Course Overview
AI
AI Prompting For People With Better Things To Do
This workshop is for busy, non-technical staff, and AI skeptics who just want useful results without the jargon or diving into the deep end of AI. You’ll learn quick, repeatable prompt patterns that work across everyday job tasks. We’ll focus on copy-and-tweak recipes and quick quality checks that reduce embarrassing “AI misfires.” This course aims to enable participants who are not using AI frequently today to immediately get successful results with minimal effort.
Why this course matters
- Avoid getting bad replies from AI by adopting simple prompt techniques that allow anyone to get the outcomes they are looking for.
- Have even the most non-technical staff understand the bare essentials to efficiently utilize AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, Co-Pilot, Perplexity, and more.
- Open the doors for further learning and increase the appetite for AI once basics like prompting lead to successful results.
Who should attend
- Anyone short on time who wants safe, repeatable AI results with minimal learning curve.
- Staff who resist AI adoption or struggle with getting successful/usable outputs.
What you’ll learn
- The prompt - Easy, repeatable methodology so convey the task, tone, context, and format you want from your AI outputs.
- Set boundaries - Add simple do/don’t rules to force the AI to stay on topic and tone.
- Check and correct - Quick ways to spot weak claims, ask for clearer wording, or correct future outputs.
- Break big jobs into steps - Obtain better results by asking for one step at a time.
- Copy-and-tweak recipes - Example prompts for email, summaries, lists, and simple analysis.
- Make it a habit - Benefits of short exercises to help fortify knowledge to make it a part of your day-to-day work routines.
Practical applications
- Have entry-level staff synthesis large reports and meeting summaries.
- Maintain consistent company compliant language in emails and marketing campaigns.
- Expand staff creativity and brainstorming practices.