From Casual AI Use to Real Business Results

About this workshop:

Many small business owners are using AI for simple tasks like drafting emails or summarizing notes. In this practical one-hour session, you'll discover how to use AI as a thinking partner, planning tool, and business-building resource to support smarter decisions and greater efficiency across your business.

Attendees will walk away with:

• Practical ways to use AI beyond basic writing
• Real-world examples they can apply
• Ideas for improving workflows, sales, and decisions
• Tools and prompts they can test immediately to get better results from their favorite LLM (Google Workspace (Gemini), CoPilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Grok)

Who should attend:

This workshop is designed for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and business professionals who want to use AI more effectively to save time, improve productivity, and support business growth.

Guest Speakers:

Lynda McNutt Foster, Founder, AI Strategic Leader Program

Brian Duvall, Director of Training and Operations, Cortex Leadership Institute

Cortex Leadership Institute has provided hands-on, practical AI training to more than 200 leaders and their teams this year, helping them use AI to work faster, more efficiently, and more effectively. Over the past 15 years, the organization has also helped more than 15,000 leaders strengthen their leadership skills and drive organizational results.

Registration:

Registration is required.

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.