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AI Foundations for Professionals

You’ve used AI and gotten useful things out of it, but there’s more here most people never get shown. AI Foundations closes that gap, at your own pace, using your own work, with no tech background needed.

At a glance

FormatOnline, self-paced
Duration2.5 hrs video · 3 parts
LevelBeginner, no tech background
CertificateOn completion
Investment$299 USD
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One-time payment · 30-day guarantee

What you’ll learn

AI Foundations is built on one idea: used with intent, these tools help you do more thorough work and reach ideas you’d have missed, in less time than the work used to take.

You’ll learn a way of working that holds up across whatever platform you choose, ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, and you’ll practice it on your own tasks as you go, so what you build is useful from day one. The course runs in three parts.

Part One

Understand the tools and pick one

AI Literacy 101 · Picking a Platform

It helps to know what you’re working with before you rely on it. You’ll see how these models work, where they’re headed, and what that means for how you use them day to day. From there, you’ll get a feel for how the major platforms differ and choose the one that suits how you think.

Part Two

Get consistent, useful results

Prompting & Effective AI Collaboration · Procedures & AI Personas

Most of the distance between a vague answer and a sharp one comes down to how you set up the work. You’ll learn to communicate with AI clearly, give it the context it needs, and treat it as a thought partner instead of a search box. Then you’ll build reusable assistants and procedures so you stop starting over every time you open a chat.

Part Three

Research and go further

Researching with AI · Advanced Features & Emerging Trends

AI changes what research can look like. You’ll learn to use it as a research partner, work through questions in depth, and turn a stack of sources into something clear you can act on. Because the tools keep moving, the course also includes a module on the newer capabilities worth knowing, with more added over time.

How the course works

The recorded lessons are the smaller part of the experience. Around each one, you put the ideas to work on your own tasks, with short written guides and a few hand-picked readings alongside the videos. You’ll begin with a quick snapshot of where you are with AI today, and the reflections you write through the course live in a workbook that’s yours to keep.

Video lessons2.5 hours, three parts
Applied practice45–90 minutes per module
WorkbookYours to keep
On completionCommunity access & certificate

Where this comes from

AI Foundations grew out of a year and a half of training sessions, workshops, keynotes, and consulting for educational institutions, businesses, startup founders, and not-for-profit organizations. It was built to close the same gaps in understanding and practical use I’ve watched capable people run into firsthand, over and over.

Teaching AI in the field
1½ years
Refined this course live
5 cohorts
Workshops & keynotes
50+

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