Epic Events Podcast with
Noah Cheyer

Practical AI for Event Professionals: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Where to Start

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  • Noah Cheyer

    Noah Cheyer is the Head of Marketing & Operations and co-founder at Speak About AI, the first speaker agency dedicated to AI experts. He's booked Siri founders and Google executives to speak at leading international organizations, including Juniper Networks, Rio Innovation Week, and ST Engineering. Noah also writes the newsletter Do More With Less Using AI, where he shares practical AI applications for the events industry based on hundreds of conversations with event professionals and AI experts.

About the Episode

Still drowning in spreadsheets while everyone else claims AI is changing their life?

Two years into the AI boom, most event professionals aren’t any better at using it than they were at the start. The LinkedIn gurus share their magic prompts, but when you try them for your event, they barely work. You’re left wondering if AI is just overhyped or if you’re missing something.

In this episode, Muhammad Younas sits down with Noah Cheyer to cut through the noise. You’ll hear about the AI tools Noah personally uses to automate the boring stuff, why most AI projects fail (and how to avoid that), and his bold prediction about what’s going to change event planning forever. No jargon, no hype, just honest talk about where AI helps and where it doesn’t.

Key Takeaways

  • Most people aren’t actually getting better at using AI, even two years in. The collective understanding hasn’t improved much despite all the content out there.
  • AI works best when you focus on automating repetitive tasks, not trying to replace strategic thinking or creativity.
  • Start with paid AI tools instead of free ones. Claude, ChatGPT Plus, and Perplexity Pro give you better results and are worth the $20/month investment.
  • Use Claude Code to build custom tools without being technical. It connects to your website and desktop, letting you create solutions through simple text commands.
  • Try Outrank for SEO content if you manage a website. It automatically writes and publishes blog posts, saving hours on first drafts.
  • Google Sheets and Excel are the next skills AI will make obsolete. Soon you’ll prompt spreadsheets to build complex formulas instead of learning them manually.
  • AI integration in tools like Airtable will let you create and adjust spreadsheets by typing what you want, not wrestling with formulas.
  • Don’t expect perfection from AI’s first draft. Think of it as a collaborative system where you guide it to what you need.
  • The best way to learn AI is by sitting with people who do your job and seeing their painful workflows, then testing what AI can actually improve.
  • Be realistic about AI’s limits. It saves time on specific tasks but doesn’t work for everything, and understanding why helps you use it better.