Workshops & training

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your people.

I teach operations, automation, and responsible AI adoption to groups who need it and were never trained on it. Chambers, associations, conferences, small business teams, and campuses.

Every session gets built around how your group actually works. These are paid engagements, scoped to your audience and your goals, and they start with a conversation.

Engagements

Five ways we can work together.

  • 01

    Association & chamber events

    Practical operations sessions for small business audiences. The kind that leave people with something they can use Monday, not a deck they never open again.

  • 02

    Workshops, in-person and virtual

    Half-day or full-day hands-on builds. Groups leave with documented processes, working automations, and clear AI guardrails. Outcomes, not lectures.

  • 03

    Small business team training

    Built around how your team actually operates. We start from your real workflows and the tools you already pay for, not a generic curriculum.

  • 04

    Conference panels & keynotes

    Responsible AI adoption, operations as a competitive edge for small business, and the maturity model in practice. Keynote or panel length.

  • 05

    Universities & career centers

    AI-era work readiness for students heading into the workforce. Taught with an operator's lens rather than a curriculum vendor's.

What you're paying for

Nobody leaves with just notes.

I've sat through the training where everyone nods, nobody changes anything, and the deck goes in a folder. I'm not interested in running that session.

Before the session

Custom prep, not a stock deck

I audit how your team actually works before building anything. Every scenario comes straight from their real-world operations so the training lands on day one.

During the session

Something in their hands

No passive listening. Attendees build documented processes, working automations, or tailored frameworks in real time. They leave with assets, not just notes.

After the session

Built to last

If your team can't maintain it without me, the session failed. Everything built during the training comes with complete documentation and a clean handoff.

On the floor
Mary Graves leading a hands-on automation workshop
Mary Graves speaking to a workshop audience with a microphone
Topics

What I cover.

Sessions are built around how your group actually works. Everyone leaves able to do something they couldn't do that morning.

Practical AI in the workplace

Moving past chatbots. Real applications inside the daily work your team already does, and how to tell the difference between AI that helps and AI that adds cleanup.

You leave with at least one task in your actual week running differently.

Foundation before automation

Most tool failures are process failures. Finding what's actually broken before buying anything to fix it, and documenting it so it holds.

You leave with one real process mapped and the constraint named.

Workflow and process integration

Getting leverage out of the systems and tools you already pay for. Clearing bottlenecks, cutting manual work, and connecting what's already there.

You leave with a working automation or a documented handoff you can run Monday.

Inquire

Tell me about your event.

Share your event or training need and I'll follow up within 48 hours with scope and pricing. The more context you give me, the sharper the response. And if you're a school or community organization, don't let budget stop you from reaching out. Tell me what you're working with and we'll figure it out.

Mary Graves leading an in-person workshop
Before you book

See how I teach.

I put out videos on operations, automation, and getting real use out of the tools you already have. Watch one before you decide whether I'm the right fit for your group.

The channel

Come see how I explain things.

The videos are the same energy as the sessions. If the way I teach works for your group, you'll know in five minutes.

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