AI for Australian Business Owners
A practical, self-paced course for sole traders, microbusinesses and small businesses.
Use AI with confidence, not guesswork.
AI tools can save you hours each week, or create new risks if they are used without thought. This course shows you where AI is worth trying in your business, how to choose and set up tools, how to write prompts that give usable first drafts, and how to check the results before anyone relies on them. You finish with working rules for your staff and data, at least three tested workflows and a 90-day plan.
No coding, paid AI subscription or IT team is needed. Every activity works with a free AI tool or with a supplied fictional business.
Built for Australian business owners.
Owners who have never used AI, or tried it and were disappointed.
Businesses whose staff already use AI and need some order around it.
Health and wellness businesses, for administration and marketing only, not clinical use.
Eight modules, 36 short lessons.
Understand AI and find your starting point
What AI can and cannot reliably do, and where it is worth trying in your business.
Choose tools and set them up responsibly
Compare cost, ease of use, privacy and security, and decide what data can be shared.
Get useful results through better prompting
Write, test and improve prompts, and check output for accuracy, bias and quality.
Marketing, sales, admin and operations
Practical uses across customer experience, administration and business insight.
Build workflows and introduce automation
Map and build at least three workflows, each with a person reviewing the result.
Protect your business and measure results
Set an AI use policy, bring your team with you, run a pilot and plan the next 90 days.
You keep 16 editable Word and Excel tools, including an AI use policy template, prompt library, approved tools register, incident response checklist, pilot measurement worksheet and 90-day plan. Templates are starting points: tailor and approve them before you rely on them.
The course explains national rules and flags where state and territory laws differ. It does not teach you to build AI models and does not cover clinical or other regulated professional decisions. Check with your lawyer and accountant as required.
Monthly live Q&A with Annie. Enrolment includes a free online Q&A with Annie Gibbins each month, 6 to 7 pm Sydney time, from November 2026. After you enrol, you will find the registration link in your welcome email and in the course. Attendance is optional.
Prices are in Australian dollars and include GST. Courses are general education, not legal, tax or financial advice. Course certificates record completion only and are not an accreditation.