For chambers, associations, and business organizations
Bring a Practical AI Workshop to Your Members
A hands-on session that shows small and mid-sized business owners what AI can actually do for them, taught by someone who builds it in production every day. No vendor pitch, no hype, no jargon. Your members leave with specific things they can use the next morning.
No fee to your organization. Based in metro Detroit, available in person across Southeast Michigan or remotely anywhere.
What your members walk away with
Every outcome is something an owner can act on, not a survey of the AI landscape.
Members leave able to tell the difference between an AI use case worth their time and a shiny distraction, for their specific business.
Concrete, named candidates for invoice and data entry, document handling, customer follow-up, and reporting, not abstract strategy.
A simple way to judge a tool on their data and workflow, so they stop paying for software that does not move a number.
The 49% of operators who cannot estimate AI value walk out with a back-of-envelope method to size the payback first.
Live demos on real business data. Members see the output, not a roadmap. Everyone leaves with a one-page takeaway.
Three formats, tailored to your audience
Tell me who is in the room and I tune the examples and the live demo to them.
Accounting, legal, agencies, and consultancies. Focus on document automation, client intake, research, and the billable-hour math of automating data entry.
Auto retail, manufacturing, distribution. Focus on month-end reporting, pricing and inventory data, and turning emailed spreadsheets into a pipeline.
A general session for a chamber or association with members across industries. Broad use cases plus a live teardown of a volunteer attendee's workflow.
Who is teaching it
Josh Elberg, founder of Palavir. Not a trainer who read about AI, an operator who builds and runs it.
What it takes to host it
Built so a program director can approve it in 30 seconds.
What you provide
- A room or a webinar slot, and a date
- 60 to 90 minutes on your calendar
- An invitation to your members
What I provide
- The full session, the deck, and the live demos
- A one-page takeaway handout for every attendee
- An optional, opt-in free AI opportunity teardown for anyone who wants one
- No fee to your organization
Practical AI workshops: common questions
What program directors ask before booking a session
There is no fee to your organization. Palavir delivers the full Practical AI workshop, the deck, the live demos, and a one-page takeaway handout for every attendee at no cost to the host chamber, association, or business group. The session is taught by Josh Elberg, an operator who builds production AI, not a vendor running a pitch.
Chambers of commerce, trade and professional associations, and business groups whose members are small and mid-sized business owners. There are three formats: professional services firms, operations and dealerships, and mixed-industry SMB groups. Tell Palavir who is in the room and the examples and live demo are tuned to that audience.
Members leave able to tell a real AI use case from a distraction for their specific business, with three to five named automations they could run this quarter, a way to evaluate AI tools without getting sold, and a back-of-envelope method to estimate ROI before spending. The session uses live demos on real business data, so members see output, not slides.
Both. Palavir is based in metro Detroit and delivers in person across Southeast Michigan, including Detroit, Ann Arbor, Troy, and Southfield, or remotely anywhere by webinar. The session runs 60 to 90 minutes. All the host provides is a room or a webinar slot, a date, and an invitation to members.
Josh Elberg, founder of Palavir, teaches every session. He has shipped 15-plus live AI products solo, spent 15-plus years in enterprise analytics at Merkle and MRM, holds an MBA, and has delivered this material to executive peer groups. He builds and runs production AI daily rather than presenting on it secondhand.
Request this session for your members
Tell me your audience and a rough date. I will send a short outline you can put in front of your committee, no obligation.