MANG CE16 - Putting AI to Work: A Practical Workshop

AI tools are changing how professionals get work done and this course helps you start using them today. Over two days, you'll work directly with leading AI tools to tackle real tasks from your own work: drafting communications, synthesizing information from large documents, researching topics quickly, and identifying where AI can save you meaningful time.

This course is deliberately practical and designed for individuals who want to use AI tools in their day-to-day work. By the end of Day 2, you will have hands-on experience with several AI tools, a clear picture of where they help most and where to be cautious, and a path for putting AI to work in your professional practice over the next 30 days.

Who should enroll

This course is ideal for:

  • Professionals who want to start using AI tools more confidently
  • Managers, supervisors, coordinators, administrators, and team leads
  • Small business owners, nonprofit staff, and public sector employees
  • Anyone who writes, researches, summarizes, plans, organizes, or communicates as part of their work
  • Individuals who are curious about AI but want practical guidance, not theory-heavy discussion

No technical background is required.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain how AI tools work in plain, jargon-free terms and distinguish realistic, everyday capability from hype.
  • Apply AI tools to common workplace tasks including drafting and refining written communications, summarizing long documents, researching topics, and completing routine document and spreadsheet tasks more efficiently.
  • Use a structured prompting approach to get better, more consistent results from AI tools, including how to frame a request, adjust tone and format, and improve outputs through iteration.
  • Evaluate AI outputs critically knowing which types of errors to watch for, how to verify specific claims before relying on them, and how to prompt AI to be critical and objective rather than just validate.
  • Identify risks, limits, and ethical considerations relevant to their organizational context, including accuracy risks, confidentiality and data privacy, AI bias and sycophancy.
  • Develop a personal AI action plan a concrete set of 2–3 use cases to try in the 30 days following the course, with the tool, task, and first step identified.
Duration and format

Duration        15 hours

Format           in-person, synchronous

Withdrawals and refunds
NON-CREDIT COURSE REFUND POLICY


Withdrawal 7 days prior to course start time: Full Refund
Withdrawal after 7 days: No Refund

Please refer to the Tuition Refund policy.

This policy applies to all students taking credit courses at Yukon University and all noncredit students taking courses through the Continuing Studies division with Yukon University.

CRN Instructional method Instructor Location Start date Seats available* Cost
90568 Face-to-face Synchronous Whitehorse (Ayamdigut)
20
Cost: $525.00
Class schedule
Start date End date Room Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Classroom - Face to Face T1030A - - 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM - - -

* seats available are updated nightly

Note regarding courses with listed prerequisites: Depending on the circumstances, students may be granted permission from a program advisor or the course instructor to enrol for courses in which they do not have the specified prerequisites.

Please quote the Course Reference Number (CRN) when contacting registration.