PAT BERRY — TRADE COMPANION
CHAPTER 1: Start with one useful conversation
Starter worksheet for review — October 19, 2026

Choose a real task before choosing another tool. Write who you want to help, what they need, and what a useful next conversation would accomplish.

1. Choose one everyday writing task and remove names and private details.
2. Give an AI assistant the situation, the reader, the purpose, and the facts it may use.
3. Read the draft aloud. Remove invented claims. Save the version you would actually say.

Trade application
Use an inquiry about a service or client project. Keep scope, deadlines, and commercial facts accurate.

Practice brief
Person I can help:
_______________________________________________________

Need in their words:
_______________________________________________________

Facts I can verify:
_______________________________________________________

One next step:
_______________________________________________________

What I changed in the AI draft:
_______________________________________________________

Use verified facts. Personalize examples. Keep private customer records in your own secure system.