Make AI a part of your Festive Season: A Hands-On AI Workshop for Everyone

Most people use AI like a search box. Ask a question, get an answer, forget it ever happened.

In one evening, you'll learn to give it a job instead. A real task you're sick of doing, handed over properly, so it's still working for you tomorrow. And since it's the season for it, bring the Christmas job you dread most, is it:

• The card list?

• The gift shortlist?

• The end-of-year thank-yous to clients?

• The family catering spreadsheet?

Hand one of those over and walk out with December a little lighter.

You'll build it yourself, on your own laptop, in the room, with assistance on hand.

No technical skills required. None.

WHO IT'S FOR

This is AI for everybody, and the room will be a genuine mix.

If you run a business or work for yourself: you'll leave with one job off your desk before the break, and a clear sense of what to hand over next.

If you have never used AI: you'll go from nothing to something that works, in one evening. You will not be the only one starting from zero, and you will not be left behind.

If you use AI every day: you'll do the thing most daily users have never actually done, which is stop asking it questions and start giving it standing work.

If you're simply AI curious: you'll get a straight answer about what this is, what it isn't, and what it means for you. No hype, no doom.

One room, one exercise, four different penny drops. Nobody gets sorted into a slow group.

WHAT YOU'LL WALK OUT WITH

• One working AI job brief, built by you, saved on your laptop, ready to use in the morning.

• A clear read on where you sit on the seven levels of AI, and what your genuine next step is.

• The full prompt sheet from the night, emailed to you the next morning.

• A festive bonus prompt pack: the Christmas card list, the gift finder, the year-in-review family letter and more, ready to run at home.

• An evening spent with a room of people at every level, working it out at the same time.

WHAT TO BRING

Your laptop, and one task you'd love to stop doing yourself. Bonus points if it's a Christmas one. That's it. We'll send you a short setup note beforehand so nobody loses the first twenty minutes to logging in.

HOW THE NIGHT RUNS

5:45pm Doors, mulled wine and mince pies, and mark where you're at on the wall (complimentary drink on arrival)

6:00pm Welcome

6:15pm Three people from the room on what AI has actually done for them

6:45pm The seven levels, and three of your problems solved live on the night

7:15pm Everyone builds. Laptops open, helpers on the floor

7:40pm Share what yours did, and we hand the room's cheekiest Christmas task to AI live

7:50pm Close

7:55pm Drinks and conversation

8:00pm Dinner at the RACA Level 7 Dining Room (cost of dinner is not part of the ticket price)

WHO'S RUNNING IT

Hosted by Carl Petrou.

Facilitated by Cassandra Cadorin, who cut her own agency from fourteen staff to four by handing the rest to AI, and now teaches this for a living.

GETTING IN

Held at the Royal Automobile Club of Australia on Macquarie Street. You do not need to be a member. Smart casual (collar shirt, no shorts). A touch of Christmas colour is welcome but not required. Just tell reception you're here for the AI evening.

Limited to 40 people.