AI Is My Copilot – Business Training in Australia

This one-day artificial intelligence course is the perfect entry point to understanding the artificial intelligence tools currently available, and how to harness them to increase your personal productivity and impact at work.

You will learn about the various use cases of AI, from large language models like GPT to assist you with copywriting and brainstorming, to applications like Dall-e and Microsoft 365 copilot which create imagery based on your input. Have GPT work with you to create strategies, and policies, campaigns and job descriptions, ads and blog posts as well as evaluate annual reports and spreadsheets/financials.

Upcoming Dates

Virtual (Zoom)	2024: 6 Nov, 19 Nov, 17 Dec 2025: 20 Jan, 17 Jan, 31 March	Australian Institute of Management
Brisbane	2024: 23 Nov 2025 3 March	Australian Institute of Management
SaturdAI	2024: Saturday 2nd Nov 2025: Feb 8th	Laurel Papworth
Melbourne	2024: 6 Dec 2025: 10th Feb	Australian Institute of Management
Sydney	2024: 13 Dec 2025: 24th Feb	Australian Institute of Management
Canberra	2025: 17 March	Australian Institute of Management
Private Courses	Inhouse training, Conference workshops, private mentoring in AI	pa@laurelpapworth.com

Executive Summary of the AI Is My Copilot Course

Course Overview: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Productivity and Impact – What You Will Learn and Gain from this course on artificial intelligence and ChatGPT:

• What is AI? Understand AI Basics: Learn about different types of AI and how they are being used in business, health, etc.
• AI Tools and Technologies Explore Essential Tools: Understanding the technology behind ChatGPT and private LLMs (large language models) for non-technical people!
• Creating Effective AI Custom Instructions on your business and job details – saving a profile of key information.
• Advanced Prompting Techniques to Get Better Results: Discover advanced techniques for asking AI questions to get more accurate and useful answers.
• Create images with Dalle and Microsoft
• Train the AI on your documents so information can be interrogated and extrapolated.
• Increase Efficiency: Discover how to use AI within Microsoft Office tools to make your work easier and faster.
• Running Private AI Models: Ensure Privacy and Control: Learn how to set up private free enterprise-grade AI systems that keep your data secure while providing powerful AI capabilities.

Who Is Laurel Papworth?

In 2023, Laurel Papworth is pleased to announce she has licensed her AI Is My CoPilot course at Australian Institute of Management (AIM) as she presents ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools at conference keynotes to large businesses, for the City of Sydney and other local gov entities as well as to small business as well presenting the workshop to Corporate and Government and NonProfits. AI Is My Copilot is a practical course on how to “centaur” or “copilot”, in other words, job share with AI, as a hands-on approach.

Her courses, since 2008, include artificial intelligence in algorithms and big data including F.A.I.R (Facebook AI), object recognition, behavioural AI and semantic AI such as Lexicon™, Deep Face™/Deep Text™ and Deep Mind™.

In 2005 Laurel used her background in virtual currencies to submit a patent on decentralised currency for Play to Earn fitness using IoT, 3 years before Bitcoin. She taught Augmented Reality community building to Facebook, Google and Microsoft in California in 2011. Named by Forbes™ Magazine as Top 50 Most Influential Social and Online Community Expert, Laurel mentors companies visualising, building and managing Web3 and Metaverse solutions Artificial Intelligence solutions, merging technology, philosophy and social psychology to present a holistic Metaverse strategy.

Laurel Papworth consults with Australian Parliament House, Sony, banks, Channel Ten and non profits, she has 22,000 students studying her online courses and was Head of Community (and then Social) for virtual worlds like Sony games and Iron Will games since 2001 and taught “How to Build Massive Engaged Communities” in games and on web2 social media platforms at the University of Sydney from 2005.

More on Laurel on her podcast Alchemy of Innovation, YouTube, LinkedIn and her website laurelpapworth.com.

…and she regularly plays World of Warcraft, Roblox and other online MMORPG games with her avatar, SilkCharm.

HigherEd BIO Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Big Data – Australia and overseas:

Adult Education Trainer (Professional Development) in Social Media and other courses in the University of Sydney CCE from 2005 until 2017 (12 years continuous) Associate Lecturer in Bachelor of Design in the University of Sydney Faculty of Architecture in 2016 Lecturer in Creative Industries in the University of Western Sydney from 2012 Lecturer Post Graduate Communications in the University of Technology Sydney circa 2011 – 2014 Lecturer in Masters of Convergent Media course in the University of Western Sydney from 2008 -2010 Tutor in Computing in the University of Adelaide from 1989 – 1992 Lecturer AFTRS Lecturer MetroScreen SchoolGuest lecturer Universities in Singapore, Portugal, Effat/Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), community colleges and TAFE. Laurel also has a Cert IV in Training and Assessment.

PRIVATE TRAINING ON CHATGPT and AI for your Organisation: please contact me on 0432694992 or email pa@laurelpapworth.com for information on an inhouse/conference workshop or facilitated course.

