In this workshop hosted by Cierra Turner, you’ll explore how AI can elevate your marketing from content strategy and brand storytelling to audience engagement. Learn how to generate on-brand campaigns in half the time, personalize storytelling that resonates, and build a repeatable creative workflow that blends data with emotion. Discover how to harness AI to amplify your creativity—without losing your authentic voice. Meet Your Host - Cierra Turner, Owner & Marketing Strategist, Social Spark Cierra Turner is a digital marketing strategist and founder of Social Spark, a marketing agency that has helped 30+ entrepreneurs and organizations from the Midwest to the South to by helping them to "look good" online through storytelling, strategy, and emerging technology. Her experience includes marketing strategy development, digital marketing, social media marketing, and consulting. Her focus is on helping brands build visibility and connect authentically with their audiences. Cierra’s mission is to promote empowered and confident use of emerging technology for personal and professional success.

In this session, you'll join Shaniece Bennett to learn how to harness AI to forecast cash flow, identify savings, and make confident financial decisions grounded in real-time insights. Discover how to build simple AI-assisted financial models, automate expense tracking, and use predictive analytics to plan for multiple growth scenarios—empowering you to lead your business with clarity and control. Shaniece Bennett is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA), trusted business advisor and consultant. Her main areas of expertise include government contracting, small business taxation, accounting, audit, and financial management. Shaniece offers over 20 years of private and public sector experience through her firm Accutrak Consulting and Accounting Services PLLC. Shaniece is known for her personal, comprehensive approach and going beyond the numbers to bring additional value to all customers. She has helped entities acquire capital, secure government grants or contracts, and save over a half million dollars in taxes. Shaniece leverages her experience and relationships to help business entities reach their full potential. Accutak is usually initially engaged for primary accounting services and often retained for continuous business support services. Shaniece is actively engaged in small business support, education, economic development, and many leadership associations. She is a native of Detroit and proud to advise others in the community on how to maximize their unique business opportunities while minimizing financial risk. She brings a fresh business perspective that can generate immediate and long-term return on investment advice. Beyond her professional life, Shaniece enjoys spending time with her family, playing board games, and welcomes all challenges.

Sorilbran Stone is an AI Visibility Strategist and founder of Five-Talent Strategy House, where she helps founders and high-potential businesses engineer visibility and revenue through search and AI. She developed V.E.R.B. - Visibility Engineering for Revenue Building, a strategic methodology linking visibility to business outcomes. She also leads the Detroit Visibility Study, which examines how the city’s entrepreneurs are adapting to an AI-driven marketplace. Her work bridges storytelling, strategy, and technology to make visibility intentional and scalable.

The Virtual AI Series is designed to equip innovators, entrepreneurs, and professionals with the practical tools and insights needed to grow their skill set, business, or corporate toolkit. Through interactive sessions and real-world applications, participants will learn how to integrate AI to streamline workflows, enhance creativity, and make smarter, data-driven decisions. Whether you're building a business, leading a team, or exploring new career opportunities, this series will help you harness the power of artificial intelligence to work smarter and scale faster.

Calebria Webb is the creator of From IP to Impact, a learning consultancy that helps subject matter experts turn what they already know into training and digital products that scale. She blends strategy, creativity, and people-centered design to make knowledge easier to teach, learn, and monetize. With a passion for transforming expertise into impact, Calebria teaches organizations and entrepreneurs how to design systems that scale knowledge, bridging the gap between insight and execution through strategy, storytelling, and smart use of technology.

The Virtual AI Series is designed to equip innovators, entrepreneurs, and professionals with the practical tools and insights needed to grow their skill set, business, or organizational impact. Through interactive sessions and real-world applications, participants will learn how to integrate AI to streamline workflows, enhance creativity, and make smarter, data-driven decisions. Whether you’re building a business, leading a team, or driving a mission, this series will help you harness the power of artificial intelligence to work smarter and scale faster.

Join us as Cynthia Lee explores how AI is reshaping sales and service, making every customer interaction smarter and more intentional. This workshop will uncover how to automate outreach, optimize CRM data, and elevate every stage of the customer journey. Participants will learn how to craft targeted outreach and follow-up campaigns using AI insights, improve CRM segmentation and accuracy, and leverage predictive analytics to enhance the customer experience from end to end.

Join us as Marc Alexander explores how AI can empower mission-driven organizations to raise more funds and tell stronger stories. From grant writing to donor management, this session shows you how to do more good with less effort. Participants will learn how to identify funding opportunities, personalize donor communications, and track impact metrics to clearly demonstrate results.

Join us as Nilda G. Thomas, MBA, CEC, CEA, explores how AI can simplify the unglamorous but essential parts of running a business. This session will demonstrate how to automate repetitive tasks, optimize scheduling, and strengthen HR functions to free up time for strategy and creativity. Participants will learn how to build custom automations, use AI to improve team communication and scheduling, and design practical HR and workflow systems that scale efficiently.

Join us as David Thomas, Partner at Honigman LLP, leads an insightful conversation on navigating the legal frontier of artificial intelligence. This session explores how AI is transforming the legal landscape for startups and small businesses, from intellectual property and contracts to compliance and data governance. Participants will learn how to harness AI’s potential while understanding its limits, legal risks, and the importance of human oversight in responsible AI adoption.

Join us as Raymond Martin III and Shayla Unik Davis lead a powerful discussion on the ethics of artificial intelligence—where power meets responsibility. This session explores how to navigate the ethical implications of AI, from data privacy to bias prevention, and how to protect your organization as technology continues to evolve. Participants will learn how to recognize ethical risks in AI design and use, establish internal guidelines for responsible adoption, and balance innovation with transparency, accountability, and trust.