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Enhancing Service with Smart Tools
Elevate your client communication and service delivery with AI. Learn how to create more responsive, inclusive, and consistent customer experiences by integrating AI into the front lines of your business.
Learning Outcomes:
Enhance customer satisfaction by using AI tools to streamline and personalize client communication.
Participants Will Learn To:
• Write natural, empathetic replies using AI-assisted tools
• Draft FAQs, intake forms, and policy guides with consistent tone and clarity
• Simplify complex messaging and make it accessible across audiences
• Collect and analyze customer feedback to improve service design
Bio: Serena Smith is the Owner and Principal Consultant of SEA45 Compliance, Consult & Creative, a Canadian Digital Marketing & Management Firm that supports small businesses, not-for-profits, government projects, and educational institutions in developing and expanding resilient, future-ready businesses. Her work goes beyond traditional consulting by integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) to help clients navigate, optimize, and streamline their operations in the digital economy.
In addition to private consulting, Serena delivers specialized workshops and advisory services through national programs with Community Futures BC and the Chamber of Commerce Canada. Her facilitation includes work in Accessible Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurs with Disabilities, PRIDE/LGBTQ2S+ programming, rural and remote business development, and disaster recovery relief initiatives. She is known for her ability to translate complex digital strategies into practical, inclusive tools for diverse communities across Canada.
With a deep love of design and mentorship, Serena holds a degree in Fashion, Design and Technology from The Wilson School of Design, writing and teaching design and technology programs at The Wilson School of Design, LaSalle College Vancouver, Okanagan College, and North Island College. Serena is also the Co-Founder and Founding President of North Island Cannabis, Vancouver Island’s first licensed cannabis retailer.
Before devoting herself to education and entrepreneurship full time, Serena spent a decade in the apparel industry working with brands such as MEC, Cannondale, Sugoi, Sport Chek, Atmosphere, Canadian Tire, Mark’s, Diadora, McKinley, Firefly, Huntshield, Woods, Outbound, Bootlegger, David Suzuki, and the Vancouver Canucks.
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CFBC is the provincial association for the Community Futures Development Corporation. Since 1992 we've been fostering entrepreneurship and economic development in rural BC through our 34 member offices. Learn More.
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