Chambers & business groups
Give members practical education and a place to explore the decisions they face alongside other business owners.
Workshops for chambers, small businesses & nonprofits
Bring your people into the AI conversation.
What could become possible if your people had more room to do what they do best? Our workshops help your community explore AI, ask better questions, and move forward with greater confidence.
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No technical background, AI account, homework, or prepared business problem required.
Built around the people in the room
A useful conversation for your community.
Small businesses
Bring owners, managers, and teams together to understand the possibilities and discuss what would help your business and your people.
Nonprofits & United Way offices
Connect the conversation to your mission, the people you serve, and the capacity your staff, volunteers, and community partners need.
AI, Business & People
Five conversations.
Choose the one your people need now.
Host one workshop, selected topics, or the full series. Each session stands on its own. The business sessions are designed for owners, managers, and teams in organizations with fewer than 150 employees; we’ll discuss the right fit for your audience.
60 minutes
AI & Your Business: What Actually Matters?
Understand the possibilities. Decide what fits.
Where could AI actually help a business like yours? We explore familiar work and help you distinguish useful possibilities from impressive promises.
What you take awayLeave with practical questions to ask before investing in another tool.
What we’ll explore together
- Distinguish AI assistance, automation, and a clearer process.
- Consider effort, information, reliability, and human review.
- Decide what deserves investigation, a small test, or more time.
90 minutes recommended · 60-minute option
AI Possibilities: Do You Think We Could?
Less repeated effort. More room for people.
Bring your curiosity. Audience questions and selected demonstrations turn everyday observations into possibilities you can understand and discuss.
What you take awayLeave more confident asking for help and recognizing what a demonstration still needs before it can work in your business.
What we’ll explore together
- Notice opportunities in repeated questions, missed follow-ups, and routine administration.
- Describe what you want to make possible in everyday language.
- Understand the information and human involvement an idea would require.
60 minutes
AI & Trust: What Can You Rely On?
Better questions. Sound judgment. Earned trust.
A confident answer is not always a reliable one. We explore how to evaluate AI-assisted work and ask better questions of the people selling it.
What you take awayLeave with a repeatable way to check results and protect customer relationships and business credibility.
What we’ll explore together
- Spot missing context and claims that need verification.
- Match human review to the consequences of an error.
- Ask about information access, support, and moving your data elsewhere.
60 minutes
AI & People: What Happens to Us?
Changing work. Human value. Stronger relationships.
When work changes, questions about technology become questions about identity, confidence, and belonging. Let’s make room for those conversations.
What you take awayLeave ready to begin a more constructive team conversation and protect the human attention your customers value.
What we’ll explore together
- Understand the concerns behind enthusiasm, hesitation, and skepticism.
- Discuss change honestly without dismissing concerns or making premature promises.
- Invite employees to help identify what should improve and what should be preserved.
60 minutes
The Cost of Standing Still
AI, People & the Courage to Change
When is caution helping your business, and when is it postponing a necessary decision? Trey’s signature story and Isaac’s operational perspective open a thoughtful conversation about moving forward.
What you take awayLeave with a framework for deciding what to preserve, investigate, test, or change.
What we’ll explore together
- Recognize how familiar roles and the need for control influence decisions.
- Consider the consequences of both changing and staying as you are.
- Identify the evidence, support, and manageable next step you need.
The room shapes the conversation
We begin with what you value.
We use appreciative inquiry to explore what already works, what your people care about, and what they would like to make possible.
Trey connects the questions to business purpose and human experience. Isaac brings the operational and technical perspective. Together, we explore your questions through familiar examples, discussion, and selected demonstrations.
You leave with practical decision questions and a concise resource to continue the conversation with your team.
Meet the people leading the conversation
Business experience. Human understanding. Practical technology.
Trey Malicoat, M.S.
Partner / Strategy
Trey connects the human experience of change with practical leadership decisions. He holds a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and brings experience across mental health, healthcare leadership, education, and consulting.
He has built businesses, led a multimillion-dollar healthcare company, and served as a national vice president in an international home care organization. His work helps people explore what they value, what change asks of them, and what they want to make possible.
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Isaac Asher
Partner / Technology
Isaac brings 31 years of collections experience, spanning account acquisition through closure, alongside expertise in information management, AI, automation, and connected business processes.
Through Clear Sky Technologies and extensive SuiteDash work, he helps organizations understand how people, information, and systems fit together. In the room, he makes technical possibilities understandable through familiar work and practical examples.
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Angel Rivera Jr.
Partner / Relationships
Angel brings 28 years of experience in product and service sales and relationship development. He leads with curiosity and helps people feel known, seen, heard, and valued.
Angel helps explore fit, coordinate the planning conversation, and connect your organization with the session most useful to your community. Start by telling us about your event through the contact form.
Read Angel’s full biography ↗A clear plan for your event
From your first question to the room itself.
What we bring
- A planning conversation about your audience and goals.
- A facilitated workshop shaped by audience questions, scenarios, and selected demonstrations.
- Practical decision questions and a concise participant resource.
- A promotional description and sample flyer design for your event.
What we’ll plan together
- Your audience, expected attendance, and desired takeaways.
- Preferred dates, location, and in-person or online format.
- Accessibility needs, participation format, and technical setup.
- Presenters, session length, customization, and booking terms in a written proposal.
Do participants need to prepare?
No AI account, technical background, homework, or prepared business problem is required. Curiosity, skepticism, and uncertainty are all welcome. Audience questions help shape the discussion.
Can we host just one workshop?
Yes. Every workshop stands alone. Choose one conversation, selected topics, or all five. Most sessions run 60 minutes. AI Possibilities is recommended as a 90-minute session, with a 60-minute adaptation available.
How will this fit a nonprofit audience?
We’ll discuss your mission, the people you serve, and the everyday work of staff and volunteers. Together, we can choose examples and questions that make the conversation relevant to your organization.
What equipment or room setup do we need?
We agree on the setup during planning, including presentation display, sound, internet access for any selected demonstrations, seating, and accessibility. For online or hybrid sessions, we’ll confirm the platform and participation arrangements in advance.
Can we use the flyers to promote our event?
The downloads are samples with placeholders. Your organization’s name, confirmed date and time, venue or online link, admission information, and registration link need to be added before distribution. Angel can help coordinate the event details and promotional materials.
For organizers and planning teams
Everything in one place.
Preview any PDF in a new tab, then download the pieces your team needs. Share the full packet for an overview. The sample flyers show the promotional approach for each workshop.
Sample flyers include event placeholders. Confirm and complete your event details before sharing them with attendees.
It begins with a curious conversation
What are your people asking?
Use the form to tell us about your audience, what you hope they’ll take away, and when you’d like to bring everyone together. We’ll help you choose a workshop and shape the event.
Sessions are available in person or online. Hybrid arrangements, accessibility needs, technical setup, and event details are agreed during planning.