

AI Fundamentals for Small Business Owners (w/ The AI Collective)
You already know AI could take work off your plate. Tonight you find out exactly how, hands on your own laptop.
This is a free, hands-on workshop built for small business owners. The small business owners who use AI well are already pulling ahead. They spend less time on wearing every hat with no time and more time on what actually moves the work forward. This session bridges that gap. You leave with tools you can use tomorrow and a personal AI setup that is yours to keep.
What You'll Learn
🗺️ The AI tool landscape - the LLMs, notetakers, and helpers worth your time
🔧 Deep dive on Claude Code
⚡ A second featured tool in action
✅ The Me.md - build your portable AI context file and leave using it
Agenda
5:30 PM - Doors open, pizza and networking
6:15 PM - Workshop begins
8:00 PM - Workshop ends, networking and cleanup
8:30 PM - Doors close
What to Bring - Your laptop - Free accounts for: Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, a notetaker
Your Host is Mark Michelson, Global Leadership Team and Regional Director for The AI Collective, and founder of Threads Marketing Research & Strategy and Stitchs AI Training (threadsmr.com, aicollective.com/chapters/atlanta). 42 years helping small business owners and teams work smarter.
Free. 60 seats. Register to hold your spot.
As always, food and drink, engaging conversation, and incredible company will all be provided!
Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!
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