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How to plan AI training for your team
A practical organizer’s guide to choosing the right audience, examples, format, and outcomes for a workplace AI session.
Start with the work people already do
Before choosing a workshop title, list the repeated tasks that take time or create frustration. Look at communication, research, planning, documentation, meeting follow-up, customer questions, and first drafts.
Choose two or three examples with broad relevance. A team learns more from working through a familiar process than from watching a long tour of unrelated AI features.
Understand the audience’s starting point
Ask participants which tools they have tried, how often they use them, and what concerns they have. A mixed group may need a short shared introduction before moving into exercises.
Leaders and individual contributors may need different conversations. Leaders often need help with policy, risk, expectations, and adoption. Staff members often need practice, examples, and clear boundaries for daily work.
- Approximate number of participants
- Current experience with AI tools
- Devices and accounts available in the room
- Common work tasks and approved examples
- Privacy, legal, or industry requirements
Choose a format that matches the goal
A keynote creates awareness and shared language. A lunch-and-learn introduces a focused topic. A half-day workshop gives people time to practice. A short series supports deeper skills and follow-up after participants use AI in their real work.
A hands-on session needs enough time for sign-in, explanation, practice, discussion, and review. Forty-five minutes can support a useful demonstration. It is rarely enough for a room of beginners to complete several exercises.
Plan what happens after the session
Decide how participants will continue. They might receive a prompt sheet, try one approved use case, attend office hours, or bring results to a follow-up meeting. Assign someone to collect questions and identify places where policy needs to be clearer.
Useful training creates a starting point the organization can support. Clear examples, responsible boundaries, and a modest follow-up plan give the session a longer life.