
Vision
To help Kongu businesses understand, adopt and benefit from Artificial Intelligence in their day-to-day operations.
Value Additions
- Hands-on AI workshops for business owners
- AI tools for sales, marketing and customer support
- Automation clinics for accounts, HR and operations
- Expert talks from AI founders and technologists
- Peer learning circles and use-case showcases
- Curated AI resource library and tool recommendations
Eligibility
Open to any KITCO Chennai member, their next generation and employees interested in AI.
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AI for Business – Foundation Series
Week
Date & Time
Topic
What we cover
- Week 1Date: 15 Aug 20268:30 – 9:30 AM ISTAI Made Simple: What Every Business Owner Should KnowWhat AI actually is, Generative AI, LLMs, AI vs Google Search, what AI can/cannot do, hallucinations, privacy basics, real business examples
- Week 2Date: 22 Aug 20268:30 – 9:30 AM ISTThe AI Toolbox: Choosing the Right AI for the Right JobPractical tour of ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Copilot, NotebookLM and other useful tools; free vs paid; which tool for which task
- Week 3Date: 29 Aug 20268:30 – 9:30 AM ISTHow to Talk to AI: Prompting Made SimpleWhy prompts matter, Context → Task → Output approach, follow-up prompting, role/context/examples, improving poor answers; live prompt makeover
- Week 4Date: 5 Sep 20268:30 – 9:30 AM ISTAI as Your Everyday Business AssistantEmails, letters, meeting agendas, minutes, proposals, quotations, SOP drafts, policies, job descriptions, customer replies, translation and summarisation
- Week 5Date: 12 Sep 20268:30 – 9:30 AM ISTAI for Research & Smarter Business DecisionsMarket research, competitor research, product research, comparing vendors, understanding industries, summarising websites/reports, fact-checking and using sources
- Week 6Date: 19 Sep 20268:30 – 9:30 AM ISTAI for Documents, PDFs & Business KnowledgeAnalyse PDFs, contracts, brochures, manuals and reports; ask questions across documents; summarise long files; NotebookLM and similar document intelligence tools
- Week 7Date: 26 Sep 20268:30 – 9:30 AM ISTAI for Excel, Data & Business AnalysisAnalyse spreadsheets without being a data expert, formulas, cleaning data, identifying trends, sales analysis, charts, asking questions from business data and extracting insights
- Week 8Date: 3 Oct 20268:30 – 9:30 AM ISTCreate with AI: Images, Presentations, Video & ContentCanva AI, image generation, presentations, product visuals, simple videos, social creatives and other generative tools — focusing on practical business creation
- Week 9Date: 10 Oct 20268:30 – 9:30 AM ISTAI for Sales, Marketing & Customer CommunicationCustomer personas, sales pitches, WhatsApp responses, follow-ups, marketing ideas, social content, ad concepts, lead communication and personalised messaging
- Week 10Date: 17 Oct 20268:30 – 9:30 AM ISTYour AI-Powered Business: Automation, Agents & What's NextAI automation explained simply, agents, connecting AI with WhatsApp/email/CRM, demonstrations of automated workflows, what businesses can automate today, risks and roadmap for Series 2
