[A1] The AI-Powered Professional: Prompt Engineering for Work

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The AI-Powered Professional
Build Your AI Operating System
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Course Code: A1-AIFPE-001
Duration: 20 Hours | Format: Online, Self-Paced with Practical Labs & Learning Support
Prerequisites: None | Professional Experience: Any Level
📜 Course Description
This isn’t just a course — it’s a 20-hour build-along where you’ll construct your most valuable career asset in Notion: a custom workspace housing your proven prompts, automated workflows, and quality control systems.
You’ll master a professional’s approach to AI:
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Command with Precision: Learn the I.D.E.A. and C.R.E.A.T.E. frameworks to shift from asking vague questions to giving clear, results-driven commands.
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Quantify Your ROI: Conduct a Time ROI audit to identify where AI will save you the most hours and dollars—then achieve those savings.
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Ensure Flawless Quality: Implement the non-negotiable 3-Minute QC Protocol to catch AI’s errors before they damage your professional reputation.
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Design Advanced Systems: Unlock multi-step workflows and tool orchestration to automate complex tasks from start to finish.
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Scale Your Impact: Learn the framework to introduce your proven AI system to your team and lead change.
The curriculum culminates in a capstone project where you will submit your completed AI Operating System — a polished, interactive Notion workspace containing your personalized Task Map, Prompt Library, Workflow Canvases, and Quality Assurance Checklists. This is your tangible credential, proving you don’t just know AI—you know how to apply it to win.
You will finish this course with a system that saves you time, starting immediately.
🎯 Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will demonstrate the ability to:
Module 1: Command & Control: The Foundation of Your OS
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Lesson 1.1: The I.D.E.A. Framework: Go from vague questions to clear commands. (Lab: Build your I.D.E.A. prompt database in Notion.)
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Lesson 1.2: Find Your 5 Hours: Conduct your Time ROI audit. (Lab: Populate your ROI tracker; the OS calculates your weekly time savings.)
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Lesson 1.3: The 3-Minute QC Protocol: Install professional guardrails. (Lab: Use the interactive QC checklist to debug a flawed AI output.)
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Module 1 Capstone: Define your “Automation First 5” tasks in your OS.
Module 2: The Engine: Advanced Systems for Your OS
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Lesson 2.1: The C.R.E.A.T.E. Framework: Unlock the professional-grade prompting method. (Lab: Transform your I.D.E.A. prompts into C.R.E.A.T.E. power prompts.)
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Lesson 2.2: The Iteration Ladder: Learn the step-by-step method to refine AI outputs from good to great. (Lab: The “Prompt Refinement Canvas” in Notion guides you through the process.)
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Lesson 2.3: The Orchestrator Method: Master Sequential and Parallel tool strategies for maximum reliability. (Lab: Use the “Workflow Canvas” to design your first multi-tool process.)
Module 3: The Launch: Integrating Your OS
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Lesson 3.1: Building Your Library: Tag, organize, and make your prompts reusable. (Lab: Structure your prompt library inside your OS.)
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Lesson 3.2: Quality Systems: Develop risk-based QC checklists for different tasks. (Lab: Create three tailored checklists for low, medium, and high-stakes outputs.)
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Lesson 3.3: Scaling to Your Team: Create a plan to introduce your system to your colleagues.
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Capstone Project: Submit your completed, personalized Notion OS for review.
Bonus Lesson: The Specialist Toolkit – Beyond Text
- AI tools to generate images, voices, and video — unlocking entirely new levels of productivity for marketing, design, and content creation.
🏆 Assessment
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Assessment Level What’s Assessed Evidence (The Templates) Completion Did you do the work? Populated templates. Application Did you apply it to your real world? Relevant, specific, customized entries in the templates. Synthesis Did you build a system? A polished, connected, and usable template.
🛠️ Prerequisites & Technical Requirements
Knowledge Prerequisites
- Basic computer literacy and familiarity with web applications.
- No prior AI experience is required.
Technical Requirements
- A computer with a reliable internet connection.
- A modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge).
- Free accounts on: OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, and Perplexity AI (account creation is guided in Lesson 1).
- Word processing software (Microsoft Word or Google Docs) for final project submission.
👥 Target Audience
Primary Learners:
This course is for pragmatic professionals who are accountable for their time and output. You know AI is powerful, but you’re frustrated by generic advice and one-off tricks. You need a systematic approach that integrates seamlessly into your existing workload.
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A Knowledge Worker who creates content, analyzes data, or manages projects. You recognize that drafting, researching, and summarizing are massive time sinks, and you need a method to automate them credibly.
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A Mid-Career Professional or Leader whose value is based on strategic thinking, not manual drafting. You need to delegate routine intellectual labor to AI so you can focus on high-impact decision-making, leadership, and oversight.
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A Quality-Conscious Individual who has tried AI but found the output requires so much editing and fact-checking that it’s not worth it. You need a proven framework to ensure AI-generated work meets your professional standards before anyone else sees it.
In short, this course is for those who don’t just want to use AI—they want to depend on it as a integrated part of their professional toolkit.
Course Content
Module 1: Command & Control – The Foundation of Your OS
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Lesson 1.1: The I.D.E.A. Framework: From Questions to Commands
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Lesson 2: AI Capabilities & Critical Limitations
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Lesson 3: AI Tool Selection & Performance Optimization
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Quiz: Module 1 (Lessons 1-3)