Accelerate Your Team's AI Journey

AI Accelerator timeline. The program begins with AI Fundamentals, a hands-on learning lab, and followed by an Ideation Workshop. Next, a 1-hour Team Follow-up, concurrent with Hands-on Sessions and Post-Workshop Support. The program culminates in the biannual AI Showcase.
The AI Accelerator Timeline

The AI Accelerator program is the fastest way to ramp up your team's ability to innovate with AI.

Our framework takes your team through a series of encounters designed to:

  • upskill the team in AI concepts
  • train them in the use of approved AI tools
  • unlock insights about how to use AI effectively and securely
  • develop and implement AI use cases to create real-world impact

Ready to accelerate your team's AI journey?

Click here to submit your interest!

Engagement Structure

Want to run an accelerator for you team? Download the Toolkit

This framework is designed to be flexible and accommodate the unique circumstances of different teams. We can combine sessions, flex content, and adjust timing to suit your team's needs. We'll talk about all that in our consultation meeting.

Pre-engage Consult & Survey
 
Visit 1 Fundamentals
 
Visit 2 Hands-on Lab
 
Visit 3 Workshop
 
Consulting Checking in
 
Visit 4 Presentations
 
Post-engage Feedback

Pre-engagement

  • Consultation meeting
  • Initial Survey (assess AI literacy, confidence, sentiment, etc.)

Visit 1: AI Fundamentals: What is it and how does it work?

  • Duration: 90-120 minutes
  • Outcomes
    • How AI works from a high level
    • What AI can and cannot do
    • How AI uses data, when data is private, and what sensitivity levels are
    • What tools ND has reviewed and approved
    • Getting Started with AI

Visit 2: AI Hands-on Lab

  • Duration: 60-90 minutes
  • Agenda
    • Refresh concepts from AI Fundamentals
    • AI Lab Case Studies
  • Outcomes
    • hands-on experience using a variety of AI tools across a range of use cases
    • demystify AI and discover strengths and weaknesses

Visit 3: AI Solutions Workshop

  • Duration: 3-4 hours
  • Agenda
    • Discuss tools available, capabilities, and what they are useful for
    • Present solution development framework
    • Brainstorm potential AI uses
    • Hack-a-thon: Start making stuff
  • Outcomes
    • "do today" cases are mapped to specific tools
    • "needs development" cases are slated for a follow-up
    • "project" ideas go into full ideation / stewardship
    • use cases are documented and classified and go into a common repository
    • identify success metrics; what can we measure now and measure again later?
    • identify champions who will take point and take responsibility for show and tell

Consulting & Check-in (1 week later)

We'll meet with you to determine which of the use cases from the workshop will be tracked and moved forward, as well as who you are assigning as lead for each. Your team will work on these cases with a goal of completing them before the final session.

The AI Enablement team will provide consulting, tools, and development resources as needed to help your team implement solutions. Even if they don't need our help, we'll check in periodically for status updates.

Visit 4: Presentations / Show and Tell (4-6 weeks later)

  • Duration: 1 hour
  • Presentations from the group showing off progress, experiences, and next steps.

Post-engagement

  • Partner feedback
  • Wrap-up survey
  • AI Showcase opportunities

Responsibilities

AI Team

  • Facilitate sessions
  • Consultation and technical resources
  • Communication and coordination

Partner

  • Complete pre- and post-test surveys
  • Attend and participate in sessions
  • Present progress at Show and Tell

Discover the AI Accelerator program