The Plan · August 11, 2026
The day opens with a shared story — Maria vs Jake — then splits into hands-on breakouts that run twice so you can catch the two that matter most to you.
Breakout previews
🛠️ Cool Tools
Your first AI co-pilot — tool tasting flight
🏫 Cool Schools
AI in the classroom & on the office computer
📋 The Rules
Safe & sane AI for small business
⚡ Build It in 60
From idea to working AI helper
The two futures, the wins and the harms with citations, and a live demo: how Deep Think and a Model Council would advise a real 4th-grade Wenatchee teacher with a struggling ELL student.
Open the centerpiece
The breakouts
A fast, hands-on tour of the AI tools that actually save NCW people time this week — Gemini, Perplexity, Gamma, NotebookLM, Granola, Canva. Bring a laptop; leave with three you'll use Monday.
For teachers and administrators. Build a classroom AI policy you'll actually post on the door, differentiate a reading in two minutes, and draft an IEP goal the FERPA-safe way — all at your table.
Governance for small businesses, nonprofits, and local government — without a $5M advisor budget. Write your five-sentence AI policy, learn the NIST framework in plain English, and keep the receipts.
Ship something real in sixty minutes. Using Lovable, Bolt, or Gemini, build a one-page civic campaign site, a small-business landing page, or a class project — and walk out with a live URL.
The room grid
Cool Tools and Build It in 60 run in both slots, so you can pair The Rules or Cool Schools with either one.
| Time | Room A · large | Room B · medium | Room C · small |
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| 9:00plenary | Centerpiece plenary — AI as Partner in Education Main hall · all 300 attendees |
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| 10:15round 1 | 🛠️ Cool Tools hands-on, bring a laptop |
🏫 Cool Schools teachers & admins, tables |
⚡ Build It in 60 ship a live site |
| 11:30round 2 | 🛠️ Cool Tools (repeat) missed it? catch it now |
📋 The Rules SMB · nonprofit · gov |
⚡ Build It in 60 (repeat) second cohort |
| 11:30plenary | Plenary Q&A & the pledge signing Sli.do live questions · sign the NCW AI Partnership Pledge v1.0 in the room |
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