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Exec Ed Workshop May 29, 2026

BUILDING WITH AI: FROM FRICTION TO INNOVATION

A 3-hour hands-on virtual workshop where you'll build a working AI-powered prototype that solves a real problem in your business. No programming experience required.

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Exec Ed Workshop June 24, 2026

BUILD YOUR OWN AI ASSISTANT

A hands-on workshop for business professionals. Build working AI assistants for email and data tasks — configure tone, templates, validation, and structured reporting, then leave with tools you can keep using.

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Exec Ed Workshop August 19, 2026

AI IN MARKETING: SMARTER DECISIONS, BETTER OUTCOMES

A clear-eyed look at how AI reshapes the core marketing decisions — who to reach, when to engage, what to say, and where to spend. Includes real cases and a readiness assessment for your organization.

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Exec Ed On-Demand Workshop

SALES ESSENTIALS

A self-paced online program from Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business. Build stronger sales presentations, sharper negotiation strategy, and more productive, lasting customer relationships — on your schedule.

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EXECUTIVE PH.D. IN BUSINESS

Earn your Ph.D. in Business on a part-time basis and gain the advanced knowledge and skills needed to conduct high-quality research on critical issues facing the business community.

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EXECUTIVE DATA ANALYTICS PROGRAM

Learn the history, core terms, and definitions to establish a robust understanding and application of data analytics to catalyze your business.

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CONTINUING & PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Continuing and Professional Education at Virginia Tech provides 350+ customized programs in fields including data analytics, cybersecurity, project management, executive coaching, and more.

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Purpose-Driven Leadership. Data-Driven Results.

Pamplin Executive Education empowers leaders to thrive in the digital age, where data, technology, and human insight intersect. Through our Centers of Excellence, we help organizations strengthen leadership, build digital capability, and drive measurable transformation.

Upcoming Workshops & Events

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Businesswoman typing on a laptop, working on an AI-powered prototype Hands-On Workshop May 29, 2026

Building With AI: From Friction to Innovation

3 Hours · 1:00 PM ET Virtual via Zoom $295 · Bundle discounts available

A 3-hour hands-on workshop where you'll build a working AI-powered prototype that solves a real problem in your business. No programming experience required.

Professional working with an AI assistant on a laptop Hands-On Workshop June 24, 2026

Build Your Own AI Assistant

3 Hours · 1:00 PM ET Virtual via Zoom $295 · Bundle discounts available

Build working AI assistants for two of your most common daily tasks: managing email and analyzing data. Leave with tools — and a reusable framework — you can keep refining in your own workflow.

Marketing professional designing on a tablet with color swatches Executive Workshop August 19, 2026

AI in Marketing: Smarter Decisions, Better Outcomes

3 Hours · 1:00 PM ET Virtual via Zoom $295 · Bundle discounts available

A clear-eyed, managerially useful view of how AI is reshaping marketing — when it should assist, when it should recommend, and when it shouldn't decide at all. Leaders leave with a framework, real cases, and an honest read on their own organization's readiness.

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Sales Essentials

10 Modules Online · Start Anytime $299

Build stronger presentation skills, sharper negotiation strategy, and more productive, lasting customer relationships — through self-paced online modules you can start anytime and finish at your own pace.

Learning That Works as Hard as You Do

Pamplin Executive Education unites Virginia Tech’s applied research, data expertise, and leadership practice under one integrated ecosystem.

Our programs help leaders and organizations accelerate innovation, adapt to disruption, and navigate the ethical, operational, and human dimensions of a rapidly changing digital landscape.

Built on Pamplin’s Hokie values of hard work, integrity, and purpose, every program combines academic rigor with practical impact.

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Self-Paced Learning

On-Demand Workshops

Build new skills on your schedule. Online modules you can start anytime and finish at your own pace.

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Our Core Themes

A focused portfolio for technology-driven leadership.

Digital Systems & Data Insights

Transform data into strategy. Programs equip leaders to interpret analytics, integrate AI responsibly, and design organizations where decisions are evidence-based and future-focused.

Focus Areas
  • Data storytelling and visualization
  • Predictive and prescriptive analytics
  • AI integration for business performance
  • Decision intelligence for executives

Privacy, Security, & Ethics of Digital Systems

Build trust in a connected world. Programs prepare executives to address cyber risk, AI ethics, and digital governance through a human-centered, values-driven lens.

Focus Areas
  • Cybersecurity strategy and resilience
  • AI ethics and governance
  • Data privacy and protection frameworks
  • Responsible innovation and regulation

Working & Leading in the Digital Age

Lead with authenticity and agility. These programs build emotional intelligence, communication capability, and digital fluency—skills essential for high-performing teams and client engagement in hybrid workplaces.

Focus Areas
  • Digital-era leadership and organizational culture
  • Coaching and communication for impact
  • Influence, negotiation, and trust-based selling
  • Team performance and change leadership

The Digital Marketplace

Innovate at the intersection of technology and opportunity. Programs cultivate entrepreneurial thinking within established organizations and prepare leaders to create value through digital ecosystems and customer-centric strategy.

Focus Areas
  • Innovation and intrapreneurship
  • Platform and ecosystem strategy
  • Data-informed marketing and growth
  • Experimentation and agile decision-making

Collaboration That Creates Impact

We co-design executive learning experiences with companies, government agencies, and nonprofits to build capability, inspire innovation, and deliver measurable results.

Your organization brings the mission; we bring the research, expertise, and operational backbone to make it happen. Together, we deliver results that last.

Focus Areas

  • Leadership and team effectiveness Compass with cardinal ticks and a needle
    Leadership and team effectiveness
  • Digital transformation and analytics strategy Microchip with connected pins and inner nodes
    Digital transformation and analytics strategy
  • Public and community impact Atom with three elliptical orbits and a nucleus
    Public and community impact
  • Responsible innovation and governance Civic dome with columns
    Responsible innovation and governance

Let’s Build What’s Next—Together

Tell us about your organization’s goals, challenges, or opportunities.

We’ll connect you with our team to co-create a solution that works.