Make the case in two minutes

Hi [Manager's name],

I'd like to attend the Event Leaders AI Bootcamp™ in [City] on [Date]. It's a one-day, hands-on working session built specifically for event professionals who need to move AI from experimentation into real, repeatable workflows — not a conference of keynotes and expo booths.

Here's why it's worth the day out of office:

• I'll come back with usable work, not notes. The day is six 45-minute, peer-led Practitioner Labs™ across the workflows we actually run — venue sourcing and contracts, budgeting and ROI, registration and attendee experience, marketing, workflow automation, and responsible AI use. I leave with a tool-agnostic prompt library, automation workflows and a 90-Day Implementation Plan built on one of our own events.
• It applies directly to our events. Everything is technology-neutral, so what I build works in whatever AI tools we've approved.
• It's a small, senior room. Attendance is capped at 100, in working groups of 18, so the peer benchmarking is as valuable as the labs.
• It earns 4.5 CMP-CE clock hours. Event Innovation™ is an Events Industry Council CMP Preferred Provider, and every lab is led by a working practitioner.

The investment is $395 ($295 per seat if three or more of us attend), which covers all six labs, materials and meals. The only other cost is one day out of office.

I expect to return with at least one or two workflows we can implement immediately, which should pay back the cost in time saved within the first event cycle. I'll share a short recap with the team afterward so the whole department benefits.

Can I get your approval to register? Seats are limited and released first-come, so I'd like to confirm mine soon.

Thanks for considering it,
[Your name]

Hi [Manager's name],

I'd like to attend the Event Leaders AI Bootcamp™ mini bootcamp in Miami Beach on Sunday, January 10, 2027 — the day before PCMA Convening Leaders, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Since I'll already be in Miami for the conference, this adds a half day of hands-on AI training with no extra travel.

Here's why it's worth the half day:

• I'll come back with usable work, not notes. An opening session on responsible AI use, then four 45-minute, peer-led Practitioner Labs™ — venue sourcing and contracts, budgeting and ROI, registration and attendee experience, and workflow automation — followed by a seated lunch and the Implementation Exchange, where I build a 90-Day Implementation Plan on one of our own events.
• It applies directly to our events. Everything is technology-neutral, so what I build works in whatever AI tools we've approved.
• It's a small, senior room. Seventy seats, mostly association and corporate planners already in town for Convening Leaders.
• It earns 3.0 CMP-CE clock hours. Event Innovation™ is an Events Industry Council CMP Preferred Provider.

The investment is $225, which covers the opening session, four labs, lunch and materials. No additional travel — I'd fly in Sunday morning instead of Sunday evening.

I expect to return with at least one workflow we can implement immediately, and I'll share a short recap with the team so the whole department benefits.

Can I get your approval to register? There are 70 seats and they're released first-come, so I'd like to confirm mine soon.

Thanks for considering it,
[Your name]