Beer & Napkins

🔁 Ales & AI: Sharing What We’re Learning
📅 February 3| 6:30 PM | Venture X, Plush Mills

We’re back—this time with a community-powered session focused on real-world AI learning.
✨ What’s on tap:
— Community-led presentations on AI tools + projects
— “Show & Tell” moments from creators, tinkerers, and pros
— Small group convos exploring what’s working… and what’s not

Whether you’re deep into AI workflows or just getting started, this is the space to connect, learn, and grow together.

Come for the ideas. Stay for the community. 🍻

👥 Space is limited—RSVP at the link in bio! https://luma.com/6w2swixk

, , and Beer & Napkins go way back. I still remember those early yeast conversations and the spark behind wanting to build something different—something honest, rooted, and real.

First things first: let’s celebrate a good run in Greenville. That place held a lot of stories. Artists, creators, friends, experiments, late nights, and big ideas. It mattered. And it takes real wisdom to know when a chapter has run its course and to close it well. Mad respect for that call.

I’m genuinely glad to see them thriving in Anderson and excited to watch what’s next as Dave turns his attention to nurturing the farm in Walhalla. That feels like the right next season.

Grateful for the friendship, the openness to the creative community, and the years of shared ideas. If you haven’t already, go spend some time with them at Carolina Bauernhaus Anderson—good people doing good work.

🧠🍻 Ales & AI – Setting Goals in a Shifting Landscape

AI isn’t on the horizon—it’s already reshaping the terrain beneath us.

This isn’t a time for passive observation. It’s a call for community-centered insurgency—a grassroots movement where creatives, technologists, educators, and leaders come together to define how we’ll live, work, and thrive in an AI-shaped world.

If the future feels uncertain, the response is clear:

Embed yourself in a community that keeps its eyes on the landscape.That’s how we sharpen foresight, build resilience, and move with purpose.
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Join us Dec 16 at Venture X, as Beer and Napkins partners with the SC AI Collaborative to spark powerful conversations, share tools, and align around intentional AI goals.

Special thanks to our sponsor Joey Loman and SynergyMill

⚡ Lightning Rounds
🎯 Challenge Spotlight
🧩 Cross-functional Breakouts
🔁 Collective Roundback

Let’s do more than adapt—let’s design the future together.
📍 RSVP now: https://luma.com/2r0uo9xs
🔗 Link in bio

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” – Joseph Campbell.

At our latest Beer and Napkins Creator Session, Thomas
Riddle didn’t just talk about education—he handed us a map.

A map back to imagination.
Back to fun.
Back to the creative spark that gets buried under burnout and busywork.

Through his four pillars—Story, Space, Experience, and People—we were reminded that real transformation begins within.

✨ Want to design better spaces, schools, or systems?

First, design the story you’re living.Thomas challenged us to treat imagination as a discipline, not a daydream—and to bring playfulness and purpose back into our creative work.

Thanks to for the spark ⚡ And to and for the space to imagine what’s possible.

You up for it? Expand the brainpan!

🌀 What if the key to transforming your team, school, or creative work… was transforming yourself first?

Join us for an inspiring Creator Community of Design session featuring Thomas Riddle, award-winning educator and author of Imagineering Education.

✨ Through the powerful pillars of Story, Space, Experience, and People, Thomas will share how intentional design not only fuels learning and innovation—it shapes culture and purpose from the inside out.

🗓 Tuesday, November 18th, 2025
📍 Venture X | Plush Mills, Greenville SC
🕡 6:30 PM

RSVP in links above

Expect storytelling, thoughtful discussion, and creative cross-pollination. Open to designers, photographers, educators, builders, chefs, writers—anyone building something meaningful.

🔗 Learn more about Thomas:
🎟️ Free to attend | Hosted by
📚 www.imagineeringedu.com

🌀 What if the key to transforming your team, school, or creative work… was transforming yourself first?

Join us for an inspiring Creator Community of Design session featuring Thomas Riddle, award-winning educator and author of Imagineering Education.

✨ Through the powerful pillars of Story, Space, Experience, and People, Thomas will share how intentional design not only fuels learning and innovation—it shapes culture and purpose from the inside out.

🗓 Tuesday, November 18th, 2025
📍 Venture X | Plush Mills, Greenville SC
🕡 6:30 PM

RSVP in links above

Expect storytelling, thoughtful discussion, and creative cross-pollination. Open to designers, photographers, educators, builders, chefs, writers—anyone building something meaningful.

🔗 Learn more about Thomas:
🎟️ Free to attend | Hosted by
📚 www.imagineeringedu.com

⚡ Ales & AI is back!
Tuesday, September 9 · 6:30 PM
📍 Venture X Greenville
RSVP → https://luma.com/n1yau3fo

Craft beer. Smart conversations. Zero jargon.
We’re gathering again to share stories, tools, and challenges in this ever-evolving world of AI—through the lens of creativity, entrepreneurship, and community.

This is not a lecture.
It’s Ales & AI—a grassroots meetup by where thinkers, builders, and tinkerers come together to learn and design better, smarter futures.

💬 Lightning Rounds
🤖 Project Demos
🧠 Breakout conversations
🍻 And of course… beer.

Big thanks to our venue partner and all who make this community what it is.

Join us. Bring a friend. Bring a question. Bring a napkin.

✨ We all need more hands-on learning with AI — not just reading about it, but using it.

At our last Beer and Napkins Ales & AI meetup, I was lucky to connect with Michael J. Muyot, who shared powerful insights on how AI can help entrepreneurs, educators, and creatives turn ideas into action.
Michael just launched the IMMERSA Summer Sprint — a 5-week, AI-powered experience designed to help you push past overwhelm, sharpen your focus, and launch something real (no coding required!).

🔥 Early Access Link in Bio: immersa-summer-sprint-r5fh43g.gamma.site
🎉 Use code: earlybird20 for $200 off (this first week only!)
⚡ Spots are limited + filling fast!

From my AgileOPX + Beer and Napkins perspective, I love amplifying learning spaces like this — spaces where we stretch, collaborate, and apply.
If you’re curious, check it out! Let’s keep growing, building, and learning together.

📢 Ales & AI Recap – Our First Gathering Was a Hit!

What happens when you mix big ideas, a curious community, and a great space? You get the first-ever Ales & AI meetup—an incredible night of insight, discussion, and exploration into the evolving world of AI.

Key Takeaways from Meeting #1:
* AI Challenges & Opportunities – What’s shaping the future?
* Lightning Round Insights – Thanks to Gary for sparking great discussions on GROK AI, Google Analytics & AI, and how LLMs are shifting digital marketing.
* Attention Mechanisms – Exploring podcasts, newsletters, and video as the next frontier.
* Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing – We’re building a shared resource hub for AI tools and insights.

A huge thank you to everyone who attended and contributed, and a special shoutout to Chris Merritt & Matt Cook for hosting us at Atlas Local—the perfect space for these conversations!
🚀 What’s Next?
* Join the Slack! This will be our hub for ongoing discussions and resources. [Slack Link in Bio]
* Next Meetup Coming Soon—April 22nd at Atlas Local [RSVP in Bio]
* Got ideas, notes, or cool AI finds? Drop them in Slack or in the comments.

We’re just getting started, and this community is already shaping into something special. Looking forward to keeping this momentum going!

📸 Photo Credit: Lotterhos