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SUMMARY:SoCo Startup Week - AI Solutions Challenge Sprint
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, August 24th | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM\nExponential Impact HQ | Colorado Springs\, CO \nForget theoretical AI demos. This is a hands-on working session where you’ll use today’s leading AI tools to tackle a real challenge facing our community. \nLed by the team at BoodleBox\, this immersive AI Innovation Sprint will focus on the theme of Community Revitalization for the City of Colorado Springs. Participants will work together to explore real opportunities\, develop creative ideas\, and build AI-powered solutions that could help strengthen and revitalize our city. \nBuilding on the theme of strengthening the community we live in\, this event invites participants to explore one of three challenge tracks: Infrastructure\, Public Safety\, or Community Activation. Each track represents a key pillar of community revitalization in Colorado Springs and reflects priorities identified in the City’s Strategic Doing Plan. \nThis workshop will help you move beyond simply using AI to thinking strategically about how to solve meaningful problems with it. \nThe day follows the Lowrance Curve — Define\, Design\, Create\, Validate — a practical operating model for AI-enabled problem solving. \nYou’ll start by defining the problem before choosing a tool. From there\, you’ll design an AI-enabled workflow\, compare tools like ChatGPT\, Claude\, Gemini\, BoodleBox\, and other leading AI platforms\, build a solution with your team\, and validate your work through presentations and feedback. \nAfter the morning sessions\, participants will break into teams and take on a challenge within one of the three community revitalization tracks: \n\nInfrastructure — Explore ideas and solutions that can strengthen the systems\, spaces\, and resources that help Colorado Springs thrive.\nPublic Safety — Tackle challenges and opportunities that can help make our community safer\, more resilient\, and better prepared.\nCommunity Activation — Explore ways to strengthen connection\, participation\, vibrancy\, and engagement across Colorado Springs.\n\nEach team will combine its members’ unique perspectives and strengths to identify opportunities and develop creative\, AI-powered solutions\, with coaching and support from the BoodleBox team throughout the sprint. \nWhether you’re an entrepreneur\, creator\, founder\, technology leader\, educator\, student\, community leader\, or professional from any industry\, you’ll leave with practical AI skills\, new connections\, and firsthand experience using AI to tackle a real-world challenge that matters to our community. \nYou don’t need to be an AI expert or a civic policy expert to participate. Bring your perspective\, creativity\, curiosity\, and willingness to collaborate. The sprint is designed to bring people from different backgrounds together to explore what’s possible when local knowledge\, human ingenuity\, and AI come together. \nThe day concludes with team presentations\, shared lessons learned\, and an awards ceremony. Teams will showcase their solutions and demonstrate how AI can be applied thoughtfully and creatively to community revitalization in Colorado Springs. \nThe winning team will receive a $500 cash prize for demonstrating the most creative\, effective\, and impactful solution. \nWhat You’ll Learn\n\nHow to identify the right problems for AI to solve\nWhy a “problem first” approach leads to better AI outcomes\nHow to use the Lowrance Curve: Define\, Design\, Create\, Validate\nHow to apply AI-powered problem solving to real community challenges across Infrastructure\, Public Safety\, and Community Activation\nWhen to use ChatGPT\, Claude\, Gemini\, BoodleBox\, and other AI tools\nPrompting and context strategies that produce higher-quality results\nHow to evaluate and verify AI-generated work\nWhere human thinking\, creativity\, and local insight still matter most\nHow to collaborate effectively with AI and with a team\nHow to turn an idea into a practical\, compelling solution using AIWho Should Attend\n\nAnyone curious about applying AI to real work – founders\, small business owners\, developers\, educators\, technology leaders\, creatives\, students\, and professionals from any industry. \nNo coding experience is required. \nAgenda\n9:00–9:45 AM — Define: Problem Solving with AI\nManual-first exercise\, problem framing\, and identifying where AI creates value. \n9:45–10:30 AM — Design: AI Tools & Bot Stacking\nCompare ChatGPT\, Claude\, Gemini\, BoodleBox\, and other leading tools. \n10:30–11:30 AM — Team Strategy Sessions\nForm teams\, choose challenges\, and design AI-enabled workflows. \n11:30 AM–12:00 PM — Lunch \n12:00–2:30 PM — Create: Team AI Build Time\nCollaborate with your team and use AI tools to build a practical solution. \n2:30–4:00 PM — Validate: Team Showcase\, Awards & $500 Grand Prize\nPresent solutions\, share lessons learned\, and compete for the grand prize. \nImportant Details\nThis full-day workshop is led by BoodleBox\, pioneers in collaborative AI workflows and AI education. \nA light breakfast and lunch will be provided. \nPlease register only if you can commit to attending from 9:00 AM–4:00 PM\, as each session builds on the previous one. \nCome ready to collaborate\, compete\, and build. The winning team will receive a $500 cash prize for the most creative\, effective\, and impactful solution. \nJoin us for a full day of learning\, building\, and friendly competition\, and leave with practical AI skills\, new connections\, and a real solution you helped create.
URL:https://startupcolorado.org/event/soco-startup-week-ai-solutions-challenge-sprint/
LOCATION:Exponential Impact HQ\, 3650 N Nevada Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80907\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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ORGANIZER;CN="SoCo Startup":MAILTO:jmhorst@exponentialimpact.com
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