Speaking & Resources
Welcome! We've curated a list of speaking engagements, expert POVs, AI sites-to-know, and GenAI tools to support you on your journey with AI.
Speaking Engagements
The AI Horizons Conference, Miami, Florida, Feb 24-26, 2025
Creativity 2.0: Ride the AI Wave—and Turn Time into Creative Impact
Catherine Richards, Writer and Editor of The Strategist Blog and 'Making GenAI Work for Work' and Founder and Managing Partner of Expera Consulting
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Idaho National Laboratory, November 2024
Ride the AI Wave: Become AI-Savvy Communicators
Catherine Richards, Writer and Editor of The Strategist Blog and 'Making GenAI Work for Work' and Founder and Managing Partner of Expera Consulting
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The GenAI Conference, Athens, Greece, November 2024
GenAI Strategy Getting Hands-On
Catherine Richards, Writer and Editor of The Strategist Blog and 'Making GenAI Work for Work' and Founder and Managing Partner of Expera Consulting
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Maximizing the Creative Potential of Your Private LLM
Catherine Richards, Writer and Editor of The Strategist Blog and 'Making GenAI Work for Work' and Founder and Managing Partner of Expera Consulting
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AI for Agencies, September 2024
Practical Strategies Using AI
Catherine Richards, Writer and Editor of The Strategist Blog and 'Making GenAI Work for Work' and Founder and Managing Partner of Expera Consulting
The GenAI Conference, Athens, Greece, March 2024
Empower Yourself: How to Go from Doer to Observer in the Era of GenAI
Catherine Richards, Writer and Editor of The Strategist Blog and 'Making GenAI Work for Work' and Founder and Managing Partner of Expera Consulting
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AI Certificate Course, Ragan, March 2024
Course Session: Content Generation: Upskill Your Writing and Multimedia Creation with AI
Presenters: Catherine Richards, Jennifer Clemente, Steve Mudd
Expert POVs
One Useful Thing | Ethan Mollick | Substack
Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Christpher Penn,Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist at TrustInsights.ai
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Daily Artificial Intelligence News and Discussions
A daily news analysis show on all things artificial intelligence.
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The Artificial Intelligence Show Podcast
Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput
The Artificial Intelligence Show (formerly The Marketing AI Show) is the podcast that helps your business grow smarter by making AI approachable and actionable.
A podcast about how to apply AI efficiently to your work
AI Edge for Enterprise Marketing Podcast
This podcast aims to help other marketers navigate the complexities of scaling AI tools within their organizations.
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CISO SOS | Karen F Worstell | Substack
Writing to share with CISOs, cyberpros, corporate boards, and the C-suite all I can about navigating cybersecurity risk management and CISO well-being.
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“Smart people,” says Kara, “like difficult questions.”
Twice a week, award-winning journalist Kara Swisher gets to the heart of the story through no-holds-barred interviews with power players across business, tech, media, politics, and beyond.
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AI
Sites-to- Know
AI resources for modern marketers
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AI research and consulting firm
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Blog by the creators of ChatGPT, DALL-E, and other groundbreaking GenAI models, offering announcements, research breakdowns, and thoughtful discussions on the field.
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Google's official blog with technical papers, news, and insights on their latest advancements in generative AI research.
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Community-driven platform with accessible tutorials, explainers on AI models, and practical guides for using GenAI tools.
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GenAI Tools
Multi-Purpose Frontier Models
Company: OpenAI
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Model: Gemini/Imagen/NotebookLM
Company: Google AI
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Company: Anthropic
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Meta.ai
Company: Meta
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Search Assistant
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Perplexity.ai
Perplexity AI is an advanced search assistant powered by LLMs. It bridges the gap between traditional search engines like Google and conversational AI systems, offering a hybrid experience that delivers contextually accurate, sourced, and natural-language insights.
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Research Assistant
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NotebookLM
NotebookLM is a Google AI-powered tool that helps users synthesize information, generate insights, and explore ideas by leveraging large language models directly within their documents.
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Enterprise Grade
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Company: Jasper AI
AI writing assistant with a strong focus on marketing copy, blog content, and creative text formats.
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Company: Writer
AI content generation platform tailored for businesses and teams, providing features like custom style guides and brand-specific writing.
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Image Public
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Model: Microsoft's image generation tech
Company: Microsoft
Create unique images from text descriptions directly within Bing Search.
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Company: OpenAI
Creates realistic images and artwork from detailed text descriptions.
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Model: Stable Diffusion
Company: Stability AI
Open-source image generation tool with extensive flexibility and customization.
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Model: Midjourney
Company: Midjourney
Generates highly stylized, artistic images, primarily accessible through Discord.