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SUMMARY:Small Business Success Series
DESCRIPTION:Quad Cities Chamber | Small Business Success Series\n\nFrom Overwhelmed to Efficient: AI Tools Every Small Business Can Use\n\nThursday\, July 16\, 2026 | 8 - 9 a.m.\n\nQuad Cities Chamber Office\, Davenport\n\n\n\nMembers: $10 | Non-members: $15\n\n\n\n7:30 a.m. | Check-in and light breakfast\n\n8 - 9 a.m. | Program\n\n \nAI is no longer just for large enterprises. Small businesses can now use practical AI tools to save time\, improve customer service\, streamline daily operations and grow without adding more staff.\n\n\n\nIn this session\, Padmini Soni\, Founder of Rezonance AI\, will demonstrate real-world AI assistants that can help with tasks such as answering customer questions\, managing emails and calendars\, creating social media content\, writing blogs\, supporting sales outreach and handling other repetitive work that often overwhelms business owners.\n\n\n\nPadmini will show practical examples of where AI delivers the greatest return for businesses and explain how to adopt it responsibly while keeping people at the center.\n\n \n\nKey takeaways:\n\n\n	\n	Discover AI tools that can save hours every week\n	\n	\n	Learn which business tasks are best suited for AI\n	\n	\n	See examples of AI assistants working alongside employees\n	\n	\n	Understand how to implement AI responsibly and effectively\n	\n	\n	Identify practical AI opportunities you can apply in your business right away\n	\n\n\n \n\nWho should attend:\n\nSmall business owners\, managers\, solo entrepreneurs\, nonprofit leaders and team members responsible for operations\, customer service\, marketing\, sales or administrative work.\n\n\n\nThis session is especially useful for anyone who feels stretched thin and wants practical ways to use AI to save time\, stay consistent and work more efficiently without needing a technical background.\n\n\nMeet your speaker:\n\n\n\nPadmini Soni is a Senior AI Strategist & Solution Architect\, Speaker and Founder of Rezonance AI\, where she helps organizations design and implement responsible AI solutions aligned with real-world business goals. She also serves as the Head of Responsible AI Growth Strategy at AI Leadership Institute. With over 25 years of experience across Fortune 500 companies\, Padmini specializes in bridging business strategy with ethical AI innovation. As the co-founder of AWAAI (Asian Women Advancing AI)\, a growing global community dedicated to supporting and empowering Asian women in the AI ecosystem\, Padmini is deeply committed to fostering diversity in the field. She is a passionate educator and member of the ACM.org Local Mentoring Committee and excels at making complex AI concepts accessible and practical. \n\n\n\nWe strive to host inclusive and accessible events that enable all individuals to engage fully. For event assistance or any additional information\, please contact:\n\n\n\nJames Porter\n\nVice President\, Small & Minority Business\n\nOffice: (563) 823-2688\n\nMobile: (563) 484-1311\n\nEmail: jporter@quadcitieschamber.com\n\n\n\nCancellation Policy:\n\nCancellations must be received at least 72 hours in advance in order to receive a registration refund. You may transfer your registration to another person within your company at no additional cost.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-family: arial\;"><span style="font-size: 16px\;"><strong>Quad Cities Chamber | Small Business Success Series<br />\nFrom Overwhelmed to Efficient: AI Tools Every Small Business Can Use<br />\nThursday\, July 16\, 2026 | 8 - 9 a.m.<br />\nQuad Cities Chamber Office\, Davenport</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Members: $10 | Non-members: $15</strong><br />\n<br />\n7:30 a.m. | Check-in and light breakfast<br />\n8 - 9 a.m. | Program</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;\n<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">AI is no longer just for large enterprises. Small businesses can now use practical AI tools to save time\, improve customer service\, streamline daily operations&nbsp\;and grow without adding more staff.<br />\n<br />\nIn this session\, <strong>Padmini Soni\, Founder of Rezonance AI</strong>\,&nbsp\;will demonstrate real-world AI assistants that can help with tasks such as answering customer questions\, managing emails and calendars\, creating social media content\, writing blogs\, supporting sales outreach&nbsp\;and handling other repetitive work that often overwhelms business owners.<br />\n<br />\nPadmini will show practical examples of where AI delivers the greatest return for businesses and explain how to adopt it responsibly while keeping people at the center.<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong>Key takeaways:</strong></span></span></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="margin-left:0in\;">\n	<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Discover AI tools that can save hours every week</span></span></p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0in\;">\n	<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Learn which business tasks are best suited for AI</span></span></p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0in\;">\n	<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">See examples of AI assistants working alongside employees</span></span></p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0in\;">\n	<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Understand how to implement AI responsibly and effectively</span></span></p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0in\;">\n	<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Identify practical AI opportunities you can apply in your business right away</span></span></p>\n	</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong>Who should attend:</strong><br />\nSmall business owners\, managers\, solo entrepreneurs\, nonprofit leaders&nbsp\;and team members responsible for operations\, customer service\, marketing\, sales&nbsp\;or administrative work.<br />\n<br />\nThis session is especially useful for anyone who feels stretched thin and wants practical ways to use AI to save time\, stay consistent&nbsp\;and work more efficiently without needing a technical background.</span></span></p>\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>Meet your speaker:<br />\n<br />\n<em><img alt="" height="200" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2843/Image/padminipicture.jpg" style="width: 200px\; margin-left: 10px\; margin-right: 10px\; float: left\; height: 200px\;" width="200" /></em></strong>Padmini Soni is a Senior AI Strategist &amp\; Solution Architect\, Speaker and Founder of <a href="https://rezonance.ai/" target="_blank">Rezonance AI</a>\, where she helps organizations design and implement responsible AI solutions aligned with real-world business goals. She also serves as the Head of Responsible AI Growth Strategy at AI Leadership Institute. With over 25 years of experience across Fortune 500 companies\, Padmini specializes in bridging business strategy with ethical AI innovation.&nbsp\;</span></span><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">As the co-founder of AWAAI (Asian Women Advancing AI)\, a growing global community dedicated to supporting and empowering Asian women in the AI ecosystem\, Padmini is deeply committed to fostering diversity in the field. She is a passionate educator and member of the ACM.org Local Mentoring Committee and excels at making complex AI concepts accessible and practical.&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<em><span style="color: rgb(39\, 50\, 56)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\;">We strive to host inclusive and accessible events that enable all individuals to engage fully. For event assistance or any additional information\, please contact:</span></em><br style="color: rgb(39\, 50\, 56)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\; box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 16px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 128)\;"><strong>James Porter</strong></span><br />\n<span style="color: rgb(105\, 105\, 105)\;"><strong>Vice President\, Small &amp\; Minority Business</strong></span><br />\nOffice: (563) 823-2688<br />\nMobile: (563) 484-1311<br />\nEmail: <a href="mailto:jporter@quadcitieschamber.com">jporter@quadcitieschamber.com</a></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<u style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(39\, 50\, 56)\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: arial\;">Cancellation Policy:</u><br style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(39\, 50\, 56)\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: Arial\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: arial\;">Cancellations must be received at least 72 hours in advance in order to receive a registration refund. You may transfer your registration to another person within your company at no additional cost.</span>
LOCATION:Quad Cities Chamber Office 331 W. Third St.\, Davenport\, IA
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