GenAI Day

Private LLMs, Public Platforms, and the New Shape of Enterprise AI

The first wave of “private LLMs” was about control—locking down data and proving AI could be used safely. By late 2025, the story has matured. The frontier is no longer model ownership; it’s coordination—how organizations weave secure language models, retrieval layers, and workflow automation into a governed, value-producing system.

Chris’ opening talk at this GenAI Day reframes private LLMs in the context of enterprise evolution: what we’ve learned from early pilots, where governance still matters, and how to build AI ecosystems that are both compliant and scalable. Instead of presenting  private, walled garden LLMs as the gold standard for secure enterprise AI, we’ll focus on the business needs that initially drove interest in private LLMs, and what the solution space looks like at this moment. You’ll leave with a grounded understanding of what to build, what to buy, and how to align AI capability with measurable business outcomes.

What You Will Learn

• How the private LLM narrative evolved from “containment” to “enterprise orchestration”
• What current hybrid AI architectures look like in real organizations
• Where governance, privacy, and security boundaries truly matter—and where they don’t
• How to focus AI investments on value creation instead of novelty
• The emerging “skills layer”: AI literacy, prompt governance, and enablement frameworks
• Practical next steps for piloting and scaling secure, durable AI systems

AI Agents 101: Building Your Foundation in Autonomous Workflows

Get a clear, hands-on introduction to AI agents and how they are reshaping the way work gets done. This opening session will give you a solid foundation in what AI agents are, how they differ from chatbots and traditional automation, and the core concepts that make them autonomous, goal-oriented, and capable of reasoning and tool use, Through interactive discussions, real-world examples, and practical exercises, you’ll learn the building blocks of AI agents, explore tools and frameworks for designing workflows, and gain the confidence to start prototyping and experimenting with intelligent agents in your own organization.

What You Will Learn:

• The key differences between AI agents, chatbots, and traditional automation (RPA)
• Core concepts of agentic workflows: autonomy, reasoning, tool use, and goal orientation
• The building blocks of AI agents: memory, planning, execution, and feedback loops
• Real-world use cases across operations, sales, research, and project management
• How to select the right tools and frameworks for building AI agents
• How to start prototyping and piloting AI agents in your organization

Serenading Your Sales Funnel: How GenAI Turns Cold Outreach Warm

What if every prospect got more than just another email - what if they got a message that sings their very own song?

Join Alex Townsend, Co-Founder of PrAIrie, for a live GenAI Day demo showing how to turn cold outreach into genuine connection using AI and low-code automation. You’ll see how tools like n8n and Suno can automatically pull leads, write personalized emails, and even generate a custom song for each recipient based on their profile and interests.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

• Automate lead sourcing and enrichment
• Generate authentic, human-sounding outreach messages
• Compose personalized songs for each contact with Suno

Perfect for marketers, founders, and sales professionals who want to make automation feel human - and leave every prospect humming along.

AI for Business Communication: Clarity, Alignment, and Responsible Practice

AI is changing how we plan, write, and share messages at work. In this practical webinar, you will see how AI can improve clarity, speed up drafting, and tailor communication for different audiences without losing your authentic voice. We will cover simple prompt patterns, real use cases for leaders and team members, and the guardrails that keep communication accurate, ethical, and trustworthy. Expect a short live demo, a quick hands-on practice using a prompt recipe, and concrete takeaways you can apply the same day. This session is a preview of our 1-day courses for leaders and individual contributors, with clear guidance on which option fits your role and goals.

You will learn:

• Where AI helps most in daily communication and leadership messaging
• A simple prompt recipe for clarity and audience tailoring
• Practical guardrails to reduce bias, error, and over-reliance on AI

Leadership with Trust and Purpose in the Age of Agentic AI

Guiding Teams Through Change with Confidence and Clarity

In the emerging era of agentic AI, leaders face a dual imperative: preserve purpose and human identity while achieving real, measurable outcomes from intelligent system adoption. This keynote explores how organizations can build cultures of trust, creativity, and purpose, while also learning from the failures and critical lessons of past AI adoption. Drawing on proven frameworks and cautionary tales, this session offers practical guidance on aligning projects to authentic business needs, investing in people, and orchestrating “human + agent” collaboration. Crucially, the presentation highlights how organizations can avoid the trap of sameness and ensure they do not lose their unique identity and strengths in the pursuit of efficiency. Attendees will gain actionable strategies for sustaining distinctiveness and mission-driven innovation, so AI adoption remains transformative, human-centered, and true to what makes their organizations thrive.

