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Claude for marketing and communications teams

Live, no-pitch sessions by Tim Haines. Virtual or in person across Michigan, Chicago, and the Midwest.

Book a 15-minute call to check dates.

Why teams book Tim

Tim founded a marketing agency, grew it for eight years, and sold it. He now teaches marketing and communications teams to use Claude and Claude Code without a developer, including the custom AI curriculum he built for Salesforce Workforce Navigators.

Every session is built from work his team runs every week: campaigns, list cleanup, automations, and AI experiments. Nothing is theoretical. Attendees leave with something they can use the same day.

Enterprise

Salesforce Workforce Navigators custom AI curriculum

Live events

Claude Code workshops at Bamboo Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, and Detroit

Community

Midwest Marketing Meetup, 288 members

Press

Rapid Growth Media, "Free AI Classes Aim to Narrow the Digital Knowledge Gap"

Sessions

1. Claude Code for Marketing and Communications Leaders

60 to 90 minutes. Talk plus live demo. Best for association chapters, leadership series, and internal team meetings.

  • The difference between chat AI, Claude Cowork, and Claude Code, and when a marketing team should use each
  • Live: clean a list, segment an audience, draft and QA a campaign, and wire two tools together with no developer
  • Guardrails: plan mode, hard rules, and review steps that keep a team from shipping mistakes at machine speed
  • What to hand a person, what to hand an agent, and how to tell the difference

2. Wading into Claude Code (hands-on workshop)

About 2 hours. 10 to 50 people. Laptops welcome. Best for companies, coworking communities, and member organizations that want their people building, not watching.

  • Full-site SEO audit: Claude Code runs parallel agents to audit a real website's performance, accessibility, and search visibility
  • Website build and deploy: a branded, working site from a single prompt, deployed live
  • Scripts and automations: reusable jobs (email monitoring, scheduled tasks, reporting) that keep running after they are built
  • Setup you can repeat: how to organize sessions, find safe open-source tools, and move from prompting to orchestrating agents

Short description (for event listings)

A hands-on, 2-hour workshop on AI agents and Claude Code for non-developers. Watch live demos of full-site SEO audits, website builds, and scheduled agents, then learn how to set it up yourself. No coding background required.

Recent sessions

  • Email and Social Marketing with Claude, Bamboo Grand Rapids, June 24, 2026
  • Hire an AI: Build a Custom Digital Assistant, National Small Business Week, Bamboo Grand Rapids, May 7, 2026
  • Wading into Claude Code, Bamboo Detroit, April 22, 2026
  • Wading into Claude Code, Bamboo Ann Arbor, April 21, 2026
  • Wading into Claude Code, Bamboo Grand Rapids, March 24, 2026
  • LinkedIn Mastery for Workforce Navigators, Salesforce, recorded training
  • Crash That Course Show and Tell series: Fractional Hacks for Lean Teams, ChatGPT Marketing Sprint, Marketing Automations for Non-Developers

About Tim Haines

Timothy Haines is the founder of Unicorn Flames, a West Michigan venture studio, and the creator of Crash That Course, a hands-on AI education series. He founded a marketing agency, grew it for eight years, and sold it, and brings 15+ years of experience in marketing, recruiting, and technology education.

Tim built custom AI training programs in partnership with Salesforce Workforce Navigators, supporting professionals with disabilities navigating career transitions in the Salesforce ecosystem. He leads live, unscripted demos of Claude, Python automations, and AI workflows for non-developers, and runs the Midwest Marketing Meetup, a 288-member community for marketers, creatives, and technologists.

Short bio (for event listings)

Tim Haines founded a marketing agency, grew it for eight years, and sold it. Today he teaches marketing and communications teams to use Claude and Claude Code without a developer, including the custom AI curriculum he built for Salesforce Workforce Navigators. He is the founder of Unicorn Flames and Crash That Course and hosts the Midwest Marketing Meetup.

Logistics

Formats

Talk, keynote, panel, or hands-on workshop

Where

Virtual, or in person in Michigan, Chicago, and the Midwest

A/V needs

Screen or projector, HDMI or USB-C, Wi-Fi

Fees

Free for associations and community groups. Company workshops quoted on request.

Book a 15-minute call or email tim@unicornflames.com.