Is it right for you?
Who it’s for
Anyone at work who isn’t technical and wants useful work from AI. No coding and no AI experience needed.
Before you start
None. No coding and no AI experience needed.
What you’ll be able to show
- Design a 3-step AI workflow for a weekly task in your field.
- Write one brief that plans a content pack with posts, an image style, a deck outline and checked sources.
- Write a client-ready brief for a mini-automation, with its steps, review point and privacy rules.
- Choose and write the right prompt, scope and client-safe steps across the whole course.
Every lesson, in order.
Each one has a short video with captions, quick checks and practice on a live AI.
28 lessons · 274 minutes · 4 units
Unit 1: FoundationsFree
Prompt with role, task and format, then automate your first real task.
- The 3-part prompt: role, task, format10 minWrite a prompt that gives the AI a role, a task and a format. Terms: three-part prompt.
- Automate your weekly report8 minTurn rough notes into a weekly report with one reusable prompt. Terms: reusable prompt.
- Context, examples and constraints10 minSharpen a prompt by adding context, an example and constraints. Terms: context, example, constraint.
- Refine answers and catch AI mistakes9 minSpot an unsupported claim and fix a weak answer with a specific follow-up. Terms: follow-up.
- Pick the right AI tool for the job8 minChoose a tool for a task by testing the same prompt in two tools.
- Build your own prompt templates8 minWrite a reusable prompt template with placeholders. Terms: prompt template, placeholder.
- Project 1: a 3-step workflow for your fieldProject9 minDesign a 3-step AI workflow for a weekly task in your field. Terms: workflow.
Assignment: Your week, as a report your manager can scan. Take your own notes from this week (or a recent one). Write a prompt that turns them into a short status report for your manager, run it on real AI, and submit the prompt with the answer it gave.
Unit 2: Create
Content, images, slides and research in your own voice.
- Write in your own voice8 minDescribe your writing voice so the AI can match it. Terms: voice.
- A month of social content in one sitting10 minPlan a month of posts from one content pillar with a single prompt. Terms: batch prompt, content pillar.
- Anatomy of an image prompt10 minWrite an image prompt with a subject, a style, a light and a shape. Terms: image prompt, aspect ratio, negative prompt.
- Consistent visuals and usage rights10 minWrite a reusable style line and a rights checklist for your images. Terms: usage rights.
- Slides and documents with AI10 minPlan a slide deck outline with one idea per slide before drafting any slide.
- Research with sources10 minWrite a research prompt that asks for sources, then check them. Terms: source check.
- Project 2: a content pack for your portfolioProject9 minWrite one brief that plans a content pack with posts, an image style, a deck outline and checked sources.
Assignment: A week of posts that sound like you. A task from your own work, reviewed by AI against clear criteria.
Unit 3: Automate
Data, inbox, custom assistants and no-code automations.
- Spreadsheets and data analysis with AI10 minWrite a prompt that asks AI to analyse a small table, show its working and flag what to check. Terms: sanity check.
- Email and inbox workflows10 minWrite a reusable prompt that sorts incoming emails and drafts replies for your review. Terms: triage.
- Your own assistant, set up once10 minWrite the instructions for a custom assistant that does one repeated job for you. Terms: custom assistant.
- A no-code FAQ chatbot for a business10 minDraft the question list, answers and safety rules for a no-code FAQ chatbot. Terms: faq chatbot, handoff.
- Connect your tools without code10 minPlan a trigger, action and review step for a simple automation between two tools. Terms: trigger, action.
- Privacy, client data and AI ethics10 minChoose what may be shared with an AI tool and write a safer prompt with private details removed. Terms: anonymise, confidential data.
- Project 3: a client-ready mini-automationProject9 minWrite a client-ready brief for a mini-automation, with its steps, review point and privacy rules.
Assignment: Clean up a messy list. A task from your own work, reviewed by AI against clear criteria.
Unit 4: Put it to work
Portfolio, profiles, outreach and how to scope client work.
- Choose your offer (or target role) and price it10 minWrite a one-sentence offer and a price built from your hours, scope and the value to the client. Terms: scope.
- Turn Projects 1-3 into a portfolio10 minWrite a short case study that shows the problem, your process and an honest outcome for one project. Terms: case study.
- Profiles that get noticed10 minWrite a profile headline and summary that state who you help, what you deliver and how to start.
- Outreach with the Freelance Pitch Pack10 minWrite a short, personal and honest pitch message that makes one clear, easy ask.
- Scope, deliver and get paid10 minWrite a one-page scope that sets deliverables, revisions, timeline and payment terms before work starts.
- Your first client, step by step10 minPlan a 14-day route to your first client conversation, with a target list, messages and a follow-up.
- Final assessment + certificateProject16 minChoose and write the right prompt, scope and client-safe steps across the whole course.
Assignment: Scope a small piece of client work. A task from your own work, reviewed by AI against clear criteria.
Your certificate.
Practical AI for Work is a certificate of completion with your name, a date and a number, and a public link anyone can use to check that it is genuine. You earn it when every lesson is done and every unit assignment has passed. It is not accredited.
Price and access.
Unit 1, Foundations, is free, with no card needed. The other units need a membership.
- Monthly$38.95every 4 weeks
- Quarterly$94.85every 12 weeks
For every unit, track and certificate. 30-day refund.
Questions about this path.
How long does Level 1 take?
28 lessons of about ten minutes each, 4.5 hours of lessons in all. You go at your own pace, on a phone or a laptop.
What do I need before I start?
None. No coding and no AI experience needed.
What does it cost?
Unit 1, Foundations, is free, with no card needed. The other units need a membership. Membership is $38.95 every 4 weeks or $94.85 every 12 weeks, for every unit, track and certificate. 30-day refund.
Is the certificate accredited?
No. Practical AI for Work is a certificate of completion with your name, a date and a number, and a public link anyone can use to check that it is genuine. You earn it when every lesson is done and every unit assignment has passed. It is not accredited.
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