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SUMMARY:Small Business B(AI)sics presented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence is no longer just for big tech ...\n\nit's transforming how small businesses operate every day. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a free Small Business B(AI)sics training\, presented in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and with support from Google\, to learn practical\, real-world ways to use AI to work smarter and grow faster. The goal is to equip small businesses with practical AI skills to grow their businesses. \n\n\n\n** Please bring your own device and charger!\n\n\n\nWhat you'll learn:\n\n\n	Build a strong foundation: From data protection to ethical AI use\, learn AI basics and best practices\n	Save time and boost efficiency: Discover AI tools that work with platforms you already use\n	Improve what's working: Use AI to analyze your business and identify growth opportunities\n	Get actionable steps: Walk away with a plan to implement AI in your business immediately\n\n\n\n\nLed by trainer Dean Ahlgren\, this session will show how entrepreneurs are using AI to save time\, improve customer experience\, and drive new opportunities.\n\n\n\nDean Ahlgren has spent two decades doing one thing well: getting knowledge out of experts' heads and into a form everyone else can use.\n\n\n\nAs a senior instructional designer at Academy of Art University\, he built more than 200 online courses while enrollment grew past 18\,000 students. Most of that work was translation   sitting with professionals who knew their craft cold but couldn't explain it\, and rebuilding what they knew into courses a beginner could follow.\n\n\n\nAI is the same problem. The tools are powerful but documented by engineers\, for engineers. Dean's trainings turn that theory into plain language and simple analogies\, so a busy owner actually understands what the tools are doing\, not just which buttons to press.\n\n\n\nHe lives in Kailua with his wife and two sons\, and recently founded MakaWorks\, an AI training practice for Hawaii businesses.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><span style="color:#008000\;"><strong>Artificial intelligence is no longer just for big tech ...<br />\nit&rsquo\;s transforming how small businesses operate every day. </strong></span></span></span></p>\n\n<p><br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;">Join us for a free Small Business B(AI)sics training\, presented in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and with support from Google\, to learn practical\, real-world ways to use AI to work smarter and grow faster. The goal is to&nbsp\;equip small businesses with practical AI skills&nbsp\;to grow their businesses.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#FF0000\;"><em><strong>** Please bring your own device&nbsp\;and charger!</strong></em></span><br />\n<br />\nWhat you&rsquo\;ll learn:</span></span></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><strong>Build a strong foundation: </strong>From data protection to ethical AI use\, learn AI basics and best practices</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><strong>Save time and boost efficiency: </strong>Discover AI tools that work with platforms you already use</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><strong>Improve what&rsquo\;s working: </strong>Use AI to analyze your business and identify growth opportunities</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><strong>Get actionable steps: </strong>Walk away with a plan to implement AI in your business immediately</span></span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><br />\n<span style="font-family: verdana\; font-size: 14px\;">Led by trainer <strong>Dean Ahlgren</strong>\, this session will show how entrepreneurs are using AI to save time\, improve customer experience\, and drive new opportunities.<br />\n<img alt="" height="317" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2453/Image/dean_headshot.jpg" style="width: 300px\; height: 317px\;" width="300" /></span><br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;">Dean Ahlgren has spent two decades doing one thing well: getting knowledge out of experts&#39\; heads and into a form everyone else can use.<br />\n<br />\nAs a senior instructional designer at Academy of Art University\, he built more than 200 online courses while enrollment grew past 18\,000 students. Most of that work was translation &mdash\; sitting with professionals who knew their craft cold but couldn&#39\;t explain it\, and rebuilding what they knew into courses a beginner could follow.<br />\n<br />\nAI is the same problem. The tools are powerful but documented by engineers\, for engineers. Dean&#39\;s trainings turn that theory into plain language and simple analogies\, so a busy owner actually understands what the tools are doing\, not just which buttons to press.<br />\n<br />\nHe lives in Kailua with his wife and two sons\, and recently founded MakaWorks\, an AI training practice for Hawaii businesses.</span></span></p>\n
LOCATION:Entrepreneurs Sandbox\, Purple Room 643 Ilalo St\, Honolulu\, HI 96813
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URL:https://business.cochawaii.org/events/details/small-business-b-ai-sics-presented-by-the-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-foundation-1114862
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