Template — Slides
Workshop Deck
A reusable 14-slide skeleton for a half-day or full-day AI adoption workshop, structured around the MAKIA framework so any specific workshop topic can be dropped into the same shape.
01
Title + framing
Workshop title, audience, and one sentence on what's different by the end of the session — sets expectations before content starts.
02
Where AI adoption usually goes wrong
Open with the failure mode this workshop prevents (tool-collecting, no workflow, no ownership) — earns attention by naming a real, recognizable problem, not hype.
03
Today's arc
Simple agenda showing the session moves from framework → practice → their own use case, not a lecture followed by Q&A.
04
The MAKIA framework, introduced
Meaning, Actors, Knowledge, Impact, Alignment — one line per letter. This is the spine the rest of the deck hangs on.
05
Meaning — what problem are we actually solving?
Teach the idea that AI adoption starts with a defined problem, not a tool. Include one real (anonymized) example of a vague vs. specific problem statement.
06
Exercise: define your problem
Hands-on: each participant/team writes one specific problem statement using a provided prompt structure. This is where the room stops listening and starts doing.
07
Actors — who's involved, who decides, who's affected
Map roles: who uses the tool, who's accountable for the output, who's impacted downstream. Prevents adoption that skips the people who'll actually be affected.
08
Exercise: map your actors
Quick worksheet: participants list the actors for their Meaning statement from slide 6.
09
Knowledge — what do people need to know to do this safely?
The literacy gap: what skills, guardrails, or context are missing before this can be adopted responsibly. Not a tool tutorial — a readiness check.
10
Impact — measuring what actually changes
How to define a real success metric (time saved, error reduced, quality of output) instead of 'we're using AI now' as the goal.
11
Alignment — keeping humans accountable
Where human review stays in the loop, and why removing it isn't the goal even when it's technically possible. Ties back to 'automate tasks, not accountability.'
12
Exercise: build your one-page adoption plan
Participants fill in a one-pager covering all 5 MAKIA elements for their own real problem — the tangible takeaway of the session.
13
Live troubleshooting / open questions
Facilitator walks the room, addresses specific plans, answers the questions that came up during exercises rather than generic FAQ.
14
Recap + next steps
Restate the MAKIA framework in one slide, point to what happens after the workshop (resources, follow-up, community), and a clear single next action for participants to take this week.