Practical AI Workshops for Support Staff with PICHTR

Please join us for our first Practical AI for Support Staff with PICHTR.

This is a hands-on workshop designed specifically for administrative professionals, coordinators, assistants, office staff, and other support professionals who want to learn how AI can make their everyday work easier and more efficient.

You don't need to be a technology expert to benefit from AI. Whether you're managing schedules, writing emails, organizing information, preparing documents, taking meeting notes, or juggling multiple priorities, AI can help you spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time on the work that matters.

This is not a lecture. It's an interactive working session where you'll learn by doing.

Led by Ian Kitajima, President & CEO of PICHTR, Hawaii's "Tech Sherpa," you'll explore the same AI workflows and tools that businesses are using today to work smarter, increase efficiency, and stay competitive.

During the workshop, you'll learn how to:

• Summarize meetings, conversations, and lengthy documents
• Create agendas, checklists, reports, and presentations
• Create reusable prompts and AI workflows for recurring tasks
• Understand privacy, security, accuracy, and responsible AI use

You'll work with leading AI tools including: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, NotebookLM, Meeting transcriber via, Zoom, Google Meet, or a transcriber like Tactiq.io, and Loveable. No technical background is required—just bring your curiosity and a willingness to experiment.

By the end of the workshop, you'll leave with practical AI skills, ready-to-use prompts, time-saving workflows, and actionable ideas you can begin using in your business immediately.

Please bring:
Your laptop and power supply

Sorry, iPads and tablets will not work well for this workshop. If you need help setting up your accounts, please come at 8:00am. Otherwise, please arrive before 8:30am so we can start on time. If you are using a work laptop, please check with your IT department ahead of time to make sure you can access these tools. If that will be a problem, let me know and we can secure use of one of our four training laptops for the day (first come, first serve).

*Registration includes continental breakfast and bento lunch*

 
More about Ian Kitajima:

Prior to joining PICTHR, Mr. Kitajima was the “Tech Sherpa” and Director of Corporate Development at Oceanit for over 21 years developing and commercializing next generation technologies for defense, medical, clean energy, and consumer applications. While at Oceanit he co-founded 3 venture startups, initiated new areas such as nanotechnology and applied AI, and championed the Design Thinking and computer science movements in public education for over a decade.

He is a Board member for several organizations such as PBS Hawaii, Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation, the Workforce Development Council, University of Hawaii Alumni Association, and the Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs.

Mr. Kitajima is a proud public-school graduate of Castle High School, Windward Community College, and received is BBA with a double major in Marketing & International Business from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.