
Becoming an AI Champion: How to Lead AI in Your Workplace
Half-day intensive | Date TBD
Are you ready to champion AI in your organization?
The AI revolution is just getting started. Teams, departments, and organizations need help understanding it, experimenting with it, and integrating it into their workflows. Businesses invest in AI tools, yet adoption lags because teams don’t know how to use them effectively. This leads to missed opportunities, inefficiency, and frustration.
AI champions are at the forefront of this transformation. You can learn how to confidently navigate AI, introduce it to your team, and drive real business impact. Whether you want to future-proof your career or help your company thrive, this training gives you the skills to lead the AI revolution from the inside.
This workshop is for you if any of these resonate:
You’re excited about AI’s potential impact at work
You want to enhance your job security by being seen as a leader
Colleagues ask you questions about how to use AI… or you want them to

Professionals who want to take the lead in bringing AI into their workplace, whether that’s a small family company, a scrappy nonprofit, or a large enterprise. You don’t need a technical background —just curiosity, ambition, and a desire to make AI work for you and your team.

Part 1: Understanding AI and Its Workplace Impact
The many types of AI in the workplace
How AI is transforming small organizations, nonprofits, and enterprises
Common AI misconceptions and fears, and how these can get in the way of AI adoption
Part 2: Identifying AI Opportunities in Your Organization
Spotting inefficiencies AI can solve
AI use cases for small teams vs. large enterprises
Mapping AI solutions to organizational goals
Part 3: Building Buy-In and Overcoming Resistance
The AI adopter personas you’ll encounter: skeptic, observer, traditionalist, pragmatist, enthusiast
How to communicate AI’s value to leadership and colleagues
Part 4: Becoming an AI Champion in Your Organization
The AI Champion mindset: curiosity, experimentation, and leadership
How to stay updated on AI trends and advancements
Building a network of AI advocates in your workplace
Your action plan: Implementing AI in the next 30, 60, and 90 days

This isn’t a presentation; it’s a high-energy, hands-on, interactive workshop. You will participate in group, pair, and individual activities to apply the concepts we’re introducing. There's ample time for questions and individual support.

Some experience using AI for work is helpful, but you don’t need to have a tech background or be an AI expert. Participants will fill out a short pre-workshop survey on current AI use and attitudes, which we use to tailor the instruction and practice.

This $600 half-day workshop sets you up to lead AI conversations and initiatives in your organization. The value comes from the proven curriculum, the small group format, the hands-on practice, and the personal assistance from expert instructors.
Facilitators

Matt Strain
With over three decades of experience in technology and innovation, Matt Strain has been at the forefront of using AI to drive productivity and creativity. As the former Director of Strategy and Innovation at Adobe Research, Matt led initiatives that brought AI innovations from the lab to the market. Now, as the founder of The Prompt, he advises financial institutions, HR associations, writers & readers, and non-profits on real-world AI applications.
Known for his engaging teaching style, Matt is dedicated to highlighting the positive, empowering ways that we can leverage AI today.
Ask Matt about how his creative explorations with AI + mixology + Chinese medicine landed him in the New York Times.

Michelle LeFavor
Michelle is a dynamic strategist and AI consultant with over 15 years of experience, including leadership roles at Nike and Wayfair. She helps HR leaders and organizations harness the power of generative AI to drive efficiency, boost productivity, and future-proof their teams.
With a practical, hands-on approach, Michelle makes AI accessible, meeting people where they are and equipping them with the tools and confidence to integrate AI seamlessly into their daily work.
Ask Michelle how she uses AI to plan effortless, gourmet-level dinners and transform home design with the precision of a seasoned strategist.

Doug Nelson
Doug is an enthusiastic educator, facilitator, techie, and gamer, and brings over two decades of experience designing hands-on, experiential learning programs. He and Matt met while working at Apple in Hong Kong, and they've been friends and collaborators since.
Doug has designed learning games and simulations for government and defense (DARPA), corporations (Cisco), and nonprofit organizations (Ford Foundation). His approachable and practical teaching style focuses on supporting learners as they experiment, play, and apply new tools.
Ask Doug about how he's using AI to help travelers learn to order confidently at a cafe in French, Japanese, Italian, Thai, and Spanish.

Martha, Adobe
This is the first time it has made sense. I couldn’t even pronounce it before. The whole thing seemed foreign and irrelevant — something I thought was for engineers.

Mark, CEO ExtendedSession
Matt demystifies the A.I. landscape and puts a caring, human face on the coming A.I. revolution. He offers thoughtful, practical, and immediate suggestions for ways to make the most of this fast-evolving technology.

Bibi, Consultant
That was the most well-presented, humorous, informative, concise and creative presentation I've seen...maybe ever. What a gift!
Frequently Asked Questions
Where will the workshop be held?
The Boston workshop is being rescheduled for a future date, and will likely also be offered in an online format. Please fill out the form below and we'll let you know when we have more info.
Do I need any technical background to participate?
No, this session is designed for beginning to intermediate users. If you can use a phone or computer competently, you'll be able to engage with the AI tools.
How hands-on will the workshop be?
The class is highly interactive, with plenty of opportunities to practice with AI tools in real time and get tailored feedback.
What’s the maximum number of participants in each session?
The class is limited 16 participants to ensure personalized attention.