Nearly 100 participants, full energy and a question that was on many minds beforehand:
"How do I guide AI correctly? And how is a workshop atmosphere supposed to emerge with nearly 100 people?"
The answer: With an entirely new format – Prompting as a Game.
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 – Ziya Headquarter, InnoClub Dortmund.
Part 1: AI Insights & Deep Dive into the World of Prompts
To kick things off, we laid the foundations together:
- What's behind modern GPTs and AI agents?
- Why are prompts the key to productive AI usage?
- How does good prompting dramatically change the quality of responses?
Participants received not just insights, but above all concrete food for thought on how to use AI in everyday life.
Part 2: The Magic of the Game
And then came the game-changer: Prompting became a game.
Four groups, four rooms, four game masters – and a challenge that really had it all.
The task: Formulate prompts so that the AI gives answers that sound as human as possible.
The other side: Guess which answers come from real people – and which from the machine.
Round by round, the prompts became more refined, the AI answers more precise – and the audience electrified.
What Participants Took Away
In just a few minutes, it became visible what really matters in prompting:
- The impact of prompts becomes immediately measurable.
- Strengths and weaknesses of chatbots become clearly apparent.
- Even small changes in the prompt lead to completely different results.
- Prompt engineering is not gray theory – it's a skill you have to experience.
Many had genuine aha moments: from simple examples like "letter counting" (where almost every AI fails) to more complex tasks where creativity and precision were required.
An Evening Full of Energy & Enthusiasm
What started as an experiment became an unforgettable evening:
A workshop with event character
Learning moments that stick
An atmosphere that shows: AI can not only be explained, but also experienced
We say thank you to all participants – you made this evening unique.
A special thanks also goes to InnoClub and to Dominik for the fantastic introduction.
Conclusion: Learning to Prompt Means Learning to Control AI
Writing good prompts is not a gimmick – it is a key competence for the working world of tomorrow.
Our approach:
- Experience instead of theory
- Competition instead of PowerPoint
- Reflection instead of lecture-style teaching
With the prompting game, we showed that AI workshops don't have to be dry – they can become a real team experience.
If you want to experience the format for your company, team or educational institution, find all the information here: ziya.de/workshops