Welcome
Hey there, I’m Monica Poling — an Albuquerque-based AI strategist, speaker, and knowledge consultant. I help small and medium businesses use AI to organize, capture, and monetize what they know.
Not sure where to start? Here’s a quick tour.
About Monica Poling
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Before you revise your strategy, invest in growth, or announce your next move — understand what’s working in your favor. And what might be holding you back. Get your free POWER Score to see your hidden opportunities, untapped strengths, and the market signals that are hiding in plain sight.
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🎤 Looking for a Speaker?
I present keynotes, workshops, and training on AI strategy, knowledge systems, and turning expertise into authority.
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Upcoming Events
Using AI Without Losing Your Voice
Learn now to use AI as a thinking partner while keeping your ideas, judgment, and business personality unmistakably yours.
Oct. 27, 2026 | noon | Free | SCORE.org | Webinar
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📚 Start Reading
Know Your Edge Identity, positioning, and what makes you irreplaceable
- The Anatomy of Wow
- Why Your Reputation Is Your Unfair Advantage
- Is Your Expertise Buried in an Info Dungeon?
Think Smarter with AI Strategy, tools, and how to use AI as a thinking partner
- Your AI Isn’t Thinking. It’s Playing Tetris
- PCR: The Shortest (and Most Powerful) AI Prompt
- Riding the Fire Horse (Without Getting Burned)
- Anxiety as a Service
Build Momentum Frameworks for moving from vision to execution
- The Frog Always Dies
- Find Your Polaris: Your Constant in a Shifting World
- The One-Page Strategic Plan to Get You Moving
Monetize Your Knowledge Turn what you know into what you’re known for
- Is Your Expertise Buried in an Info Dungeon?
- Three Pillars of Artificial Intelligence
- AI in 2025: A Year of Beautiful Chaos
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Simplify Your Marketing. Amplify Your Impact
Hey there! I’m Monica Poling and I help creative and mission-driven leaders use AI to turn ideas into action—and build businesses that grow sustainably without losing their voice.
Welcome to my website. Want a quick tour? Check out the key links below.
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🧩 Free AI Strategy Guide for Creative Leaders
Grab the guide and you’ll be subscribed to my weekly newsletter with marketing and AI tips for creative leaders and mission-driven pros.
🎤 Looking for a Speaker?
I present workshops, training and keynote speeches on AI, automation, systems and customer relations.
🎤 Join AI Office Hours
Have questions about AI? Ready to level up your game? Join my free, monthly AI Office Hours to connect with other creative leaders and get your questions answered in this live forum.
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Catch Me at These Upcoming Events
Using AI Without Losing Your Voice
Learn now to use AI as a thinking partner while keeping your ideas, judgment, and business personality unmistakably yours.
Oct. 27, 2026 | noon | Free | SCORE.org | Webinar
[Register]
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Why Most Marketing Advice Doesn’t Work for Creative Leaders
For years, mainstream marketing advice has focused on businesses that fix problems—largely ignoring the creative industries. But creative leaders don’t sell solutions; they create experiences, connection, and meaning.
Marketing With Purpose (MWP) is a framework I developed to fill that gap.
It helps creative and mission-driven organizations align purpose with practice—defining what they stand for, who they serve, and how to communicate their value with confidence
Clarity – Know who you serve and the transformation you deliver
Trust – Build meaningful, long-term relationships based on trust
Awareness – Show up in the right places at the right time with the right message
Systems – Automate what you can so you can focus on what matters most
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About Monica Poling
I’ve spent two decades helping creative organizations and cultural changemakers turn vision into measurable results. Today, I teach leaders how to pair strategy with creativity—using AI to simplify the work and amplify their vision.
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Strategy doesn’t kill creativity—it makes room for it.
– Monica Poling
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Featured Insights
AI For Creative Leaders
Simplify with Automation
Marketing & Branding
Strategic Planning
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Cultural Tourism & the Creative Industries
Cultural tourism celebrates the arts, heritage, and character of a place—building authentic connections between visitors and communities.”
Why Cultural Tourism Matters
- $1.2 trillion global industry with culture-focused travelers spending 38% more and staying longer
- Sustainable economic impact for communities (especially rural locations)
- Preserves heritage and traditions while creating meaningful visitor connections
- Supports local artists, chefs, farmers, and other culture bearers
- Builds community pride and identity
Cultural Tourism & the Creative Industries Insights
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Work With Me
Ask the
Expert
Turn your organizational knowledge into your biggest business asset
Most businesses have incredible expertise — but that knowledge is buried in emails, documents, and people’s heads — their website barely scratches the surface. That gap quietly costs leads, sales, and trust. Ask the Expert turns your expertise into a 24/7 AI-powered search engine and knowledge base.
Data on Tap
AI-Generated Biz Tools
Imagine how AI can visualize your expertise (and collect leads)
Data on Tap is a growing collection of AI-powered intelligence visualization tools that turn your knowledge into an interactive playground — data visualizations, calculators, and more. Using AI, you can build most of these tools in an afternoon. Follow along as I show you how. (Or contact me to build one for you.)
AI Workshops for
Organizations & Teams
Practical AI for better decision making.
AI is reshaping every industry — but most of today’s training focuses on tools. My interactive sessions start with strategy – where is your business feeling friction and how can you use AI to organize, share and monetize your knowledge. Customizable for large and small groups.
Speaking &
Keynotes
Start with your Unfair Advantage
Most businesses can’t track where their revenue actually comes from — or where it’s quietly leaking out. These keynotes and sessions show audiences how to map their revenue, close the gap between strategy and execution, and use AI as a real thinking partner along the way. You leave with frameworks you can deploy Monday morning.
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