Workshop: Prompt Like a Pro

ChatGPT & co are powerful – but only if you know how to talk to them. And with new reasoning capabilities, writing good prompts hasn't exactly gotten easier.

In this workshop, you’ll learn prompting techniques that still work in 2025. You’ll practice writing prompts that deliver clearer, more accurate, and more useful responses, so you can reach your goals faster or build more reliable AI applications.

This workshop is hands-on: less theory, lots of examples.

Agenda:

1. Prompting That Works in 2025 (15m)

   • How have LLMs changed?

   • Core principles you must (still) know

   • Common pitfalls to avoid when prompting LLMs

2. Live Example 1: Turning a Beginner Prompt into a Pro Prompt (15m)

   • Framework for writing clear, structured, and specific prompts

   • Simple tweaks that instantly improve AI output

3. Live Example 2: Improving a Prompt with Reasoning & CoT (15m)

   • Manual Chain of Thought

   • Auto-Prompting

   • Choosing the right (reasoning) model

   • Adding constraints to increase accuracy

4. Live Example 3: Solve a Complex Task with a Prompt Chain (15m)

   • Example: a challenging, real-world business task

   • Step-by-step demo: breaking it down into smaller prompt interactions

   • Reusable template you can apply immediately

5. Hot Seat: Live Prompt Improvements (15 min.)

   • We'll work live to improve your prompts

By the end, you'll have significantly improved at least one prompt you use regularly – making your future interactions with AI systems clearer, faster, and more effective.

Resources you'll get:

• Colab Notebook

• Prompting Templates

• Prompt Guide Cheatsheet

Requirements:

• Free Google Account (we'll do the exercises in Google Colab)

Where & when?

• Mar 12, 4.00pm CET

• Online

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