Hands-On Workshop Series Partnership with SCORE Orange County 2026

The Community Innovations Foundation teamed up with SCORE, another non-profit organization that is also known as a resource partner for the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Two presenters standing beside a projected slide at the front of the workshop room at Urban Workshop in Costa Mesa. — Opening one of the three sessions at Urban Workshop in Costa Mesa.

Event Details

Dates: May 13th, 20th and the 27th
Time: Starting at 10am and concluding at noon
Location: Urban Workshop in Costa Mesa, CA
Attendance: In total the free event brought in 40 attendees

The Sessions

Sessions consisted of building your own AI lead gen engine. This was a hands on workshop for small businesses. This covers the AI basics for setting up AI tools like Gemini as well as other useful strategies for generating more leads to grow a business.

More time was invested into the hands-on workshops versus the lectures.

Small business owners seated at tables with open laptops while a participant stands to ask a question. — Participants worked on their own laptops throughout each session.

Participant Feedback

There was even an anonymous participant feedback collected, which were received on the following dates: June 4th, June 16th and June 19th.

This is what some of the participants had to say about their experience:

"The information was excellent and honestly something I did not know even existed for me. I now have a marketing email list for people I would never have discovered before the seminar."

Another entrepreneur had this to say:

"Very comprehensive for a new business owner who is trying to do everything on her own. Helps so much with marketing."

In short another had this to comment:

"It was easy to follow and see the results first hand."

As for what was one of the most useful things that was learned, one participant said:

"The way to create the right prompts."

Another participant was eager to see future sessions with more AI topics that can benefit small businesses such as theirs.

Contact SCORE Orange County

To contact SCORE Orange County please see their website and search for the following mentors: David Wild and Raman Rajan.