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Practical AI for Small Business Workshop: Going Deeper

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Ready to move beyond the basics? This hands-on workshop, led by AI expert Carol Chong, is designed for small business owners and professionals who want to get more value from AI tools. Building on introductory concepts of AI software and potential, you’ll explore practical ways to customize AI specifically to your business, improve efficiency, recognize common AI pitfalls and limitations, and automate routine tasks. This workshop is open to everyone, no matter what level of familiarity or experience with AI you have, and attendance at our first workshop is not a prerequisite to participate in this one.
You will learn how to:
- Build a custom AI assistant
- Train AI on your business, brand, and processes
- Speed up everyday responses and communications
- Know when to trust AI – and when to verify its output
- Explore practical AI automations that you can easily integrate into your business
Through hands-on instruction and guided exercises, you’ll leave with actionable strategies you can start using immediately to save time, boost productivity, strengthen your brand, and work smarter.
Carol Chong is a business strategy consultant at Thompson + Chong, helping organizations build clear strategy, true alignment, and real momentum. In this workshop, she brings that same practical lens to AI, showing small business owners and operators how these tools can support everyday business in useful, realistic ways.
Details:
- 2-hour hands-on workshop
- Bring your laptop
- Best for: small business owners/operators/staff and not-for-profit professionals who are familiar with AI but want to use it more effectively
- Your ticket includes a light breakfast and coffee/tea, and plenty of time for Q&A, discussion and networking

