Bleeding-Edge Workshops this week - on Web3 and ChatGPT


Hello Reader,

If you're interested in technology that is so far on the cutting-edge that it's 'bleeding-edge' I have 2 free workshops you can attend this week:

TOMORROW 11am NZ time -

Token gating lets you prove, purchase, or earn membership in a community.

This interactive workshop will showcase examples of communities that use token gating, and all attendees will receive a TechWeek23 NFT. We will create a membership community during the workshop, to demonstrate the utility.

This is an interactive workshop, held on Zoom.

LATER THIS WEEK -

My recent workshop 'Create a 3-Month Marketing Plan with ChatGPT' was such a hit, I've decided to help more people use AI technology through LinkedIn Livestreams.

This is not a Zoom webinar, and you will not need to be on camera. This is a 30-minute co-working session using ChatGPT.

I will give a few minutes of instruction, and some copy-paste prompts. Then I will set a timer for 10 minutes and play some music. You will have a conversation with your own AI chatbot, and come back for show-and-tell. We will have 2 x 10-minute sprints during this half hour.

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