AI on your phone: Three ways to save time today

Most local businesses know AI exists but don't know how to make it useful from day to day.

This session shows you three practical ways to use AI on your phone – turning rough ideas into social posts, photos into product descriptions and customer questions into professional responses.

Topics covered in this session

• How to use AI on your phone for everyday business tasks – from creating social media content to handling customer queries, without needing technical skills

• The difference between dabbling with AI and building it into your business systems – why some businesses get real value and others just get occasional quick wins

• Where to go next – free resources to learn more and how to build AI capability in your team through government-funded training

About the speaker

Crispin Read is CEO of The Coders Guild, a digital skills training provider specialising in making government-funded training work for SMEs.

With over 20 years in software development, UX and product leadership, he spent two decades building digital products before moving into skills development to fix what he saw as a broken training system.

He works with Skills England developing apprenticeship standards – including chairing the trailblazer group for the new AI and Automation Level 4 apprenticeship designed specifically for small businesses.

He also sits on the Federation of Small Businesses Technical Committee, advocating for practical, accessible skills provision that actually serves smaller employers.

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