About this Event
Heading into December with a growing inbox, year-end reports, pending client requests, and plans for 2027?
The final weeks of the year can be some of the busiest for managers and working professionals. Between routine administrative tasks and last-minute requests, preparing for time away from work can feel like another project on your calendar.
Sleigh The Workload is a festive, hands-on AI workshop designed to help professionals explore practical ways to organize recurring work and prepare for the holiday season.
Instead of another long presentation about the future of artificial intelligence, you'll work through two familiar workplace scenarios and practice developing AI-assisted workflows using safe, fictional examples.
Bring your laptop, your curiosity, and an optional festive sweater.
No coding experience required.
What You'll Learn & Build
1. Smart Out-of-Office Co-Pilot
Explore how AI can support your vacation handoff process.
You'll practice:
- Organizing fictional incoming messages by topic and urgency.
- Identifying requests that should be directed to a designated colleague.
- Drafting appropriate out-of-office replies.
- Preparing a structured handoff summary.
- Setting human approval checkpoints before messages are shared.
You'll work on a reusable out-of-office workflow template.
2. Year-End Reporting Assistant
Explore how AI can help organize information for an executive summary.
You'll practice:
- Working with a fictional spreadsheet containing year-end metrics.
- Identifying key changes and recurring patterns.
- Preparing an initial report outline.
- Drafting a concise business summary.
- Checking AI-generated figures against source data.
You'll create a workflow outline that can be adapted to appropriate reporting tasks.
3. No-Code Workflow Planning
See how accessible AI and no-code tools may be used together to organize repetitive steps.
The workshop will use guided examples and demonstration data.
Depending on available tool access, participants may test a simple workflow or document a process for later implementation.
4. AI Accuracy & Responsible Use
Explore important safeguards for professional AI use:
- Protecting confidential business information.
- Reviewing draft responses before sending.
- Avoiding unsupported conclusions in reports.
- Understanding access permissions.
- Keeping people responsible for important decisions.
5. Prepare Your 2027 Workflow Plan
Identify one recurring administrative process you may want to improve in the new year.
Use the provided checklist to outline the next steps, potential risks, required approvals, and ways to evaluate whether the workflow is useful.
What You'll Work On
During the workshop, you'll create or practice using:
- Out-of-Office Triage & Drafting Template.
- Year-End Reporting Workflow Canvas.
- Reusable AI Instructions.
- AI Accuracy & Human Approval Checklist.
- 2027 Workflow Readiness Checklist.
These resources are designed for educational use and future adaptation with appropriate organizational approval.
Event venue & nearby stays
Blanco Event Center, 993 Mediterranean Avenue, Columbus, United States
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