Collective Intelligence

Wizards of Ecom, **Youtube Livestream Link** [https://youtube.com/live/d8rNts5JT9w?feature=share](https://youtube.com/live/d8rNts5JT9w?feature=share) In today's event If you had to start all over again in 2026, what product would you launch—and how would you find it? In this session, we’ll walk through the exact product research framework I’d use if I were a brand-new seller today. You’ll learn how to identify profitable niches, avoid saturated categories, and evaluate opportunities using modern data, trends, and sourcing strategies that work right now. 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Wizards of YouTube: **Youtube Livestream Link** [https://youtube.com/live/FehU4yVGjTI?feature=share](https://youtube.com/live/FehU4yVGjTI?feature=share) In today's event Attendees will discover how YouTube can be used to make real money by talking about topics they genuinely enjoy. We’ll break down why YouTube is one of the biggest opportunities of this decade and how creators and business owners can leverage it to build income and freedom. Moises Carmona He is a young, passionate entrepreneur and host of the YouTube channel Magos del Ecommerce (the Spanish branch of Wizards of Ecom). As part of Carlos Alvarez’s team and a YouTube Wizards of Ecom insider, he’s obsessed with scripting, thumbnail design, YouTube growth strategy, and all things eCommerce.

The Mavens Chapter of BNI is a dynamic and thriving business networking group that brings together professionals from various industries in the Central Florida area. Our mission is to help members grow their businesses through structured and collaborative networking that provides a platform for the local businesses to connect, collaborate and build positive referrals within a supportive and engaging community. We are looking for: * Personal Injury Attorney's, * Family Lawyers, * Voice/Data Company, * Business Coach, * Event Planner, * Property Manager, * Landscaper, * Residental Cleaning Service, * Small Business Lender, * Florist, * Air Conditioning Company. * Promotional Products Marketing Company * IT computer voice and data * Plumber * Business Attorney 60-Second Segment: A key feature of The Mavens Chapter is the 60-Second segment. Each member and visitor is given 60 seconds to showcase their business. Highlighting their products and services or seeking recommendations for service providers such as asking for introductions to potential clients or partners, or requesting guidance on a particular business challenge, goal, project or situation. Weekly Presentations: Each meeting features a member spotlight segment where a member will have an opportunity to present an overview of their business. These presentations last for 10 minutes and allow members to showcase their products, services, knowledge or testimonials with the group and bring visitors and/or guests. We invite you to RSVP and join us for an engaging sessions of networking with professionals and business growth opportunities. Here are the details: Every Wednesday from 11:30am to 1:00pm (open networkig from 11:15am to 11:30am) we start PROMPTLY at 11:30am! HYBRID Chapter -- 1st meeting of the month at The Mortgage Firm off ice located at 921 Douglas Ave Suite 108, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 all other weeks will be held via BNI Online Zoom meeting (Zoom link will be sent upon registration). MUST contact Charlie Goodwin at 407-501-0006 or charlie.goodwin@thryv.com in order to attend and be registered! DO NOT SHOW up without being registered or contacting Charlie Goodwin first! MUST BE REGISTERED AND CONTACT 407-501-0006 TO ATTEND!!

NFT's are here to stay folks! This is a group for like minded people interested in understanding, leveraging, using, creating for, profiting from, trading too i suppose, NFT's.. everything around them, complexity, fear and exploits, best practices and more. **PLUS** This group will talk AI ART tools, techniques, artists, video, audio, prototypes and more in the AI assisted production space- ART specifically, but we can get into any aspect of some of the cooler things happening in AI in general.

**Doing KPIs Right: a KEY to Analytics (and AI!) Impact!** On the one hand, KPIs are such a Business 101 concept that it may seem a little silly to dedicate an entire session to the topic. On the other hand, KPIs get handled so poorly so often that a case could be made that this meetup could just be one of the most impactful sessions of the entire year! We’re starting off the year at a new location: [COhatch Upper Arlington](https://www.cohatch.com/locations/columbus/upper-arlington/) but with a familiar speaker, Tim Wilson! We’ll be back at Rev1 in February, when the speaker will presumably not be Tim. Tim will make the case that effectively measuring performance of projects, campaigns, and initiatives (and even meetups!) should be a foundation for any data analytics program. Topics covered will include: the “two magic questions” of performance measurement, how to help business partners distinguish between outcomes and outputs, and effective tactics for collaboratively establishing KPI targets. He will also stick his neck out by demonstrating some of these techniques in real-time by measuring whether his talk lives up to the promise of this description! All CBUSDAW events are free thanks to our 2026 Sponsors: Clarivoy, Conductrics, What Box Consulting Group, and Piwik PRO. Check out [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com) for more information.

