The work starts following you home
Quotes, replies and reports land back on your desk after hours, and the backlog never clears.
- I finish quotes after dinner
- the same enquiry ten times a week
- reports wait until the weekend
- I do the admin on Sundays
Hands-on AI workshop · Sunshine Coast
Learn Claude. Learn Codex.
Put AI to work in your business.
A full day on your own laptop, using your own work. You leave with it running.
7 October 20269am to 4pmMooloolabaA$495 excluding GST15 seats
- Learn to use
- Claude
- Codex
15 of 15 seats left for Wednesday 7 October 2026. Take one now.
What this workshop is.
Sunshine Coast AI Workshops runs a full-day, in-person workshop where business owners learn to use Claude and Codex on their own work. You bring one job you repeat, and you leave with it running on your laptop and the instructions written down.
It is hands-on rather than a lecture. Fifteen seats, one room at Mooloolaba, and help beside you while you build. It is capped at fifteen so everyone gets that help. The seat is A$495 excluding GST, and you bring your own paid Claude or OpenAI plan.
You do not need to be technical and you do not need to know what to build before you arrive. See the four jobs it covers, or what you leave with.
Less admin. More time to grow.
The work that eats your week is the same work every week: quoting, replying, reporting, admin. It arrives faster than you clear it, and it is the first thing dropped when a customer needs you.
Claude and Codex can take the first pass at that work. You keep the judgement and the approval. What changes is how much of your week goes back to customers, to quotes that go out while the job is still fresh, and to the growth work that never gets a clear hour.
A full day is enough to stop talking about it and have one of those jobs running on your own laptop.
How a Sunshine Coast owner ends up here.
Most owners arrive by the same six steps. You will recognise whichever one you are on.
You tried it and got something generic
You asked a blank box a question, it guessed, and you went back to doing it yourself.
- I asked ChatGPT and got rubbish
- it does not know my prices
- the drafts do not sound like me
- it made things up
You worked out the tool matters
The results improve once the tool has your information, your rules and a format to follow.
- what is Claude Code
- what is Codex
- Claude or ChatGPT for business
- is Claude better than ChatGPT
You looked for something practical
Not another video. Somewhere to sit down and get it working on your own business.
- AI workshop Sunshine Coast
- AI training for small business
- hands-on AI workshop
- learn Claude for business
You checked it was not a sales pitch
Price, experience, subscriptions and what to bring. Fair questions before a paid morning.
- how much does it cost
- do I need technical experience
- do I need a subscription
- what do I bring
You either booked or you kept thinking
The date is fixed, the room holds fifteen, and the work does not do itself.
- Wednesday 7 October
- 15 seats
- Mooloolaba
- a full day
Learn Claude. Learn Codex.
Two tools and one method. You learn what each is good at, then build on the work you already do.
Claude
Plan, write, analyse and work with your business information. Quotes, replies, reports, marketing drafts and summaries, built from your prices, your templates and your rules.
Codex
Build, test and improve small tools and automations for the jobs you repeat often enough that a tool pays for itself.
Which one, and when
Most tasks suit one of them. You learn to read the task and pick, so a job moves from a rough idea to something running on your laptop.
An AI agent is software that carries out a sequence of steps using the information and tools you give it, inside permissions you set, with your review before anything reaches a customer.
What that looks like on the work you already do.
Four examples of the first pass the tools give you. Each one is an illustrative example, not a customer result.
Quotes
- What goes in
- Job notes and your price list.
- What comes back
- A draft quote, itemised, with the total including GST.
Check the scope and every figure against the notes before it goes out.
Customer replies
- What goes in
- The customer question and your approved information.
- What comes back
- A reply draft in your own words, using your service list and prices.
Read it as the customer, and change anything that does not sound like you.
Marketing
- What goes in
- One offer and a short note about the business.
- What comes back
- A month of post drafts and an email, in your voice.
Keep the angles you are comfortable publishing and cut the rest.
Reports and checklists
- What goes in
- Approved figures, notes and the template you already send.
- What comes back
- The report or checklist in your usual format.
Confirm the numbers against the source before it leaves the building.
This is what the tools can do. What you build on the day is the task you bring, tested on your own material. See one worked through end to end.
What you leave with.
Not notes from a seminar. A setup and a process that still runs when the room empties.
Set up
Claude and Codex installed and signed in on your own laptop, configured for business use.
Build
At least one job you named, built around your information rather than a generic example.
Test
You run it on your own material, read what comes back and fix what is wrong while help is beside you.
Reuse
The written instructions behind it, so next week you swap the source and run it again.
Working means you can run it yourself, check the output against the source, and repeat the process next week. It does not mean every system in your business is connected. Not working by 1pm? We stay and help.
You leave with your AI implementation set up.
