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Speaking & workshops

Give your audience something to build on.

Practical AI keynotes, workshops, and live builds from someone doing the work. For founder groups, business owners, and teams ready to put the ideas into practice.

Based in Houston. Available to travel.

Ian McDonald speaking at AIXP Houston
AIXP Houston / April 2026

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What does your room
need next?

01

Keynote / 20–30 minutes

If I Can Build This, You Can Build Yours

Founder events, AI conferences, and small-business communities

A self-taught founder’s story, working products, and live show-and-tell. Your audience leaves with a practical path from an idea to a first build.

02

Workshop / 45–60 minutes

AI for Employers

Employer networks, chambers, workforce groups, and small teams

Explore where AI fits in marketing, operations, and customer workflows. Leave with useful starting points your team can try in its own work.

03

Live build / 30 minutes

From Idea to Platform — Live

Founder meetups, business communities, coaches, and consultants

Bring an idea from the room. Ian uses LaunchBox to turn it into a platform concept, launch page, and first-invite path in front of the audience.

Another topic: Turn Your Expertise Into a Platform

For coaches, consultants, creators, and community hosts: package what you know into a branded AI-powered experience, with a clear offer and a path to your first members.

Tell me about your audience when you inquire. We’ll shape the session and format around the room.

See the work behind the talk

A working builder.
A real room.

Watch the Orlando keynoteMay 2025 / 500+ in the room

Builder record / 2025

AI for Business.
Built solo by Ian.

Ian built the AI for Business platform himself. The platform supported more than 1,600 users; the business it served reached $1.2M in annual recurring revenue within nine months.

1,600+
Users supported by the platform
$1.2M
Annual recurring revenue of the business the platform supported

These figures describe the 2025 AI for Business engagement.

See the platform case study

“I enjoyed your speech, the hands-on coding presentation, your honesty and humble attitude, and your drive.”

Monika MielnikDirector, UX/UI Design & Development
AIXP Houston

Selected speaking record

Different rooms.
Practical AI.

Keynotes, hands-on workshops, and live builds for business and founder audiences.

  • August 2026 / Virtual

    Grow with Google

    Guest workshop on automating business workflows with Gemini, Gmail, Meet, Drive, and Calendar.

  • June 2026 / Houston

    Small & Diverse Business Inclusion Summit

    Live opportunity research and follow-up workflows for small-business owners at Commissioner Rodney Ellis’ summit.

  • May 2026 / Virtual

    Houston AI Club

    From AI Consumer to AI Builder: a live LaunchBox build and Q&A for 50+ attendees.

  • April 2026 / Houston

    AIXP Houston

    Four speaking slots, including the Founder Stories panel, sharing lessons from building LaunchBox.

  • May 2025 / 500+ attendees

    Orlando keynote

    Building AI products as a self-taught operator. Watch the keynote above.

  • March 2025 / 250+ attendees

    Jacksonville keynote

    Practical AI for founders building without a technical background.

Plan your session

Bring Ian
to your event.

Share your event date, audience, and the session you have in mind. I’ll reply personally within a day or two to discuss fit, availability, and fees.

Check my calendar ian@ianmcdonald.ai

You'll get an email confirmation. Ian replies personally.

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Bring what
you’re building.

Join my free community for practical AI lessons, prompts, and the things I’m making. Bring an idea, a question, or something you’d like to make easier.

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Find us on LaunchBox. Start wherever you are.

Meet the community & the platform I built

A place to put AI into practice

  1. Try something useful.

    Explore lessons, examples, and prompts you can use in your own work.

  2. Bring your questions.

    Share what you’re trying and where you’re getting stuck.

  3. Build alongside others.

    Show what worked, compare approaches, and learn from each other.