AI Workshops in Malaysia: Half-Day, 1-Day and 2-Day Formats
The right workshop depends on who is in the room and what they should be able to do afterwards. Here are the formats we run, from a board briefing to a two-day build, and how to choose between them.
By Warren Leow, Founder, AITraining2U · Updated 17 October 2026
The workshop formats we run
| Format | Length | Who it is for | What they leave with |
|---|---|---|---|
| Board briefing | Half day | Board members, 5–8 people | A shared view of AI risk and opportunity. A condensed version of the awareness course, three sections instead of five |
| AI Awareness Executive Course | 1 day | Boards, heads and managers | A demo-led tour of what AI can do on your own tools and data, and where to invest first |
| AI Productivity Essentials | Two live online sessions | Individuals and small teams | Prompting, checking output and using AI on email, reports and spreadsheets |
| Hands-on courses | 2 days (3 for AI engineering) | Teams that will build and run AI workflows | A working agent or workflow built on the tool they use every day |
| Free webinars | Short online sessions | Anyone curious | A taste of one topic before committing budget |
How to choose a format
Start from the outcome, not the length. If the people in the room decide budgets, they need to see what AI can and cannot do on their own business, and a one-day AI awareness workshop is the right size. Boards with limited time take the half-day briefing.
If the people in the room will do the work, a short workshop is rarely enough. They need time to build something, break it and fix it with a trainer beside them. That is why our flagship programmes are two-day, hands-on courses.
Most companies end up doing both, in that order: leaders first, so the teams that follow have a mandate and approved tools. Our corporate AI training page shows how that runs in-house.
What makes an AI workshop worth the time
- Your tools, not ours. A demo on a platform your company does not license is entertainment. We run each workshop on Microsoft, Google, Lark, OpenAI or Claude, whichever you use.
- Your examples. Exercises built around your own processes land faster than generic case studies. For in-house classes we localise them to your industry.
- A next step. A workshop should end with a few tasks to try the following week. Without that, enthusiasm fades by Friday.
Public or private?
Private workshops run at your office for your people only, and are the usual choice for leadership sessions. Public classes run in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley on the dates in our training schedule. Both are HRDC claimable under SBL-KHAS; HRD Corp was previously called HRDF. For everything else about AI training in Malaysia, start on our homepage.
Not sure which workshop fits?
Tell us who will attend and what they should be able to do afterwards. We will recommend a format and send an outline with HRDC details.
Frequently Asked Questions
About AI workshops for Malaysian organisations.
About the author
Warren Leow
Founder of AITraining2U. Former management consultant at Bain & Company and previously CEO of Designs.ai. AITraining2U has trained more than 1,800 professionals in Malaysia.