Women in AI · Workshop Summary May 2026

Getting Started with AI 101

A practical intro for marketers and media practitioners. No technical background required — just curiosity and a willingness to try.

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The key insight

When women use AI to create, they sometimes worry it isn't really them. Here's the reframe: AI might do 70% of the work — but the 30% you bring to select, shape, and direct it is your irreplaceable expertise. That curation is the valuable IP. It always was.

01

Getting Started with Claude Desktop

Download at claude.ai/download. Three modes — each for a different kind of work.

Chat
Chat Mode
Your everyday AI thinking partner — draft, brainstorm, analyse, ask anything. Use Projects to create focused agents: brand voice, campaign briefs, comms reviews.
CoWork
CoWork Mode
Claude works on your computer — creates PowerPoints, Excel files, and more from a shared folder. Best for generating branded assets without switching tools.
Build
Claude Code
Build apps, websites, tools — no coding background needed. You can now make software, not just use it. Think: you are no longer just a user.
02

Skills — Teaching Claude Your Standards

Build once, apply forever. Skills encode your brand so Claude produces on-brand outputs every time — no re-explaining.

Without Skills

Re-explain your brand every session. Inconsistent outputs. You become the QA layer.

With Skills

Claude knows your standards. Outputs are on-brand by default. Focus on what to make, not how to format it.

Create a Skill file with your brand guidelines, tone of voice, and formatting rules. Attach it to a Project. Claude now knows your standards and applies them to every one-pager, brief, or document you create.

03

The Mindset Shift

"The brief you write, the angle you choose, the instinct that says 'not quite' — that's the IP. AI amplifies it. It doesn't replace it."

70%
AI handles generation — drafting, formatting, researching, structuring.
30%
You do the curation — selecting, shaping, directing, applying judgment. That's the high-value work.

Your next steps

Step 01

Download Claude Desktop

claude.ai/download — try it on one real task from your week.

Step 02

Create a Project

Set up one focused agent — brand voice, campaign briefs, or comms. Feed it your guidelines.

Step 03

Try CoWork

Point it at a folder and ask it to build something — a deck, a one-pager, a doc.

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