About The Event
Masterclass Fees:
R 11,999 Excl vat (per delegate)
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Venue: Protea Hotel Balalaika Sandton Johannesburg
Where
Protea Hotel Balalaika Sandton Johannesburg
When
Wednesday to Thursday
18 Nov To 19 Nov, 2026
Event Overview
Marketing teams are under pressure to deliver faster campaigns, better content, stronger customer insight, clearer reporting and measurable ROI, while also managing the risks that come with AI use.
AI-Powered Marketing Performance: Smarter Campaigns, Stronger Governance, Better ROI is a practical 2-day masterclass designed to help marketing teams move from scattered AI experimentation to a more structured, governed and performance-focused way of working.
This is not another AI tools demonstration. It is a practical masterclass for marketing teams that need smarter campaigns, safer AI use, better content workflows, stronger reporting and measurable ROI.
Delivered through the Zanetti AI Framework™, the masterclass shows delegates how to apply AI across everyday marketing work, governance, analytics, automation, content production and practical implementation.
Who Should Attend
• Chief Marketing Officers, Marketing Directors and Heads of Marketing.
• Brand, Campaign, Digital and Performance Marketing Managers.
• Content Creators, Copywriters, Social Media Managers and Creative Teams.
• Corporate Communication, PR and Reputation Management Professionals.
• Customer Experience, CRM and Customer Journey Leaders.
• Marketing Analytics, Data, Insights and Marketing Operations Teams.
• Sales Enablement and Customer Relationship Leaders.
• Advertising, Creative, Digital and Media Agencies.
• Marketing Consultants, AI Consultants and Martech Solution Providers.
• Returning AI Marketing Masterclass delegates ready for the next level.
Why Attend
Event Highlights
• Smarter campaigns: Learn how AI can improve campaign thinking, planning, execution and performance.
• Stronger governance: Understand how to use AI safely, consistently and responsibly in a corporate marketing environment.
• Better everyday marketing workflows: Improve writing, planning, research, reporting, content development and communication tasks.
• Reusable AI capability: Build practical AI assets that can be used repeatedly across marketing work.
• AI agents and automation: Explore how AI can support larger, more complex marketing initiatives.
• Stronger reporting and ROI conversations: Use AI to improve analysis, reporting and leadership-ready performance insights.
• Practical roadmap: Leave with clearer next steps for applying AI inside a real marketing environment.
Benefits of Attending
Delegates will learn how to move from scattered AI experimentation to structured, measurable marketing improvement. The agenda has been designed to help each delegate connect AI to their specific role while understanding the enterprise logic that makes AI more reliable, governable and scalable.
• Build a clearer enterprise view of how AI should be used in marketing.
• Improve everyday marketing work through stronger prompting, structure and control.
• Create practical AI injectors for campaigns, content, insight and reporting.
• Understand how agents, AgentNitro™ and MissionChain™ support larger initiatives.
• Use AI for stronger analytics, reporting, automation and implementation.
• Develop responsible AI practices that protect brand trust and reduce risk.
For Past AI Marketing Masterclass Delegates
If you attended one of our previous AI Marketing Masterclasses, this is your next step.
The earlier masterclasses helped delegates explore AI tools, prompting, content generation, campaign planning and practical AI use. This upgraded masterclass now moves beyond tool exploration into a more structured enterprise marketing AI model.
You will learn how to use AI more safely, consistently and strategically across campaigns, content, insight, reporting, automation and governance, using the Zanetti AI Framework™.
This is not a repeat of the previous programme. It is the next-level masterclass for marketing professionals who are ready to move from AI experimentation to measurable marketing performance.
Past delegates will benefit by learning how to:
• Move from basic AI tool use to structured AI marketing workflows.
• Improve governance, control and brand safety when using AI.
• Build reusable AI skills and assets for everyday marketing work.
• Use AI for stronger reporting, analytics and performance conversations.
• Apply AI more strategically across campaigns, content, automation and ROI.
• Leave with a practical 30-day AI Marketing Performance Roadmap.
You have explored the tools. Now learn how to make AI perform.
Event Speakers
Here are some of our speakers
Simone Zanetti
Founder & Chief AI Strategist
Simone Zanetti AI | AI 4 Business
Simone Zanetti
In a digital age defined by transformation, Simone Zanetti stands at the nexus of innovation. With over 30 years of navigating the intricate pathways of HR, AI and technology, Simone isn’t just a digital advocate; he's a visionary who has continuously shaped and anticipated technological waves.
As the powerhouse behind 'Stone in the Shoe' and the influential “BRAND UP with Simone Zanetti” series, he has relentlessly championed AI’s transformative potential since 2002, predicting its ascension and preparing businesses for its impactful embrace.
