Want to get a taste of the most popular workshop? Here's a welcome hello from Joan at an event in 2026 in Seattle, Washington. My approach combines PhD-level AI expertise with practical application and an evaluation framework. Seeing is believing. For passive learning, there's YouTube.
Welcome: 3 AI tools Workshop
videos, overview, and testimonials
This hands-on workshop explores 3 proven AI tools through guided exercises that match real-day-to-day work. Participants see firsthand how to save hours to days while building confidence and practical frameworks.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
+ Discover AI tools with 3 case studies of direct ROI
+ Experience 3 AI tools: Claude, Paradigm, Grammarly
+ Get hands-on practice with AI tools on actual work tasks
+ Leave with potential for 20%-500% productivity gains
3 AI Tools Workshop
Interactive, practical learning
bestseller
"I had used AI some in my work but I feel like it has more capability than I'm leveraging. It was really helpful to have hands-on time exploring with the tools."
Daniel | workshop participant
"Great energy, great organization, fun approach"
"Yes, absolutely I would recommend it and think I would have come to it for a full day or two days."
Barb | workshop participant
"I loved it. Joan was an awesome presenter."
"She really captivated me and gave enough information to like really intrigue and want to learn more"
areeba | Board member
Joan was "delightfully simple and easy to work with."
"Everybody was really engaged. It was perfect and what we'd asked for."
Rebecca | Event organizer
Note: These testimonials are from a women in transportation event.
Joan was "delightfully simple and easy to work with."
"Everybody was really engaged. It was perfect and what we'd asked for."
Rebecca | Event organizer
Daniel | workshop participant
"I had used AI some in my work but I feel like it has more capability than I'm leveraging. It was really helpful to have hands-on time exploring with the tools."
areeba | Board member
"I loved it. Joan was an awesome presenter."
"She really captivated me and gave enough information to like really intrigue and want to learn more"
Barb | workshop participant
"Great energy, great organization, fun approach"
"Yes, absolutely I would recommend it and think I would have come to it for a full day or two days."
Anonymous survey data participant feedback
"Learned": 90% of Participants
"Fun": 100% of Participants
2025 Company-internal: 3 Ai Tools survey Statistics
- Create sustainable innovation, education, support, reflection, and adoption through multi-day work together
- Integrate AI architectures into workflows and ROI across chain of workloads
- Gain proficiency in 3-5 essential workplace AI tools
Across time
MOST POPULAR
high impact
Series of Days
medium
Workshop formats
3-4 hours
multi-day
- Learn QUEST frameworks to evaluate tools overall and help with potential 50%+ productivity gains you can see immediately
- Get hands-on experience with the AI tools and see how they perform with work tasks
- Discover how AI tools are helping employees with 3 case studies of direct ROI
1-2 Hours
- Understand concepts, take action in a hands-on way, and identify practical and direct ROI for daily use cases for AI implementation
- Build confidence using AI for daily tasks through guidance and hands-on practice
- Expand knowledge of the competitive landscape via 5 concrete case studies
half day
The Numbers Don't Lie!
Participants Survey Data for this Workshop is Consistenly Strong (data from 2026 survey)
95.7% Learned
95.7% Had Fun
Example Timing Overview: 60-Minute Session: Product Manager Example
9:00-9:05 AM | WELCOME & SETUP (5 min)
Brief Workshop overview
Interactive poll: Which AI tools are you currently using in your PM workflow?
9:05-9:15 AM | AI IN PRODUCT MANAGEMENT (10 min)
AI’s impact on our work lives, including product development cycles
How PMs can leverage AI for competitive market research, documentation, and product launches
9:15-9:25 AM | AI TOOL SHOWCASE FOR PM WORKFLOWS (10 min)
Canva Magic Studio: Product presentations, launch content, stakeholder decks
Study: Expedia saved 7,800 design hours annually/120 hrs/week saved, brand adherence
Perplexity: Market research, competitive intelligence, trend analysis with citations
Study: Cleveland Cavaliers implemented it, staff saved 10+ hours in analysis per employee
Claude: product documentation, strategic analysis, hand-off email drafting
Study: Professional services company Section had 50% productivity gains, 82% adoption vs to 5% benchmark
9:25-9:50 AM | HANDS-ON PRACTICE (25 min) Participants are given the choice of choosing 1-2 tools to try out. PDF/paper handouts and QR codes provided for self-guided exercises with peer support.
Option 1: Canva - create a gantt chart for a product roadmap: Example worksheet: AI Tools Hands-On Exercise: Canva
Option 2: Perplexity - compare a company to direct competitor product features and pricing
Option 3: Claude - document a business use case for v2 of a product
9:50-10:00 AM | Q&A: WRAP-UP & Discussion (10 min)
Discussion: Ask participants to share out from reflection questions on worksheets
Talk about quick wins, further exploration, roadblocks, and integration into existing workflows
What Participants Need: Computer/laptop with internet access
No technical or coding skills required
All tools selected have free version/free trial
Workshop timing: 1 hour example
agenda Overview
+ Intro to AI
+ Why Now: The Trifecta
+ AI in for Your Field
+ AI for Your Use Cases
+ 3 AI Tools: Explanation, Features, Case Studies
+ Hands-On Time with Free Version of Tools via Step-by-Step Handouts
+ Discussion & Group Reflection
ROI in the seven figures is possible from these workshops
20%-200% efficiency gains are proven results by many of the AI tools we use
Go from inspiration to action
why workshops work:
roi & action
theory to practice
AI tools for employees boost productivity massively, 14% says study by Stanford and MIT (CNBC).
AS SEEN
TIME TO TAKE ACTION
time to take action
