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Everyone TogetherTuesday, Sept 15 · 8:30 – 9:00 AMTaught by Rod Holum

Welcome: The Day AI Gets Real

One day: see what AI actually saves, sells, and fixes in a business like yours — and leave with your plan written.

Save $500 — register by August 31, 2026

About This Session

The arc of the day: score where your business actually stands with AI, watch AI run on data like yours, build something real, and leave with a written 90-day plan.

What We'll Cover

  • The promise: nobody leaves with homework — you leave with it done
  • The day's arc: Score → See → Build → Plan
  • Three tracks, one rule: everything runs on real business data, no toy demos
  • How to pick your track — and when to switch

You Leave With

Your roadmap for the day

Who Should Attend

Every attendee starts here — owners, senior leaders, and hands-on builders together. If you've been to AI presentations that left you inspired and unchanged, this opening session sets a different contract: score where you stand, watch AI run on real business data, build something that works, and write the plan before you leave.

Part of a Full Day of Hands-On AI Training

This workshop is one of 20 at the AI Business Retreat — a one-day, hands-on AI training for business at The Island in Spooner, Wisconsin, within driving distance of Minneapolis–St. Paul, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Duluth, and Hudson. Can't make the drive? Every session, including this one, streams live for remote attendees.

Your Instructor

Rod Holum

Rod Holum

Certified AIBMM Master Coach

CEO & Founder, Coulee Tech

Rod is the CEO and founder of Coulee Tech — an Inc. 5000–recognized IT and cybersecurity firm — and an award-winning author and speaker helping leaders adopt AI responsibly and securely.

Read Rod's full profile

All six instructors are on site for the whole day — the hallway, the working lunch, and the evening social are part of what you registered for.

Session Details

When
Tuesday, Sept 15, 2026 · 8:30 – 9:00 AM
Instructor
Rod Holum
Track
Everyone Together
Where
The Island · Spooner, WI (or attend live remote)
Who it's for
Everyone — leadership, senior leaders, and hands-on staff
Price
In person $995$495 · Remote $250

Save $500 — register by August 31, 2026

One registration covers the full retreat — every session, every track.

Welcome: The Day AI Gets Real — Questions & Answers

The day follows a Score → See → Build → Plan arc. Everyone opens together at 8:30 AM, then the day splits into three parallel tracks — Leadership, Sales & Marketing, and Builder — with a working lunch and two capstone blocks, before everyone reconvenes to write a 90-day AI roadmap. The day runs 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Central, with an optional evening social after.
No. The three tracks run in parallel and you can switch between them at any time. The welcome session explains how to pick your starting track — and teams often split up on purpose: leadership in one room, their hands-on staff in another, reconvening for the shared roadmap session.
Rod Holum teaches this workshop at the AI Business Retreat. Rod Holum — CEO & Founder, Coulee Tech. All six instructors are on site for the full day, so you can also find them between sessions and at the working lunch.
This workshop is part of the AI Business Retreat on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at The Island in Spooner, Wisconsin. One registration covers the full day — all 20 sessions across the Leadership, Sales & Marketing, and Builder tracks, including this one. In person is $495 through August 31, 2026 (then $995), working lunch included; attending live online is $250. Seats are limited.

This session is one of twenty.

One registration covers the whole day — every track, every workshop, the working lunch, and your written 90-day roadmap. Sept 15, 2026 · The Island, Spooner WI.

Save $500 — register by August 31, 2026