SmartSuite™ AI Business Development Lab Series
Build Your Business-Ready Prompt + Context Brief
Learn how to give AI clear instructions and the business context it needs to produce more useful work. Labs I & II establish the foundation used throughout the SmartSuite™ Lab Series.
Current Lab dates are updated automatically from the SmartSuite™ Lab Schedule.
Your Foundation
These two Labs work together. Lab I helps you improve the instructions you give AI. Lab II helps you give AI the business information it needs to understand what you are trying to accomplish.
Move from casual prompting to structured business instructions.
Learn how to define what you want AI to do, communicate the purpose of the task, set useful boundaries, and review the response instead of accepting the first draft automatically.
What You Leave With
A clearly defined business task, a reusable SmartSuite™ business-ready prompt, and a reviewed AI response connected to your project.
Give AI enough context to work with your business instead of guessing.
Organize the essential information AI needs to understand your business, audience, goal, offer or project, communication style, boundaries, and the action you want your audience to take.
What You Leave With
A reusable Business Context Brief that can support future prompts, projects, and later SmartSuite™ Labs.
A strong prompt can still produce weak work when AI does not understand the business behind the request. Labs I & II connect the instruction with the context so participants have a stronger foundation before moving into strategy and content development.
Labs I & II Outcome
Prompt + Context = A Stronger Starting PointYour completed work becomes part of the foundation you carry forward into the next stage of the SmartSuite™ Lab Series.
The Labs I & II Experience
Labs I & II are designed for active learning. The goal is not to memorize AI terminology. The goal is to understand the concepts well enough to use them on a real project and continue using what you build after the Lab.
Theresa Casanares explains the business purpose behind the work in clear, beginner-friendly language and demonstrates how the concept applies to practical AI use.
Use your own business, professional, educational, or community project so the work you complete is connected to something you actually want to develop.
AI output is treated as a draft. Participants review the response, identify what needs improvement, and use human judgment before deciding what is ready to keep or use.
SmartSuite™ Labs combine instruction with project work. You will be asked to think about your business or project, make decisions, interact with AI, review what it produces, and save the work that supports your next step.
Labs I & II are the starting point for the SmartSuite™ Lab Series. Participants are expected to bring curiosity, a willingness to work on a real project, and a laptop. The Lab is designed to help you build the foundation rather than assume you already have it.
Prepare for Labs I & II
A little preparation helps you spend more of your Lab time building, testing, reviewing, and improving your work.
Equipment
Bring a laptop and charger for the hands-on project work. A phone or tablet is not a practical substitute for completing the full Labs I & II experience.
Project
Choose a business, professional, educational, or community project you want to develop. Your project gives you something meaningful to use while building your prompt and Business Context Brief.
Business Information
Be prepared to think about your audience, goal, offer or project, communication style, important details, boundaries, and the action you want your audience to take.
AI Access
You will use AI during the hands-on work. Make sure you can access the AI tool you plan to use before the Lab begins so setup does not take time away from your project.
After You Register
Purchasing the Lab reserves access to the registration process. Complete the requested information so your Lab session and participation details can be confirmed.
Step 1
Purchase Labs I & II through the SmartSuite™ Workshops page.
Step 2
Submit the requested participant information and select the available Lab session you plan to attend.
Step 3
Bring your laptop, project information, and anything else you need to work effectively during the Lab.
The digital guidebook is a separate purchase from Lab registration. Workshop Only is $40. Guidebook Only is $20. The guidebook can support your learning and provide a resource you can return to after the live Lab.
Do not enter personal, confidential, proprietary, or sensitive information into public AI tools. Use only the information needed for the activity and replace sensitive details with safe placeholders when appropriate. AI-generated work should also be reviewed for accuracy, unsupported claims, bias, originality, and appropriate usage rights before it is used or published.
