Taylormade Academy is a Dallas-Fort Worth school that runs live, beginner-friendly workshops on AI and content creation, taught by Nelson Taylor online and in a studio in Dallas, Texas. You do not need a membership. Pick a date, grab a seat, bring a laptop.
Friday, October 23, 2026, 7 to 9 PM CT
Two hours, no code. You leave with an agent that does one real job for you. Online from your desk, or one of 15 seats in the Dallas studio. First taught for the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Data Science Initiative and Johns Hopkins.
Fourteen years a working creative in Dallas-Fort Worth. Taught Build Your First AI Agent to about fifty HBCU students with the AUC Data Science Initiative and Johns Hopkins.
Free · Friday, October 9, 2026, 7 to 8 PM CT · Online
A free one-hour class for total beginners. How to write a prompt that gets a good answer the first time, and what the AI words everyone uses actually mean.
Best for: Anyone brand new to ChatGPT, Claude or AI. Start here.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 7 to 9 PM CT · In the studio, Dallas
A hands-on night in a working studio: make content that looks and sounds professional, then meet the other creators in the room.
Best for: Creators, small brands and anyone who films their own content.
Can't make these dates? Get the next ones first. New workshops go to this list before anywhere else.
| If this is you | Take this | Why |
|---|---|---|
| I have never really used AI | AI 101 | Free, one hour, online. Learn to write a prompt and what the words mean. |
| I want AI to take a task off my plate | Build Your First AI Agent | Two hours, no code. Leave with an agent that works. |
| I make videos or photos for my brand | Content Creator Workshop | In the studio, hands-on, with other creators. |
| I run a team, a class or a program | A private workshop | Any of these, for your group, online or on site. |
A hands-on night for DFW creators at Jenel Studios in Dallas.
Three nights with the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Data Science Initiative and Johns Hopkins, for about 50 HBCU students. Most started from zero; by the third night they were pitching agents they built.
Any workshop on this page can run just for your company, class or program, online or on site. Schools and programs can also run a whole cohort on the Academy.
No. Every workshop is open to everyone. You buy a seat (or save a free one for AI 101) and that is it. For the online classes you sign in to the room with a free Academy account, which takes about a minute.
Both. AI 101 is online. Build Your First AI Agent is online, with 15 seats in the Dallas studio. The Content Creator Workshop is in person in Dallas. The studio address comes in your ticket email.
Yes. AI 101 is a free, one-hour live class online for people who are brand new to AI. You learn how to write a prompt and what the AI words mean.
No. It is the thing Nelson hears most. Most people just never had someone explain it plainly. Every class starts from zero, in plain English, with no code. If you can send a text, you can do this. Start with the free AI 101.
Yes. Build Your First AI Agent is built for business owners, creatives and anyone tired of doing the same task every week. In two hours, with no code, you build an AI agent that does one real job for you, like answering new inquiries. Friday, October 23, 2026, 7 to 9 PM CT, online and in the Dallas studio.
No. Nothing here uses code. If you can write a text message, you can build an AI agent in the workshop.
Nelson Taylor, the founder of Taylormade Academy, teaches every workshop here. He has been a working creative in Dallas-Fort Worth for fourteen years, and he taught Build Your First AI Agent to about 50 HBCU students with the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Data Science Initiative and Johns Hopkins.
Taylormade Academy runs live AI workshops in a studio in Dallas, Texas, and online for anyone in the US. Build Your First AI Agent is on Friday, October 23, 2026, 7 to 9 PM CT.
Yes. Any of these workshops can run privately for your company, school or group, online or on site, and there is a longer program for cohorts and campuses. See programs or email taylormademd@gmail.com.
Put your email in the box under the workshop list. New dates go to that list first.
Friday, October 23, 7 to 9 PM CT. Online from your desk, or in the Dallas studio. No code, no experience needed.
