Build confidence using AI at work. Learn foundational concepts, identify workplace applications, evaluate risks and AI outputs, and apply generative AI tools to improve productivity and everyday tasks.
- Next Session
- Jan. 20, 2027 – Feb. 3, 2027
- Schedule
This program meets Wednesday mornings, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Develop AI Skills for Today's Workplace
Artificial intelligence is no longer a tool of the future—it is reshaping how professionals communicate, make decisions, and approach everyday work. This interactive three-part series provides practical, hands-on learning to help you confidently use AI in your daily work, improve productivity, and make informed decisions.
Designed for professionals across industries and led by three AI experts, you'll explore real-world AI applications and effective prompting techniques using ChatGPT. Through in-person discussions and hands-on activities, you'll learn to use AI for tasks such as communication, planning, research, and content creation, while understanding the importance of privacy, bias, and human judgment.
Program Objectives:
- Explain the benefits, limitations, and key risks of using AI in workplace decision-making.
- Assess AI-generated outputs for accuracy, bias, reliability, and potential risks before using them in professional contexts.
- Apply practical strategies for using AI responsibly by protecting sensitive information, maintaining human oversight, and following organizational best practices.
Earn a Microcredential
This course includes the opportunity to earn a microcredential demonstrating your ability to evaluate AI opportunities, consider responsible use practices, and develop practical strategies for AI adoption.
Learn More About Earning a Microcredential
Demonstrate your skills:
By earning this microcredential, you’ll demonstrate your ability to:
- Understand foundational AI concepts and their applications in the workplace
- Identify opportunities for AI use while evaluating benefits, limitations, and potential risks
- Develop practical AI implementation and adoption strategies that support organizational goals
Requirements
To earn this microcredential, you must:
- Complete the synchronous portion of the course
- Identify a personal or organizational workplace process, challenge, or opportunity where AI could provide value
- Develop a strategy outlining potential AI applications, workflow improvements, ethical considerations, organizational readiness, and measures for success
- Submit your project on Canvas within two weeks of the course concluding for instructor review and approval
Earn Your Microcredential
Upon successful completion, you’ll be awarded the AI Strategy Microcredential, providing you with a verifiable credential that demonstrates your ability to:
- Understand foundational AI concepts
- Assess ethical and organizational risks
- Develop a practical implementation or adoption strategy
Who should attend
This program is for working professionals who want to understand how artificial intelligence can support their daily work. It is ideal for professionals, supervisors, managers, team leaders, business owners, nonprofit professionals, healthcare and human service professionals, and anyone interested in building practical AI skills.
Instructors
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Aaron Libner is a business growth strategist, AI evangelist, and cybersecurity advocate who helps organizations turn technology into a competitive advantage. As President of Coulee Tech’s Eau Claire market and Chief Acquisition Officer, he works with business leaders to simplify complex tech decisions and drive measurable results.
With 20+ years in business-to-business sales and leadership, Aaron takes a practical, results-driven approach. He helps organizations—especially in manufacturing, healthcare, and professional services—strengthen cybersecurity, modernize IT, and implement AI in ways that are actionable, not overwhelming.
Known for his engaging, “non-geek speak” style, Aaron regularly presents across the Midwest, making AI and cybersecurity accessible to real-world leaders.
His mission: help organizations grow confidently through secure, practical technology.
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Dr. Sarbottam Bhagat is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. His work focuses on how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and data analytics are used in organizations, with research spanning cybersecurity behavior, digital trust, and information quality. He studies how individuals and organizations adopt and respond to technology, and how these tools shape decision-making, performance, and value creation.
As an educator and researcher, Dr. Bhagat helps professionals and students turn complex technological change into practical understanding. His work emphasizes not only the strategic use of data and AI, but also the human and organizational factors that influence responsible and effective use in real-world settings.
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Josh Entzminger is an IT Networking instructor at Chippewa Valley Technical College with more than 20 years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, and technical education. He is passionate about helping learners confidently use generative AI to save time, solve problems, and enhance creativity in both their personal and professional lives. Josh's engaging, hands-on teaching style focuses on practical skills that participants can begin using immediately, regardless of their technical background. When he's not teaching, he enjoys performing live music, exploring new technology, and helping people discover meaningful ways to leverage technology.