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SUMMARY:AI & Lead Generation
DESCRIPTION:AI & Lead Generation\nTurn AI into your hardest-working sales rep\, without losing the personal touch.\nMost people think AI and personalization are a tradeoff. This session shows you how to use both together to fill your pipeline faster and follow up smarter.\n🔍 What you’ll learn\nPractical AI tools and workflows to attract\, qualify\, and convert more leads\nHow to build AI-assisted outreach and follow-up systems that save time while staying personalized\nActionable prompts and templates you can put to work immediately to grow your pipeline\n🎙️ Your speaker\nAndrew Stafford\nCo-Founder & Director @ The AI Collective Hampton Roads\nCo-Founder & CTO @ Chuhching\n👀 Who should attend?\nBusiness owners\, sales professionals\, and anyone responsible for generating or converting leads who wants to work smarter with AI\, no technical background required.\n⚡ Why this matters\nLeads that don’t get a fast\, relevant follow-up are leads you lose. AI can close that gap at scale\, and the businesses that figure this out first will outpace the ones still doing it all by hand.\nℹ️ Other bits of info & FAQs\nIs there free parking in the area?\nYes! You’ll want to park in the Red Garage\n​​​Is this free?\nYes\, but space is limited. Make sure to RSVP.\n🤝 Organizers & partners\n​\nOrganizers\nThe AI Collective Hampton Roads + The HIVE + City of Virginia Beach\n🌍 ​Our parent org\nThe AI Collective is a global non-profit community uniting 1M+ pioneers – founders\, researchers\, operators\, and investors – exploring the frontier of AI in major tech hubs worldwide. Through events\, workshops\, and community-led research\, we empower the AI ecosystem to collaboratively steer AI’s future toward trust\, openness\, and human flourishing.\nAll attendees and organizers at events affiliated with The AI Collective agree to our privacy policy and are subject to our code of conduct. Additionally\, by registering for this event\, you agree to The AI Collective Hampton Roads chapter photo & video policy. \nShare this location:
URL:https://newportnewsva.com/event/ai-lead-generation/
LOCATION:The HIVE by City of Virginia Beach\, 140 Independence Blvd\, Virginia Beach\, VA\, 23462\, US
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SUMMARY:Pop-up Meetup: ARE We F*cked? An Anti-AI-Doomer's Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our new Pop-up Meetups series\, featuring great speakers from around Hampton Roads. If you loved Hampton Roads DevFest\, these meetups are for deeper conversation\, building on ideas\, and seeing how you can be a better professional.\nARE We F*cked? An Anti-AI-Doomer’s Perspective\nFeeling lost\, irrelevant\, and just a bit AI-gitated when it comes to your work in the world of AI?\nNever fear! The reality is less scary than the existential crisis we all went through 6 months ago.\nThis talk isn’t about YOLOing it and shipping all the AI slop.\nThis talk is for the rest of us\, the people who still have to get real work done on Monday and want to help their fellow humans. We’ll figure out where AI earns its keep\, where it wastes your time\, and where you are still the best tool in the room.\nYou’ll walk away with:\nA clear understanding of when to reach for AI versus your awesome human self.\nA starting list of which AI tools to use for each job.\nA sense of relief and clarity on what to do next.\nBring: curiosity\, questions\, and a friend.\n📍 The Hive\, Virginia Beach\n🕕 Wed\, Aug 27 · 6:00 PM\nFood and drinks will be provided. \nShare this location:
URL:https://newportnewsva.com/event/pop-up-meetup-are-we-fcked-an-anti-ai-doomers-perspective/
LOCATION:The HIVE by City of Virginia Beach\, 140 Independence Blvd\, Virginia Beach\, VA\, 23462\, US
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