Claude Cowork Certification for Business Professionals: Build skills that work
Shankha Dey
Sr Dir @Salesforce | ex-Microsoft AI
Jason P. Yoong
Co-Founder & COO at Level Up | ex-AMZN
2.5 hours workshop to become a real Claude builder and save > 2 hours per day
If you're a realtor, marketer, consultant, or any other professional who's tried Claude but it doesn't feel like it's saving you real time, this is the course for you.
The gap between output that looks right and output that is right is where most AI tools fail people. Your email drafter runs. It looks professional. But is it surfacing the right emails? Do the drafts sound like how you would reply to that person?
AI Evals is the fastest growing skill in the world. This course applies that methodology (developed and refined since 2018 by Shankha) to your automations, in plain English.
In this 1-day certification (101 level), you build 3-4 automations and apply a simple evaluation framework to each one. You define what good looks like before you build. You run it. You find the gap. You fix it. That's the loop that makes AI tools useful.
SCHEDULE:
Each workshop runs 9 AM - 11:30 PM PST (2.5h)
What you’ll learn
You will leave with real working automations that save you time.
Morning Brief + Meeting Prep + Document Drafter
Open one of the provided SKILL.md files and walk through it live.
Repeatable templates to continuing refinement.
Advanced workflow: chaining two Skills together.
Example: research brief → slide outline → draft deck, all triggered by one command.
Live hands-on instructions, feedback, and review.
"A practical and hands-on class with tangible value in making your regular tasks more efficient." — Alumni
"In a few hours, I built a skill, evaluated, improved and got it running on a schedule." — Alumni
Workshop agenda
Prework Setup Check (5 min) — REQUIRED BEFORE LIVE WORKSHOP
Must be completed before the live workshop. Step-by-step instructions provided in the Maven Student Portal. We will spend max 5 minutes to answer any questions.
Why Cowork is different from Claude chat
The mental model shift: you're not prompting, you're delegating work. What Cowork can own vs what stays with you.
Your first 3 Claude Cowork automations. Everyone will build this live:
Morning Brief + Meeting Prep + Document Drafter. Install and run the three pre-built Skills.
10min Break
Refresh yourselves
Skills Deepdive
Open one of the morning SKILL.md files and walk through it live. Then evaluate and improve the skill.
Advanced workflow: chaining two Skills together
Example: research brief → slide outline → draft deck, all triggered by one command. Students build their own version for their domain.
10min Break
Refresh yourselves
Office Hours
Interested students build and share the custom skills they built, and we answer any remaining questions.
Learn directly from Shankha & Jason
Shankha Dey
Sr Director PM @ Salesforce | ex-Microsoft Bing & Copilot | Columbia CS
Jason P. Yoong
Co-Founder & COO at Level Up (fmr Amazon, VP at Dentsu, Startup - $8M seed)
Who this workshop is for
Professionals new to Claude or Claude Cowork and who want to ramp up fast. This is a 101 level workshop.
Busy non-technical professionals and business owners who want to build something real.
Leaders and operators who actually want to build with AI (not just chat or search with it).
Prerequisites
MacOS with Apple Silicon (M1 or later) or Windows 11 Pro x64
Intel Mac and Windows ARM64 are not supported by Claude. Instructors will use Mac
Claude Desktop installed & Prework Setup (20min)
Visit claude.com/download. Not claude.ai - need the desktop app. Prework setup (20min): Step-by-step guide provided.
Claude paid subscription (Pro or Max)
Advanced features (e.g. Cowork, Skills, Projects) require a paid plan.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Shankha Dey & Jason P. Yoong in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Maven Guarantee
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Free resources
Required Prerequisites
Required Prework Setup (20min)
Cohort 1 — Zoom Chat Comments (real outcomes)
What people said about our Maven Lightning Lesson (7,903 RSVPs)
Lightning Lesson comments (con't)
Frequently asked questions
Maven for Teams
Reimbursement
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