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Stop Treating AI Like a Mysterious Vending Machine

Master the art of prompt engineering to turn generative AI into a reliable, governed, and productive business asset.

Created byDenise Cicchellaworkspace_premiumBest Instructor
BeginnerUpdated Oct 5, 2026

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleApply the CRAFT framework to generate clear and effective AI prompts
  • check_circleEstablish organizational guardrails for secure and ethical AI usage
  • check_circleAnalyze AI outputs for accuracy, bias, and potential risks
  • check_circleDevelop a governance strategy for scaling AI adoption within a business
  • check_circleDefine the boundaries between AI-assisted drafting and human decision-making

About This Course

This course provides a framework for effective prompt engineering in a business environment by focusing on clarity, context, and human judgment. It covers the transition from ad hoc experimentation to a managed governance model that includes risk assessment, data protection, and accountability. The material addresses the practical application of AI in daily tasks such as research, drafting, and analysis while emphasizing the necessity of human oversight to verify outputs and maintain standards. Participants learn to implement structured prompting techniques to improve the quality and reliability of AI-generated results across various organizational functions.

Topics Covered:

  • Prompt engineering framework and structure
  • Organizational AI governance and risk management
  • Data classification and disclosure standards
  • Human accountability in AI-assisted decision making
  • Maturity models for AI adoption
  • Verification and quality assurance processes
  • Strategies for workforce AI training

Course Content

2 activities • 1 videos • duration: 1h 21m

  • videocamStop Treating AI Like a Mysterious Vending Machine
    Duration 81:50
  • quizStop Treating AI Like a Mysterious Vending Machine Quiz

Your Instructor

Denise Cicchella

Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Construction Auditor, Project Management expert and Author

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Denise has been a Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Fraud Examiner for over 20 years. She has a specialization in Construction Audit and is a management consultant, specializing in Training and Professional Development. She has authored several books including: Bridging the Gap, enhancing the Audit Committee / AUdit Relationship, Teach, Train, Transform - the Superhero Way, Construction Audit Handbook: Overview, Monitoring and Auditing, Effective Auditing for Corporates, Construction Audit - Building a Solid Foundation; and Essentials of Construction Management.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

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