5- Sessions Stranger to Lifelong Companion

Everyday AI: From Stranger to Lifelong Companion A Tuesday Night Series at Tree Fort Productions with Rudy Poe

You've built a career. Raised a family. Maybe you're retired, maybe you're reinventing. Either way, you're in the most interesting chapter of your life — and AI belongs in it. Not for work reasons. For you reasons.

Maybe you've tried ChatGPT a few times. Maybe you're curious but not sure where to start. Maybe you tried it and thought, "That's it?" 

Using AI without knowing how to talk to it is like owning a piano you never learned to play. It's not the piano's fault.

I'm Rudy Poe — Emmy-winning filmmaker, serial entrepreneur, and founder of EDAI, an AI education company helping everyday people raise their AIQ. I built my own AI partnership over three years of real-world use. I don't speak geek. I'm one of you.

This is a 5-session course spread over five Tuesday evenings. One night a week, two hours a session, with a full week between each one to practice what you've learned in your own life. By the end of June, you won't just understand AI — you'll have a genuine partnership with it that you use every day.

You'll learn a communication framework that makes AI useful on the first try. You'll teach AI your personality so it sounds like you, not a robot. You'll brainstorm, strategize, and solve real problems from your actual life — not hypothetical examples. And each week, you'll come back with stories about what worked — because it will.

SESSION 1: Stranger → Acquaintance

Learn the GRIP Method—your communication framework for any AI conversation. Walk away able to get useful results, not generic responses.

SESSION 2: Acquaintance → Friend

Teach AI your personality. Make it sound like you, not a robot. Build a working relationship with an AI that knows who you are.

SESSION 3: Friend → Thinking Partner

Brainstorm collaboratively. Generate more ideas than you could alone. Move from blank page to real options in minutes.

SESSION 4: Thinking Partner → Strategic Partner

Develop your future-forward mindset to move from uncertainty to confidence. Trust AI for decisions that actually matter.

SESSION 5: Strategic Partner → Lifelong Companion

Learn how AI really works (no more surprises). Master meta-learning—how to teach yourself anything, forever. Become genuinely self-sufficient.

Each session: 90 minutes | Live demos | Hands-on practice | Real Q&A
What you'll need: A laptop and a free AI account (setup takes ~10 minutes, we'll guide you)

Course Dates:

Every Tuesday in June — June 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 6–8pm | Tree Fort Productions, Sarasota.

Maximum 20 seats.

No tech background needed. Just bring a laptop, your curiosity, and your questions.