PracticalReal tasks from your actual week, not toy examples.
HumanPlain language, and room for every question in the room.
ActionableYou leave with prompts and a plan you can use today.
ResultsHours back in the week, work that reads better.Practical AI workshops · Johannesburg & online
Turn AI confusion into real-world impact.
I show people and teams what AI is actually good for, how to use it properly, and how to get real work done with it.
Seventeen years in tech: IT, project management, marketing.
PracticalReal tasks from your actual week, not toy examples.HumanPlain language, and room for every question in the room.ActionableYou leave with prompts and a plan you can use today.ResultsHours back in the week, work that reads better.The offer
AI Made Simple
No jargon. No overwhelm. Just practical AI skills you can use from day one.
You're allowed to be a beginner at this.
AI Workshops
Three practical hours, in person or online. Live demos on real tasks, then you do it yourself with someone in the room to ask.
See datesTeam enablement
The same workshop, run for your team, branch or association, with the examples built around the work you actually do.
How it worksPractical resources
A free first-hour guide, plain-language articles and a prompt library to keep you moving after the room empties.
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The programme
AI Made Simple
A practical 3-hour morning with AI. No jargon, no coding, no experience needed.
- See the tools that matter, and what each one is actually for
- Live demos: email, admin, writing, research, design
- Walk out using it the same afternoon
First dates
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The first public workshops are being scheduled now. Leave your details and you'll hear before anyone else, including which city comes first.
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About
Hi, I'm Zerilda
Technology should work for people, not the other way around.
Seventeen years in the technology industry, IT, project management, and now heading up marketing. Campaigns, partners, events, launches, and a great deal of the correspondence and admin that comes with all of that.
So I've seen this from both sides: close enough to the technical world to know what these tools actually do, and far enough into the business world to know that nobody explains it to the people who'd benefit most.
The workshop is the thing I wish someone had run for me: no theory, no vocabulary test, no pretending the tools are perfect. Just the useful parts, in plain language, with time to try them yourself.
AI isn't about replacing people, it's about giving them back the hours they're losing.
Zerilda de Beer
Every Tuesday morning
Zee Weekly
One email a week. One thing to try, one prompt to copy, and a plain-English note on what actually changed.
What's in every issue
1
One thing to try this week
A single tip, explained properly, that you can do in ten minutes.
2
A prompt you can copy
Written out in full, with the parts you change marked. Paste it and go.
3
What changed
Thirty seconds on what's new, and an honest word on whether it matters to you.
4
You asked
A real question from a subscriber, answered. Reply to any issue and yours might be next.
5
Something from my week
What I tried, what annoyed me, what didn't work. Still learning this too.
R99
a month · cancel any time
About R3 a day.
- 52 issues a year, every Tuesday
- The full prompt library, with a new prompt added weekly
- Reply to me directly with your questions
- First access to workshop dates before they're public
Founding price R69 for early birds. Join the list.
Cancel in one click, no awkward email.
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AI basics
Plain-language guides. Start here if you're not ready to book anything.
Start here
What AI actually is
Without the science lesson. What it's doing when it answers you, in one page.
Read →ToolsWhich tool for which job
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and the rest. What each is genuinely better at.
Read →How to askGetting a useful answer
Why your first attempt disappoints you, and the four things that fix it.
Read →CarefulWhen it gets things wrong
How to spot it, what never to trust, and what not to paste into it.
Read →MoneyFree vs paid
What you get for nothing, and whether the monthly fee is worth it.
Read →Your dataPOPIA and client information
What you may and may not put into these tools when other people's data is involved.
Read →After the workshop
What people leave with
A tool you trust
You know which one to open for which job, and why the others are wrong for it.
Prompts that work
Written out, saved, and adjusted to your own words before you leave the room.
Hours back
The admin, the drafting, the summarising, done in a fraction of the time.
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Ready to make AI work for you?
Let's start the conversation.
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Workshop moments, on Instagram
Photos from recent sessions, small tips you can use the same day, and where I am headed next. Come say hello.