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SUMMARY:Innovation Friday Meeting / AI for Your Business: Practical Tools\, Real Privacy
DESCRIPTION:AI for Your Business: Practical Tools\, Real Privacy\nHosted by: Marc Krejci\, Entrepreneur in Residence\, SnoValley Innovation Center Format:\n60-minute workshop (presentation + live demo) \n\nWhat This Session Is\nA practical\, no-jargon workshop on using AI tools that already exist to do real work in your business\, without giving up your data or your sanity. \nWe’ll skip the hype and the headlines. Instead\, you’ll see how the major AI assistants (Claude\, ChatGPT\, Microsoft Copilot\, and Google Gemini) all let you build reusable\, customized helpers for the work you do every day. Then we’ll go deep on one\, Claude\, and walk through a hands-on example you can take back to your own business that afternoon. \nWe’ll use the SnoValley Innovation Center itself as our example “company\,” planning the rest of the year\, drafting board-ready artifacts\, and sketching a marketing schedule together in real time. \nThis session is the first in a series. A future Innovation Friday will cover offline AI tools (Ollama\, Gemma\, MSTY) for those who want AI capability without sending anything to the cloud. Come to this one first; it sets the foundation. \n\nWhat You’ll Learn\n\nHow AI tools actually handle your data. What’s stored\, what isn’t\, and which fears are\nwarranted (vs. which are myths)\nHow the major AI assistants compare. Claude Skills\, ChatGPT Custom GPTs\,\nMicrosoft Copilot Studio Agents\, and Google Gemini Gems all do similar things; we’ll\nshow you which fits which business\nHow to build a custom skill for your own work. Live walkthrough in Claude\, with the\nsame patterns applying to whichever tool you choose\nA real example planning work for SVIC\, so you see exactly how to apply this to your\nown business\nHow AI connectors work. Linking your email\, calendar\, project tools\, and CRM directly\nto your AI assistant.\n\n\nWho This Is For\nSmall business owners\, operators\, and staff in the Snoqualmie Valley who want to put AI to\nwork in their business. Not learn to code\, not build the next ChatGPT\, just get more done\nwith less friction. \nNo technical background required. \n\nAgenda (60 minutes)\nTime Segment\n0:00 to 0:08 Welcome\, introductions\, what you hope to walk away with\n0:08 to 0:14 The privacy conversation: how AI tools actually use your data\n0:14 to 0:22 The four major tools: what each one does well\n0:22 to 0:42 Deep dive in Claude: building a custom skill + the SVIC example\n0:42 to 0:50 Connectors preview: linking AI to your real business tools\n0:50 to 1:00 Open Q&A and demos by request \n\nAfter the Session\nYou’ll leave with: \n\nA working understanding of how Claude\, ChatGPT\, Copilot\, and Gemini compare for\nbusiness use\nA clear picture of what a custom skill looks like and how to build one\nA reusable approach you can adapt from the SVIC example\nA clear-eyed view of what to trust\, what to verify\, and what’s coming next\n\nWant to actually build this for your own business? Sign up for Office Hours. That’s where\nwe go one-on-one\, work with your real tools and your real data\, and get something running\nyou can use the next day. \n\nComing Next\nFuture Innovation Friday (date TBD): AI Without the Cloud\, Running Capable AI Tools\nEntirely on Your Own Computer. For privacy-sensitive work\, regulated industries\, or anyone\nwho wants to know they own every byte. We’ll cover Ollama\, Google’s Gemma model\, and\nMSTY desktop. \nQuestions? Email Marc at marc@pfndr.co or come to the next Office Hours.
URL:https://www.snovalleyinnovationcenter.com/event/innovation-friday-meeting-3-4-2026/
LOCATION:SnoValley Innovation Center\, 132 West Second\, North Bend\, WA\, 98045\, United States
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