This class is held virtually via Zoom. You will see the Zoom link once registration is complete. Please save the link to access the workshop. We recommend joining from your computer/laptop for the best experience.
Using AI for Social Media Workshop Description
Work Smarter, Stay Authentic
Social media marketing can feel overwhelming, from coming up with ideas to writing captions, planning content, and posting consistently. For many business owners, it’s difficult to keep up while managing everything else.
In this live, virtual workshop, you’ll learn how practical, easy-to-use AI tools can help simplify your social media process without sacrificing your brand voice. Through real-world examples and demonstrations, we’ll show how AI can support content ideas, caption writing, and planning so your social media efforts feel more manageable and intentional.
This session is designed to be approachable, practical, and immediately useful.
What you’ll learn:
Which AI tools are most useful for social media marketing
How to use AI to generate content ideas and draft captions
Ways to streamline social media planning and save time
Best practices for using AI while keeping your brand authentic
Whether you’re new to AI or already experimenting, you’ll leave with clear ideas and next steps you can put into practice right away.
Fine Print:
This is an interactive workshop; it will not be recorded.
Any workshop materials and resources will be shared after the session with participants who complete a brief post-event survey.
Our workshops, events, and programs are designed with a small business owner in mind. Actionable, sharing of ideas, and takeaways to keep things straight.
The City of Roanoke is our fiscal host. The cost of this workshop is directly allocated to Virginia SBDC, Greater Roanoke & NRV Regional Small Business Development Center programming.
The SBDC reserves the right to cancel a workshop/event/program for insufficient enrollment, weather emergencies, and other unforeseen circumstances. Should a cancellation occur, we will use the email you provided to contact you. Pre-registration is highly recommended. If an event is canceled or postponed, and you have not pre-registered, we will not be able to contact you.
All programs of the Virginia SBDC are open to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.
Speaker(s): Heather Fay, Regional Program Director, GrowthWheel Certified Business Advisor
Co-Sponsor(s):
Fee: $ 10.00
The City of Roanoke is our fiscal host. The cost of this workshop is directly allocated to Virginia SBDC, Greater Roanoke & NRV Regional Small Business Development Center programming.
All programs of the Virginia SBDC are open to the public on a non-discriminatory basis to all legal residents and citizens of the United States.
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.
Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Full disclosures regarding federal funding are available at https://www.virginiasbdc.org/funding-sources/.
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