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Professional development request — Build An Agent Day, Atlanta, GA

Hi [Manager name],

I'd like approval to attend Build An Agent Day, a one-day, hands-on AI training workshop on July 22, 2026 at Atlanta Tech Village (Buckhead) in Atlanta, GA. The ticket is $297, plus taxes and fees — the full eight-hour workshop, meals, materials, and a year of community access. It fits within a professional development budget, and the organizers provide receipts formatted for expense reports.

This isn't a conference where I'd sit through talks. It's a working session where every attendee builds a functioning AI agent during the day, with instruction across the three major agent platforms (Claude Cowork, ChatGPT Agents, and Manus) and the S.M.A.R.T. Framework for deciding which workflows are actually worth automating.

What we get out of it:
- I come back with a working AI agent, not just notes.
- A repeatable framework for evaluating what to automate next, so this isn't a one-off.
- I'll run a short knowledge-share with the team afterward and document what I learn, so the ticket covers more than one person's training.

On cost: at $297, the math is forgiving. If the agent I build saves even two hours a week of routine work, that's roughly 100 hours a year — the ticket pays for itself in the first month at any reasonable loaded labor rate. And that's before counting anything the rest of the team picks up from the knowledge-share.

Early-bird pricing covers the first 100 tickets, so I'd like to register soon to hold the lower rate.

Details are at buildanagent.io if you want to look it over. Happy to answer any questions.

Thanks,
[Your name]