APA Open Community

Hey everyone, 

I am looking forward to seeing each and everyone of you out in Vegas in February. As moderator of the very exciting and highly anticipated panel discussion "Making the Most of Artificial Intelligence" I can assure you this is a session that you will not want to miss. No matter the size of your business this discussion will cater to all businesses. 

Do you have questions about artificial intelligence? AI is here and is destined to change everything! Our AI panelists will explore AI from the perspectives of strategic planning, design, marketing, communications, and legal implications for the personalization industry. Panelists will share how they use AI in their day to day operations. Ask our panelists all of your questions!

We are also opening up the forum early for pre-questions (yes we will be reading this as it gets updated) so your questions WILL get answered.  Please post your questions here and we will either note everything posted here and answer the questions live in Vegas or we might surprise everyone and answer a few here as well. 

Trust me when I say, this is a VERY HOT topic in the industry and we hope you walk away with all of your questions answered and ready to conquer the world.

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Justin R. Varn
APA Secretary/Treasure
Vice-President
Awards4U
Tallahassee, Florida
850-878-7187
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I encourage everyone to post your questions - this is going to be a fantastic panel and you want to make sure your questions get answered!!

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Megan Raymond
Owner, Raymond's Trophy & Awards
Bakersfield, CA
661-323-4015
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Hey Justin! 🎉 I just wanted to say how incredibly excited I am for your upcoming panel discussion on AI! 🤖✨ I know it's going to be insightful, thought-provoking, and full of great perspectives. Can't wait to see you in action and hear all the amazing things you'll share. Best of luck – you're going to crush it!

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Dan Messerschmidt
Sioux Falls SD
605.339.4010
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SORRY TO BE A BIT NEGATIVE, but the AI meet and greet was pretty much a nothing burger. being introduced was nice but substant wise not much. I hope all goes well, but 4 speakers, does not sound like a good plan. Unless I missed something. Open to corrections.

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Fred Schwartz
Quality One Engravers Inc
Rancho Cucamonga CA
909.989.3898
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-27-2024 09:46
From: Dan Messerschmidt
Subject: Making the Most of Artificial Intelligence Panel Discussion

Hey Justin! 🎉 I just wanted to say how incredibly excited I am for your upcoming panel discussion on AI! 🤖✨ I know it's going to be insightful, thought-provoking, and full of great perspectives. Can't wait to see you in action and hear all the amazing things you'll share. Best of luck – you're going to crush it!

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Dan Messerschmidt
Sioux Falls SD
605.339.4010
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Hey Fred, 

Happy New Year my friend. I appreciate your honesty when it comes to your views on this. When you talk about the meet & greet are you referring to the Facebook Live event? If so its important to know that the live event was simply a marketing tool to continue building interest in the seminar. As the moderator of the panel, I can assure you that all 4 speakers are VERY well versed on this topic and at the end of the day no matter the size of your company, it is our our goal that everyone who attends this discussion will walk away with something new that they learned. 

I look forward to seeing you in Vegas and I thank you for the continued work that you do for the industry.

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Justin R. Varn
Education Commitee Chair
Vice-President
Awards4U
Tallahassee, Florida
850-878-7187
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-28-2024 12:38
From: Fred Schwartz
Subject: Making the Most of Artificial Intelligence Panel Discussion

SORRY TO BE A BIT NEGATIVE, but the AI meet and greet was pretty much a nothing burger. being introduced was nice but substant wise not much. I hope all goes well, but 4 speakers, does not sound like a good plan. Unless I missed something. Open to corrections.

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Fred Schwartz
Quality One Engravers Inc
Rancho Cucamonga CA
909.989.3898
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-27-2024 09:46
From: Dan Messerschmidt
Subject: Making the Most of Artificial Intelligence Panel Discussion

Hey Justin! 🎉 I just wanted to say how incredibly excited I am for your upcoming panel discussion on AI! 🤖✨ I know it's going to be insightful, thought-provoking, and full of great perspectives. Can't wait to see you in action and hear all the amazing things you'll share. Best of luck – you're going to crush it!

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Dan Messerschmidt
Sioux Falls SD
605.339.4010

I think I would like to know more about how I can implement AI to help me automate more within my business to save me time.  I took a course late last year that blew my mind a bit on AI agents that you can basically use as a second brain... ie. flood it with information about your business or a specific topic and then use it to "search your brain" or take that information and apply it to questions that you would like to know about your business.  Like certain KPIs, ask a question about a class you took two years ago whose information would have just sat in a notebook gathering dust, help find your brand voice etc..  I would like to know more information on how to implement AI to use in business systems, rather than how to generate content for social media or have it make you product descriptions.  

If there is new information on privacy, companies with the highest ethical standards or ones to avoid, new regulations, how Google is handling AI created content from a searchability standpoint, or maybe how to sift THROUGH the AI-created content to find something created by a human.  

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Sarah Fischer
Moonlight Laserworks, LLC
Peerless, MT
moonlightlaserworks@gmail.com
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Education is offering a fantastic AI session on Tuesday morning also.  I think taking that class and then being able to engage with this panel in the later session would be a wealth of knowledge.  So excited for these 2 sessions!!

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Megan Raymond
Owner, Raymond's Trophy & Awards
Bakersfield, CA
661-323-4015
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-08-2025 12:47
From: Sarah Fischer
Subject: Making the Most of Artificial Intelligence Panel Discussion

I think I would like to know more about how I can implement AI to help me automate more within my business to save me time.  I took a course late last year that blew my mind a bit on AI agents that you can basically use as a second brain... ie. flood it with information about your business or a specific topic and then use it to "search your brain" or take that information and apply it to questions that you would like to know about your business.  Like certain KPIs, ask a question about a class you took two years ago whose information would have just sat in a notebook gathering dust, help find your brand voice etc..  I would like to know more information on how to implement AI to use in business systems, rather than how to generate content for social media or have it make you product descriptions.  

If there is new information on privacy, companies with the highest ethical standards or ones to avoid, new regulations, how Google is handling AI created content from a searchability standpoint, or maybe how to sift THROUGH the AI-created content to find something created by a human.  

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Sarah Fischer
Moonlight Laserworks, LLC
Peerless, MT
moonlightlaserworks@gmail.com
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