What’s PNI? It’s a form of Participatory Action Research in which groups of people share stories about their experiences to make sense of situations together. Researchers, teachers, facilitators, organizers, managers, designers, and other helpers use PNI to help people discover insights, catch emerging trends, make decisions, generate ideas, resolve conflicts, and build connections.
What’s the PNI Practicum? It’s a set of online project-based courses in doing PNI. Every student in every course does a real PNI project, whether it’s one big project or your own custom project.
PNI Practicum Level One:
An Introduction to PNI
4 weeks. Collaborate on a single, shared project. Gather 4+ stories from 2+ people. Facilitate a sensemaking exercise.
700 USD
PNI Practicum Level Two:
PNI Essentials
12 weeks. Carry out your own small, exploratory PNI project. Gather 24+ stories from 6+ people. Facilitate a multi-part sensemaking workshop.
1400 USD
PNI Practicum Level Three:
A Deep Dive into PNI
20 weeks. Carry out an ambitious PNI project. Gather 80+ stories from 20+ people. Build catalytic material using qualitative or mixed-methods analysis. Facilitate multiple sensemaking workshops.
2100 USD
Course Calendar
| Introduction | Essentials | Deep Dive | |
| May 2026 | Wednesdays for 4 weeks 0 seats taken; 12 available | Tuesdays for 12 weeks 0 seats taken; 8 available | |
| June 2026 | Wednesdays for 20 weeks (skipping over August) 0 seats taken; 8 available | ||
| July 2026 | Thursdays for 4 weeks 0 seats taken; 12 available | ||
| August 2026 | |||
| September 2026 | Mondays for 4 weeks 0 seats taken; 12 available | Thursdays for 12 weeks 0 seats taken; 8 available | |
| October 2026 | |||
| November 2026 | Tuesdays for 4 weeks 0 seats taken; 12 available | ||
| December 2026 |
Open seats
This table shows how many tickets are available for each upcoming course. Each class will run if at least four people have signed up for it by the day it is scheduled to begin. If you pay for a class and it does not run, you will receive a full refund.
Coupon codes
See the FAQ page for information about discounts.
Cancellations
If you sign up for a course, then cancel before it starts, you will receive a 90% refund (100% if you cancel in the first 48 hours). If you sign up for a course, then cancel after it starts, you will receive a 75% prorated refund.
Class meetings
All weekly class meetings take place online, at 2pm in the New York time zone, which is (usually) 11am in California, 8pm in Central Europe, and 6am in Sydney.
Summer pause
The Deep Dive June-to-November course includes an August recess in which no course meetings take place (but projects continue).
Want to take a course, but not ready to pay? Sign up on the website to indicate your interest in the course.
Prices too high? Look for coupon codes on the FAQ page.
Have a question about this course calendar? Send me an email at cfkurtz@cfkurtz.com.