A hands-on half-day workshop for complete beginners. You bring a laptop. You leave with Claude set up, a working project, and a skill that saves you time every week — starting this week.
[DATE TBC] · The Block, Royal William Yard, Plymouth · £250 per person · Light refreshments included
This is not a presentation. You set everything up as we go. By the time we break for coffee, you are already using Claude. By the end of the morning, you have built something real.
Most people who "use Claude" have only scratched the surface. In Session One, we set up everything you actually need: your account, the desktop app, and the three modes that make Claude genuinely useful — Chat for quick thinking, Cowork for long-form work, and Code for automations and repeatable workflows.
You will understand what each mode does, when to use it, and why having all three set up changes how you work.
In Session Two, you choose the task. We create your first Claude project — a context-rich workspace tailored to your work — and your first Claude skill, a reusable workflow that handles the task you have always wanted to automate.
You do not go home with notes to action later. You leave with both set up and working.
This workshop is designed for people who are ready to actually start.
We are running this at The Block, a coworking and events space inside the Royal William Yard — one of the most beautifully preserved historic naval victualling yards in Europe. Grade I listed buildings, waterfront views, good coffee on the doorstep.
It is a boardroom-style setup: comfortable, professional, and small enough that you are never lost in the crowd. Sixteen people maximum. Light refreshments included.
This is the kind of morning you will actually look forward to.
Deidré has trained over 1,000 professionals in AI and digital transformation — including teams at Jaguar Land Rover, Lloyds Banking Group, Rolls-Royce, Deloitte, and UK government departments. She has been using Claude since 2023, not as a technologist, but as someone who helps real businesses work smarter and faster.
She currently works as Fractional Head of AI for a UK marketing agency, embedding AI strategy and automation into their day-to-day operations. This is not theory — it is what she does every week, for businesses that look a lot like yours.
Your AI Journey is her AI transformation consultancy. Coffee and Claude is how she brings that work to Plymouth.
MIT Applied Generative AI for Digital Transformation · ISO 42001 AI Management Systems Lead Implementor · Executive MBA, HULT International Business School
Not notes to action later. Not a recording to watch. Everything live and tested before you walk out.
Half-day workshop · The Block, Royal William Yard · Light refreshments · All setup covered on the day
Do I need to have used Claude before?
No. This workshop starts from zero. If you have never opened Claude, you are in exactly the right place.
What should I bring?
Your laptop, your charger, and one task you have always wanted to automate. That is all.
What version of Claude do I need?
We will cover this on the day. A free account is fine to start — you will understand the options by the end of Session One.