It's not just Simone's deep expertise in AI that makes him unique: recognised with accolades such as 'Innovation', 'Business Person of the Year', and 'Project of the Year', Simone is not just a tech enthusiast. His content creation pursuits since 1991 — spanning the realms of photography, filmmaking, animation, and music — underpin his belief in the potency of compelling narratives, which are crucial in internal communications.
Event Schedule
Here is our event schedule
AI-Powered Marketing Performance Masterclass
Opening Remarks: From AI Tools to Enterprise Marketing Performance
by Simone Zanetti
• Understand why this masterclass is the next evolution of previous AI Marketing Masterclasses.
• Reframe AI as a performance and governance enabler, not just a productivity tool.
• Establish the practical outcomes delegates will work towards during the programme.
From AI Hype to Real Marketing Performance
by Simone Zanetti
• Understand the current limitations of AI and what is realistically possible now.
• Place marketing AI in the context of global developments and the South African/African environment.
• See why corporate teams need a structured AI working model.
• Identify where marketing teams are still using AI in a random or fragmented way.
Making AI Safe, Reliable and Useful for Everyday Marketing Work
by Simone Zanetti
• Understand why governance and control must come before scaling AI use.
• Learn how to reduce risk in everyday AI-supported marketing work.
• Use structured AI reasoning to improve writing, planning and decision-making.
• Move from better prompts to better marketing performance.
Building Reusable AI Skills for Campaigns, Content, Insight and Reporting
by Simone Zanetti
• Understand what reusable AI skills are and why they matter in corporate marketing.
• Build practical AI Injectors™ that can be used immediately after the masterclass.
• Improve consistency across campaigns, content, research and reporting.
• Create reusable capability instead of starting from zero every time.
Practical Lab I: Create Your Own Marketing AI Injector™
by Simone Zanetti
• Apply the framework to a real marketing challenge.
• Build a practical AI asset for immediate use.
• Understand how to create additional injectors for future marketing needs.
Using AI Agents to Support Larger Marketing Workflows
by Simone Zanetti
• Understand how simple agents can support marketing work.
• See how multi-skill agents can improve larger workflows.
• Understand how coordinated agents can support more complex marketing initiatives.
• Match agent structures to real marketing performance challenges.
Practical Application: Matching AI Capability to Real Marketing Workflows
by Simone Zanetti
• Identify where agents can support campaigns, content, insight, reporting or operations.
• Connect AI capability to practical marketing workflows.
• Prepare for Day 2 applications in analytics, reporting, automation and production.
Wrap-Up: From AI Activity to Structured Marketing Execution
by Simone Zanetti
• Review the most useful lessons from Day 1.
• Identify practical use cases for immediate application.
• Prepare for Day 2’s focus on analysis, automation, production and implementation.
Recap: What Must Change When AI Becomes a Working Model?
by Simone Zanetti
• Revisit the key principles from Day 1.
• Connect AI use to marketing performance and governance.
• Prepare for the final sessions on analytics, automation and production.
Better Marketing Decisions Through AI Analytics, Reporting and Automation
by Simone Zanetti
• Use AI to interpret marketing information and extract useful insights.
• Build clearer reports that connect marketing activity to business outcomes.
• Identify practical automation opportunities that support better execution.
• Improve performance conversations with leadership and internal stakeholders.
Generative AI for Multimedia, Content and Production Workflows
by Simone Zanetti
• Use AI to support voice, image, video and content production workflows.
• Understand where multimedia generation adds real commercial value.
• Strengthen production capability without losing governance or brand control.
• Connect production workflows to marketing performance and practical execution.
: Bringing Governance, Capability and Performance Together
by Simone Zanetti
• Prevent fragmented and inconsistent AI use across marketing teams.
• Build shared workflows across leadership, content, campaign, data and agency roles.
• Create a more practical AI operating model that improves collaboration and reduces risk.
Responsible AI in Marketing: Protecting Brand Trust While Improving Performance
by Simone Zanetti
• Identify the key risks linked to AI-generated marketing activity.
• Build practical review processes for brand safety, accuracy and compliance.
• Create responsible AI guidelines that support innovation without exposing the brand.
Final Working Session: Shape Your 30-Day AI Marketing Performance Roadmap
by Simone Zanetti
• Build a realistic AI marketing implementation plan.
• Prioritise quick wins across workflow, insight, content, agents and reporting.
• Create a practical roadmap that can be shared with managers, teams or clients.
Final Q&A, Delegate Commitments and Certificates
by Simone Zanetti
• Clarify final implementation questions.
• Commit to immediate next steps after the event.
• Leave with a practical AI-powered performance roadmap.
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