AI Fundamentals.

Build practical AI confidence for everyday business work.

Course promise

What you will be able to do.

By the end of this course, participants will understand how modern AI works, know when to use it, and confidently apply it to everyday business tasks.

This is a build-first workshop rather than traditional software training. Participants leave with practical AI tools, starter prompts, and opportunity maps they can apply to real work today.

Introduce teams to AI foundations, practical usage, opportunity identification, risk, and business value.

Platforms / technology

ChatGPT
Claude

Fit

Who this class is for.

Audience

Business leaders
Managers
Individual contributors
Teams beginning their AI adoption journey

Not a fit if

Developers looking for software engineering workflows.
Advanced users ready to build agents or full AI workflows.

Prerequisites

None.

Common pain point

Employees do not know where to start with AI.

Outcomes

What you will learn.

Learning outcomes

Understand AI systems at a practical level.
Identify useful AI opportunities.
Recognize common risks and limitations.
Connect AI usage to business outcomes.
Build confidence using AI responsibly.

What teams walk away with

Improve AI literacy.
Identify practical use cases.
Use AI more confidently and responsibly.

Agenda

Topics and hands-on work.

Topics

What AI can and cannot do.
Practical AI use cases.
Prompting fundamentals.
AI opportunity spotting.
Risk, governance, and trust.
Next steps for team adoption.

Hands-on exercises

Map current work to possible AI assistance.
Identify repeatable knowledge work.
Draft first AI use case candidates.

Use cases

Where this class shows up at work.

Drafting and summarizing business content.
Brainstorming and planning.
Opportunity identification.
Responsible AI decision-making.

Recommended next course

AI 201 — AI Instructions

Class schedule

Upcoming AI 101 classes

Seats are held for 10 minutes once you start checkout. Availability comes from LOOP — when fewer than five seats remain, we show Few seats instead of an exact count. You can register through the end of the class day (Central Time). Past classes appear on the calendar only (grayed out). Full classes cannot be registered online.

Date	Class	Location	Price	Status
August 11, 2026	AI 101 - AI Fundamentals	WECC	$1,500	Full
August 11, 2026 – August 12, 2026	AI 101 - AI Fundamentals	Online	—	Register externally
August 18, 2026	AI 101 - AI Fundamentals CLT	In person	—	Full
September 15, 2026	AI 101 - AI Fundamentals	In person	$1,500	Open