In-person AI training that transforms how you work

AI is moving quickly.

For most businesses, the challenge isn’t knowing that it exists. It’s knowing how to use it well, where it can genuinely help, and how to introduce it in a way that makes sense.

AI with Ben provides practical in-person training for businesses and teams.

We help you get more from tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, understand how AI can support the work you already do, and start using it with more confidence.

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Public workshops

AI foundations for business

3-hour practical public workshop for people who want to understand AI better and use ChatGPT more effectively at work.

Everyone works on their own laptop, using the tools as we go. You will leave with a clearer way to communicate with AI and ideas to apply straight away.

The foundations workshop is taught hands-on with ChatGPT. Everything you learn transfers to Claude, Gemini and Copilot, and dedicated sessions for other tools and more advanced workflows are coming soon.

What you’ll learn in the room

how to get better results from ChatGPT
how to give AI clearer instructions
how to think about AI
structured approaches to prompting
ways AI can support everyday work
practical business examples and hands-on exercises
opportunities to use AI more effectively in your own role
ways useful AI processes can be repeated rather than recreated every time
where AI is genuinely useful, and where to double-check its answers or avoid sharing sensitive information
a hands-on group exercise using a real task from your own work

Next public workshop

Lincoln · 12^th of January

Date: Tuesday 12^th of January 2027
Time: 9.00am to midday
Venue: Mosaic Thomas Parker House, 13-14 Silver Street, Lincoln LN2 1DY

Arrive from 8.45am for a 9.00am start, finishing at midday. A 15-minute break mid-morning. Tea, coffee and light refreshments provided. Bring a laptop and charger.

This foundations session is for team members, directors, managers and business owners who are still in the early stages with AI, have only used it a few times, or have never had formal training in how to use it effectively.

It also works as level-setting for your business. If some people are already comfortable with AI and others are not, it is an ideal way to bring everyone up to the same practical foundation.

This session is limited to 16 attendees.

Tickets

Early bird ticketsfirst 8 places

£99 + VAT (£118.80)

Standard tickets

£149 + VAT (£178.80)

Bring a laptop with at least a free ChatGPT account already accessible on it.

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Private workshops

Private workshops for your business

Bring AI with Ben into your workplace for practical training designed around your business and your people.

The way your sales team uses AI will be different from your marketing team. A manager may use it to think through problems, plan projects, and analyse data. Someone in an admin role may find ways to reduce repetitive work. Your leadership team may be looking at the wider opportunity across the business.

A private workshop brings those needs together. It can give your team a shared foundation, help people use AI more effectively in their day-to-day work and support a clearer approach across the wider business.

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Meet Ben

Ben Sykes

Ben has spent most of his career building and running businesses.

He began using AI inside his own businesses and quickly found himself using it across far more than writing or content. It became a tool for thinking through ideas, solving problems, planning, research, communication and improving the way work gets done.

Ben has since helped other businesses introduce and implement AI while working as a consultant, completed multiple AI training courses, and continued to spend a significant amount of time learning, testing and applying the technology himself.

That combination is what sits behind AI with Ben: a business first approach to AI, focused on helping you understand what is useful and how to actually use it.

Why now

Why businesses are looking at AI now

AI is developing at a pace that is hard to ignore and even harder to keep up with. Some businesses are already using it to work faster, communicate more effectively, improve research, generate ideas, support decision making and reduce repetitive work. Most are still in the early stages of working out how to bring their workforce on board and how to get the best out of the tools.

The technology will keep changing. Specific tools will come and go. What matters is learning how to think about AI, how to communicate with it and how to recognise where it can improve the work you are already doing.

That is where AI with Ben focuses.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Do I need any experience with AI?

No.
The 12^th of January public workshop is a foundations session. It is designed for people who are still in the early stages with AI, have only used it a few times, or have never had formal training in how to use it effectively.

Will I need a laptop?

Yes.
Bring a laptop with a working ChatGPT account already accessible on it. The free version is fine. You will be using AI throughout the workshop.

Who is the public workshop for?

It is for team members, directors, managers and business owners who want a strong practical foundation in AI. It also works as level-setting for a business that wants to bring several people up to the same starting point.

Can you run a private workshop for our business?

Yes.
Private workshops can be delivered for an individual team, a leadership group or the wider business, and tailored to what your people actually need.

Do you only cover ChatGPT?

The foundations public workshop focuses on ChatGPT because it is one of the most accessible and capable AI tools available. If your business wants private training on other tools, such as Claude or Gemini, that is something we can discuss.

See what AI could do for your business

Book onto a public workshop

AI foundations for business, Tuesday 12^th of January, 9.00am to midday, in Lincoln.

Early bird, first 8 places£99 + VAT
Standard£149 + VAT

Book the 12^th of January Can’t make that date? Register your interest in a later one

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Training shaped around your team and run at your workplace. Choose some dates that could work, tell us a little about your business, and we’ll come back to you within one or two working days.

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