From your first prompt to building autonomous agents — the complete 8-hour workshop.
What are you hoping to learn today?
The core thing about AI adoption
Understanding the fundamentals of AI and mastering the art of prompting.
Learn how to correctly prompt any LLM to make powerful, useful responses — not just generic slop.
Open ChatGPT (or any LLM) and use the Act-Explain-Please framework on something you're currently working on. Write a prompt that uses all three parts.
Understanding the landscape of AI models available today.
Understanding LLM limitations
A deep dive into all the menus, features and capabilities.
Open ChatGPT and explore a feature you haven't used before: Try Canvas mode, set up Custom Instructions, upload a document, or try Agent Mode on a real task.
Act as a senior marketing strategist with 15 years experience in the Australian property market. I'm the marketing director at a boutique real estate agency in the Blue Mountains, NSW. We specialise in heritage properties and have a $50K quarterly digital marketing budget. Please create a 90-day social media content strategy that: 1. Targets downsizers from Sydney aged 55-70 2. Highlights lifestyle benefits over property features 3. Includes specific post ideas for each platform 4. Suggests a realistic posting schedule for a team of 2
Using Act-Explain-Please, write a complex prompt for something you actually need at work. Include your real role, real context, specific format, and constraints.
Peek under the hood — hallucinations, bias, synthetic data and data safety.
Understanding the mechanism helps you use it better and avoid the traps.
The future of AI training isn't human-generated data anymore.
When AI confidently tells you something that isn't true.
Ask ChatGPT a factual question about your industry — something specific where you know the real answer. Did it get it right? If not, what went wrong? Try asking it to cite sources and check if they're real.
Our whole AI universe is shaped by a handful of people.
Every model saves your data and uses it to train the next one.
Open the settings of your most-used AI tool. Is training turned off? What data are they storing? Are you on a business or personal plan? Discuss with your neighbour: what's your organisation's AI policy?
Use AI as a genuine thinking partner — for planning, research and creation.
The key to thinking with AI
Use AI as a thinking partner, not just a task executor.
Act as a Business Consultant for a major Fortune 500 company. I'm about to give a presentation to the board, where I have to deliver disastrous news about Q4 2025. Please give me three different ways to approach this, particularly focussed on keeping my job.
Act as a researcher with understanding of property law in New South Wales. I'm currently working on a new report about the most recent property law updates, which are attached as a PDF. Please give me five different ways to approach this.
Act as a social media manager with over 20 years experience in the NSW property market. I'm currently working on a business plan to improve my social media presence and push more sales across the Blue Mountains region. Please give me three different ways to approach this.
Think of a real project. Use the scaffolding approach: 1. Ask for 3-5 different approaches 2. Pick the best one 3. Ask AI to expand on that approach 4. Iterate and refine Don't go straight to the final output!
When you need more than a quick answer.
Turn documents into podcasts, mind maps and more.
Download any boring PDF you have. Upload it to NotebookLM (notebooklm.google.com). Try creating an Audio Overview (podcast), asking questions, or generating a mind map.
Create professional-quality music in minutes.
Using Grok for lyrics and Suno for music: 1. Create lyrics about your industry or team 2. Generate the song in Suno 3. Play it for your neighbour Bonus: Try creating a jingle for your team!
Turn research into stunning presentations automatically.
Using the scaffolding approach: 1. Create presentation content in ChatGPT 2. Open Gamma.app 3. Paste in your text and generate Create a presentation about something you're working on.
From basic automation to autonomous AI that works for you.
Something to be aware of now — they'll be extremely useful by mid-2026.
Current agent capability: unsupervised work time
From basic chat to full autonomous agents.
The more access you give, the more it can do. And the more that can go wrong.
The question to ask before granting agent permissions
Automation that doesn't require agents or coding.
Think about your daily/weekly tasks. What do you do repeatedly that follows a pattern? Sketch out a workflow that could automate it. Share with your neighbour — which tools would you need?
Creating apps by talking to AI — no coding knowledge required.
— Rupert Chesman
Creating apps by describing what you want — no coding knowledge required.
The simplest way to start building things.
Please create a working Snake game using HTML, CSS, Javascript and other embedded elements. Make it beautiful, playable on Desktop and Mobile devices, with simple WASD and touch functionality.
Please create a perfect website using HTML, CSS, Javascript and other embedded elements. Make it beautiful and accessible on Desktop and Mobile devices. [Tip: Use Act-Explain-Please first to create website content, THEN ask it to build the site]
Using ChatGPT with Canvas mode: 1. Think of a simple tool or game 2. Use the two-step approach 3. Iterate until it works! Ideas: calculator, quiz, countdown timer, to-do list
Google's platform for building apps with Gemini.
Open aistudio.google.com 1. Create a prompt in ChatGPT for a useful app 2. Paste it into AI Studio's Build section 3. See what it creates! Try something work-related — a calculator, booking tool, or data visualiser.
For when you need more power.
Images, video and visual content with the latest AI tools.
Good for quick generation — but better tools now exist.
The gold standard for beautiful AI-generated images.
Open ChatGPT and write: "Please create ten Midjourney prompts of [SUBJECT], in a [STYLE] with [LIGHTING] shot on [CAMERA] with [LENS], --ar 16:9" Examples: • "...macro shots of Dubai, photorealistic, sunset, Arri Alexa, Cooke S4 lenses" • "...wide shots of London, photorealistic, sunset, DJI Inspire 3 drone, Zenmuse lenses"
Google's image generator that edits real photos.
Choose your weapon: 1. Midjourney: Create a hero image prompt for your business 2. Nano Banana: Transform a photo (change lighting, background, style) 3. ChatGPT: Generate a quick concept image Share your best result with the group!
The frontier of AI creativity — and how to avoid slop.
Using Freepik or your preferred video AI tool: 1. Write a prompt for a 5-second video clip 2. Generate and review 3. Is it slop or gold? What makes the difference? Discuss: How could you use AI video in your work?
Live demonstration — creating something real with AI tools.
AI has many practical uses in real-world production. Let's see them in action.
Open Google Gemini, make a new chat, and upload something that needs checking. Write: "Please check the attached video for content errors" Gemini will review and flag issues with factual accuracy, consistency, grammar and more.
Open ChatGPT or Google Gemini and make a new chat. "Please create a press release for this event, based on the attached transcription" "Please create a YouTube description for this event, based on the attached transcription. Include timestamps, relevant hashtags and SEO keywords."
Open Claude and select Cowork. Write: "Please organise this folder into individual folders for each section of the event" Claude Cowork reads your files, understands the structure, and reorganises everything logically.
Creating something real, together, right now.
Pick a real project and create something using AI: A) Brand video concept (script + AI images + video) B) Client presentation (research + Gamma deck) C) Social media campaign (content + images) D) Training module (NotebookLM podcast + presentation) Use at least 3 different AI tools.
Present your creation (2-3 minutes each). Tell us: - What you created - Which tools you used - What worked well - What surprised you - Would you use this workflow again?
Incorporating AI into your daily work and teaching others.
A practical roadmap for bringing AI into your daily work.
Just announced — let's explore it together.
Let's explore this new tool together as a group. What can it do? How does it compare to tools we already know? What use cases can you imagine?
The latest version just dropped.
You now know enough to get others started.
Pair up. You have 5 minutes each to 'teach' your partner one thing you learned today. Use your laptop to demonstrate — don't just tell, show. Swap after 5 minutes.
AI is changing constantly. How do you stay current?
All launched in the past few weeks alone
The pace of change will only accelerate from here
Things to do after today's workshop.
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