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  • Level Intermediate
  • 8 Hours
  • queenstown
  • Intakes in 2026

AI Mastery Workshop

Queenstown | Autumn 2026 | 9am – 4.30pm

Master AI with hands-on experience to turbocharge your operations, marketing, and decision-making

AI Mastery workshop—a hands-on, practical experience designed to take your AI skills to the next level. This follow-up workshop has been carefully crafted based on the feedback and requests from participants of our AI for Business course, ensuring AI meets the needs of your businesses today!

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Who is this course for?

  • Business owners, managers, and decision-makers looking to build on the knowledge gained from the AI for Business course for operational efficiency, marketing, and decision-making.

What’s in the AI Mastery Workshop?

  • Build your own custom GPT: Train tools like ChatGPT to match your business’ unique voice and style with your business knowledge!
  • Interactive Problem-Solving: Go beyond basic AI use—where you can get AI to question your decisions, helping you refine and strengthen your business strategies or your marketing plan!
  • Turbo Charge Your Prompt Engineering: Leverage AI for SEO Marketing, analysing data, market research and unlock cool prompting hacks such as Excel Tips, making stellar presentations and getting AI to craft your own bed time story (and read it aloud for your children).
  • Network with Like-Minded Business Leaders: Connect with other business professionals and leaders, sharing insights and learning how different industries are using AI to drive growth. This workshop offers valuable ongoing opportunities to collaborate and expand your AI journey together.

Course Facilitator

Pradeesh Parameswaran is QRC’s Machine Learning Tutor and Tech Ambassador. With a PHD in Computer Science from Otago University and a background as a business analyst and developer, Pradeesh uses his teaching and industry experience to make tech fun and accessible.

For upcoming dates in your region, please email tech@qrc.ac.nz

Workshop Details

Whole Day (7.5 hours) | Industry Focus

Date: Autumn 2026, 9am to 4.30pm

Duration: 7.5 hours including lunch (provided) and tea breaks 

Location: Queenstown 

Session 1: Interactive Intelligence —Let AI Question You 

  • Refresher of AI and its capabilities
  • Use-cases for interactive intelligence
  • How interactive intelligence interaction benefits business strategies
  • Demonstration & Hands-on activity

15 minutes morning tea-break

Session 2: Amplify Your Marketing – Content Creation to SEOs

  • Introduction to content creation and SEO with AI
  • Using AI for market research and competitive analysis
  • Using AI to optimise your website and outreach efforts
  • Demonstration & Hands-on activity

Lunch Break

Session 3: Training Your Very Own GPT/AI

  • Overview of custom GPTs and how they benefit businesses
  • Use-cases of custom GPTs and how it is applied in different businesses
  • Demonstration: Training AI like raising a child—the important do’s and don’ts
  • Hands-on activity

Session 4: Boosting Productivity with Prompt Engineering

  • Introduction to AI prompt engineering & productivity tricks
  • Using AI to help with PowerPoints (transforming from Word or from Excel)
  • Using AI to help with analysing data with Excel
  • Unlocking AI’s potential to generate images
  • Cool life hacks with AI – Get AI to narrate a bedtime story!
  • Hands-on activity

2026 Dates & Fees

*All fees are in NZD$
Cost
Full Course 9am -4:30pm (with catered lunch) $799
2026 Dates
Queenstown | Autumn 2026
More dates to be added later in the year

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FAQ

Who is this workshop for?
  • Business owners, managers, and decision-makers looking to build on the knowledge gained from the Introductory AI for Business course.
  • Professionals with prior experience of using AI tools to use AI effectively within their organisation for operational efficiency, marketing, and decision-making.
What prior AI knowledge do I need to attend?
  • We recommend that you have done the AI for Business course or contact us if you have experience from a similar introductory AI course.
  • Additionally, we also suggest you to have subscribed to the paid version of AI Tools such as ChatGPT prior enrolling to workshop.
What is the format of this workshop?

The 7.5 hour workshop is divided into four interactive sessions, with a 1-hour lunch break (provided) and breaks for morning and afternoon tea.

 

How long is this workshop?

The workshop is 7.5 hours in total, including lunch, which is provided.

Is this workshop available online?

No, this is a practical in-person workshop.

What if I have questions?

There is time for a Q&A session at the end of the workshop and questions are welcome throughout the workshop.

How much does it cost?

We were running the course for an introductory price, sadly that has since expired the regular course fee is $799 with lunch and morning tea provided.

 

 

What should I bring to the workshop?
  • A laptop.
  • Access to premium version of AI Tools such as ChatGPT Plus/Gemini Premium, Zapier
Is there a limit on the number of participants?

Yes, limited seats are available to ensure personalised attention.

How is this workshop different from the Introductory AI for Business course?

This workshop focuses on hands-on, advanced use of AI.