By 4pm AI is running on your laptop, loaded with your prices, templates and job notes. The jobs you named are built and tested on your own examples.
Every one comes with the written instructions behind it, so the same work runs again next week without me in the room.
How the day runs.
Doors from 8:45am. A full day of active learning 9am to 4pm, with lunch in the middle and the room ours to the end. These times are the plan for the day.
8:45am. Doors open
The Cove room is on level 3 at Avani Mooloolaba Beach Hotel. Laptops out and chargers in. I have already read your website and your brief, so the day starts on your work.
9:00am. What AI looks like when it runs a business
Fifteen minutes. I show you the setups I built for a roofing business, a search business and a health practice, so you can see what you are building toward.
9:15am. Get AI running on your machine
Tools installed, accounts signed in and settings configured for business use. Everyone leaves this part with the same working setup, whether you have used AI daily for a year or never opened it.
10:00am. Load it with how your business runs
Your documents, prices, templates and job notes go in. Then we set the rules for what AI decides on its own, what it brings back to you, and what it never guesses.
10:45am. Break
Fifteen minutes away from the screen before the building starts.
11:00am. Build your first job
The one you named in your brief. On your own work, with help at your shoulder, and tested against your own source material before we call it done.
12:30pm. Lunch
Provided, in the room or on the terrace. Nobody has to go looking for food mid-build.
1:15pm. Build the second job
A different job, on your own work, tested the same way. By the end of the day you have two things running rather than one.
2:45pm. Build the next ones
Quoting, enquiries, reporting, marketing or admin, in the order they cost you the most time. Each one gets tested and written down before we start the next.
3:30pm. Write it down
The five inputs behind every job you built, on paper, with what to run first on Monday morning.
4:00pm. Finish
AI running on your laptop, the jobs built and tested, and the instructions in your hand.
You do not need to be technical. You need a task.
You are starting with AI.
You want a clear place to start, using work you already understand. No technical background is needed.
You are doing too much by hand.
Quotes, replies, reports and admin keep landing back on your desk. You want the first pass done before you get to it.
You have tried it and it did not stick.
You typed a question into a blank box and got something generic back. Give it your information, your rules and a format and the output changes.
You are paying for a tool you barely use.
The subscription is sitting there doing very little. A full day turns it into something that earns its fee.
Who runs it.
Brenden House. I teach the AI workflows I have already built inside operating businesses.
Radiant Roof Repairs
I automated the internal processes in a roofing business I worked in, not one I advised from outside.
Searchmaxxed
My own business. AI runs the blog creation, the SEO work and the custom proposals.
Glen House Homoeopathy
AI handles the SEO, the enquiries and the administration in a small health practice.
What the repeat work costs you now.
Pick how much of your week goes on quotes, replies, reports and admin. Put a number on your hour. The figure that comes back is what you are paying for that work today, before anyone talks about AI.
A$46,080 a year.
A full day on Wednesday is A$495 excluding GST. The figure above is every year.
| Time on repeat work | A year of it |
|---|---|
| A few hours a week | A$23,040 |
| Most of a day a week | A$46,080 |
| Two or three days a week | A$115,200 |
| It never stops | A$172,800 |
A full day on Wednesday is A$495 excluding GST. The figure above is every year.
Start saving A$46,080 a yearA$495 excluding GST. A full day on Wednesday. The figure above is what the work costs you now.
AI has been useless to you because you gave it nothing to work with.
You typed a question into a blank box and it guessed. It did not know your prices. It had never seen your quote template. Nobody told it what it is not allowed to make up. So it wrote something generic and you went back to doing it yourself.
Everything changes the moment AI can read how your business runs.
Give AI the information it needs to do the job.
A business prompt has five parts: Context, Task, Source, Rules and Output. Each part answers a specific question before the tool drafts anything.
Context
Describe your business, customer and situation.
Task
Name the job you want done, such as turning site notes into a draft quote.
Source
Supply the notes, price list or policy the draft should use.
Rules
Set the limits. Ask the tool to flag missing information and keep facts unchanged.
Output
Describe the format, headings and details you need in the finished draft.
What comes back when AI has your facts.
The quoting example from the workshop. Read the notes on the left, then the draft on the right. The whole thing takes about four minutes.
What you type in
gate repair, 14 banksia ct 2 hinges gone, same holes, do not move the gate about an hour and a half plus the drive hinges $30 each, labour $100/hr, callout $40 add gst after quote it
What comes back
Quote: gate repair
Scope. Replace two damaged gate hinges using the existing fixing points. 1.5 hours of labour and one call-out.