95% of Companies Have Seen Zero Return on In-House AI

Become the 5% Who’ve Seen Tremendous Gain!! I’ll Take You There!

Tired of hearing how AI will “change everything” while your company sees zero results? In this high-energy, no-fluff session, you’ll uncover why 95% of organizations are missing out—and how to join the 5% driving real transformation. You’ll learn how to control the 3 pillars of AI—Bias, Rules, and Content—to build purpose-driven agents that replicate your expertise and scale your impact. Together, we’ll create a working AI that generates a PowerPoint onboarding deck in minutes, proving that success isn’t about prompts—it’s about precision, process, and purpose. Leave inspired, equipped, and ready to turn your AI vision into measurable ROI.

Vibe Coding - Rapid Prototyping with Gemini & VS Code

Teach viewers a fluid workflow for turning an idea into a functional web prototype by using Gemini for brainstorming and code generation, and VS Code for testing, refinement, and final implementation.

Prompt Templates: Heroes or Villains?

Prompt templates promise consistency, efficiency, and ready-made shortcuts for getting perfect results from generative AI. But spend any real time with ChatGPT, Copilot, or similar tools and you quickly discover they aren’t databases or search engines — they’re conversation partners. And conversations rarely stick to a script.

In this talk, I’ll share why templates can be handy sidekicks but lousy stand-ins for real back-and-forth dialogue. We’ll look at the “greatest hits” of template design — role prompts, few-shot examples, formatting tricks — and ask when they save the day and when they slip into villainy: rigid, brittle, and misleading.

Understanding when templates help and when they hinder is key not only to working with generative AI today, but also to designing the agentic systems that will rely on adaptability tomorrow. The takeaway? Prompt templates have their place, but the real magic happens in the follow-ups, the clarifications, and the “huh?” moments. Come ready to rethink whether your prompts should follow rigid structures— or whether you’d rather just have a good conversation.

5 New AI Tools You'll Wish You'd Found Sooner

I'll show you recently released AI tools that are changing the landscape for entrepreneurs, marketers and everyday users.

Discover tools that let you:

• Build apps in minutes and with no code  
• Create blended, editable images with pinpoint accuracy  
• Design entire website interfaces automatically    
• Build creative workspaces that think with you

What You’ll Learn:

• How AI lets anyone create full-blown apps and sophisticated websites in minutes  
• How Nano Banana + Mixboard can edit and combine up to 15 images seamlessly, and do so much more
• Why Kimi “thinks ahead” and adds creative features on its own  
 - and a couple more surprises.

Learning to See & Describe: The Hidden Skill Behind Effective AI Prompting

This isn't about making people into graphic designers. It's about a fundamental skill gap I see constantly: most business professionals can't clearly articulate what they want from AI tools because they've never learned to describe things precisely.

My '12 Essential Prompt Elements' framework teaches structured observation and description - skills that transfer directly to:

• Writing better prompts for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot
• Creating clearer requirements documents
• Communicating more precisely with stakeholders and vendors
• Understanding how to evaluate AI outputs critically

I use Midjourney as the teaching tool because visual feedback is immediate - you see instantly whether your description worked. But the real value is the transferable skill of precise communication with AI systems.

We'll talk about 70% of the session on the framework and practice, and 30% showing how these same principles improve their daily AI interactions for reports, analysis, and communication.

AI Won’t Transform Your Business — Your People Will

Learn more. Do more of what matters most. Become more.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we work, lead, and compete. The biggest multiplier of AI’s potential isn’t the technology. It’s your people. In this energizing session, Steve Davis reveals why the real advantage in the age of AI comes from human adaptability, how fast your people learn, apply, and evolve.

You’ll explore the science behind learning velocity, how curiosity, experimentation, and reflection accelerate results and turn AI from a tool into a trusted partner. You’ll leave with practical ways to help your teams focus their energy on what matters most: learning faster, adapting sooner, and executing better together.

Key Takeaways:

• Why most AI initiatives underperform without human adaptability
• How to amplify AI’s impact through people-first learning systems
• Practical actions to help your teams do more of what matters most