The Curriculum

Each session builds on the last.

Before the Course: Setting Up Your AI Tools (video)

Watch on your own time before the first workshop.

What you'll learn:

  •       Create your account, step by step
  •       Learn the difference between free and paid AI tools and what each one offers you
  •       Go beyond typing: use voice and other shortcuts to move faster
  •       A help wiki and setup video you can return to anytime

Live Workshop 1: How Generative AI Actually Works

And why it fails, and what to do about it.

What you'll learn:

  •      What AI is and where you already use it every day
  •       How large language models predict the next word instead of "thinking"
  •       Instant answers versus step-by-step Thinking mode
  •       Why AI gets things wrong: hallucinations, outdated information, false confidence, and unreliable sources
  •       How to check and verify the answers you get

Live Workshop 2: Prompting Like a Pro

Better questions, better results.

What you'll learn:

  •       Find your way around the settings and features
  •       The parts of a strong prompt: role, task, context, and format, plus constraint and tone
  •       See weak prompts turned into strong ones, live
  •       Keep refining: treat AI as a conversation partner, not a one-shot answer machine
  •       AI safety: privacy, workplace rules, and knowing when not to let AI decide

Live Workshop 3: Using AI in Real Life and Real Work

Beyond the chat box: documents, photos, voice, and more.

What you'll learn:

  •       Hand AI a document and have it read, summarize, and answer questions
  •       Point your camera at a plant, a part, a label, or a form and ask what it is
  •       Talk to it, search the web with it, and clean up messy data
  •       The three-step workflow: you provide the material, AI transforms it, you review and decide

Live Workshop 4: Responsible, Smart, and Strategic AI Use

Move from using AI to using it well.

What you'll learn:

  •       Evaluate AI outputs critically and spot when they're off
  •       Understand the core risks: accuracy, bias, privacy, over-reliance, and accountability
  •       Work through real case studies in small groups
  •       Build your own personal policy for when and how you'll use AI

WHY THIS COURSE

Taught the way people actually learn

Hands-on, not lecture

You try skills live during the workshop, with a facilitator guiding and a moderator ready to help in the chat.

Real support

We keep the Zoom room open for a full hour after every workshop to answer your questions and help you one-on-one. You are never stuck alone. Support is also available on Slack between workshops.

Real understanding, not just prompting

This isn't just prompt tricks. You'll learn what to verify, what never to share, and when a human has to make the call.

If you have ever felt like AI is something other people understand but you do not, this course is built for you. You do not need to be a tech person to get real value out of these tools.