AI Training for Irish Small Businesses

Most courses teach you about Large Language Models and neural networks. Mine teaches you which button to press on Monday morning to save your team three hours a week using Google Workspace AI, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, or Claude.

Most AI Training Teaches Theory.
I Teach Implementation.

The difference? Theory sounds impressive in PowerPoints. Implementation shows up in your profit and loss.

Cost-Effective

Our program provides employees with crucial skills to utilize advanced tools, enhancing productivity while keeping operational costs low.

User Empowerment

By understanding AI tools, employees can innovate and contribute significantly to your success, ultimately driving growth and competitiveness.

Better Decisions, Faster

Stop guessing and start knowing. AI-trained teams can extract actionable insights from your data and identify opportunities buried in the noise.

INSIGHT

Why Most AI Training for Business Fails

Let me be direct about the AI training landscape in Ireland.

It focuses on the wrong

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AI implementation is 20% technology, 80% change management. Most training gives you 100% technology and wonders why nothing changes when you get back to the office.

It ignores what you already have. Your business probably uses Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. Both have AI capabilities you’re already paying for. Most training wants to sell you something new instead of using what you’ve got.

It’s designed for enterprise budgets. Courses built for Fortune 500 companies don’t translate to a 15-person operation in Cork. Different problems, different constraints, different solutions.

I’ve watched this pattern repeat itself over and over. Same mistakes, different technology.

Case Study

Empowering Staff By Leveraging Google’s AI Ecosystem

CLIENT: Lambourn Digital
COURSE: AI & Google Workspace

We recently conducted an impactful AI training session for the team at Lambourn Digital, focusing on empowering staff by leveraging Google’s AI ecosystem. The program covered a range of practical tools and strategies that enable employees to integrate AI into their daily workflows effectively.

Work Smarter, Not Harder

Transform time-intensive tasks into streamlined workflows that save hours daily. The ROI? Typically measured in months, not years.

Compete with the Big Players

Your five-person operation can now outmanoeuvre competitors still drowning in spreadsheets.

Keep Your Best People

Invest in your team’s future and they’ll invest in yours. AI training makes employees more valuable and signals you’re serious about their growth.

Scale Without the Growing Pains

Handle twice the workload without doubling your payroll. AI training lets your business grow efficiently.

What You Actually Learn in a Typical AI Training Course

This isn’t a survey course. It’s practical AI implementation training focused on tools you can use tomorrow.

session #1

Your AI Ecosystem

Duration: 2 hours

Google Workspace:

Google Ai Ecosystem

  • Google Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Sheets – what actually works
  • NotebookLM for research and analysis
  • Integration points you’re missing
  • What Google doesn’t tell you in the marketing

Microsoft 365:

CoPilot and Azure Ai

  • Microsoft Copilot across your existing tools
  • Where it excels, where it wastes your time
  • Getting ROI without the enterprise license
  • The gaps you’ll need to fill

Why this matters: You’re already paying for AI capabilities. Most Irish and UK businesses don’t know they exist.

session #1

Practical AI

Duration: 2 hours

Implementation

The What, Why & How

  • Prompt engineering that works with ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini (not the academic version)
  • Automating the three tasks that eat your team’s time
  • Using AI for research without hallucination nightmares
  • Building custom GPTs or Gems for your specific workflows
  • When NOT to use AI (this matters more than you think)

Why this matters: Generic AI knowledge is useless. Specific implementation in your business workflow is what changes things.

session #3

Change Management

Duration: 2 hours

Adoption

User Engagement

  • Getting your team to actually use this
  • Addressing the “it’ll replace us” fear
  • Measuring what matters (not vanity metrics)
  • Building AI into existing processes without disruption

Why this matters: The technology is easy. The people part is hard. This is where most implementations fail.

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Custom Workshop

Duration: 2-4 hours

Bespoke

Hyper-Focused for You

  • Your specific use cases
  • Your industry challenges
  • Your workflow integration
  • Follow-up support

Why this matters: Every business is different. Cookie-cutter solutions produce cookie-cutter results.

Why This Training Works

It’s based on 30 years of implementation experience, not theory.

I’ve deployed systems across enterprise networks. Implemented digital transformation programs. Watched companies spend millions on technology that never gets used. As an AI consultant, the patterns repeat – and I learned how to avoid them.

It addresses the real barriers to AI adoption.

Technology is rarely the problem for small businesses. Staff resistance, unclear processes, and poor change management kill more AI implementation projects than technical limitations ever will. We address all three.

It focuses on your existing tools first.

Stop buying new subscriptions. Use what you’ve already got. Most businesses are sitting on Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, or other AI capabilities they don’t know they have.

It’s designed for SME constraints.

Small budgets. Limited technical resources. Staff wearing multiple hats. Impatient MDs who want results this quarter. I get it. I’ve run a small business. This AI skills training is built for your reality, not enterprise fantasies.

It includes the uncomfortable truths.

Some AI use cases are irrelevant. Some tools are overpriced. Some implementations will fail. I’ll tell you which ones and why. Saves you learning by expensive trial and error.

Who This AI Training Is For

This training works if you:

  • Run or manage a small-to-medium business in Ireland (5-100 employees)
  • Use Google Workspace or Microsoft 365
  • Want practical AI implementation, not impressive theories
  • Are willing to invest time in change management
  • Understand that AI is a tool, not magic
  • Want training based onsite or online with understanding of Irish business culture

This training doesn’t work if you:

  • Want to become a machine learning engineer
  • Need enterprise-scale AI deployment
  • Are looking for a magic solution to avoid hard work
  • Aren’t willing to invest in proper implementation
  • Just want certificates for the wall

AI Training Pricing & Formats

In-Person AI Training:

  • Half-day (3 hours): €1,200
  • Full-day (6 hours): €2,000
  • Custom workshops: €2,500-4,000 (depending on scope)

Virtual AI Training:

  • Half-day (3 hours): €900
  • Full-day (6 hours): €1,500
  • Custom workshops: €1,800-3,000

All training includes:

  • Pre-training consultation (30 minutes)
  • Customised examples for your industry
  • All materials and resources
  • 30-day email support after training
  • Recording (virtual sessions only)

Group Discounts

  • 5-10 participants: Standard pricing
  • 11-20 participants: +€100 per additional person
  • 20+ participants: Custom pricing
  • Maximum group size: 25 (after that, learning drops off)
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Next Steps

  1. Book your 30-minute consultation call: We’ll discuss your current AI usage, goals, and whether this training fits
  2. I’ll customise the agenda: Based on your tools, industry, and specific challenges
  3. We schedule the training: Typically 2-4 weeks out
  4. You get practical implementation support: Not just theory, actual help getting it working