Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Date: Fridays, 8 May to 26 June 2026
Where: Castlemaine Community House
Instructor: Chakra
AI is moving fast, and the people who know how to use it are already saving time, creating better content, and working smarter. This course is your way in.
Designed for complete beginners — no technical experience needed, just curiosity. Over eight hands-on sessions, you’ll go from “not sure where to start” to confidently using AI tools like ChatGPT to support your business, marketing, or daily workflow.
You’ll learn by doing: testing real tools, writing prompts that actually work, and building simple systems you can keep using long after the course ends.
You’ll learn how to:
- Get useful, reliable results from AI — not vague or frustrating outputs
- Write prompts that save time and improve the quality of your work
- Use AI for content, marketing, and everyday business tasks
- Turn your best ideas into repeatable workflows you can reuse anytime
- Get started with AI “agents” — simple assistants that carry out tasks for you
- Explore image, video, and voice AI to elevate your marketing
By the end, you’ll have:
- Hours back each week, with AI handling the repetitive stuff
- A personal set of go-to prompts that consistently deliver
- Simple AI-powered systems ready to support your business
- The confidence to experiment with new tools as they emerge
Most importantly, you’ll leave knowing how to actually use AI — not just understand it.
If AI has been on your list but keeps getting pushed aside, this is your clear, practical way to finally make it part of how you work
This course is one module of a yearlong program called Your Small Business: Tools for Success. You can sign up for the whole year or drop in and out of the modules to suit your business and your needs. Check out the program page for more information.
After this course: you could tell employers you have these new skills, do another small business or digital course at Castlemaine Community House, study Business, Management, or Information Technology at TAFE or University, apply these skills to your own micro or small business, apply for a job using this new knowledge.
Please Bring: Laptop
Bookings close Tuesday 5 May
Date: Fridays, 8 May to 26 June 2026 (8 sessions)
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm
Cost: $105.50 (Full) / $82.50 (Early Bird Discount – available until 27 April) / $73.50 (Concession)
Facilitator: Chakra
Chakra is a freelance digital specialist who supports small businesses with practical online solutions, including website development, digital marketing, and AI integration. With a background in retail, events, teaching, and software QA, he brings a unique mix of technical skill and real-world experience. Chakra also teaches community-based courses in AI for Business, Canva Design, Computer Basics, and Digital Marketing, helping others build confidence and capability with digital tools.
