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Future-Ready Leader Summit Practical AI Fluency for Leaders

Leave with a real plan for Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Bring real work. Spend two days with two experienced instructors, identifying projects, assessing readiness, and planning the next 30 days.

October 13-14, 2026Rogers, Arkansas50 seats

One seat: $497 Three seats: $1,197

Standard pricing: $497 per seat until registration closes October 12.

Not sure yet? Book a 15-minute call with Shelly first, or read the agenda.

From possibility to a practical plan

Your path through the summit Assess readinessChoose a pilotPlan 30 days

What you leave with

Make your next move
with a plan in hand.

Three documents, filled in by you, before you leave the room. Built around one workflow from your own organization.

Bring the four dimensions into focus PeopleProcessDataTools

Takeaway 01 / 03

Your Copilot Readiness Scorecard.

See where your organization stands on people, process, data, and tools. Bring those pieces into focus before choosing what to build.

You leave withA scorecard grounded in your organization.

On the agenda: The Executive AI Readiness Assessment

Explore the two-day agenda
Connect the work to a useful outcome Your workflowThe right toolHuman review

Takeaway 02 / 03

One workflow. A clear place to start.

Choose and plan one pilot workflow for your team. Connect the work, the right tool, and the human review that makes the output useful.

You leave withOne pilot workflow, chosen and planned.

On the agenda: Pilot Pick’em: Choose the Right First Workflow

Explore the two-day agenda
Give the next 30 days a direction PreparePracticeUseMeasure

Takeaway 03 / 03

A plan for the Monday after.

Turn two days in Rogers into a practical 30-day roadmap. Prepare, practice, use, and measure, with a next step your team can act on.

You leave withA practical 30-day roadmap.

On the agenda: Walk Out Ready: Build Your 30-Day Roadmap Live

Explore the two-day agenda

Along the way: a practical sense of when a good prompt, Copilot, an agent, automation, or a simple app is the simplest way to solve a business problem, and connections with leaders working through the same questions. Arkansas-licensed engineers and surveyors also leave with a certificate of attendance for 9.0 PDH.

The people in the room

Two instructors. Complementary experience. Zero feature tours.

Shelly Thomas

Shelly Thomas Host

Founder, Building Beta. Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer. Twenty years of getting operations teams to actually use the tools they bought.

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Sailaja Mantripragada

Sailaja Mantripragada

Founder and CEO, Low Code Power. Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer. Nearly 20 years building AI and automation for hospitals, banks, and government.

Surprise coming

Shelly is recording something for this spot. Ninety seconds, no slides, on what the two days actually feel like from a chair in the room.

Who should attend

This is not an AI conference.

It is a working session for people being asked to "figure out AI" while still running the business every day. No IT background, coding, or previous Copilot experience required.

Leaders with a team

Operations, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, HR, IT, customer service, and business leaders responsible for improving processes and outcomes.

People driving change

Transformation leads, continuous improvement professionals, project leaders, AI champions, and anyone helping teams adopt new ways of working.

Decision-makers and doers

Whether you are setting strategy, leading a function, managing a team, or implementing solutions, you will leave with practical next steps you can apply immediately.

Not sure it fits? Three FAQ answers settle it, or book 15 minute chat with Shelly.

Registration

Choose your seat

Standard pricing: $497 per seat until registration closes October 12.

Bring backup
Three seats
$1,197

One person going home to convince everyone is a hard job. Three people going home is a meeting. Bring your executive sponsor, your process owner, and the person who'll actually build the thing. That's the trio that makes a pilot survive contact with a Monday.

  • Three full admissions
  • A 30-minute pilot planning call after the event
  • You leave with alignment, not just ideas
Three seats for $1,197 until registration closes October 12.
Bring the team

Pick the Three-Seat Team Pass in the ticket box, or add any three single seats: the cart prices them the same. Send us the three names after you book.

Not ready to book?

Fifteen minutes with Shelly first.

Bring the workflow that is eating your week. She will tell you, plainly, whether two days in Rogers will fix it or whether you should keep your money. No pitch deck, no follow-up sequence.

Book a 15-minute callOpens Shelly's calendar in a new tab. Pick a slot, done.

What people say about working with Shelly

First summit. Not the first room.

This is the first Future-Ready Leader Summit, so there are no attendee reviews yet. There are fifteen years of colleagues, clients, and managers saying the same thing about Shelly in public.

Her engineering background adds a practical edge to every project, while her deep curiosity and sharp understanding of emerging tech like AI, LLMs, and ML set her up for success in any challenge.
Matthew HylandWeb Content, UX, Ecommerce and Digital Operations
No matter the size of the ask or the severity of the timeline, she was always poised, had a clear path forward, but was willing to engage with others' ideas. She excelled at driving collective engagement from everyone on the team.
John DaubertEngineering Leader, Acquisition Integration and Lean Six Sigma
What stood out immediately was her ability to connect big-picture strategy with on-the-ground execution. Her structured problem-solving approach and ability to align diverse teams made a measurable impact.
Martin KáleckýProduct Strategy, Commercialization and Business Development, Marine Energy

Excerpts from public LinkedIn recommendations. Read all of them on LinkedIn.

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