{"id":131727,"date":"2026-05-29T17:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akeron.com\/vulki\/?post_type=eventi&#038;p=131727"},"modified":"2026-05-29T22:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:14:07","slug":"houston-forum-the-ai-enabled-sales-force","status":"publish","type":"eventi","link":"https:\/\/www.akeron.com\/vulki\/en\/events\/houston-forum-the-ai-enabled-sales-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Forum: The AI Enabled Sales Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"131727\" class=\"elementor elementor-131727\" data-elementor-post-type=\"eventi\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b93d65e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b93d65e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37c8c3d\" data-id=\"37c8c3d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4241e90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4241e90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br><br><br><br><b>June 25, 2026 |  11:30 AM - 3:30 PM CST | University of Houston\u2019s Bauer College of Business | Workshop<\/b><br>Lunch will be served<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b55f803 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b55f803\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cf8e22\" data-id=\"6cf8e22\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3664d92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3664d92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>Frontier sales organizations are transforming the sales function with AI. Learn how.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfce92e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfce92e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Few sales organizations are untouched by AI, but its impacts vary widely from one firm to the next. While some sales forces are content to dabble in new AI tools, others have embraced AI systemically. These \u201cfrontier sales organizations\u201d are applying AI across a range of sales-specific applications, and are seeing significant benefits in improved sales capacity and productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Join us at University of Houston\u2019s Bauer College of Business as we host a special forum focused on understanding frontier sales organizations, the performance benefits they are seeing from systemic AI adoption, and the AI applications and practices transforming the sales force.<\/p>\n<p>This half-day forum combines new Sales Management Association benchmarking from its recently concluded research on AI in Sales with real-world insights from AI practitioners and thought leaders. There is no cost to attend, and lunch will be served.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e63231 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e63231\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Topics will include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The latest benchmarking research on AI adoption, usage, and impact in sales organizations, drawing on insights from more than 100 large business-to-business sales organizations.<\/li>\n<li>Tactical approaches to implementing AI capabilities in specific types of sales work and sales organization capabilities. These include AI-enabled sales training, coaching, and development, AI-enabled sales performance management, AI\u2019s impact on incentive compensation design and management, and AI-based workflow automation and agentic tool deployment.<\/li>\n<li>Open discussion and practice sharing with a curated set of senior management attendees focused in sales force effectiveness and sales leadership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Attendance is limited to 30 senior leaders in sales leadership, sales operations, commercial effectiveness, and sales force effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Lunch will be served. 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