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AI Essentials: Your First Steps into the Future
AIエッセンシャルズ：未来への第一歩
Welcome to AI Essentials — your starting point for learning AI. In five weeks, you will go from curious to confident. Every class is live, hands-on, and designed so you walk out having done something real with AI.
5 weeks · 5 live sessions · 5 recorded lessons · Cohort Size: 15
AIBeginnerBusinessProfessional DevelopmentBilingualChatGPTClaudeProductivityCommunication
What You'll Master
- Identify which AI tools matter for your career and skip the ones that don't
- Use AI to complete everyday work tasks: writing, research, translation, and planning
- Ask AI better questions and get dramatically better results
- Use AI to improve meetings, emails, and team communication
- Set up a personal AI assistant configured for your specific job
- Create a clear AI action plan for continued growth after the course
Tools You'll Learn
ChatGPTClaudePerplexity
How It Works
Live on Zoom twice a week
Replays + transcripts available next day
Mini-assignments to apply what you learned
Private community for 1 months
Weekly Curriculum
Who This Course Is For
- •Japanese business professionals who want to understand and use AI in their daily work
- •Professionals with no prior AI experience looking for a practical, hands-on starting point
- •Bilingual professionals who want to leverage AI for cross-cultural communication
- •Team leaders exploring how AI can improve their team's productivity and workflows
Prerequisites
No prior AI experience required. Students need a laptop with internet access and a Chrome browser. Free accounts on ChatGPT and Claude should be created before Week 1.
Your Instructors
Chiemi Moriguchi
Mizuho
Lead Instructor
Ryan Jackson
Lead AI Instructor
Course Logistics
Schedule5 live Zoom sessions, one per week, 60 minutes each. All sessions are recorded for lifetime access. Live sessions led by Mizuho H. and Chimi M. with supplemental lessons from Ryan Jackson. Detailed setup instructions and LMS access provided one week before launch.
Cancellation PolicyNo cancellations or refunds after the first day of enrollment. Full refund available if cancelled before the course start date.
Materials You'll Receive
| Material | Language | Included With |
|---|---|---|
| 5 live Zoom class recordings | English + Japanese | After each session |
| Top 10 AI Tools Cheat Sheet | English + Japanese | Week 1 |
| AI Quick-Start Guide with 20 templates | English + Japanese | Week 1 |
| AI at Work Templates for meetings, emails, and planning | English + Japanese | Week 3 |
| ESL Companion Modules (vocabulary, grammar, flashcards, quizzes) | English + Japanese | Each week |
Ready to start?
Join the next cohort and start applying AI to your work this week.
AI Essentials: Your First Steps into the Future
$1,250