Events
Learn it live, every month.
Our own AI workshops for owners, leaders and managers, online and in person every month. Plus the community sessions we run with The AI Assembly and the Tauranga Business Chamber.
Webbased AI workshops
Workshops for owners, leaders and managers.
We run our AI workshops as small cohorts every month, online and in person. Book a date that suits, and we confirm the session once it has enough people.
Not sure which one? Take the 2-minute AI readiness checkWebbased AI offers services that are registered with the Regional Business Partner Network.
Support through the Regional Business Partner Network is limited. Whether a business receives funding is decided by a Regional Business Growth Advisor, following their own conversations with the business owner.
Half day, 3 hours · Online
AI Unleashed
A live, hands-on introduction to generative AI. You set up your own AI tool properly, the way a business should, and learn how to get reliable work out of it.
Who it’s for: Owners, leaders and managers who are new to AI, or using it without a clear setup.
What you’ll learn and do
- What AI is good at, where it goes wrong, and how AI differs from automation
- Choosing a tool: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot, and which account tier suits a business
- Setting up your account safely: privacy and training settings, memory, and your own instructions
- Connecting your other tools with approval switched on, so nothing happens without you
- Building your first skill, such as your brand voice or a newsletter
- A four-part prompt (role, instructions, context, expectations) and starting a prompt library
How the half day runs
- 1Foundations. Use cases, AI versus automation, prompts and context, and why answers go wrong.
- 2Using AI responsibly. Your data, where it goes, and keeping a person in charge of decisions.
- 3Set up your tool. Choosing a tool and tier, then setting up your own account live, with privacy and memory settings.
- 4Make it work for you. Connectors, skills, projects and filing, then prompting and your prompt library.
- You leave with: Your own AI account set up properly, a first skill saved, the slides and the prompting framework.
- Bring: A laptop, and an account with the AI tool you use or plan to use. We help you choose if you have not yet.
- When: First Tuesday of the month, 9am to 12pm
- Where: Online, live
- Price: $295 + GST per person
- Goes ahead with: 6 bookings
Next dates
Goes ahead with 6 bookings. If it doesn’t, we refund you in full or move you to the next date.
Full day, 6 hours · In person
AI Essentials
A full, practical day on using AI across your business with confidence and judgement: the tools, the governance, the setup, and bringing your people with you.
Who it’s for: Owners, leaders and managers who want AI used well across their team, not just by themselves.
What you’ll learn and do
- How the main tools compare: Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini, side by side on your own work
- Which tasks suit AI, using a simple test: repetitive, low risk and high volume
- Governance in plain English: your data, accounts and access, the Privacy Act 2020, and shadow AI
- Drafting a short AI policy set for your business, with an owner for each part
- Setting up a shared home for your context, a reusable template and a saved prompt
- Onboarding one real person with the right access, and your own 30-day plan
How the full day runs
- 1Essentials. What AI is, the words you need, how to brief it, its limits, and choosing the right tool.
- 2Governance. Your data, accounts and access, terms and regulation, an audit of the AI already in use, and your policy set.
- 3Setup. Accounts and platforms, memory and templates, a shared repository, connectors, and reliable answers.
- 4Bring your team with you. Prompting, use cases, personas and brand, onboarding people, and your 30-day plan.
- You leave with: A workbook, copy-and-paste prompts, a draft AI policy set, a template, a saved prompt and your 30-day plan.
- Bring: A laptop, and the AI tool your business uses or is considering.
- When: Third Thursday of the month, 9am to 3pm
- Where: Webbased AI HQ, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland
- Price: $700 + GST per person
- Goes ahead with: 8 bookings
Next dates
Goes ahead with 8 bookings. If it doesn’t, we refund you in full or move you to the next date.
Community events
Sessions we run with others.
Online labs and meetups with The AI Assembly, and AI events with the Tauranga Business Chamber. Registration happens on their sites.
November 2026
HerAIStory
HerAIStory Assembler Member Meetup November – Online
Join us each month for the HerAIStory Online Meetup — a dedicated space for connection, conversation, and shared learning within our Pro community.
7pm to 8pm· Online· Free for members
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Monthly Upskill Online
Governance: What Does It Mean?
"Governance" is one of the most used and least explained words in AI. Is it a policy? A committee? Paperwork for someone else to worry about?
8am to 8.30am· Online· Free for members
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Tauranga Business Chamber · In person
AI Business Essentials Masterclass
9am to 5pm· Tauranga Business Chamber - 58 Cross Road, Sulphur Point· See pricing
Register
Tauranga Business Chamber · In person
AI for Business Growth: Strategies & Practical Applications
9am to 5pm· Tauranga Business Chamber - 58 Cross Road, Sulphur Point· See pricing
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December 2026
Monthly Upskill Online
Human in the Loop: Where Do I Still Need to Decide?
AI can now draft, summarise, analyse and recommend in seconds. So where does the human fit in?
8am to 8.30am· Online· Free for members
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Monthly Upskill Online
Hallucinations: How to Spot When AI Gets It Wrong
AI tools can sound completely sure of themselves and still get things wrong: a made-up statistic, a source that doesn't exist, a confident answer that's simply incorrect. These are called hallucinations, and they happen in every major tool.
8am to 8.30am· Online· Free for members
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HerAIStory
HerAIStory Assembler Member Meetup December – Online
Join us each month for the HerAIStory Online Meetup — a dedicated space for connection, conversation, and shared learning within our Pro community.
7pm to 8pm· Online· Free for members
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Events are run with The AI Assembly, and registration happens there. See all AI Assembly events ↗
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