Small tip, big payoff. Before you close your laptop each day, paste your rough notes, half-finished emails or messy meeting notes into ChatGPT and ask it to "tidy this up and turn it into a clear summary." Takes two minutes. Means you start tomorrow with clean notes instead of a wall of text you have to decode later. Try it this week and let us know if it sticks.

New short on something worth sitting with: the gap between people using AI well and people who haven't started is widening fast, and it's not about age or tech skills. For anyone in RTOs and vocational education, this matters. Our learners will be walking into workplaces that already expect AI literacy. Watch it here: https://youtube.com/shorts/uRUj943nBdk Where do you think most trainers sit on this gap right now? Ahead, behind, or just getting started?

New short just went up covering 7 practical ways to use ChatGPT at work, no fluff, just things you can try today. If you're in a training or RTO role, most of these apply directly: drafting, tidying up notes, prepping questions, and more. Watch it here: https://youtube.com/shorts/dwofmEuW7wc Which one are you already using, and which one is new to you? Tell us below.

A few members have asked if any of this is written down somewhere they can work through properly, so here are the books. The AI-Ready Educator: a practical system for assessment, lesson planning, feedback and responsible AI policy. This is the closest thing to a full walkthrough of everything we talk about in this community. https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0HBQ68Q2V 100 Practical AI Prompts for Education, Training and VET Practice: copy-ready prompts with human-review safeguards built in, so you're not starting from a blank page. https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0HBM8QT9W 100 Best AI Prompts for Everyday Life, Work and Business: less education-specific, more general prompts for admin, communication and getting things done. https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0HBMHNMVH If you're studying or delivering the VET AI units, these two are written for exactly that: Use Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Enhance Business Operations (NAT11287005): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZC5CW53 TAEDES511 Design and develop strategies for training and assessment: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DTT8RTF4 Happy to answer questions on any of them. If you've already read one, let us know what you thought. Prefer to buy direct or grab the bundle. All four are also on Gumroad, and the three education titles come as a bundle at a better price than buying separately: RTO AI Academy Three-Book AI Collection (bundle): https://berrysalemdigital.gumroad.com/l/rto-ai-academy-three-book-collection The AI-Ready Educator: https://berrysalemdigital.gumroad.com/l/the-ai-ready-educator 100 Practical AI Prompts for Education, Training and VET Practice: https://berrysalemdigital.gumroad.com/l/100-practical-ai-prompts-education-vet

RTO AI Academy is a practical learning community for people who want to build useful skills in AI, business, project management, content creation, training and education. You do not need to be technical or already experienced with AI. Inside the community, you can explore: ✅ Practical AI and advanced prompting ✅ AI tools for work, productivity and business ✅ High-quality AI image and video creation ✅ AI-powered UGC, avatars and AI twins ✅ Project management learning ✅ Business, HR and career development ✅ Training and education resources ✅ Artificial Intelligence learning, including topics from the Diploma of Artificial Intelligence Australian Trainers and Assessors There is also a specialist learning stream for Australian trainers, assessors and Registered Training Organisation professionals covering areas such as: - TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment - session plans and training plans - assessment mapping and validation - PowerPoint and training resources - Foundation Skills and LLN - RTO workflows - responsible use of AI Where should you start? Go to the Classroom and start with the Start Here course. Then choose the learning area that interests you most. Introduce yourself Reply below and tell us: 1. What do you do? 2. What would you most like to learn, create or improve? You might choose AI, business, project management, content creation, training and education, or something else. Glad to have you here.