Clear thinking in a noisy world. AI and communication training for you.
You’ve adventured to a new town. You asked AI to find you a restaurant. It found you one: Four stars, atmospheric, a hidden gem beloved by locals. You arrived at a ‘Closed Saturdays’ sign, half covering a menu that hadn’t changed since Donkey Kong.
This is not your fault. AI is powerful, occasionally baffling, and almost never explained by anyone who isn’t trying to sell you something intangible or frighten you with it.
That’s where Ascension Learning comes in.
I’m Annie—a writer, communication trainer and AI literacy educator based in Woolgoolga on the Coffs Coast. I run workshops and one-to-one sessions for people who want to understand AI, use it confidently, and stop feeling like the only person in the room who hasn’t quite caught up.
(You’re not, by the way. The room is full of you.)
What brings people here
Usually one of three things:
“I don’t want to be left behind.” Fair enough. The world is moving fast and nobody sent you the memo. Let’s fix that.
“I’d like to use AI for something specific—I just don’t know how.” Perfect starting point. Specific is good. We’ll work backwards from exactly what you need.
“I’m not sure how I can use it.” Also perfect. Half the people who come to a session leave with three ideas they hadn’t considered when they walked in.
What almost everyone says on the way out: “I want to try it now.”
That’s the goal.
What I offer
AI Literacy Workshops Practical, friendly sessions that cover what AI is, how it works, what to trust, and—crucially—how to talk to it so it stops recommending restaurants that exist only in its imagination. Held locally on the Coffs Coast, with online options available. Morning tea encouraged.
One-to-One Coaching Your questions. Your pace. Your specific problem, solved. Sometimes you don’t need a workshop—you need an hour with someone who can cut straight to what matters for you and send you away knowing exactly what to do next.
Communication Training Writing, editing and clarity—the skills that matter whether you’re using AI or not. Because a well-prompted AI and a well-versed human still need the same thing: a clear idea of what they’re trying to say.
Who comes to Ascension Learning
Sharp, curious people who are tired of feeling talked past by technology nobody has properly explained to them.
Retired professionals. Small business owners. Writers. Community group leaders. People who learned to use a fax machine, then email, then smartphones—and who are perfectly capable of learning this too, given half a chance and a guide who doesn’t make them feel foolish for asking.
Roger is a published writer in his early 70s. He’d had a frustrating solo experiment with AI—asked it to research publishers, watched it think for what felt like forever, got nothing he could use. One session later, he had his database, knew how to access it, and had tidied up his desktop while he was at it. His words: “I might be an ancient Luddite, but with Annie at my side, I have an entrée to sector-leading expertise and a teaching resource to boot.”
Louise and John came to a workshop “hearing a lot about AI—both good and bad.” They left with a list of things to try, including digitising a mountain of recipe clippings they’d been meaning to tackle for years. Priorities, honestly.
A bit about your guide
Writer. Communication trainer. AI literacy educator. Master’s degree in journalism. Certified AI prompt engineer. More than two decades of professional communication work. Regular AI columnist for the local paper. Based in Woolgoolga, which is—if you haven’t been—extremely worth the drive.
I’m not here to impress you with jargon. I’m here to make this click.
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What people say
“Half an hour with Annie not only retrieved Chat’s exhaustive database, but taught me how to access, organise and deploy it as a useful tool in future.” —Roger G. McDonald, published writer and poet
“Annie made complex ideas feel accessible and welcomed questions. Highly recommended for anyone wanting a grounded, informative start to their AI journey.” —Lauren, workshop participant
“We now feel much more comfortable about dipping our toes in the AI water.” —Louise and John, workshop participants
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