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After the workshop

Start with one small thing.

You do not need to learn a collection of apps. Open one AI tool, give it one job, and see what happens.

A prompt is simply the message you give an AI tool.

Not sure what to ask AI? Ask it to help you write the request.

You don’t need to know all the right words. Start with what you want to achieve. This is sometimes called “prompting the prompt.”

Help me write a better request for an AI tool. My goal is: [describe what you want to accomplish]. Before doing the task, ask me up to three short questions about what I have, who this is for and what a useful result looks like. Wait for my answers. Use plain language. Do not invent missing evidence or decide my purpose for me. After I answer, write one clear request I can copy into the tool I choose. Include my purpose, the material I will supply, the output I want and what must be checked. Mark any remaining gaps with brackets. Explain briefly why you wrote it that way. Let me approve or change the request before doing the task.

Read the request AI proposes. Does it reflect what you actually want? Correct it before using it. A better request can improve an answer; it does not make the answer automatically true.

Choose something to try.

Start with the first one if you’re unsure. These practice examples open a separate AI tool. The optional workshop helper above can answer text questions here using the workshop password.

Explain something to me

1

Open the tool.

Open ChatGPT and start a new chat. Sign in or create an account if asked. The message box is where you type what you want.

Open ChatGPT in a new tab ↗
2

Copy this message. Paste it there.

Press Send in the AI tool. You can use this example exactly as it is.

Explain this to someone who is new to fashion business. Use plain language and one small example. Define any specialist words. Then ask me one question to check that I understand. The sentence: ‘The store sold 60% of the ten jackets it received. This is its sell-through rate for those jackets during that period.’

What should I get back?

A short explanation. For this example, it should say that six of the ten jackets sold. It should also ask you a question.

Illustrative answer — your wording may differ

The store started with ten jackets and sold six. Its sell-through rate tells us how much of that stock sold during a particular period. It does not tell us how much profit the store made.

3

Look at what came back.

Does it still mean the same thing as the original? Here, check that 60% of ten really is six. If a definition matters to your work, confirm it in your course material.

4

Ask for one change.

Paste this into the same chat, underneath the answer you just received.

Make that shorter. Use three sentences and no specialist words. Keep the meaning the same.

Compare the two results. Did your change help?

That’s a useful start.

You have used AI to help you learn, then told it how to explain more clearly.

Next time, replace the sample sentence with a paragraph you want to understand. Use material you are allowed to share.

Making your presentation this week?

Build it one slide at a time. Get a question to answer, a live preview and an editable PowerPoint to keep.

Open the guided deck builder →

Give your ideas a visual life.

Compare three slide styles, play a short animatic and follow a video pipeline from the first idea to the finished file.

Make it look great →

Three things to remember.

  • Say what you need. A clear request helps more than fancy language.
  • Check what comes back. AI can sound sure and still be wrong.
  • Ask for a change. The first answer is a starting point.

When you want to go further.

You can turn a finished result into the start of another task:

  1. Write an ideaUse an AI chat.
  2. Make a pictureUse your description.
  3. Put it on a slideAdd your checked words.

That connected sequence is what people mean by an AI pipeline. Save each result and bring it into the next tool.

A few tools for later

Use what you already have. Check account limits and costs before paying or generating lots of images or video.

ChatGPT ↗

Explain, draft, work with files, or make an image.

Claude ↗

An alternative for explaining, drafting and working with documents.

Canva ↗

Arrange your checked words and pictures into slides or a poster.

Runway ↗

Try turning an approved image into a short moving shot.

FIT Library ↗

Find sources you can use to check real claims.

Product guidance checked 16 September 2026. Features and plans can change.

The full reference, when you need it

The longer guide has more tools, research examples and detailed steps. It is optional.

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Keep this beside you.

The short PDF follows the same three examples, step by step.

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