September 11-13, 2026
Hybrid & Bilingual Workshop
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FRIDAY, September 11, 2026
A Working Digital Newsletter for AA Service
5:00pm || Presenter: John B., Area 72
A web-based digital newsletter replaced a 60-year-old print process in Area 72 after an eight-month prototype and assembly approval.
CNCA General Service App
5:30pm || Presenter: Dan B., Area 06, CNCA
Improve communication and GSR engagement by centralizing announcements, business items, events, and service resources in a mobile app designed for quick access at the group, district, and area levels.
Area 06: Spanish Interpretation & Translation
7:00pm || Presenter: Drew B. & Luis R., Area 06
Demonstrate how professional interpretation, translated materials, radio equipment, and Zoom language tools can reduce language barriers and strengthen participation in bilingual AA service.
Access Made Service Possible
8:00pm || Presenter: Lizzy C., Area 18
Remove barriers to participation by using online meetings and accessible digital tools to support members who may be limited by disability, caregiving, distance, language, or other circumstances.
SATURDAY, September 12, 2026
Using Artificial Intelligence in General Service
8:30am || Presenter: Lori M., Area 29
Apply AI to data analysis, financial review, research, resource development, and continuity while keeping personal information, human judgment, and the realities of service rotation in view.
Opening the NAATW Library: Web Accessibility & Digital Archives
9:15am || Presenter: Carolyn H., NAATW
Organize more than a decade of workshop materials into a searchable digital library that improves discoverability, accessibility, archival consistency, and handoffs to future trusted servants.
GSO Tech Update
10:00am || Presenters: Clorinda V., Lorna G., GSO
Review current technology and communications work at the General Service Office, including operational systems, contributions, cybersecurity, digital publishing, accessibility, and the Everything AA app.
NAATW Inventory
10:30am || Presenter: Terry P., NAATW
Synthesize participant feedback on workshop access, bilingual participation, interactive learning, cost barriers, governance, communication, and opportunities for year-round technology service support.
Grapevine & La Viña Tech Update
1:15pm || Presenter: Niurka M. & Wendell O., AA Grapevine & La Viña
Examine Grapevine and La Viña digital publishing across websites, apps, podcasts, social media, email, security, advertising, and emerging ideas for natural-language archive search.
AI Tools for Trusted Servants & Special Workers
2:00pm || Presenter: Jackie B., San Francisco-Marin Intergroup
Use AI tools more effectively for writing, research, summarization, analysis, brainstorming, and design while preserving human voice, source verification, anonymity, privacy, and service responsibility.
Producing the AA Grapevine Half-Hour Variety Hour
4:00pm || Presenter: Sam M., AA Grapevine
Learn about the development and production of the AA Grapevine Half Hour Variety Hour along with practical guidance for building a sustainable podcast around audience, purpose, format, workflow, and simple tools.
Panel: Third Legacy Voting Apps
6:35pm || Presenter: Terry P., NAATW; Katie R., Area 29; John B., Area 72; Felipe S., SACYPAA
Compare several electronic voting approaches for Third Legacy elections, including anonymous ballots, QR codes, kiosks, automatic calculations, multilingual access, paper adjustments, and hat-draw procedures.
AI Search & the Newcomer: Is Your AA Website Ready?
8:00pm || Presenter: Kerri K., Area 46
Prepare AA websites for conversational and AI-assisted search by answering newcomer questions clearly, using reassuring language, improving page structure, and providing an obvious next step toward help.
Utilizing AI for Better Newcomer Outreach & Member Interaction
8:30pm || Presenter: Randy M., Area 10
Evaluate AA websites with AI-assisted tools that review newcomer access, member services, trusted-servant resources, and public outreach while using analytics and human fact-checking to guide improvements.
SUNDAY, September 13, 2026
AA in VR: Recovery Between the Physical and Digital Worlds
8:15am || Presenter: Paul H. & Jake, AAinVR
Explore virtual reality AA meetings that use avatars, spatial audio, immersive fellowship, and accessible devices to recreate community before, during, and after online meetings.
Lessons Learned Rebuilding the TIAA Front End
9:00am || Presenter: Mike F., TIAA
Learn about the rebuild of a technology forum’s public-facing website to improve outreach, search visibility, navigation, maintainability, analytics, and access to both AA resources and technical collaboration.
Area 06 Tech Team: Workshop Tech Production
9:45am || Presenter: Don L., Area 06
Build a resilient hybrid workshop with coordinated audio, video, projection, networking, backup equipment, defined volunteer roles, and documented procedures that keep both in-person and online participants connected.
Technology is on the Frontline of Communication
10:10am || Presenter: Robin T., Sacramento Central Office
Streamline Central Office and Intergroup communication by consolidating group records, email, accounting, newsletters, invoicing, and update workflows so rotating trusted servants can work from clearer and more consistent information.