ai-upskill-events

We have been running and thinking about a few different events, described briefly below.

Synchronous upskill events

• Presentations (live or remote)
• Workshops
• Webinars (online only, repeatable, final one recorded)
• Townhalls
• Seminar or conference (group share)
• Course
• Safety moment

Asynchronous upskill tools

• Website 'hub' or portal
• Learning path or online learning workflow
• Published media, eg blog or Intranet article
• Social media, eg Viva Engage
• Wiki content
• Forum

Elements of events

• Survey, eg Menti
• Whiteboard or iPad drawing
• Presentation
• Slides (minimal) or websites etc
• Demo (live prompt or live code)
• Games, eg Say What You See, Play a Game, etc
• At-table conversation (eg brainstorm, capture w stickies)
• Slides
• Q&A w facilitators
• Discussion in the room (generally not ideal)

Design considerations

• Sync or async, and duration
• Overhead or prep time
• Depth / technical level
• Purpose of event:
  • Knowledge and understanding
  • Mythbusting
  • Pitfalls
  • Reassurance or real talk about staffing levels
  • Rules and compliance
  • Intuition building
• Learner segment and reach:
  • Whole company
  • Large groups, eg about 40+
  • Smaller groups, under 40 people
  • Leader groups
  • Individuals

See also

• promptly for more on prompting and pitfalls in generative AI.
• llm-engineering-101 for a short workshop aimed at getting developers up to speed.
• ml-pitfalls for more on pitfalls in machine learning, another series of events.