A lot of people who reach out to me have the same question underneath the one they ask: "Is this going to go over my head?" The answer is no, but I understand why they worry. A lot of AI content out there assumes you already know things you probably do not, and moves too fast to ask questions.
Here is exactly what an AI workshop with me looks like, from start to finish.
Before we start: no assumptions
I do not assume you have used ChatGPT or any other AI tool before. I do not assume you know what a "large language model" is. The only assumption I make is that you want to learn how to use AI to do something useful in your work or life.
Every session starts with where you actually are, not where a curriculum says you should be.
The first hour: what AI actually is and is not
We spend the first part clearing up misconceptions. What can AI reliably do? What is it bad at? When should you trust it and when should you verify? What does "hallucination" mean in practice?
This part is important because people either over-trust AI (expecting it to always be right) or under-trust it (dismissing it because it once got something wrong). Building accurate intuition here makes everything else easier.
Hands-on practice with real tasks
Most of the workshop is you doing things, not watching me do them. We pick tasks relevant to your actual work: writing, summarizing, drafting, analyzing, and you practice with them live.
I am right there to explain why something worked, why something did not, and how to adjust. This is where most of the learning happens: not from explanation, but from trying something and talking through what happened.
Learning to ask better questions
The core skill of using AI well is prompting, which is how you phrase what you ask. We cover the basics: how to give AI context, how to specify tone and format, how to refine a response rather than starting over.
By the end of the workshop, most people can write a prompt that gets a useful result on the first try. That shift alone changes how they think about what AI can do for them.
Q&A and the questions people are usually afraid to ask
I leave time for questions, including the ones people feel embarrassed to ask because they think they should already know the answer. There are no dumb questions in these sessions. Most of the "obvious" things are not obvious if no one has explained them.
What you leave with
At the end of a workshop, you will have used AI on real tasks from your own work. You will know what it can and cannot do. You will have a list of specific ways to use it this week. And you will know how to keep learning on your own.
Most people leave surprised at how practical and accessible it turned out to be. That is the goal: not to impress you with technology, but to give you something useful you can act on immediately.
Who these workshops are for
Business owners. Educators. Healthcare professionals. Anyone who uses a computer for work and wants to do more in less time. Sessions are available for individuals, small groups, and teams across the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle.