PRAIRIEMARK
AI for Main Street · Rapid City

One room, one screen, one real shop.

AI for Main Street is an evening for people who run a shop in Rapid City — a weeknight in a room, once a month. I ask an AI who to call for a trade in town, read its answer out loud, then build a page for a real shop on the screen and hand it back to the AI.

AI for Main Street, in one place

AI for Main Street is an evening for shop owners in Rapid City, SD — a weeknight in a room, once a month, about ninety minutes: coffee and visiting at the doors, a short welcome, one demo on a real shop, questions answered on the screen, a one-minute close, and the room open after.

AI for Main Street, in one place AI for Main Street is an evening for shop owners in Rapid City, SD — a weeknight in a room, once a month, about ninety minutes: coffee and visiting at the doors, a short welcome, one demo on a real shop, questions answered on the screen, a one-minute close, and the room open after. Nothing is sold in the room; the night, the room and the terms are set when each is fixed, and the way in is to ask Prairie Mark about the event.
The evening

What the evening is.

  1. Shop owners in one room in Rapid City, on a weeknight, once a month.
  2. About ninety minutes, and one question worked through on a real shop: who does an AI say to call?
  3. Nothing is sold in the room. You take home what you saw on the screen.
The room's ninety minutes

How the evening runs.

Five parts, in this order, the same every month.

  1. The doors: coffee, something to eat and visiting, with nothing on the screen for the first stretch.

  2. The welcome: a few minutes on who I am, what the evening is, and what it is not.

  3. The demo: about twenty minutes on one real shop — the search, the build, the read-back.

  4. The questions: about twenty minutes, each one answered on the screen where it can be shown.

  5. The close: about a minute, then the room stays open for coffee and talk.

The name:
AI for Main Street.
The cadence:
a weeknight, once a month; the night itself is named when it is fixed.
The length:
about ninety minutes of program, with the doors open ahead of it and the room open after.
The room:
a meeting room in Rapid City, sized so a small crowd reads full; named when it is held.
The room's parts:
the doors, the welcome, the demo, a second shop or the month's guest, the questions, the close, and the room open after.
The demo's shape:
one block, three beats — the search, the build, the read-back; a clock on the screen during the build, and no code on the screen.
The terms:
asked for at the door — ask about the event, and what is set is told plainly.
The demo

What you watch.

One demo, three beats, on a real Rapid City shop and in the owner's own words.

  • What is asked. I ask an AI who to call for a trade near Rapid City, the way a customer would, and read its answer out loud with nothing added.
  • What is built. A shop owner in the room answers four questions, and a page for the shop goes up on the screen with a clock running and no code in sight — then the AI reads it.
The answers

Straight answers about the evening.

Is this a sales pitch?
No. Nothing is sold in the room, by me or a guest.
Do I need to bring anything?
No. A shop with no website is who this is for.
When is the next one?
The date is set when it is set; ask.
The door

Ask about the next one.

The night and the room are fixed one at a time, and nothing is announced before they are. Ask, and I'll tell you what is settled and send word when the next one is.

Ask about the event