About this Event

Is your small business drowning in manual tasks? Do you know AI can help, but you aren't sure where to start?

The Small Business AI Clinic is a twice-monthly, hands-on "office hours" session designed to bridge the gap between local small businesses and the latest in Artificial Intelligence. This isn't a webinar where you just listen—it’s a lab where we build solutions together.

We focus on two high-impact areas:

1. Prompt Engineering: Learning how to talk to AI (Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude) to get professional-grade marketing, strategy, market analysis, industry or customer trends, etc..

2. Workflow Automation: Connecting your favorite tools (Email, Sheets, CRM) to AI to automate repetitive tasks and save hours of work every week.

3. Vibe coding: learn how to build small apps.

How it Works (The "Clinic" Format)

• The Lightning Demo (5-10 min): We start with one "Quick Win" demo showing a real-world automation you can use immediately.

• The Triage: Business owners share a specific "symptom" or bottleneck they are facing.

• The Lab: We build a custom prompt or automation "recipe" on the spot.

• The Showcase: We wrap up by sharing one successful "cure" from the session so everyone learns.

Who Should Attend?

• Small Business Owners: Bring your "messiest" spreadsheet, your most repetitive email task, or your marketing writer's block.

• Developers & AI Enthusiasts: reach out to GDG Annapolis if you want to showcase your solutions and projects with an educational mindset. We are volunteers and this is not a sales call.

What to Bring

• A specific problem or task you want to automate.

• Access to the tools you currently use (Google Workspace, Slack, etc.).

• A collaborative spirit!

Note: This is a community-run "clinic" focused on education. This is NOT a sales call. The intend is to show you how to solve your own problems. For complex, long-term implementation, business owners are encouraged to hire professional developers for follow-up projects.