I've had the same conversation with association leaders many times. They understand the potential of AI. What holds them back are familiar, legitimate concerns: where do you start? How do you ensure your content and IP stays within your control? What if the AI gives wrong answers and erodes trust? And how do you commit budget to something when the costs feel unclear and the ROI isn't proven?
In almost every case where AI disappoints, the reason is the same: unstructured knowledge, poorly connected to the tools being used and without the right context for reliable responses. The good news is that doing it properly doesn't require an AI engineer, a development team, or a complex technical project. It just needs the right approach — and just one afternoon.
Join me at World Congress and create your organisation's AI assistant →
What we'll do in the room
I'll guide you through creating your AI assistant, step by step. No technical knowledge required - just a fully-charged laptop (a phone or tablet won't work for this session).
Whether your priority is handling member queries, making your policy and guidance library searchable, or giving staff a smarter way to find answers internally — the session is built around your content and your context.
Before the event
You will be invited to provide a few pieces of your organisation’s knowledge for your AI assistant to use. These could be a link to a PDF, an information-rich landing page, a video, a key document. Whatever is most relevant to how your members use your content. We'll have your knowledge base ready to go before you walk in.
On the day
You'll log into your own ReadyIntelligence instance and work through the configuration together:
- Choose your AI model — the engine powering your assistant's responses
- Set behaviour guidance — defining what your assistant is there to do and how it should handle questions it can't answer
- Define your assistant's personality and suggested opening questions — giving it a tone and voice that fits your organisation
- Preview your assistant embedded on a web page, ask it real questions, and see it pull accurate, cited answers from your own content
That last part — watching it respond to questions your members actually ask, drawing from your own documents — is where AI stops being a concept and becomes a capability.
NALC — the National Association of Local Councils — is a strong example of this done well. Their members were already using AI tools to find guidance, but often without any confidence in the accuracy or authority of the answers. NALC built NORA (NALC Online Resource Assistant) on ReadyIntelligence, connecting it directly to their specialised library of legal advice notes, financial guidance and governance resources. Members receive answers cited back to NALC's own authoritative sources — not the open internet. Read the full NALC story →
The workshop was excellent - it was incredibly valuable to have hands-on experience with AI. Being able to apply the learning directly in the context of work made it far more meaningful and practical - it brought everything to life.”
Priti Fernandez, Association of Anaesthetists (Previous AI workshop attendee)
What you'll leave with
- A working AI assistant on your own ReadyIntelligence instance, built from your organisation's knowledge
- 60 days of free continued access, with dedicated support from my team — two structured consultation sessions, ongoing guidance, and a final lessons learned review — so you can properly evaluate it with colleagues and build an informed case internally before making any commitment
- The confidence that comes from having actually built and tested one yourself, based on your own content and your own questions
‘I learned so much from this session! Our team was initially skeptical about AI, and many restrict themselves and use it in a limited way. This session provided great examples that helped shift my mindset and I am able to go back to the team confidently - the demonstration made the possibilities real and achievable.’
Eszter Herczenik, International Society of Blood Transfusion (Previous AI workshop attendee)
It's not often a conference session produces something practical that you can show your senior team the following week. You'll leave with something real — not just notes.
Spaces are limited so as to make sure everyone gets proper support.
Join me at World Congress and create your organisation's AI assistant →
Once registered for Associations World Congress, go to the session programme, select Monday 14:45 – 18:00 and add this session to your schedule. Then complete your Session Input as guided.
I'm looking forward to showing you how achievable this is. By the end of the afternoon you'll have something your members can use and your staff will thank you for — built in a couple of hours, not months.
Session: AI Workshop: Build Your Own Membership AI Assistant — No Technical Skills Required
Event: Associations World Congress,
Date: Monday 8th June 2026
Time: 14:45 – 18:00
Led by: Alex Skinner, CEO, ReadyIntelligence by Pixl8 Group