Teri R. Moten, MBA, Your Business Problem Solver

AI is not staying inside LLMs.

Google Maps is a good everyday example. With the newer Ask Maps experience, the shift is not just typing “restaurants near me.” It is asking better, more specific questions like, “Find a quiet lunch spot within 15 minutes with parking, vegetarian options, and space for a client conversation.”

That may seem small, but it points to something much bigger. AI is being built into the tools we already use for planning, meetings, travel, customer visits, local search, and everyday decisions.

This is why AI literacy is not just about learning one platform. It is learning how to think better, ask better questions, add the right context, and use AI wherever it shows up.

Have you used Google Maps this way with more detailed requests/prompts yet?

Getting AI certified is a great step, but it does not automatically tell you how to position yourself, explain your value, or turn that knowledge into paid work.

That is the conversation we’re having on June 10ᵗʰ at 12 PM CT during You Got AI Certified… Now What?, hosted by MyMobileLyfe + One-Click AI.

This is specifically for CAIOs, AI professionals, and consultants who are asking, “Okay, I’m certified. Now how do I actually move forward?”

Register here: https://site.mymobilelyfe.com/you-got-ai-certified-now-what?webinar_affiliate=teri+moten

I’m leading a virtual workshop for business owners, entrepreneurs, and aspiring entrepreneurs who want to understand how AI can actually help in their business without making it complicated.

On June 24ᵗʰ at 10 AM CT, I’ll be leading AI Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated, hosted by SCORE Austin.

We’ll focus on practical ways to use AI to save time, strengthen marketing and research, and make better everyday business decisions. This is a good fit if you’re brand new to AI, have tried it a little, or already use it regularly but want to learn some nuances and practical ways to use it better.

You do not need to be technical. You just need to be ready to make AI more useful for the work you’re already doing.

👉🏾 Register here: https://www.score.org/il/north-cook-and-lake-counties/business-education/06-24-26-ai-doesnt-have-to-be-complicated/

AI In Action: here’s where I’ll be leading AI sessions in June.

I love looking at this schedule because it shows how many different groups are trying to figure out the same thing right now: how do we make AI practical, useful, and worth the time?

Business owners are asking it. Chambers and economic development partners are asking it. AI professionals and consultants are asking it. Women’s groups, trades professionals, nonprofit teams, and small business leaders are asking it too.

The answer is not the same for every room, and that is exactly why AI training cannot stay generic.

June 9ᵗʰ | Private Session
“AI As Your Thought Partner: Practical Ways Business Owners Can Save Time, Strengthen Marketing, and Make Better Decisions”
Sponsored by City Development Corporation of El Campo and El Campo Chamber of Commerce

June 10ᵗʰ | 12 PM CST | Virtual
“You Got AI Certified… Now What?”
Hosted by MyMobileLyfe + One-Click AI
For CAIOs, AI professionals, and consultants

June 11ᵗʰ | 10 AM CST | Virtual
“Build Your AI-Powered Business Growth Blueprint”
Sponsored by Houston AI Institute

June 11ᵗʰ | 6 PM CST | Private Session
“AI Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated”
Hosted by DFW Women’s Group

June 13ᵗʰ | 9 AM CST | Austin, Texas | In Person
“I’m in the Trades. Why Would I Need AI?”
Tool Belt to Trades Ownership Conference
Sponsored by SCORE Austin

June 24ᵗʰ | 10 AM CST | Virtual
“AI Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated”
Sponsored by SCORE Austin

June 27ᵗʰ | 10 AM CST | Private Session
AI training for a MyMobileLyfe nonprofit client

Public registration links for open sessions are available at bit.ly/terimoten. Some sessions listed are private and not open for public registration.

A business owner may need AI for marketing, planning, follow-up, research, and better decisions. A consultant may need help turning certification into a real business model. A trades professional may need to see how AI connects to estimates, customer communication, operations, ownership, and growth. A nonprofit team may need AI to help stretch limited resources, improve communication, support fundraising efforts, and spend more time focused on the mission.

That is why I keep saying AI adoption has to connect to the work people are actually doing.

If one of the public sessions fits where you are right now, I’d love to have you join me. And if your organization, chamber, association, business community, leadership team, or conference audience needs practical AI training people can understand and immediately apply, feel free to reach out.

