AI Training: 360 Degrees of Manhood

A practical curriculum for getting better results from AI — built for leaders, ministry teams, and anyone tired of generic AI answers.

Why Prompt Engineering Matters

Most people use AI like a search engine. They type a short question, get a generic answer, and walk away disappointed. That's not an AI problem — that's a prompting problem.

A prompt is the instruction you give an AI tool (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, etc.). Prompt engineering is the skill of writing those instructions in a way that gets you the result you actually want.

The five frameworks below cover roughly 90% of everyday AI use. Learn them, teach them, and you've given someone a real, transferable skill.

The Five Frameworks for Prompt Engineering A progression from everyday tasks to strategic thinking. TACTICAL · EVERYDAY USE STRATEGIC · HIGH-STAKES WORK 01 PTF Persona, Task, Format BEST FOR Quick, everyday tasks Tell it the format. 02 CRISP Context, Role, Instruction, Specifics, Polish BEST FOR High-stakes work, grants, board memos Give it context and a role. 03 CoT Chain-of- Thought BEST FOR Decisions and analysis Add "think step by step." 04 Few-Shot Show, don't just tell BEST FOR Matching a voice or style Give three examples. 05 CRL Critique and Refine Loop BEST FOR Anything important Draft → Critique → Refine. "The quality of your output is determined by the quality of your questions."