Demo Night: Personal Productivity (w/ The Hartford AI Collective)
AI didn't replace their workflow. It upgraded it. Here's what that actually looks like.
This event, we're doing something different. Seven members of the community are sharing their screens to present seven real AI tips, tools, or workflows they use in their jobs, side projects, or daily lives to be more productive.
No slides about the future of AI. No vendor pitches. Just people showing their screens and walking you through how they work today. We'll have some time for Q+A in between presenters.
Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops for real time experimentation and serendipitous learning.
Whether you're already deep in the tools or just starting to experiment, you'll leave with something you can put to use.
What to expect:
A series of beginner and intermediate AI demos using various tools and LLMs.
Informal serendipitous learning
Q&A and open discussion with the community
Join us for networking and pizza starting at 5:30 PM. The program begins at 6:00 PM.
Presenters - Topics:
Dawn Kahan - Pilot to Copilot: Mayday! Building A Plane In Flight
Entering a new job with an old process can be challenging. Dawn Kahan outlines how she is using AI to explore what is possible as a creative learning designer.Kyle Aaron - AI Tools to Research and Personalize Email
Research a business and write a personalized email.Kobéy W. Smith, M.B.A. - Beyond the Tool: AI as a Creative Collaborator
Shift your mindset from using AI as a utility to engaging it as a true partner in creativity and innovation.Mary McPheat - How I Actually Use AI to Get Work Done
Three practical examples of AI in real work, one tool, one workflow, and one repeatable system you can apply in your own work.Ian Seidner - Creating your Agentic Workspace
Review an in-flight a time-triggered broad context project I created for automating a report with personas that can act as agents on their own and also provide context for more complex agents (including the report).Richard Wilson - Your AI Study Partner: Learn Anything Faster with NotebookLM
A hands-on demonstration of how Google NotebookLM collapses the time between finding information and actually understanding it. Making you a smarter user of every other AI tool.Elijah Gutman - Claude Browser Extension and Mini Agents
How to make use of the Claude browser to run mini-agents without needing to construct complicated workflows.
Free to attend. Space is limited.
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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