📊 Data Literacy Workshops to Empower your Teams with AI-Driven Insight

Overview

The Data Literacy Workshop is a hands-on, instructor-led session designed to equip professionals with the skills and confidence to engage with data using modern AI tools. Participants learn how to ask better questions, interpret results, and automate routine analysis using conversational interfaces powered by ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot. The workshop bridges the gap between technical capability and business intuition—making data accessible, actionable, and aligned with decision-making.

This offering is ideal for cross-functional teams, business analysts, product managers, marketing professionals, and operational leads who want to leverage AI tools for faster insights, smarter reporting, and more confident data storytelling.

🎯 Workshop Objectives

• Demystify AI-powered assistants and their role in data exploration, reporting, and automation.

• Demonstrate practical use cases for ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot in real business contexts.

• Build foundational data literacy, including terminology, interpretation, and ethical considerations.

• Enable self-service analysis through natural language queries, spreadsheet augmentation, and prompt engineering.

• Foster confidence and curiosity in using AI tools to support everyday decision-making.

🧠 Curriculum Structure

The workshop is delivered in a modular format, typically over a half-day or full-day session. Each module includes live demonstrations, guided exercises, and collaborative challenges.

Module 1: Foundations of Data Literacy

• Understanding structured vs unstructured data

• Key concepts: metrics, dimensions, filters, aggregations

• Common pitfalls in interpretation and bias

Module 2: Conversational AI for Data Exploration

• Introduction to ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot

• How to ask effective questions and refine prompts

• Live demo: querying public datasets using natural language

Module 3: AI-Augmented Productivity

• Using Copilot in Excel and PowerPoint for reporting

• Automating summaries, charts, and insights

• Gemini for Google Sheets and Docs: real-time collaboration

Module 4: Applied Use Cases

• Marketing: campaign performance analysis

• Operations: inventory and logistics forecasting

• HR: employee engagement sentiment analysis

• Finance: budget variance and forecasting

Module 5: Ethics, Privacy, and Responsible Use

• Understanding model limitations and hallucinations

• Data privacy and compliance considerations

• Transparency and accountability in AI-assisted decisions

🛠️ Tools & Platforms Covered

Participants will gain hands-on experience with:

• ChatGPT: for ad hoc analysis, summarization, and ideation

• Google Gemini & Notebook LM: for reasoning, analysis and collaborative research

• Microsoft Copilot: for embedded AI in Office 365 tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

All tools are accessed via browser-based environments or organizational accounts. No installation required.

🧩 Outcomes & Deliverables

By the end of the workshop, participants will:

• Know how to use AI tools to explore and interpret data

• Be able to generate reports, summaries, and visualizations with minimal technical overhead

• Understand how to structure prompts for better results

• Receive a curated prompt library and quick-reference guide

• Gain access to follow-up resources and optional 1:1 coaching

👥 Audience & Customization

This workshop is designed for non-technical professionals, but can be tailored for technical teams seeking to improve stakeholder communication. Custom modules can be added for specific industries (e.g., healthcare, retail, finance) or internal datasets.

Group sizes typically range from 8 to 25 participants. Virtual and in-person formats are available.

💬 Why It Matters

AI tools are rapidly changing how organizations interact with data. The ability to ask the right question, interpret the response, and act on insight is no longer limited to data scientists. This workshop helps democratize data fluency—turning AI from a buzzword into a daily asset - this is a hands-on learning experience for teams seeking to elevate their data fluency and AI readiness.