Remember this if you have a business or an aspiring entrepreneur:

Closed mouths don’t get fed!

Before the week gets away from you, go ahead and make room for connection.

Join us this Thursday, June 4ᵗʰ for the next VIGOR Victoria meetup from 8:00–9:30 AM at Gardenhouse Coffee & Espresso Bar, 1908 N. Laurent, inside Victoria Tower.

VIGOR is not just another networking meetup. It is a place for real conversations, practical ideas, community support, and relationships that can open new doors.

We’ll start at 8:00 AM. Come ready to connect, share, and meet people who are invested in our local business community.

I’m honored to share that I’ll be speaking at the SHRM Coastal Bend Annual Conference on September 25ᵗʰ, 2026 in Corpus Christi.

I’ll be leading an interactive session on AI in HR focused on helping HR professionals move beyond curiosity and into practical application. My goal is for attendees to walk away with strategies they can begin using immediately in their roles, workflows, communication, planning, and decision-making, while learning how to think in and with AI.

HR needs to be at the table for AI adoption. Not just because of policy, but because people need guidance, confidence, training, and real-world application as organizations move forward.

If you’re an HR professional in the Coastal Bend, this is a conference you do not want to miss.

Early Bird registration ends June 30ᵗʰ.
Register here: https://cbshrm.org/Conference

Been saying this for the past 3 years.

Question is what are educational institutions and parents doing to make sure students and their children know how to use AI?

Parents, if your child’s school (especially 8th-12th grade and higher ed) are not actively teaching them how to utilize AI and use it in ways the work force wants them to think about AI (I’m not talking about STEM and robotics), you MUST make sure they are learning AI from somewhere.

USE THIS PROMPT TODAY FOR MONTH END INSIGHTS AND NEXT MONTH’S PLANNING!

Before you start planning June, it may be worth asking your AI what May already showed you.

If you use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, or another AI platform regularly, you probably have a lot of business insight sitting in your recent conversations, drafts, ideas, research, prompts, and planning.

The problem is most people keep moving so fast they never go back and review what they have been working through.

Try this before the month ends:

Prompt:

“Review the recent work, conversations, prompts, projects, ideas, drafts, research, and planning I have worked on in this AI platform over the past 30 days.

Create a month-end business review. Identify the biggest patterns, repeated priorities, unfinished ideas, missed opportunities, bottlenecks, and next-best actions.

Then give me:

1. A short executive summary
2. The top 5 patterns you notice
3. The 3 biggest opportunities for next month
4. The 3 things I should stop, simplify, or delegate
5. The 3 actions that would create the most momentum in the next 30 days
6. One practical AI workflow I should build or improve next month
7. Any clarifying questions you need before finalizing the recommendations

Keep it practical, honest, and focused on helping me make better business decisions.”

Important note: this works best if your AI platform can access your recent chats, projects, files, or history. If it cannot, paste in the key notes, summaries, or conversations you want it to review.

And do not just run the prompt and admire the answer.

Pick one insight and execute on it within 24 hours. Save this, add it to your prompt bank, and set a reminder to run it at the end of every month.

Let me know how it goes and what was a surprising or your biggest takeaway when you did this!

Thank you to the Dallas ISD Small Business Office for inviting me to present during the Knowledge is Power Virtual Business Conference.

It was such a strong event for small business owners and business leaders, and I was grateful to lead the AI in Business session.

This carousel gives a glimpse of a few takeaways from my hands-on, interactive session. The bigger message was simple: AI should not just help people create more content. It should help them solve real business problems, make better decisions, think more clearly, and use what they learn quickly.

One thing I say in almost every AI training I lead is this: do not attend AI workshops just to say you attended. Take one thing you learned and use it within 24 hours. That is where confidence starts to build.

I appreciate the attendees who showed up, asked questions, and leaned into the conversation. I also look forward to continuing to be a resource to the attendees, Dallas ISD Small Business Office, and the other presenting organizations.

When I train, my goal is not for people to leave impressed. My goal is for them to leave equipped.

If your organization, business community, association, or leadership team is looking for practical AI training that people can understand and actually use, DM me or visit bit.ly/terimoten.