AI Fridays: AI Without the Anxiety-Practical Data Security for Businesses of Every Size
AI is powerful — but do you know where your data goes when you use it? Join Heidi Cramer (Florida SBDC at FGCU) and Bruce Kelly (Vivitec) at the HI...
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AI Fridays: From Hype to Human-Centered AI: A Leader’s Framework for Clarity, Creativity, and Confident Decisions
Join Abdul Muhammad II of MDM Ventures as he introduces a practical framework for helping leaders use AI with greater intention, protect their judgment, and make more confident decisions. This...
AI Fridays: The Authentic Advantage
Join Anna Haney-Withrow of Florida SouthWestern State College for an honest conversation about what makes our work trustworthy, worthwhile, and authentically our own in an age of increasingly capable AI...
AI Fridays: Mastering Decision-Making in the Age of AI-Closing the ROI Gap
Join Angelo Biasi, founder of Solvably+Credably.ai and one of EdTech Digest's Top 100 Influencers, as he unpacks the decision-making capacity gap that quietly undermines AI ROI. Enterprise AI adoption is...
Grant Writing Community of Practice, September 10, 2026
Collaboratory 2031 Jackson St., Fort Myers, FL, United States
Hybrid Event
Budgets that Make Sense to Funders Budgets tell a story. In this session, participants will learn how to build realistic, strategic budgets that strengthen funding requests and increase credibility with...
Impact Skills Series: How Will We Make It Happen?
Collaboratory 2031 Jackson St., Fort Myers, FL, United StatesRemember in Finding Nemo when they’re told by those sassy fish, “When you get to the trench, swim through it…not over it.” That trench is implementation. Most people don’t struggle...
Grant Writing Community of Practice, October 8, 2026
Collaboratory 2031 Jackson St., Fort Myers, FL, United States
Hybrid Event
Finding the Right Grants and Building a Pipeline Many organizations waste time chasing funding opportunities that are poorly aligned with their mission, structure, or capacity. In this session, participants will...
Impact Lab II
Collaboratory 2031 Jackson St., Fort Myers, FL, United StatesThis final Impact Lab is designed as advanced office hours focused on refinement, decision-making, and next steps. Participants bring their active projects, draft concepts, experiments, or implementation plans and receive...
Grant Writing Community of Practice, November 19, 2026
Collaboratory 2031 Jackson St., Fort Myers, FL, United States
Virtual Event
Writing Strong Narratives and Need Statements Strong grant narratives combine clarity, strategy, emotion, and data. In this session, participants will learn how to communicate community need and organizational impact in...
Grant Writing Community of Practice, December 10, 2026
Collaboratory 2031 Jackson St., Fort Myers, FL, United States
Virtual Event
How to Build Relationships with Funders Funding is built on relationships, credibility, and trust. In this session, participants will learn practical strategies for building meaningful relationships with foundations, funders, donors,...