Excluded. Gate replacement, post replacement, painting.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Replacement hinges 2 × A$30.00 | A$60.00 |
| Labour (hours) 1.5 × A$100.00 | A$150.00 |
| Call-out 1 × A$40.00 | A$40.00 |
| Subtotal | A$250.00 |
| GST | A$25.00 |
| Total including GST | A$275.00 |
Check before sending. Hinge size and type are not in the notes, so it asked instead of picking one. The labour allowance came straight from your figure.
Register nowFictional example. The numbers add up so you can check them.
Bring the work that keeps landing back on your desk.
Whatever your business repeats. We build it in the room, on your own material.
Quotes and job paperwork
Site notes, measurements and your price list go in, and a draft quote comes back for you to check. See the workflows for roofing and plumbing and electrical businesses.
Enquiries and customer replies
The same question arrives ten times a week. Build the reply once from your own service list, prices and approved wording.
Reports and client updates
Approved figures and notes turned into the format you already send. See real estate reporting workflows.
Follow-ups and document requests
Draft the chase from the client’s question, your records and your rules. See how accounting and bookkeeping teams handle it.
Marketing and admin
Job ads, social posts, meeting notes turned into actions, intake information turned into a checklist. See allied health admin tasks, with professional decisions left with your team.
What the seat covers.
A$495 excluding GST, per seat
A full day, 9am to 4pm Up to 15 people GST added at checkout
Small group
A maximum of 15 people, with hands-on help as you build.
What to bring
Your laptop, charger and real examples of the work you want AI to handle. Choose safe examples to bring.
Where
Avani Mooloolaba Beach Hotel, The Cove room, Mooloolaba.
When
Wednesday 7 October 2026, 9am to 4pm. A full day of active learning, then the room is ours for the rest of the day. Stay on until everything is done.
Booking terms
Places are non-refundable if you change your mind or can’t attend. If we cancel or move the date, you can transfer to the new date or receive a full refund.
What every seat includes.
- A full day in the room, at Mooloolaba, with help beside you rather than at the front of the room.
- Claude and Codex installed and signed in on your own laptop, configured for business use.
- At least one job you named, built and tested on your own example before you leave.
- The written instructions behind it, so the same process runs again next week.
- Your prices, templates and job notes loaded in, with the rules for what it must never guess.
- The room for the rest of the day. Stay on after 1pm until everything is finished.
- A read of your website and your registration answers before the day, so the morning starts on your work.
- Direct access to me. No account manager, no support queue.
Places are non-refundable if you change your mind or cannot attend. If we cancel or move the date, you can transfer or take a full refund.
What A$495 buys, next to the alternatives.
Four ways to get AI into a Sunshine Coast business, and what each one costs.
Free videos and intro sessions
They explain what the tools do. The setup, your prices, your templates and your rules stay on your list for a quiet weekend.
A qualification
TAFE Queensland’s Diploma of Artificial Intelligence costs $5,800 and runs an average of twelve months part time. You finish it holding a credential in the field.
Having it built for you
We scope and quote implementation separately. The business gets a working system without anyone on the team learning to build one.
This morning, A$495 excluding GST
A full day, fifteen seats, your own laptop. You leave with AI set up, loaded with how your business runs, and the jobs you repeat working.
What I need from you.
Your laptop and its charger.
The one you will use afterwards, not a spare.
Claude Max or ChatGPT Pro, ready to go.
Bring either Claude or ChatGPT, on the larger tier. Both start at US$100 a month, roughly A$140, and are billed by Anthropic or OpenAI rather than by us. The entry plans run out of capacity part way through a full day of building, which is why the bigger plan is the one to bring. Set it up before the day, or message me and I will walk you through it.
Real examples of the work, safe to use.
A made-up customer, a redacted job, a price list with the numbers changed. Nothing confidential leaves your business.
The registration questions, answered properly.
Three taps and your details to hold the seat, then the brief afterwards. I build your session from them.
Doors at 8:45.
The first thing we do is get AI running on every machine, and I would rather do yours before nine than during.
Do those and everything else is mine to do.
This workshop won’t suit you if…
The session is hands-on business training. These needs call for a different format.
You want to become a software developer.
Codex builds small tools and automations for your business. We do not teach programming languages, application development, or how to train an AI model.
You want the whole thing built for you.
The workshop is hands-on training, so you build the jobs on your own laptop. We also take on implementation, where the system gets built and connected for you. That is a separate engagement, so enquire and we will scope which one fits.
You want a presentation you can sit back and watch.
This isn’t a lecture-only session. You’ll bring a task and spend the workshop building and testing it.
Everything else you might want to know.
Do I need both Claude and Codex?
No. Bring either a Claude or an OpenAI paid plan on your laptop, ready to go. One is enough to attend and build. Bring the larger tier, because a full day of continuous building uses more than an entry plan allows. Both start at US$100 a month, roughly A$140, billed by Anthropic or OpenAI rather than by us. Ask me before the day and I will walk you through setting one up.
