Module 1
Choose the task
Risk-tier work before selecting a tool or writing a prompt.
Universal · Original 101PD learning guide
AI for Professional Work: Prompting, Verification, Privacy, and Responsible Use
A tool-neutral operating method for using generative AI while protecting confidential information, checking claims, documenting judgment, and keeping a human accountable.
The useful workplace skill is not producing more text. It is knowing what to delegate, what information must stay out of a tool, how to verify the result, and when a person must make the final decision.
Skills you will practice
- Task decomposition
- Prompt design
- Source verification
- Privacy screening
- Human-review controls
Prerequisites
- Comfort using a web browser and ordinary workplace documents.
Designed for
Administrative professionals · Managers · Small-business owners · Licensed professionals
What a learner should be able to do
- Outcome 1
Choose appropriate and inappropriate workplace uses for generative AI.
- Outcome 2
Write prompts that provide purpose, context, constraints, and an output standard.
- Outcome 3
Verify factual, numerical, legal, and policy-sensitive claims before use.
- Outcome 4
Create a lightweight record of inputs, review, revisions, and final responsibility.
Original curriculum architecture
Each course is organized around these modules, original explanations, realistic cases, practice questions, and documented source review.
Module 2
Prompt with a specification
Purpose, audience, facts, boundaries, format, and review criteria.
Module 3
Verify and revise
Sources, calculations, omissions, bias, counterexamples, and human approval.
Module 4
Protect the organization
Confidentiality, access, records, vendor terms, and responsible-use policy.
Applied portfolio exercise
Responsible AI workflow
Design and test a repeatable AI-assisted workflow for a real professional task without sharing private client or company information.
- Risk screen
- Prompt specification
- Verification log
- Human approval checklist
Sources and boundaries
Sources establish current requirements and standards. They do not supply 101PD’s lesson text, scenarios, assessments, or project work.
Source set reviewed August 21, 2026.
- NIST AI Risk Management Framework
A voluntary framework for managing AI risks and trustworthiness.
- 101PD original-work standard
101PD develops its own explanations, examples, assessments, and applied projects.