hours per week; 12 AICP CM credits listed (being applied for).
- Before you start
- None stated; aimed at planning agency staff and leaders.
- How you are tested
- Live online cohort: weekly 90 minute recorded sessions plus async modules.
- Renewal
- None stated.
- Full cost details
- $795 per person per cohort; team pricing by quote.
- Where it applies
- Online; built for US public planning agencies.
Checked at the source Oct 23, 2026
Sources and what we verified
Planetizen course page: price, cohort dates, weekly topics, CM credits status ↗What we verified: The page lists cohorts on October 15, 2026, February 15, 2027 and July 15, 2027, and says CM credits are still being applied for. A completion deliverable (AI Readiness Brief) is described; we read the CM credit as the award.
Fees and eligibility can change. Confirm current terms with the issuer before you pay.
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