Prompting for Real Life
Learn a four-part way to ask AI for what you want, fix answers that miss, and leave with three tested prompt templates for your own weekly tasks.
Start here · Class 01
Understand what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot actually do, pick one, catch its mistakes, and know what you'll never paste in.
Scheduled once 10 people ask for it. The date and format are confirmed before anyone pays.
This is the front door. In two hours we sit down with the big AI chat tools, run the same everyday task in two of them, and talk honestly about what they're good at and where they go wrong. No math, no code, no hype. You leave with one tool set up on your own laptop, a habit for checking what it tells you, and a one-page set of ground rules you wrote yourself.
Before you start: None. If you can send an email, you're ready.
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Copy this into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot. It asks the AI to explain a made-up notice in plain English, which is one of the most useful things these tools do.
Please explain the notice below in plain English, as if you were talking to a friend who has never dealt with a homeowners association. Then give me: (1) a short list of what I actually need to do, (2) the deadline, and (3) any questions I should ask before I do anything. If anything in the notice is unclear, say so instead of guessing. NOTICE: Pinecrest Village Homeowners Association. Notice of Assessment and Compliance. Pursuant to Article VII, Section 4 of the Declaration, the Board has approved a special assessment of $185.00 per lot for the resurfacing of common-area walkways. Assessments are due no later than November 15. Owners wishing to remit in two installments must submit a written request to the management office prior to the due date. Additionally, per Section 9.2, exterior trash receptacles must be stored out of view from the street except on collection days. Lots found non-compliant after December 1 may be subject to a fine following notice and opportunity for hearing.
Before you trust the answer, check:
Enough to understand the tools, pick one, catch a wrong answer, and write your ground rules; that's what we do, start to finish. It isn't enough to practice every everyday use, so you leave with starter prompts to try at home, and there's a follow-on lab if you want a guided afternoon of practice.
The group is ten people at most, and everything is done step by step on your own laptop. The ten minutes of setup before class is what keeps us from losing time to sign-in problems; if you get stuck on it, reply to the email and we'll fix it before the day.
No. The free versions of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot are enough for everything in this class.
This class is about understanding the tools, choosing one, and using it safely. Prompting for Real Life (Class 02) teaches a repeatable way to ask so you get better answers the first time, and you leave it with your own prompt templates.
Class 02
Learn a four-part way to ask AI for what you want, fix answers that miss, and leave with three tested prompt templates for your own weekly tasks.
Class 11
Put a stack of documents into NotebookLM, ask it questions it answers only from those pages, follow every citation back, and leave with a working notebook.
This is the LifeQuest capstone. From here, learners move into ongoing build sessions and community projects.
Learn a four-part way to ask AI for what you want, fix answers that miss, and leave with three tested prompt templates for your own weekly tasks.
Write a one-page document about your life and how you like help, load it into your AI tool, and use it to turn a brain dump into a realistic week.
Plan a week of dinners with AI and catch its mistakes, learn to spot AI-powered scams and fake voices, and write family AI rules everyone signs.
Bring one task you want to make easier. We organize a class when 10 people with similar work needs are interested. See the class details before you decide to enroll.