2025 Business X-Change - 1/8 Sponsored by Aaron J. Marx

Description

BUSINESS X-CHANGE PRESENTATION – JANUARY 8, 2025 with Expanded Learning Time 
 
Business X-Change meets regularly throughout the year.  Our January X-Change will be held at the Portage County Business Council office. Business X-Change allows business owners and their employees the opportunity to discuss pertinent topics, learn from local industry leaders and, most importantly, learn from each other. 
 
There is no cost to attend. Coffee and Danish will be provided.

Title of Presentation: "Are You Ready for the ChatGPT Revolution?"
 
Presented by:

Aaron J. Marx
Visionary Coach, Consultant, Trainer, Speaker & Author
       
About the Program:  Are you using ChatGPT?  I bet you are!  But what opportunities are you still not seeing?
 
ChatGPT is mysterious and controversial.  It's also a disruptive once-in-a-generation information processing tool with capabilities and applications that are truly mind-boggling.
 
Join visionary thinker, coach, consultant, and philosopher of human potential Aaron J. Marx through a revealing deep-dive and exploration of the full capabilities of ChatGPT to assist in your personal, professional, and organizational growth.  We'll explore applications and also contemplate its implications on ethics, the creative process, the future of education, and more.
 
This extended learning time will be thought-provoking, inspiring, fast-paced, fun, and interactive, incorporating real life case studies and games to showcase the wide ranging application of ChatGPT to problems of every scale and all stages of the creative process.

Key Points of this Business X-Change to Include: 
1. The time dilemma - what constant evolution of labor-saving devices reveals about human value and valuation
2. A brief history of human information technology from antiquity to the AI era
3. An exploration of AI in terms of ethics, existential threat, and the future of education
4. Where ChatGPT fits into the history of philosophy and meaning
5. Real case studies of PCBC members to show problem solving at every level from the grandest concept to the most granular tactics
6. Fun, stimulating improvisation games (think Whose Line is it Anyway meets AI) to get creative juices flowing
7. Plenty of time for Q&A so that you can get a better sense of how to use this powerful and disruptive technology in your own personal, professional, and organizational life.

About our Presenter: 
Aaron J. Marx is a visionary coach, consultant, and theorist who helps individuals and organizations to navigate complex challenges and pursue dramatic growth, personal peace, and interpersonal harmony on the other side.  His unusually deep and insightful perspective synthesizes understanding from a diverse array of human inquiries including philosophy, psychology, sociology, theology, economics, political science, entrepreneurship, art and literature, communication, and countless others.  He has an instinct for spotting the limiting factors on individuals and organizations and crafting direct yet sensitive strategies to quickly improve their outcomes.

What is Business X-Change? Allows business owners and their employees the opportunity to discuss pertinent topics, learn from local industry leaders and, most importantly, learn from each other.  Business X-Change meets regularly throughout the year from 7:30 - 8:30am.
 
Special THANK YOU to Aaron J. Marx for his sponsorship of this program.