ECA Growth Hub: Introduction to AI for ECA Members - 8 July 2026

Made bespoke for ECA Members, this course provides the best introductory training to AI usage for your business. Covering a wide-range of real use-cases, participants will learn practical skills that they can take forward beyond the course, and achieve a greater understanding of how AI has developed and how the technology works.

Use your ECA Growth Hub Funding Allocation as a contribution to the cost of this workshop (excludes VAT). Details here 

Cost: £200 per delegate

Format: Online via MS Teams

Trainer:  Christos Panayiotou, Embrace AI

Places: Limited places available. If the course is fully booked, you're welcome to join our waiting list.

Note our cancellation policy above.

Course overview:

As AI usage becomes a greater consideration across all industries, this course will provide valuable training to your colleagues and employees who want to understand the technology but don't know where to begin. You can join the course with no prior knowledge of AI and by the end of the training, you should be comfortable using AI to speed up several every-day tasks your business. 

AI Platform

Participation on the course will require access to Google Gemini. Gemini is free to use and requires minimal setup. However, prior to using Gemini it is advised that participants create a Google account in order to have their chat history saved. Further details on how to access Gemini will be shared with all course/taster session registrants.

Suitable for:

This introductory session is open to anyone regardless of job role. However, it is primarily targeted to people with little to no experience using AI and a separate "Advanced AI for ECA Members" session will cater to those who are already familiar with the technology, but want to increase their understanding, or wish to try more complex uses of AI.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand what generative AI is, why it matters now, benefits, limitations and risks, and what "good use" looks like in practice.
• Understand how to use the Google Gemini interface.
• Understand how to utilise AI to carry out research.
• Understand how to generate company documents using AI.
• Understand how to take your knowledge and use of AI further beyond the course.

Summary course content:

• Introduction to AI
• How to Use the Gemini Interface
• Carry out Simple Research on Industry News
• Carry out Deep Research on News
• Schedule Research Task
• Creating a Customer Brief from Transcript

• Generating a Proposal Outline from Customer Brief
• Create a Designed PDF from Outline —  Gamma
• Clone Email Conversation Prompt
• Send Proposal
• Ask AI to Plan Small Project
• Generate Detailed Prompt

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