Hands On AIAI literacy classes · Colorado's Western Slope
By trying it. A Hands On AI Lab class is a room with laptops open, one real task in front of each person, and enough time to ask the question you were slightly embarrassed to ask. No prior experience, no jargon, and no assumption that you already know what any of this is for.
What the room looks like
That is the whole format. People come with their own device and their own work, and the session is built so that everyone gets a turn at trying something rather than watching a demonstration of it.
It is deliberately unglamorous. Most of what makes AI useful is ordinary: writing the thing you have been avoiding, understanding a document, working out what a quote actually covers, getting unstuck on a task you already know how to do but cannot face starting.
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Curious, and not sure where to start?
Free, public, beginner-friendly sessions held at branch libraries and community venues across the Western Slope. They are complete learning experiences in their own right—not a preview of something you are expected to buy afterwards.
$500 up to 10 · $1,000 up to 25
Want your team to get comfortable using AI?
A 90-minute session built around your team, your work, and a question or goal you already have. We agree the focus before the date, so the examples people practise on are the ones they will meet again on Monday.
For employers, nonprofits, chambers, boards, and professional associations.
What people practise
Most disappointing results come from a vague request, not a stupid machine. People practise describing what they actually want, with the context only they have.
AI states wrong things with total confidence. Participants practise verifying claims, noticing what has been invented, and recognising the shape of an answer that needs a second source.
Client details, medical information, employee records, anything you would not email to a stranger. We cover this early, in plain terms, without fear-mongering.
Use AI for the heavy lifting, and keep the judgment, review, and decisions. The goal is to become more capable, not to hand your thinking over.
Who teaches
Christopher Gulledge runs every session himself. He came to this work through a career in healthcare and a long habit of taking things apart to understand them, and he teaches the way he learned: slowly enough to ask why, and practically enough to leave with something finished.
There is no script that survives contact with a real room. If a session goes sideways because someone has a better question, that is usually the best part of it.
Meet ChristopherA good fit has edges
Before you come
No. Sessions are built for people who have never opened one of these tools, and they still leave room for people who use them daily. If you have ever felt like the conversation started without you, this is the room for you.
A device you are comfortable with—laptop, tablet, or phone—and something real you would like to work on. If nothing comes to mind, there will be examples to borrow.
Yes. Workshops offered directly as free community events remain free. A partner-hosted event may charge for meals, venue expenses, or other program costs, and any such charge is stated plainly in that event's own listing.
No. That is not what this work is for, and it is not what the evidence in most small organizations supports. The premise here is that AI is useful when it gives a person more capability—and that recognising where it does not help is just as valuable.
Ask. In-person work is built around the Western Slope, but remote sessions are possible. Travel outside the service area is quoted separately.