Building Power & Productivity with AI

Unlock the transformative power of AI for your business or career. This interactive session combines expert insights on AI applications in finance, marketing, and operations with practical exercises to cultivate both AI literacy and critical judgment, enhancing power and productivity.

What Will Participants Do?

Participants will learn how entrepreneurs are using AI to strengthen the three core parts of business—finance, marketing, and operations—while building real AI fluency.

The session will focus on both:

• AI Literacy — understanding what tools exist and what they can do

• AI Judgment — knowing when, why, and how to use them effectively in real business contexts

Participants will:

• Hear how real operators are using AI across finance, marketing, and operations

• See live examples and tool walkthroughs from founders and business leaders

• Learn from a Self-eSTEM is actively using AI in their nonprofit/business

• Participate in a guided working segment to identify 1–2 AI use cases for their own business

• Engage in peer discussion and networking with other entrepreneurs and builders

Expected Outcome / Impact

• Attendees gain practical understanding of how to apply AI across core business functions

• Participants leave with at least one defined or implementable AI use case

• Increased confidence in moving from manual execution to scalable systems

• Stronger understanding of AI fluency (literacy + judgment)

• New connections formed among founders, operators, and emerging innovators

This session supports skill building and community building while expanding access to future-of-work capabilities.