June 16, 18, 23, 30 — Economic Development Collaborative (EDC) — Join Our Free AI Workshop Series Today!

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WORK SMARTER, GROW STRONGER WITH AI: WEBINAR SERIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

This FREE webinar series is designed to help small business owners use AI to save time, improve marketing and grow revenue.

  • Attend one session or all
  • All sessions are practical and beginner-friendly

Offered as a Zoom meeting so that attendees can ask questions during the presentation.

NO-COST AI Workshops

AI Graphics and Video Creation: Create Professional Marketing Content Without a Design Team

June 16 @ 10:00 am

Today’s marketing requires strong visuals and video, but hiring designers and editors can be expensive and time-consuming. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to use AI tools to create graphics, edit video, and produce consistent branded content for your business. We’ll cover tools like VEED for editing, the difference between Sora and Flow for video creation, generating visuals with Nano Banana, and how to build a consistent visual brand. This session is perfect for product and service businesses that want to improve their marketing visuals quickly and affordably.

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Strategic Intelligence: Learn Anything Faster with NotebookLM

June 18th @ 10:00 am

Successful businesses make better decisions because they have better information. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to use NotebookLM to conduct competitive analysis, refine pricing, accelerate SEO and AEO, and synthesize large amounts of research into simple summaries and action steps. You’ll also learn how to use AI to create executive briefs, reports, and slide decks quickly, helping you make smarter strategic decisions in less time. This session is ideal for business owners looking to leverage AI for research, planning, and strategic growth.

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ChatGPT and Canva Workflow Automation: Create 6 Months of Content in One Day

June 23 @ 10:00 am

Content creation is one of the most time-consuming parts of marketing. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to use ChatGPT and Canva together to bulk create content, use CSV exports, complete Canva bulk uploads, and build a six-month content system efficiently. This session is perfect for busy entrepreneurs who want to save time while staying consistent with their marketing. You’ll walk away with a repeatable workflow that lets you quickly and easily create large volumes of content.

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AI for Revenue Systems and Offer Creation: Build Offers, Lead Magnets, and a 90-Day Growth Plan

June 30 @ 10:00 am

Many entrepreneurs struggle with revenue, not because they lack ideas, but because they don’t have clear offers or systems in place. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to use AI to design revenue pathways, create lead magnets, draft offers, write landing page copy, and map out a 90-day implementation plan. This session will help you turn your knowledge, services, or products into structured offers that generate revenue. By the end of the webinar, you’ll have a clearer plan for monetization and business growth using AI as a strategic partner.

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Meet the Presenter

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Deborah Deras has a Masters’s in Education and Bachelors’s in Marketing. She is a business owner since 2002, providing fortune 100 companies with peak performance corporate training, and is an international speaker and author. She has served as a Marketing Consultant to various Small Business Development Centers with expertise in Digital Marketing with a specialty in content creation, social media strategy, YouTube, SEO, Facebook, Livestreaming, Podcasting, Instagram sales, and how to speak with confidence on camera. She speaks English and Spanish and has been a sought after professional speaker for over 20 years.
The Economic Development Collaborative hosts the Small Business Development Center and is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and a grant with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development.
The Workforce Development Board of Ventura County is a proud partner of America’s Job Center of California network. The WDBVC and this project are an equal opportunity employer/ program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. If you have limitations hearing or speaking dial 711 to reach the California Relay Service (CRS). For federal funding disclosure information, visit https://workforce.venturacounty.gov/about-us/funding/.

ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIVE

The Economic Development Collaborative (EDC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit committed to enhancing regional quality of life through business development services and strategic initiatives that support the greater Ventura and Santa Barbara County area. Thanks to our countless partners, EDC’s business consulting, upskilling opportunities, low-interest lending and recovery resources are provided at NO-COST!

Get started today by calling our Business Assistance Line at 805.409.9159

Assistance is available in both English and Spanish

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