Workshops
Practical workshops on AI and automation for Vermont businesses.
I teach local business owners where automation actually saves them time. Plain English, real examples, no sales pitch. Free for your members.
Thirty years in front of the room
30+ yrs
Teaching technology to people who don’t consider themselves tech people
25 yrs
Teaching automation technology to teams and firms
2
Companies built and run: Quartz IP and QuickOutcomes
The teacher
I’ve been teaching technology my whole career.
For thirty years I’ve taught technology to people who don’t think of themselves as tech people. Some of that was in the legal world. I spent 25 years teaching Intapp, and my work with Quartz IP put me in front of some of the top patent firms in the country. Recently I led a session on AI for a law firm’s team. But the industry was never really the point. The point was taking something that sounds complicated and making it usable for the person who has to do the work.
These days that person is usually a local business owner. Through QuickOutcomes, the family business I run here in Essex Junction, I teach the people who run service companies how to use automation to get their time back. I train every client we work with to run what we build, and these workshops are the same idea, opened up to a room.
Teaching is the part I like most. And nobody has to hire me to get something out of an hour together.
What we cover
What your members walk away with.
Every session is practical and built around the work local owners do all day. We start with the handful of places automation saves the most time.
Missed calls
The calls that slip away while you’re on a job or with a customer.
No-shows
Reminders that go out on their own, so fewer people forget the appointment.
Follow-up
The check-ins and review requests that never quite happen by hand.
Double entry
The same information typed into three different places.
Then we get honest about what’s worth doing yourself and what’s worth handing off. And I show a real automation working, so it’s concrete instead of theory.
People leave with something they can use that week, whether or not they ever call me.
A sample agenda
What a 45-minute session looks like.
Every session gets shaped around the group, but this is the usual rhythm. I teach first, then open it up.
- 5 min
Where your week goes
A quick, honest look at the busywork that quietly eats a local owner’s time.
- 10 min
The four biggest time-drains
Missed calls, no-show reminders, the follow-up that never happens, and the same information typed in three places.
- 10 min
A live look
One real automation, start to finish, so it’s concrete instead of theory.
- 8 min
Do it yourself, or hand it off
What’s worth your own time, what isn’t, and the one question to ask before you buy any software.
- 12 min
Your turn
Bring your own bottleneck. We work through real situations from the room.
The last stretch is the part people tend to like most. Bring the one task that eats your week, and we’ll work through what to do about it, together.
No pitch. Just something useful.
I know a “free workshop” can sound like a sales pitch wearing a disguise. This isn’t that. I teach, your members learn something they can put to work, and that’s the whole deal. I’ll shape the material around your group, and I’ll help promote the session to my own network so it helps fill the room.
A format for any room
Twenty minutes. A short talk for a club meeting, the kind of thing that fits a Rotary lunch.
Forty-five minutes. A full workshop for a chamber, a library, or a business group.
Tailored.Shaped around your members’ industries and the questions they actually have.
All in person, around Chittenden County and greater Vermont.
Contact Chris
Invite Chris to speak to your group.
Tell me a little about your group and what your members are wrestling with, and I’ll put together something useful. It’s free, and there’s no obligation.
What happens next
- You’ll hear back from me directly, not a chatbot or an assistant.
- We’ll find a date that works, and I’ll tailor the session to your members.
- No pitch. If a workshop isn’t the right fit, I’ll say so.
Essex Junction, Vermont
(802) 404-1443Send Chris a message
Tell me about your group and I’ll be in touch.