Three Free Clicky AI Events This Summer and Autumn, and They Are Filling Up Fast

If there is one thing I have learned running partnerships here at Clicky, it is that the best conversations still happen in a room, over a coffee, with a real person. Slides and inboxes have their place, but they are not where the magic is.

That is why we run our events, and it is why I am genuinely excited about the next few months. We have three lined up: one online and two in our Manchester space on Lever Street. All of them are free, all of them are practical, and all of them circle the same big shift, how AI is changing marketing and what to actually do about it.

A quick word before you scroll. Our in-person rooms are small on purpose, around forty seats, because we would rather have a proper conversation than fill a conference hall. When our first Create with AI event ran back in March it filled up fast and we had to turn people away, which I hated doing. So if one of these is for you, please grab a seat sooner rather than later.

1. The AI Marketing Engine (online)

When: Tuesday 4 August 2026, 11:00 to 12:00 · Where: Online, join from anywhere · Price: Free

Great marketing has never been about tools alone. It is about judgement, creativity and knowing what actually moves the needle. The AI Marketing Engine is our answer to that: a way to combine the speed and scale of AI with the strategic and creative excellence of our people. The goal is not to replace marketers with machines, it is to give brilliant marketers superpowers, automating the repetitive, surfacing sharper insight, and freeing our teams for the work only humans do well.

In this session we will lift the bonnet and show you the Engine in action: the problems it solves, why we are building it, where it is heading next, and what it all means for the future of marketing. Because it runs online there is no seat limit, but it is the one hour I would clear the diary for.

Reserve your place at The AI Marketing Engine.

2. Create with AI, Part 2 (Manchester)

When: Thursday 17 September 2026, 9:30 to 11:00 (doors, breakfast and networking from 9:30) · Where: 47 Lever Street, Manchester M1 1FN · Price: Free

Our first Create with AI event in March was a real highlight of the year: a packed room, brilliant questions and a lot of "I did not know it could do that." So we are doing it again, and Part 2 is all about the visual side, generating images and video that actually look like your brand. No jargon, no hype, just hands-on sessions you can put to work the next morning.

Oli, our founder and CEO, will be leading it, and we are joined by a guest speaker, a lawyer, to talk honestly about rights, ownership and risk when you use AI-generated work. It is a standalone session, so you do not need to have been to Part 1 to get plenty from it. This is the one that sold out last time, so it sits right at the top of my "do not leave it too late" list.

Reserve your seat for Create with AI, Part 2.

3. Get Found: Winning at AI Search (Manchester)

When: Thursday 8 October 2026, 9:30 to 11:00 · Where: 47 Lever Street, Manchester M1 1FN · Price: Free

For twenty years, being found online meant ranking on Google. That world is changing fast. People increasingly ask AI a question and get a single, packaged answer, often without visiting a website at all. That is a threat if you are not ready, and a real opportunity if you are.

Michael Scott, our Head of Organic, will show you how AI search tools actually choose and cite their answers, where your brand appears today across Google's AI Overviews, ChatGPT and the rest, and the practical steps that make AI more likely to recommend you. We will even run a live audit on a volunteer business from the room. You do not need a technical background: if people find you through search, and they do, this session is for you. If you want a head start, our SEO team works on exactly this every day.

Reserve your seat for Get Found: Winning at AI Search.

How to grab a seat

Every one of these is free, and signing up takes about thirty seconds. Head to the event page, hit reserve, and we will send you a calendar invite and everything you need. You can see all three, plus anything else we add, on our events page.

The in-person seats really are limited, so if The AI Marketing Engine, Create with AI or Get Found is calling your name, please do not sit on it. And if you are not sure which one is right for you, or there is something specific you would like to talk through, just drop us a line. I read every message.

Hope to see you there.

Jon

Clicky™ / ClickyGroup™