AI for Designers — One-Day Workshop | Carina Gardner
One-Day Virtual Workshop  ·  July 31, 2026  ·  9am – 12pm MT  ·  Limited Spots Available
Virtual Workshop · July 31, 2026

AI for
Designers

Learn how to integrate AI into your creative workflow — and actually use it to grow your design business.

Thursday, July 31, 2026
9:00 am – 12:00 pm MT
Live Virtual · Zoom

Skills you can use the very next day

This is a hands-on working session — not a lecture. You’ll leave with a real plan you can act on immediately.

01

A clear AI workflow built around your design process — not a generic one-size-fits-all approach

02

Prompting techniques tailored for visual thinkers and creative entrepreneurs

03

Practical tools to speed up client work, content creation, and business development

04

Your personal AI toolkit mapped to your specific design niche and goals

Your morning, mapped out

Three hours. Five focused sessions. All live, all interactive.

9:00 am
Welcome & the AI landscape for designers

Where AI is right now, where it’s headed, and why designers are perfectly positioned to use it well.

Keynote
9:30 am
Prompting for creatives

How to speak AI’s language without losing your creative voice. Live demos and hands-on practice included.

Workshop
10:15 am
AI in your design business

Using AI to write proposals, create content, pitch clients, and build new income streams.

Workshop
11:00 am
Build your personal AI toolkit

We’ll map out the exact tools and workflows that fit your specific niche, goals, and working style.

Hands-On
11:45 am
Q&A + your action plan

Live questions, resource roundup, and a concrete action plan to carry into the week ahead.

Live Q&A

Meet Carina Gardner

Carina Gardner
Carina Gardner, PhD
Founder & CEO, University of Arts & Design · Author

Carina Gardner is a designer, educator, and entrepreneur who has built multiple successful creative businesses. As the founder of the University of Arts & Design and author of Design Profit Prosper, she has helped thousands of designers turn their creativity into sustainable income. Carina brings both the academic depth of a PhD and the real-world perspective of someone who has grown a design business from the ground up — and she’s passionate about making AI genuinely useful for creative professionals.

One morning. Real skills.
Real results.

$97

One-time investment · Full 3-hour live workshop · July 31, 2026

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