Charleston Digital AI Academy: AI for Professionals -- Working smarter with practical tools and workflows

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SUMMARY

Many professionals are using AI for daily tasks like drafting emails, summarizing documents, or asking questions. This class is for those who are ready to use it in a genuinely productive way that changes how they work. This class teaches effective prompting with context, building workflows, and choosing the right tools for the work at hand. Participants leave with sharper prompting skills, a clearer sense of which tools are worth their time, and a ready-to-use workflow.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

• What separates a good prompt from a great one
• The four elements of an effective prompt: context, audience, task, and constraints
• Generative AI tools worth the time: ChatGPT, Claude, NotebookLM, Perplexity
• Building a workflow: how to connect AI into how work gets done
• Evaluating new tools as the landscape changes

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Write effective prompts using context, audience, task, and constraints
• Identify the right AI tools for their specific professional needs
• Build and leave with a real workflow that embeds AI into at least one part of their work

PREREQUISITES

• Participants should have basic familiarity with at least one generative AI tool such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. Bring a computer, phone, or tablet.
• Introduction to AI is the recommended prerequisite.