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Your small business drowning in manual tasks? Do you know AI can help, but you aren't sure where to start?

The Small Business AI Clinic is a twice-monthly, hands-on "office hours" session designed to bridge the gap between local small businesses and the latest in Artificial Intelligence. This isn't a webinar where you just listen—it’s a lab where we build solutions together.

We focus on three high-impact areas:

Prompt Engineering: Learning how to talk to AI (Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude) to get professional-grade marketing, strategy, market analysis, industry or customer trends, etc.

Workflow Automation: Connecting your favorite tools (Email, Sheets, CRM) to AI to automate repetitive tasks and save hours of work every week.

Vibe coding: learn how to build small apps.

How it Works (The "Clinic" Format)

The Lightning Demo (5-10 min): We start with one "Quick Win" demo showing a real-world automation you can use immediately.

The Triage: Business owners share a specific "symptom" or bottleneck they are facing.

The Lab: We build a custom prompt or automation "recipe" on the spot.

The Showcase: We wrap up by sharing one successful "cure" from the session so everyone learns.

Who Should Attend?

Small Business Owners: Bring your "messiest" spreadsheet, your most repetitive email task, or your marketing writer's block.

Developers & AI Enthusiasts: reach out to GDG Annapolis if you want to showcase your solutions and projects with an educational mindset. We are volunteers and this is not a sales call.

What to Bring

A specific problem or task you want to automate. Access to the tools you currently use (Google Workspace, Slack, etc.).A collaborative spirit!

Note: This is a community-run "clinic" focused on education. This is NOT a sales call. The intend is to show you how to solve your own problems. For complex, long-term implementation, business owners are encouraged to hire professional developers for follow-up projects.

Agenda

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Hosted By

Angelo Thalassinidis, GDG Organizer

Angelo Thalassinidis has over 25 years of experience in both education and tech industry. He has built academic programs in high-demand fields like business intelligence, artificial intelligence (AI), and information systems.
Angelo has led multimillion-dollar projects and corporate ventures in business intelligence, data warehousing and DSS with MCI Systemhouse, EDS, ATT GIS and formed various startups in Europe and the U.S.
He is a Board member in several organization and is dedicated to creating an ecosystem where tech enthusiasts, developers and entrepreneurs can connect, learn and innovate.
Angelo is also organizer of events like the StartathonAI (an intensive, multi-day hybrid event designed to immerse participants in the practical application of Large Language Models for real-world entrepreneurship), Chesapeake Innovation Summit, Chesapeake Workforce Summit, and DevFest Annapolis that offer opportunities to engage with the latest in AI, data analytics and emerging technologies.

Jesse Alton,

James Gibbons, Co-Organizer

Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-annapolis-presents-small-business-ai-clinic-prompting-amp-automation-lab-virtual-2026-04-09/.

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