Beyond the Chatbot: Hands-On AI Workshop in Rosslyn, VA + Online
About this Event
AI Foundations meets online on the mornings of Friday, December 4 and Tuesday, December 8, 2026. The AI Implementation Intensive meets on three dates: in person in Rosslyn, Arlington, VA on December 4, then online on December 8 and Wednesday, December 9. All times are Eastern. Intensive registrants receive the street address after purchase.
For professionals who want AI to become a dependable part of how they work.
Most people have tried AI. Far fewer have it set up properly, know when to trust the results, or can repeat them next week. In this live workshop, you'll configure your tools, produce real work with them, and learn how to check what comes back.
You'll work with leading AI assistants, coding agents, and generative media tools across image, video, voice, music, avatars, and print publishing, along with prompt engineering, connected tools (MCP), and AI agents.
CHOOSE YOUR PACKAGE
AI FOUNDATIONS: $595
6 live hours over two mornings, all online. You'll leave with:
- A working AI workspace on your own computer
- A reusable method for prompts that get consistent results
- A finished business deliverable, such as a sourced brief, procedure, or analysis
- An introductory creative piece, such as an image or short publication
- A guided first look at AI agents: how to delegate a task, set limits, and review the result
AI IMPLEMENTATION INTENSIVE: $1,495
15 live hours over three days, limited to 12 seats. You get everything in Foundations, plus 9 more hours reserved for this group, including the in-person session in Rosslyn on December 4. Adds:
- Multi-agent architectures, and when a simpler automation is the better choice
- APIs, SDKs, CLIs, and MCP, with one guided integration
- Agentic engineering, not vibe coding: specifications, tests, review, and rollback
- Guardrails: permissions, isolation, credentials, and approvals
- Evaluation, reliability, monitoring, and cost control
- Integrated creative production: one brief becomes a branded visual, a narrated explainer, and a polished publication
- Practical legal issue-spotting: commercial use, likeness and sharing responsibilities (not legal advice)
- Hosting and hardware decisions
- A guided prototype and a 30-day pilot plan
- An in-person group discussion of selected attendee use cases
SCHEDULE (EASTERN TIME)
Friday, December 4
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM: Setup check, AI workspaces, prompting and context, first business deliverable. Both packages: Foundations online, Intensive in person.
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM: Group discussion of selected attendee use cases. Intensive only, in person.
Tuesday, December 8 (online)
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM: Generative media and publishing, guided exercise, agents and MCP primer, and how to check your results. Both packages. Foundations finishes at noon.
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM: Advanced production workflow, integration, engineering, and guided agent implementation. Intensive only.
Wednesday, December 9 (online)
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM: Complete and verify your workflow, evaluate and refine your implementation, then make operating decisions and plan your pilot.
Intensive only.
WHO IT'S FOR
- Founders, owners, and principals of small firms
- Executives, directors, and team leads deciding how their people use AI
- Operations managers and internal AI champions
- Independent consultants, fractional executives, trainers, and coaches
- Marketing, communications, and content professionals, including creators and authors
- Business development, sales, and proposal teams, including government contractors
- Association and nonprofit staff
- Analysts, project managers, and HR, finance, legal, and compliance professionals
- Technical leads and developers (Intensive)
In the Intensive, everyone works from the same case with different assignments: leaders shape the scope and business case, specialists configure and test the process, and developers extend and evaluate the implementation.
YOUR SESSION LINKS
All times are Eastern. We email your session links to you before each session. They aren't posted on this page. If you can't find them, check your spam folder, then write to [email protected] or call (800) 460-2261.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 595.00 to USD 1495.00