PUBLIC TRAINING on CHATGPT and AI is primarily run through Australian Institute of Management (see below)

Key Learning Outcomes Of ChatGPT and AI course:

Upon successful completion of this course you will:

• Gain an Understanding of AI Basics
  Develop a foundational knowledge of artificial intelligence, exploring different types of AI such as ChatGPT and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Learn how these tools are transforming industries including business, healthcare, and more, reshaping workflows and unlocking new possibilities.
• Explore Essential AI Tools and Technologies
  Dive into key AI technologies, such as ChatGPT for conversational AI and Microsoft 365 Copilot for productivity enhancement. Understand the mechanisms behind these tools and private large language models (LLMs). The course content is designed to be accessible for nontechnical professionals, ensuring everyone can confidently engage with these tools.
• Learn to Create Custom AI Instructions
  Discover how to design and save customised AI instructions using tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot Studio. These tools enable you to build profiles of key organisational data and create tailored, dynamic AI interactions that align with your specific business or job role.
• Master Advanced Structured Prompting Techniques
  Unlock the power of advanced prompting methods to frame questions and tasks in a way that maximises AI effectiveness. With tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft 365 Copilot, learn how to craft precise prompts that yield better, more accurate outputs by improving the quality of your inputs.
• Train the AI on Your Documents
  Learn to upload and integrate your organisation’s documents into AI systems using tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot Studio. These tools enable the AI to analyse, interrogate, and extrapolate information specific to your unique business needs, resulting in more customised and impactful solutions.
• Create AI-Generated Images and Videos
  Enhance your content creation skills by using tools like ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Microsoft Designer Copilot to produce visually engaging images and videos. These tools can transform your approach to marketing, presentations, and storytelling, making your content more impactful and professional.
• Increase Efficiency with Microsoft 365 Copilot
  Gain hands-on experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot—a powerful productivity tool that works seamlessly within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. Learn how to automate tasks, streamline workflows, and save time across your daily activities.
• Understand Private AI Models
• Explore the benefits of private AI models for your organisation. Learn how to maintain data privacy and control while leveraging advanced AI capabilities tailored to your specific requirements.

Typical Curriculum for 1 Day Artificial Intelligence Workshop

Understanding the technology

• We start the day by exploring essential AI tools such as ChatGPT and DALL-E. You’ll log in and learn how to use prompts, modifiers, and other AI clarifiers to get the results you want. Whether you want to create art, write a report, or generate code for a website, you’ll understand how AI learns from your inputs to refine its outputs, getting closer to your desired outcome. While this course is for non-technical people you will gain a solid foundation in the techstack required to build out an AI that can be trained on your business documents.

Structured Prompting – Better Input = Better Output!

• There are many ways to prompt using NLP (natural language processing) an LLM (large language model like ChatGPT). By understanding when and how to use the various types of prompts you’ll progress from asking a simple question to structuring sophisticated threads to get the output you want!

Exploring AI Tools for Business including Microsoft 365 Copilot

• You will receive a list of over 40 AI tools applicable to various business needs. While we won’t have time to cover all of them in class, we will prioritize a few key tools for in-depth exploration. From search to images to creating Powerpoint there are many options with integrating AI into your business.
• Custom GPTs allow various departments to create an AI that uses ChatGPT underneath but has their own documents. HR can create one, as can Customer Service as can Marketing. Let’s explore! Evaluate similar solutions for Microsoft 365 Copilot integrations.

Private LLMs and Risk and Regulation

• We will discuss privacy, plagiarism, and other ethical issues related to AI. This session includes an open forum to add and discuss additional concerns, exploring what can and cannot be controlled. Learn tips for engaging with government and regulatory bodies, and understand how to shape the future of AI collaboratively.

The Future of AI

• If relevant we explore how AI will impact jobs in your sector, tasks in your office, and the broader future of your industry. Building on our group discussion, you’ll use AI tools to generate a video, email, report, or image, applying the strategies and tactics learned during the course. This hands-on session helps you envision and prepare for the AI-driven future.

Alternative: Private one-on-one Single day in the Blue Mountains
for 1 to 3 people in your team

NOTE: if you are booking a private consulting day with me in the Blue Mountains during April 2023, please use THIS link after discussion with me. +61432684992. Limited number of days available!

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Artificial Intelligence Course Outline: 

Looking for a 1 Day Foundation or 2 Day Intensive workshop on the new artificial intelligence tools made available to business and individuals? Want information tools like Midjourney, Dall-e, Stable Diffusion, ChatGPT, – when to use them and how artificial intelligence can save you time and resources? Want a comprehensive list of the prompts and modifiers to use those tools to their optimum – and get the results you want?? Plus there are a hundred new custom GPTs (apps or plugins) and AI Addons being released a week – which ones are best for your organisation or business? This course is also aimed at you if you want to detect if AI has been used in a business report or student essay – there are AI detectors available! We cover the Future of AI in various industries from content creation to marking exams to predicting behaviours. Also how will artificial intelligence underpin the Metaverse/Web3 – From ChatGPT, Dall-e from OpenAI to MidJourney and beyond. This is an intensive course.