Speaking & Workshops

Straight talk on AI,
built for the room you're in.

Scott Samborn brings 35 years in technology and 20 years advising small businesses to the stage, translating AI adoption, governance, and workflow strategy into plain language your audience can use the next morning.

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89%
of small businesses are now using AI in some form
Most rooms Scott speaks to are already past the "should we use AI" question. They asked it and answered it months ago.
77%
have no formal AI policy or prompting strategy
Individual use is everywhere. Organized, consistent, firm-wide use is rare. That gap, not adoption, is what these talks address.
Source: 2026 Small Business AI Adoption Report  |  U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Survey, 2026

Talks & workshops

Five talks, built for busy rooms, not hype cycles.

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Everyone's Using AI. Almost Nobody's Using It Well.

Your staff are already using ChatGPT or Copilot on their own. Most people are, at this point. The real gap is what happens between scattered individual use and a business running on it: no shared workflow, no policy, no training, no consistency. This talk shows where that gap costs real time and money, and how to close it.

20 to 30 minutes · Any audience

Why Most AI Rollouts Stall (and the 3-Part Fix)

The People, Workflows, and Governance framework for why AI adoption succeeds in some businesses and quietly fails in others, with a clear fix for each piece.

30 to 40 minutes · Workshop-friendly

The AI Governance Gap: What to Put in Writing Before Your Team Starts Using ChatGPT

77% of small businesses using AI have no formal policy. This talk walks the room through exactly what belongs in one, with a takeaway template attendees can use the same day.

20 to 30 minutes · Includes handout

The 90-Day AI Audit: Finding the Hours You're Already Losing

A hands-on session that walks attendees through the same audit AMG runs with clients: where time goes, and whether the fix is a workflow problem, a knowledge problem, or both.

45 to 60 minutes · Interactive workshop

AI and Customer Trust: Using AI Without Creating a Confidentiality Problem

For any business handling sensitive client or customer data. A clear-eyed look at where AI creates real risk and the guardrails that let a team use it with confidence.

20 to 30 minutes · Client-facing and regulated industries

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Built for practical business audiences.

Chambers of commerce and business associations

Industry or trade association meetings and conferences

Company all-hands, leadership offsites, or team trainings

Panels and roundtables on AI, technology, or the future of work

Groups of 15 to 150 small business owners, managers, or staff

Why book Scott

Real experience. No script, no sales pitch.

35 years in technology

Scott has worked in technology for 35 years, through the rise of managed services, cloud migration, and now AI. He knows which trends are real and which ones pass, and says so plainly.

20 years advising small businesses

Before AMG, Scott ran a managed IT services practice for two decades serving small businesses across industries. He has sat in the room with hundreds of owners deciding whether and how to adopt new technology.

Practical, not promotional

Every talk includes something the audience can use immediately: a template, a framework, or a checklist. Not a pitch dressed up as a keynote.

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