Working with Claude: Essentials (Beginner) | Digital Jersey
Two hands-on sessions to get genuinely good at the AI tool you will reach for every day.
- Tuesday 8th September and Friday 11th September
- Free to members / £30 (plus GST) to non-members
Who this is for
For anyone who has dabbled with Claude or ChatGPT and suspects they are barely scratching the surface. No technical background needed.
Most people use Claude like a search box. This level shows you what it can actually do with two hands-on sessions to get genuinely good at the AI tool.
What you’ll cover
Session 1 · Tuesday — Chat, properly
Get genuinely good at the tool you will reach for every day.
Covers:
- Prompting that gets a usable result first time, not on the fifth try
- Projects: give Claude lasting context so you stop re-explaining yourself
- Web search and research mode for sourced, current answers you can trust
- Styles, so Claude writes in your voice or your firm’s house tone
- Skills: ready-made capabilities that make Claude a specialist on demand
Session 2 · Friday — Claude in your tools
Claude where your work already lives, in your documents and spreadsheets.
Covers:
- Excel: analysis, cleaning messy data, building and explaining formulas
- Word: drafting, editing and tightening long documents
- PowerPoint: turning rough notes into a presentable deck
- Moving across all three without copying and pasting back and forth
What you’ll walk away able to do
- Get a reliable, well-sourced answer or first draft in minutes
- Hand Claude a spreadsheet and get analysis back, not just chat
- Set Claude up once so it already knows your context and your tone
Date
Tuesday 8 September and Friday 11th September 2026, 9:30 to 11:00am (90 minutes each)
Cost
Free to members / £30 (plus GST) to non-members
In person session
Bring your own laptop and Claude account. A free plan is fine for this level.
About your tutor
Seb Lawson
These workshops are led by Seb Lawson, founder of the AI and automation consultancy Spark AI Agency and former Head of Innovation at Digital Jersey. He works with AI and automation every day, building real systems for financial and professional services firms, so the sessions stay grounded in what actually works rather than what is merely cutting edge.
He has built and scaled products on both sides of the Atlantic: in Silicon Valley at the drone-delivery company Zipline, and in London at JustPark, the parking platform he helped grow to its exit. A mechanical engineer by training, he is an introvert who would rather ship something useful than talk about it.
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