Is this a coding course?
No. You are not learning to program. Codex builds small tools and automations for the jobs you repeat, and you describe what you want in plain English. We do not teach programming languages, application development or AI model training.
What do you actually set up on my laptop?
We install and sign in to Claude and Codex on the machine you use every day, then connect them to your own information: your prices, templates, job notes and the rules you work to. By 1pm at least one job you named is built and tested on your own example, with the instructions written down.
What do I leave with?
AI set up and running on your laptop, loaded with your prices, templates and job notes. The jobs you named are built and tested on your own examples, and every one comes with the written instructions behind it, so the same work runs again next week without me.
Who is the workshop for?
Sunshine Coast business owners and operators: founders, professional-service firms, local retailers, trades and small teams. Bring the work you want AI to handle. No technical background is required.
Do I need technical experience?
No. If you can write an email, you can do the work in the room. You build on your own laptop with plain-English instructions and hands-on help.
Can I learn this from free videos instead?
Videos explain the tools. In the room your laptop gets set up, your prices and templates go in, and the jobs you repeat get built and tested on your own work. You go home with it running and the instructions written down.
Why not a cheaper online course?
An online course gives you modules to work through on your own. A full day here gives you AI running on your machine, loaded with how your business works, and someone next to you while you build. If a qualification is what you are after, TAFE Queensland’s Diploma of Artificial Intelligence costs $5,800 and runs an average of twelve months part time.
Is A$495 worth one morning?
The seat covers a full day of active learning, AI set up on your own laptop, the jobs you build, the written instructions you keep, and the rest of the day in the room to finish everything with help on hand. Fifteen seats is the cap, so there is time for your work in the room.
My business is small, and nothing like the examples. Will any of this apply?
The examples come from your business. When you register you tell me the job you would hand over tomorrow, and your part of the session gets built around it. I read your website before the day as well, so you skip explaining the business to me.
What if I fall behind?
Fifteen people in one room, and I come to you. Everyone starts from the same working setup, because the first thing we do is get AI running on every machine.
I already use AI every day. Is there anything in this for me?
Bring your hardest repeated job. Most daily users type into a blank box and start again each time. The session connects AI to your documents, prices, templates and rules, then turns the jobs you repeat into written instructions you run again next week.
What happens in a full day?
A full day of active learning, 9am to 4pm. We set AI up on your laptop, connect it to your business information, set the rules it works to, then build the jobs your business repeats and test each one on your own work. You leave with two jobs running and the written instructions behind them.
What should I bring?
Your laptop, its charger and real examples of the work you want AI to handle. Made-up or redacted examples are fine, because nothing confidential is required.
Which parts of my business can we cover?
Quoting, enquiries, customer replies, reporting, marketing and admin are the common ones. Bring the jobs that take your time and we work through them in the room.
What does the A$495 ticket include?
One seat at the full-day, in-person workshop, hands-on help in a group capped at fifteen, AI set up on your own laptop, the jobs you build, and the written instructions you keep. The ticket is A$495 excluding GST, and GST is added at checkout.
When is the workshop?
Wednesday 7 October 2026, 9am to 4pm at Mooloolaba. Arrive from 8:45am for a 9am start. Lunch is provided and we finish at 4pm.
When does registration close?
When the fifteen seats are taken, or when the workshop starts on the morning of 7 October, whichever comes first.
Where will it take place?
Avani Mooloolaba Beach Hotel, in The Cove room on level 3, Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast.
How many people attend?
A maximum of fifteen paid attendees, so there is time for hands-on help with each person’s work.
Can I get a refund?
Places are non-refundable if you change your mind or can’t attend. If we cancel or move the date, you can transfer to the new date or receive a full refund.
Is this an online AI course?
No. This is a full-day, in-person AI workshop at Mooloolaba. You work on your own laptop and build the setups your business uses afterwards.
Can you build it for us instead of teaching us?
Yes. We take on implementation, where the system gets built and connected for you. It is a separate engagement with its own scope and quote, so enquire and we will scope which one fits.
Can I arrange private training for my team?
Yes. Private onsite team training runs at your workplace across the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. The same method applies, with a fixed quote after a scoping conversation.
Not sure this is right for you?
Send me the job you would bring and I will tell you whether the workshop suits it.
You get a straight answer from me. If a full day in a room is the wrong purchase for your business, I will say so and point you at the format that fits.
Don’t just learn about AI. Leave using it.
Learn Claude. Learn Codex. Put AI to work in the business you already run.
Wednesday 7 October 2026, 9am to 4pm at Mooloolaba. 15 seats, A$495 excluding GST.
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Wednesday 7 October 2026, 9am to 4pm at Avani Mooloolaba Beach Hotel, The Cove room, Mooloolaba. A$495 excluding GST, added at checkout.
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