The Society of Professional Consultants

The Society of Professional Consultants (SPC) is a professional development organization for independent consultants, solo professionals, and entrepreneurs. We offer networking, mentoring, and education for our members. The SPC facilitates virtual networking and workshops for both new and experienced consultants from around the world. Our membership is limited to solo consultants and business owners.

We encourage our members to collaborate, share best practices, and learn from each other. The SPC is not a referral network and we don't require our members to refer business to each other.

The SPC welcomes and encourages participation in our community by consultants of all ages, backgrounds, and identities. We are committed to promoting and sustaining a culture that values mutual respect, tolerance, and learning. Our standards of conduct page has more information about our policies and member responsibilities.

Virtual Workshop - Thursday, March 19, 2026

AI is in Everything Everywhere All the Time: How to Legally and Ethically Incorporate AI into Your Consulting Business

Artificial Intelligence is now baked into almost every tool you use—email, slides, search, CRMs—so the real question for consultants isn’t if you’ll use AI, but how to do it without risking your reputation or your business.

In this one-hour, plain-English workshop led by Erin Austin, you’ll learn how to fold AI into your everyday workflow in ways that are legally compliant and ethically solid.

We’ll cover what you need to know about protecting your intellectual property, ownership of AI-generated content, how to protect your clients’ confidential and proprietary information, and where the real legal and ethical red lines are.

You’ll leave with:

• A simple framework for deciding when and how to use AI
• Do/don’t examples tailored to consulting work
• Key phrases you can use to explain your AI use to clients
• A short checklist to start your own AI use guidelines for your practice

There’s no charge for this workshop.

About Our Speaker

Harvard-trained intellectual property lawyer and AI legal strategist Erin Austin empowers experts, consultants, and creators to protect what makes them irreplaceable in an AI-driven world. Drawing on deep legal expertise, behavioral research, and real-world examples, Erin exposes how unchecked AI adoption is reshaping authorship, eroding trust, and blurring the boundaries of ownership.

Her provocative keynotes challenge professionals to proactively claim their ideas, safeguard client relationships, and lead with integrity—even as lawmakers lag behind. Erin equips audiences with the tools to navigate legal uncertainty, resist commoditization, and set their own ethical standards for success in the age of AI.