3? hours & Superpowers: I'm experimenting with a new workshop

Since I launched my first AI course on LinkedIn Learning in March (really exciting news coming about that very soon!) people have been asking me how they can integrate AI into their day jobs. I've been helping companies do that for a few months now - but I thought I'd experiment with running a public version of the workshop to see if it's something people want.

So I'm happy to announce the first (and maybe only) public AI Unlocked workshop:

https://davebirss.com/ai-unlocked-workshop-for-individuals/

It's 3? hours long, very reasonably priced and hugely practical. And if you've done one of my courses on LinkedIn Learning, you know that it'll be an enjoyable ride too.

We'll be looking at opportunities to use AI in your role, we'll be preparing tasks for AI and we'll be writing prompts that you can use immediately after the session. And I'll be answering questions and giving feedback throughout.

I've designed the session to be as practical and interactive as possible.

How is this an experiment?

Well asked! This newsletter is all about creative experiments, after all. And that's exactly what this workshop is. It's an idea. I'm making it happen. And I hope to learn from it.

This is the first time I'm running it as a public workshop. That means I have no results to share with you. Instead I'm going to tell you the questions I hope to have answered:

• Is there enough demand for this workshop for me to make it regular?
• Do I need to change the time of the workshop in the future for other time zones?
• Did the workshop meet the attendees' expectations?
• Which parts did people find most challenging?
• How would they rate the workshop for content, flow, delivery and value?
• How valuable were the exercises?
• Do attendees feel better equipped to work with AI after the session?
• Were the explanations clear and easy-to-follow?
• What can I improve to make it better next time?
• Were there any technical difficulties I should aim to avoid next time?
• Did it feel too long or too short?
• Would people recommend it to others?

I like to have some questions in advance so that I know what I'm testing for. But I've got to be honest - very often I discover things that I wasn't even testing for. I always spend time looking for these anomalies because they can be even more valuable.

That's how Alexander Fleming discover penicillin. It's what led to dynamite. And it's how we ended up with viagra.

So my two routes to learning are looking for the expected and looking for the unexpected.

One of the ways I look for the expected is to get attendees to complete a questionnaire afterwards. And sometimes beforehand. I often chat to attendees as well to ask them what they liked and what they thought could be improved.

However, I only seem to get to the unexpected by sitting by myself and doing some solitary soul-searching. I look for the unusual things that happened and then start asking myself questions.?It probably looks like I'm slacking - but it's where the magic lies.

I'll be doing both of these activities after this workshop, even although I'm pretty confident in what I'm doing. (I'm running something very similar for a client today and I'm pretty excited about it!)

I'm hoping you'll join me on this experiment. You're going to learn a bunch and I hope you'll have a heap of fun. But places are limited, so you should probably get in quick.

(Here's another link to the webpage!)

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