Kickstarting AI in Your Organization: An ROI-Funded Model
Date and time
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Event cost
$299.00
Organizer
Tara Horton
tarahorton@missouristate.edu
417-837-2617
Host organization
Missouri SBDC at Missouri State University
Type of event
Resource Partner event
Event description
This hands-on course teaches you how to build automated solutions that pay for themselves. You’ll learn a repeatable process for finding the right opportunities and turning them into working applications. The session begins with an interactive discussion to identify a high-impact workflow that is ready for optimization.
The focus then shifts to implementation, where training participants will collaboratively build a live solution using a structured approach. By the end, you’ll learn how to maintain and improve your automation over time, including testing, monitoring performance, and planning future upgrades.
What You’ll Learn:
- An ROI-focused approach to introducing AI and automation within your organization.
- How to align business, client-facing, and technical stakeholders around scope, goals, and expectations.
- The difference between general AI tools and focused automation (and when to use each)
- Real examples of where automation delivers measurable results.
- How to systematically analyze existing workflows to uncover bottlenecks and low-leverage work.
- To identify and prioritize three automation opportunities based on impact and feasibility.
- How to explore evaluation outlining effort, expected returns, and a recommended starting point.
- How to address long-term sustainability through testing, maintenance, and iterative improvement.
Led by Jacob Butcher, IT Director at Pitt Technology Group
*Note: You will need to bring a laptop computer for hands-on participation. Pizza will be provided for lunch.
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