The Manchester AI Launchpad for SMEs - Practical Workshop and AI Strategy
About this Event
The Manchester AI Launchpad for SMEs
Join us for a practical workshop designed to boost your small or medium business with cutting-edge AI strategies. This in-person event offers hands-on sessions tailored to help you understand and apply AI tools effectively. Whether you're new to AI or looking to sharpen your approach, come connect, learn, and get inspired with fellow SME owners. Don’t miss out on this chance to kickstart your AI journey in a fun and friendly setting!
Agenda
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
AI – What It Can Do for You
Host: The AI Consultants
Info: You’ll learn what AI really is and link it to how you can use it for faster decisions, less work,
and happier staff, clients and customers.
• The benefit?
➢ You’ll start understanding AI and see exactly where it fits in your business.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
AI Basics – What It Can Do for You
Host: Pete Doherty
Info: Discover how AI saves time by handling repetitive tasks like emails, data entry, and
reports. See how it could help cut costs by spotting waste and inefficiencies.
• The result?
➢ You’ll do more with less effort.
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Your AI Roadmap – Start Small, Grow Smart
Host: Gareth Sykes
Info: We’ll show you where to start with easy AI tools to try first, how to test AI without risks, and
when to expand for better results.
• The benefit?
➢ No guesswork—just a clear plan.
🕑: 01:30 AM - 02:30 AM
AI Readiness Audit — Where's Your Time Really Going?
Host: Gareth Sykes
Info: Before you can weaponise AI, you need to know exactly where your organisation is bleeding hours. This session maps your workflows, exposes the repetitive tasks quietly draining your best people, and establishes your true AI readiness baseline. • The benefit? ➤ You'll leave knowing precisely where AI will deliver the fastest, highest-value wins — and where to start.
Live AI Readiness Audit — map your key workflows in real time
Identify the low-value tasks quietly costing you the most
Benchmark your current AI maturity against sector norms
Spot the quick wins hiding in plain sight
🕑: 02:30 AM - 03:30 AM
Stop Dabbling — Build Your AI Strategy That Actually Makes a Difference
Host: Pete Doherty
Info: Most businesses are experimenting. You'll leave with a strategy. This session takes the audit findings and transforms them into a precision AI deployment plan — wiring generative AI directly into your most expensive problems. • The result? ➤ A custom AI strategy built around your business, not a template lifted off a blog post.
Translate your audit into prioritised AI opportunities
Deploy generative AI against your highest-cost workflows
Align AI investment with your long-term business objectives
Learn how to avoid "garbage in, garbage out" from day one
🕑: 03:30 AM - 04:30 AM
Activate Your Roadmap — Risk-Managed, Phased, and Ready to Execute
Host: The AI Consultants
Info: Strategy without a roadmap is just intention. This final session converts everything into a clear, phased implementation plan — with governance guardrails built in, risks managed, and your team ready to move. • The result? ➤ You walk out in control, armed with a step-by-step roadmap and the confidence to lead your organisation into the AI era.
Build a phased AI implementation roadmap with clear milestones
Set governance and ethical guardrails before you scale
Define the metrics that prove AI is actually delivering ROI
Understand how this connects to the 15-Week AI Accelerator
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 175.00 to GBP 350.00