Happy New Year Colleagues, The next Columbus Futurists public forum will be **Thursday January 15 at 12:00 pm noon** (eastern) [https://osu.zoom.us/j/93451873651?pwd=RXIyZ2t5RjRqRG02UGQ1aEFVQ1NFZz09](https://osu.zoom.us/j/93451873651?pwd=RXIyZ2t5RjRqRG02UGQ1aEFVQ1NFZz09) Please come prepared to offer your **"What if?" questions for 2026**. (I will offer seven to begin our conversation.) I also would like to announce the publication of my latest book: *[Anticipatory Biographies: Personal Histories of the Future](https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-08912-0)*, the tenth volume in the “Anticipation Science” series. Grounded in design fiction, futures research, anticipation science, and scenario writing, *Anticipatory Biographies* envisions how the world will be reshaped by artificial intelligence, technological automation, climate change, political disintegration, and the decline of higher education. This work of creative non-fiction bridges literary and scholarly forms, blending biography and design fiction with research-based insights to offer a narrative-based method for exploring futures. Ed Finn, Director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University says: “In this book **David Staley has invented a delightful new genre: the future biography.** He invites us to step into gritty, thrilling, and inspiring futures elbow-to-elbow with the characters living those stories. *Anticipatory Biographies* beautifully synthesizes Staley’s training as a historian, his expertise as a futurist, and his desire to ignite the imagination of his readers.” Hope you'll be able to read it, and hope to see you all on the 15th. D. David J. Staley, Ph.D. President, Columbus Futurists 614.316.1348 [columbus.futurists@gmail.com](mailto:columbus.futurists@gmail.com) [http://columbusfuturists.org](http://columbusfuturists.org/) [https://davidjstaley.substack.com/](https://davidjstaley.substack.com/) 

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The building address is 4450 Bridge Park The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400 **Abstract** GitHub Copilot is rapidly changing how developers write, understand, and maintain code. Powered by generative AI and deeply integrated into modern development environments, Copilot acts as an intelligent coding assistant, helping developers move faster while maintaining quality and focus. In this session, we’ll explore what GitHub Copilot is, how it works, and where it fits into a real-world developer workflow. We’ll break down what Copilot can (and cannot) do, where it can be used, and how licensing differs for individuals and organizations. Most importantly, this talk goes beyond theory with a live, hands-on demo showcasing Copilot inside the IDE and on GitHub, demonstrating how it can assist with code generation, refactoring, learning new APIs, and accelerating day-to-day development tasks. Designed for developers, technical leads, and engineering managers, this session provides a practical introduction to AI-assisted development, highlights best practices for getting value from Copilot, and closes with guidance on how to continue learning and evolving alongside this rapidly advancing tool. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of how GitHub Copilot can enhance productivity, improve developer experience, and fit into modern software teams today, not someday. **YouTube Link** TBA

Okay, you (at least some of you) asked for it — here it is... **"An Evening with DXO Labs (NIK Collection 8)"** For many, many years, the NIK Collection of photo editing tools has been the coveted add-on of choice for many photographers. To know the story of the NIK Collection is to know happiness, angst, celebration, and innovation. But more of that at the meeting! I will spend a couple of hours going through the most useful tools in the NIK Collection and showing how I use them in my editing workflow. If you aspire to elevate your editing skills and produce better-edited images, this set of tools is worth a look! Meeting Schedule: 1. 6:00 - Introduction, Meet New Members 2. 6:10 - Old Business 3. 6:20 - New Business 4. 6:30 - Pre-Shoot Briefing/Education 5. 7:15 - Break 6. 7:30 - Image Critique 7. 8:00 - Adjourn Pre-Shoot Brief/Education: NIK Collection 8 Image Critique: Previous Photoshoot Images (iPhone images and Christmas Cards). If anyone has images they would like critiqued, please provide them at the beginning of the meeting. Providing Images for Critique: For now, I will collect images at the beginning of the meeting on a USB memory stick. My computer has USB-C ports, so a USB-C memory stick or one with dual (USB-C / USB-A) ports will be needed. Images should follow these format rules: JPG - 80% quality or higher 132 dpi resolution 2048 pixels across the long edge Embedded colorspace - sRGB

Coming in January 2026: a warm, reflective gathering to close one chapter and open another. More details coming soon. Together, we look back at the moments, shifts, and practices that shaped the past year—what worked, what surprised us, and what we’re ready to release. Then we lean forward into who we want to become: the intentions, experiments, and stories we want next January’s version of ourselves to be telling. A gentle, inspiring circle that invites clarity, connection, and shared wisdom.Check us out on Meetup to learn more and rsvp #womeninagilecolumbus #womeninagile

Private Group. Closed to the Public Knowing ourselves and understanding our abilities is the first step toward wielding our gifts with control and accuracy. In subsequent classes we will verify and hone our talents with activities and discussion. These are hands-on workshops and participation is expected. The goal of our series will be to develop expertise in areas of particular interest such as mediumship, channeling, divination, healing and, etc.. Our ultimate directions will be determined by class members as we evolve. I look forward to sharing and discovering with you. - Cynthia