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In This Issue
Context Training hit #1 on Amazon. By Friday evening, it ranked #1 in Document Management, #7 in Knowledge Capital, and #11 in Information Management in the Kindle Store.
What access is for. More ability to earn, save time, make choices, and shape how AI enters your life and work.
Three open doors. A remote AI strategy role, a major cross-industry stage, and a $5,000 startup fund.
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I'm an Amazon #1 bestselling author. ✨
I didn't have that on my bingo card at the beginning of 2026, but I know how to use AI, so I'm not surprised. AI is the greatest tool we have to compress time, which means you can accelerate results.
By Friday evening, Context Training ranked #1 in Document Management, #7 in Knowledge Capital, and #11 in Information Management in the Kindle Store.
September is full in the most literal way.
Between my husband's performances and my speaking calendar, we're going to be moving a lot. Next weekend, I'm giving a keynote at a conference in Atlanta. Later that week, I have Mic Drop Club in Nashville, then I'm heading to Indiana to lead a 90-minute Context Training session for HR professionals. I'll close the month as a panelist at an AI conference in Mississippi.
And right in the middle of all of it, I released that book.
I'm proud of that, and I'm excited about what it makes possible next.
I've also been spending time with ideas people tend to file under “woo,” including quantum leaps and manifestation. I see that as room to stay curious about how much we don't know. There are many religions, languages, cultures, and ways of knowing, being, seeing, doing, and achieving.
There are many paths to a life that feels expansive. |
Context Training comes from that same belief. There isn't one universal context, one definition of useful, or one right way to move through the world. AI can know more information than any one person and still miss what matters to you. Teaching it your world makes room for your way of knowing, your values, and the path you're actually trying to create.
AI is one of the rare technologies that can open entirely new paths. I put it in the same family as the personal computer, the internet, and the smartphone: technology that changes what one person can access, create, and move forward.
The book is out. I'll teach the ideas in rooms this month. Outside the engagements I've already committed to and the right opportunities that come to me, I'm focused on getting EverFreely ready for y'all.
EverFreely is where I'm putting Context Training to work. I'm building it to search worldwide for grants, speaking opportunities, press requests, and awards that fit what you do, then research them and prepare the application for you to review.
With Context Training as its foundation, it's been lovingly and carefully designed. I'm excited to see what happens when more people can spend less time searching and starting over, and more time acting on opportunities that can lead to more money, more time, and more options.
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CONTEXT TRAINING IS HERE
Teach AI your world so it can stop guessing and start doing useful work. The Kindle edition is $2.99 or free to read through Kindle Unlimited.
Get Context Training Now →
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AI access should expand your choices
This week's podcast breaks access into three layers: can you reach the technology, understand it, and direct it?
I want to take that one step further.
Access matters because of what it gives you room to do. |
More money can mean buying the organic food you want, investing in your business, taking the vacation, or filling the tank without doing math at the pump.
More time can mean being present with your family, taking care of your body, traveling slowly enough to enjoy where you are, or thinking about the future instead of only getting through the day.
More options can mean choosing work because it fits, leaving something that doesn't, living somewhere new for a while, or building an asset that keeps creating value when your calendar is closed.
That's the promise behind this newsletter, the book, Seed & Society, and EverFreely.
Entrepreneurship and AI go together like peanut butter and chocolate. Entrepreneurship gives you a way to own what you build. AI expands what one person can test, create, organize, and keep moving without being present for every step. Together, they can help turn knowledge into assets and repeated effort into systems.
Judgment still matters. So do privacy, bias, labor, energy use, ownership, and the very human question of who gets to shape these systems.
If you're concerned about AI, participation gives you more influence over how it's used. You can question it, set limits, advocate for better rules, build alternatives, teach people how to keep their humanity, or create systems that reflect values the largest companies may never prioritize on their own.
I haven't figured all of this out. I've figured out enough to know this:
Having an account isn't the same as having a say. |
Understanding the technology gives you more ability to direct it, challenge it, limit it, or decide where it doesn't belong.
That's why I created Context Training. It helps you move from having access to a tool to using it on purpose, with your own goals, experience, standards, and judgment still in the room.
Since this is Labor Day weekend in the United States, you may have an extra day. Use twenty minutes of it to connect AI to something you actually want more of.
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ONE THING TO DO TODAY
Grab Context Training now → Download the DRM-free PDF or EPUB that comes with your purchase, then add it to whichever AI you prefer, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, or Microsoft Copilot. Use the book to work through one real task today.
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The action is still yours. AI can help you get to it faster.
| GRANTS, SPEAKING, AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES |
Three open doors worth a look
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What: Lead discovery, design, and delivery for enterprise AI marketing use cases · Pay: $170,000 to $200,000 total compensation with an 80/20 salary-variable split · Where: Remote in North America; 10 to 25 percent travel · For: People who can connect customer needs, marketing strategy, data, and technical delivery
This role is a useful example of where AI work is moving. The job isn't only building technology. It's understanding the customer's business well enough to decide what the technology should do.
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What: Apply to speak at POSSIBLE 2027 in Miami Beach · Paid: Not stated · Deadline: December 11 · For: Founders, strategists, creators, brand leaders, startups, and innovators with an original idea, useful research, or a strong case study
The program includes AI governance and trust, leadership and the future of work, discovery and commerce, the creator economy, media, culture, and ideas that don't fit neatly into an existing category.
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What: A $5,000 microgrant for someone taking the first step toward starting a business · Deadline: September 22 · For: U.S. citizens or permanent residents age 18 or older who are National Fund for Women members · Cost: Membership is $15 per year
This award goes to an individual, not a company. The fund says its application takes only a few minutes, and members may apply for up to three September microgrants but can receive only one.
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I go deeper on why I priced the book at $2.99, the three layers of meaningful AI access, and why understanding the technology gives you more ability to direct it, question it, limit it, or choose not to use it.
The episode also explains exactly what purchasers can download, what Kindle Unlimited readers can access, and how to begin with one low-risk result.
The AI, podcast, book, and workflow tools behind Seed & Society, including what each one does and the full affiliate disclosure.
Browse the Seed & Society resources →
| LET'S CONNECT ON LINKEDIN |
LinkedIn is where I share the work as it's happening: what I'm learning while building EverFreely, what Context Training looks like in real situations, the travel and life the systems make room for, and the decisions that change along the way.
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Until next time, continue planting the Seeds for a better Society.
Makeda
Forward this to the person who keeps saying, “I know I could be using AI better.” This is where they begin. 🦋
The content shared by Seed & Society® is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing here constitutes financial, investment, or legal advice. All opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect the views of my employer.
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