{"id":396,"date":"2020-08-19T16:22:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T16:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccswpms01.ua.edu\/cell\/?page_id=396"},"modified":"2025-09-30T07:54:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:54:38","slug":"demystifying-ai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccswpms01.ua.edu\/cell\/demystifying-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Demystifying AI: Harnessing a Competitive Advantage in Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"highlight-me page-header\">Workshop Overview<\/h2>\n<p>Artificial intelligence is a game-changer for business because it provides a tool for the democratization of knowledge and skills, and also supplies the innovation to sift through data and create actionable insights that solve problems and improve business outcomes.\u00a0 This workshop will provide an introduction to AI, focused primarily on using prompts to interact with AI tools, then moving to a history of AI, and most importantly, showing its use in business to harness a competitive advantage.\u00a0 Since engagement is needed to take a disruptive force and leverage it into a great opportunity, we provide hands-on AI examples that participants in the program can use to innovate and create smarter, more inclusive and more resilient businesses.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"our-clients\">Available Dates:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Custom training available onsite or via Zoom livestream \u2013 on your schedule!<\/p>\n<h2>Pricing<\/h2>\n<p>Contract pricing information available on request. Contact <a href=\"mailto:professionaldevelopment@ua.edu\">Mary Patterson<\/a>\u00a0for details.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"highlight-me\">Workshop Outline<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Introduction and History<br \/>\n\u2022 What is AI<br \/>\n\u2022 Key milestones<br \/>\n\u2022 Relevance in business<\/li>\n<li>Prompting Basics: How to Talk to AI<br \/>\n\u2022 What is prompting<br \/>\n\u2022 Examples of good vs. poor prompts<\/li>\n<li>Interactive Activities: AI in Action<br \/>\n\u2022 Hands-on AI activities<br \/>\n\u2022 Small group collaboration<\/li>\n<li>AI Tools, Resources and Responsible Use<br \/>\n\u2022 Recommended platforms<br \/>\n\u2022 Business-ready applications and uses<br \/>\n\u2022 Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts for AI<\/li>\n<li>Open Q&amp;A and Discussion<br \/>\n\u2022 Key takeaways<br \/>\n\u2022 Next steps for application<br \/>\n\u2022 Resources<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 class=\"highlight-me\">Workshop Leads<\/h2>\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\n<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<p><strong>Lee Laska<\/strong> is an assistant director in Instructional Technology and Academic Services, a unit of The University of Alabama\u2019s Office of Teaching Innovation and Digital Education. He is the team lead for Creative Academic Media Services.\u00a0He has an extensive background in NFL Films, commercials and feature film production. His experience includes 15 years in higher education and 10 years in the military as a contractor for the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and the Defense Health Agency. Currently a PhD student with UA Online, Lee is actively experimenting with AI applications for media production and student engagement. Lee enjoys translating his professional production skills to enhance media production for faculty, online students and the community at large.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason Miller<\/strong> is the director of technology for the Office of Teaching Innovation and Digital Education at The University of Alabama. He has a BA in Computer Network Administration from UA and is currently pursuing an MA in Instructional Technology. His professional interests include providing the highest quality IT support while pursuing cutting-edge technology through thoughtful innovation. Jason has presented at the 2025 South Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning and the 2025 University of Central Florida Teaching and Learning with AI Conference. He is an early adopter of technology and an AI enthusiast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"highlight-me\">Program Manager<\/h2>\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\n<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div class=\"author-image\">\n<div class=\"author-image\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-2464 size-full pull-left margin-right-10 img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/ccswpms01.ua.edu\/cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/05\/Mary-Patterson-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Patterson's Photo\" \/><a href=\"mailto:professionaldevelopment@ua.edu\">Mary Patterson<\/a>, CPA, SHRM-CP<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Phone Number: 205-348-7049<\/div>\n<div>Email: <a href=\"mailto:professionaldevelopment@ua.edu\">professionaldevelopment@ua.edu<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Questions about this program? Contact Mary today!<\/p>\n<p>Mary Patterson works in the Office of Teaching Innovation and Digital Education, Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning at The University of Alabama as Program Manager, where she assists the OTIDE team in designing and implementing professional development and training programs, industrial training programs, and executive education programs. She is a Certified Public Accountant as well as a certified professional in the Society for Human Resource Management. She works closely with HR departments to design custom training to enhance work objectives, increase productivity and build a positive culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workshop Overview Artificial intelligence is a game-changer for business because it provides a tool for the democratization of knowledge and skills, and also supplies the innovation to sift through data and create actionable insights that solve problems and improve business outcomes.\u00a0 This workshop will provide an introduction to AI, focused primarily on using prompts to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-396","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Demystifying AI: Harnessing a Competitive Advantage in Business - 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