AI training NZ teams can use the next morning, and the price
Most people have tried ChatGPT, got a so-so answer and gone back to doing it by hand. Good AI training fixes that with your own work on the screen, not slides about the future. You leave with prompts, habits and rules you'll use the next day.
| Option | Who it suits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| AI 1:1 session, 60 minutes | An owner or manager who wants a plan for their own work | $399 |
| AI 1:1 session, 90 minutes | The same, with time to build two or three working tools together | $549 |
| Team AI workshop, half day | Teams of up to 8 getting started | $1,490 |
| Team AI workshop, full day | Teams of up to 8 who want to leave with shared tools and a usage policy | $2,490 |
1:1s run on Zoom or in person in Wānaka. Workshops run on Zoom or at your workplace around Queenstown-Lakes.
What you leave a 1:1 with
An AI consultant should leave you with something you can use, not a list of tools to look up. After a 1:1 you have:
- Your top three uses. The three jobs in your week where AI saves the most time, picked from what you actually do.
- Working prompts. Written and tested on your real emails, quotes or documents during the session, saved where you can find them.
- A set-up that remembers you. Your business details, tone and common tasks loaded into ChatGPT or Claude, so you stop re-explaining yourself every time.
- Your own rules. A short list of what you'll never paste into an AI tool, and which account settings to change.
- A written summary. Emailed after the session with everything above, plus what to automate later if it's worth it.
How a team workshop runs
Before the day, each person sends us two or three tasks they repeat every week. We build the workshop around those, so nobody sits through examples from another industry.
- Part 1: the basics, done properly. How the main tools differ, how to write a prompt that gets a usable first draft, and where AI gets things wrong.
- Part 2: hands on, with your own work. Everyone works through their own tasks with us at their shoulder: client emails, quotes, job notes, social posts, meeting summaries, spreadsheet clean-ups.
- Part 3: shared tools. We set up a team space with your business information and shared prompts, so the good results aren't stuck in one person's chat history.
- Part 4: the rules. We agree what client data can and can't go in, who checks AI output before it goes out, and we write it into a one-page AI use policy.
The half day covers parts 1, 2 and 4. The full day adds the shared tools and more hands-on time. Up to 8 people per workshop.
Proof: teams we've trained
An architectural ceilings and walls supplier. MBS Architectural brought FOUNDR AI in as an AI consultant for their whole team. We set up a shared AI assistant loaded with their product information, spec sheets, supplier pricing and processes, trained and onboarded the staff, and run weekly sessions to add new uses as the team gets confident.
A busy salon team. UKIYO, a salon and haircare brand in Wānaka, runs on systems Codie built, so what we teach has already been used by a busy team.
How booking works
- Book. Pick a 1:1 or a workshop. For a workshop, we agree a date and whether it's on Zoom or on site.
- Prep. We send a short questionnaire about your tools and the tasks you want help with. For workshops, each attendee fills it in.
- The session. Hands on, using your own work. No slides you'll never look at again.
- Follow-up. A written summary, your prompts and your AI use policy, emailed to you.
Who it's for
- Owners and managers of small businesses who want to use ChatGPT for business properly
- Salon, beauty and barber teams
- Accounting, bookkeeping and legal offices handling sensitive client files
- Trades businesses and suppliers writing quotes and job notes
- Hospitality and tourism operators answering the same questions all season
- Agencies and professional services firms
If your team has been told to "use AI more" without being shown how, start here.
NZ specifics: client data and the Privacy Act 2020
Safe use of client data is part of every session, not an add-on. Under the Privacy Act 2020 you're responsible for personal information you hold, including what staff paste into an AI tool. What we teach:
- Business accounts, not personal ones. Use team plans where your data isn't used to train the model, and turn off chat history where it isn't needed.
- Strip it before you paste it. Remove names, contact details, IRD numbers and health or financial details. AI can draft the letter; you add the client's name after.
- Know where it goes. Most AI tools process data overseas. The Act expects care when personal information leaves New Zealand, so we show you which tools to use for what.
- A person checks before it goes out. AI drafts. A person approves anything sent to a client.
- Write it down. Your one-page AI use policy covers all of this, so new staff learn the same rules.
Pricing options
1:1 sessions are $399 for 60 minutes or $549 for 90 minutes. Team workshops are $1,490 for a half day or $2,490 for a full day, for up to 8 people. Pay in full when you book. For bigger team programmes, ask us about spreading the cost.
If the training shows you a job that should run on its own, that's what our AI automation work is for.