

AI Skills Lab - Advanced AI Analysis & Strategy
Hands-On Workshop: Advanced AI Analysis & Strategy
Using AI for complex reasoning, accurate data, and real decision-making
This session is for people who already use AI—and want it to think better.
In this hands-on, 3-hour workshop, we focus on what we call Level 4 AI: teaching assistants to handle multi-step reasoning, complex projects, and real data analysis with accuracy you can trust.
Instead of one-off prompts, you’ll learn how to manage AI through structured workflows—where it plans, checks its work, analyzes real numbers, and produces usable outputs you can act on.
What You’ll Learn
How to use AI for project-level reasoning, not just individual tasks
How to guide AI through multi-step workflows so it can research, plan, execute, and summarize complex work
How to use AI to analyze spreadsheets and numerical data accurately—without guesswork or hallucinations
How to move from a basic Prompt Library to a structured Tool Library that organizes assistants and automations by purpose and timing
What You’ll Do
This is not theory. You’ll be working the entire time.
Participants will:
Take an existing AI assistant and give it a full Project Brief, managing it through a step-by-step workflow
Use AI to analyze real spreadsheets, identify trends, and verify calculations to ensure results are fact-based and reliable
Expand their Prompt Library into a Tool Library that maps assistants and automations to weekly business activities
What You’ll Leave With
By the end of the session, you’ll have:
A proven framework for managing complex projects with AI
A clear method for accurate, trustworthy data analysis
A structured Tool Library that removes guesswork from when and how to use AI
A repeatable system for higher-quality outputs and better decisions
Who This Workshop Is For
Founders and operators already using AI
Analysts, strategists, and decision-makers
Anyone responsible for complex projects or data-driven work
This is not an intro session. It’s for people ready to push AI beyond shortcuts and into serious strategy.
Bring your laptop. Leave with sharper tools - and sharper thinking powered by AI.
About the Instructor: Audrey Kerchner
AI Consultant | Chief Strategist | AI Keynote Speaker
Audrey Kerchner is the founder of Inkyma - an AI consulting firm dedicated to helping small and midsized businesses implement solutions that deliver real results. With over 20 years of experience in strategy and marketing, she’s known for turning AI confusion into clear, simple, actionable tasks that any business owner can follow.
She has led dozens of hands-on trainings, including work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and multiple private advisory groups. Audrey excels at guiding business owners through practical exercises, breaking down complex ideas into plain-English steps, and showing leaders how to use AI to lighten their workload - not add to it.
She believes AI should be accessible to every business - not just the big ones - and her workshops reflect that mission.