Key details

ChatGPT utilises AI technology to answer questions and assist you with a wide range of activities. In this course, you’ll learn how you can use ChatGPT to carry out day-today tasks for your business.

You’ll learn about using ChatGPT to:

• Carry out administrative tasks.
• Assist you with marketing, your website and social media.

You’ll work through practical examples relevant to your work, including:

• Creating effective documents and emails.
• Creating PowerPoint presentations.
• Solving problems and overcoming challenges.
• Breaking down complex instructions.
• Learning and research.
• Creating images.
• Creating social media posts.
• Writing engaging articles, blog posts and persuasive ad copy.

ChatGPT – Essential skills for business training is arranged on-request, i.e. one-to-one training or a ‘closed course’ for your group. Your training can be tailored to take into account any existing knowledge you have, and the work you’re going to be doing.

In-class or online

This course is available in-class at eight centres or live online.

Expert trainer

ChatGPT – Essential skills for business courses are hosted by Simon Dry, a highly-experienced design professional and AI expert, who embraces ways that the emerging AI technology can be utilised by business to improve productivity and maximise potential.

How will I learn?

Training combines lecture, demonstration and hands-on practice.

Practical exercises provide activity-based experience using ChatGPT on both desktop and mobile devices. These exercises can be tailored to deal with issues specific to your business. You have ample opportunity to discuss specific requirements with the trainer.

If you’re attending a course in-class, we’ll provide you with a desktop computer running licensed ChatGPT software. We ask that you bring your own mobile device to use throughout the course.

If you’re participating in a course online, you’ll require access to licensed ChatGPT running on both a desktop computer and mobile device. Many of the techniques taught can’t be carried out on the free version of ChatGPT.

Training guide and certificate

Course delegates receive:

• Comprehensive training materials, to refer to throughout the course, and to use as a refresher back in the work-place.
• An e-certificate confirming successful completion of a ChatGPT – Essential skills for business training course.

After course support

Following ChatGPT – Essential skills for business training, delegates are entitled to 30 days’ email support from their trainer to help with any post-course issues. For further details, see Support.

General information

Course times

Standard course times are 9.30am–4.30pm.

As we’d be hosting this as a ‘closed course’ for you/your group, there’s usually flexibility to change these times to suit you, e.g. start or end 30 minutes earlier or later.

Payment

Payment for AI training can be made by:

• Bank transfer. Please call 01527 834783 for our bank details.
• Card. All major credit and debit cards accepted. Payment can be made securely online or over the phone. Card payments are processed by Stripe. Armada doesn’t record or store your card details.

Purchase orders

We accept purchase orders from UK-registered companies and public sector organisations.

Accommodation

See Accommodation local to our training centres.

Cancellations and postponements

If an on-request ChatGPT – Essential skills for business course booking is cancelled giving less than 20 working days’ notice, a cancellation fee is payable. View cancellation terms.

If an on-request ChatGPT – Essential skills for business course booking is postponed giving less than 20 working days’ notice, a postponement fee is payable. View postponement terms.

Terms and conditions

Expert trainer

Simon Dry

Simon is a highly-experienced design professional, whose previous roles have included Designer, Project Manager and Creative Director. He has expert knowledge of a range of applications, including Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, hosting courses in these applications at all levels. Simon continues to work as a graphic designer, working on a variety of projects for Blue-Chip clients in areas including press and digital ads, photography, website design, social media.

Course content

Introduction

• What is ChatGPT and how does it work?
• What can I use CPT for?
• How ChatGPT can make you more productive in your day-to-day work – practical examples
• Strengths and weaknesses
• Ethical implications and accuracy

Crafting effective prompts

• Introduction to prompts
• Types of prompts
• Tips for creating clear and concise prompts
• Prompt engineering
• Prompt parameters
• Parameter errors
• Prompt templates
• Techniques for dealing with complex scenarios

Using CPT in your day-to-day work

• Getting information and advice to make informed decisions
• Creating effective documents and emails
• Creating PowerPoint presentations
• Summarising long documents
• Translation
• Solving problems and overcoming challenges
• Breaking down complex instructions
• Learning and research
• Writing presentations

Marketing and social media

• Creating images
• Creating social media posts
• SEO keyword research
• Writing engaging articles and blog posts
• Creating persuasive ad copy
• Copywriting webpages
• Responding to comments

Live online training

Live online training lets you participate in a course from your place of work or home.

We do everything possible to make your online training experience as close as possible to actually being in the classroom. You can:

• See and hear our trainer, and the other delegates participating in the course…
  
• Interact by speaking, using chat, or raising your ‘virtual hand’ if you need assistance.
• Share your screen with our trainer, and allow them to take control to explain something.

Like our in-class courses, online courses…

• Are presented by expert instructors.
• Give you plenty of opportunity to carry out assisted, practical exercises.
• Offer 30 days’ email support from your trainer.

All you need is an Internet-connected computer with a webcam and audio capability. We provide everything else…

• Links to download the files, resources, etc. you’ll use in your course.
• A training guide. For most courses, you can choose from a printed copy that we post to you, or a PDF.

In the week before your course, we’ll send you an email containing everything you need to prepare for and participate in the training. Then, a couple of days before your course, we’ll give you a courtesy call to make sure you have everything in place and answer any questions you may have.

Please note that we are not able to record scheduled online courses for privacy reasons.

When you attend live online training, you’re participating in a real course, hosted by a real trainer, in real time