AI Training for Small Business Teams
Better People delivers hands-on AI training for small and medium businesses, built around the work your team does every day and the tools you already use. One session price covers your whole team, with no per-person fees, onsite or live online.
Our team has trained:
Why does AI training work differently for a small business?
In a small business, everyone wears several hats, and there is no IT department to set the rules. That makes AI more useful and more risky at the same time.
Most small businesses already have people using AI, usually on free tools and usually in private. The gains stay with one or two people, and nobody is sure what customer information has gone where.
Training the whole team together fixes both. Everyone learns the same habits, the business agrees what is safe, and the person who figured out a great prompt shares it instead of keeping it.
Where this shows up in the room
Replying to customer emails and enquiries faster, in your own voice
Writing quotes, proposals and website copy from your own notes
Turning a messy spreadsheet into a clear summary or chart
Writing procedures and onboarding notes so knowledge does not live in one head
Researching a supplier, competitor or market with sources you can check
How a session runs
Your whole team brings laptops and works through each demo on the tool you already use, whether that is Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, ChatGPT or Claude, including the free versions.
We build the session around your business in a short discovery call beforehand, so the examples are your quotes, your customer emails and your spreadsheets, not someone else's.
What changes after the training
The outcome we design for is confidence: a whole team using AI the same way, safely, on real work.
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Everyone in the business uses the same safe habits
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Routine writing and admin takes a fraction of the time
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Customer information stays out of tools that should not have it
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The prompts that work are shared, not kept private
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The business has a clear, simple line on what is allowed
Want this built around your team?
A 30-minute call to scope the format, the tools and the group.
How it is delivered
One session for your whole team
From $5,000 + GST
- Best for
- A team that wants to start using AI properly, together
- Shape
- Half day, onsite or live online
- Headcount
- No limit, so the price is the same for 5 or 50 people
- You keep
- Materials and the prompts built in the session
Want to go further? AI Fluency plus Practical AI booked together is $9,500 + GST.
Built by practitioners
The people running your session have been AWS instructors and Canva learning designers, and our team has built and sold technology businesses of its own. At InOne Projects we trained a 25-person team in one practical session, so everyone started from the same place.
Who delivers this training
Garret Blankenship, Co-founder
Co-founder of Better People. 15+ years building AI and cloud systems at AWS and Canva. Develops training courses for Databricks and holds four Databricks certifications.
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Read →Common questions
Is AI training worth it for a small business?
If more than a few people use AI, usually yes. One session puts the whole team on the same safe habits and spreads what works, which matters more in a small team where everyone's time counts.
Do we need paid AI tools?
No. We can train on free tools such as Microsoft Copilot Chat or the free versions of ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude, and show what the paid plans add if you are deciding.
Which AI tool is best for a small business?
The one your team will actually use, which is usually the one that fits the software you already run: Copilot for Microsoft 365, Gemini for Google Workspace, or ChatGPT or Claude on their own. We help you decide in discovery.
How much does AI training for a small business cost?
From $5,000 + GST per session, with no headcount limit, so your whole team trains for the same price.
Can you train us online?
Yes. Live online sessions work well for small teams and dispersed staff, and you can record the session for people who could not attend.
Do you run public AI courses for individuals?
No. We train teams. If you are on your own, our free articles are a good place to start.
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