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I'm now a Claude Community Ambassador

What it means, why I said yes, and what I'll be doing with it in Belgrade and online: hands-on sessions, real demos, and practical Claude workflows.

I'm now a Claude Community Ambassador. In plain words: I help people around me learn to use Claude well, and I bring what the community needs back to the team that builds it.

Why me: I already use Claude every day for programs, research, writing and product specs, and I run communities. I gave the Claude as Co-Founder talk, and most questions afterwards were the same: where do I start, and what does it actually do well? This role lets me answer those properly.

What I'll do: run hands-on Claude sessions in Belgrade, building on Monthly Cyber Meetups, where people bring a real task and leave with a working result. Not slides about AI, but live work on your own problem.

Online, I'll share three things every week: one Claude Skill (a reusable set of instructions Claude follows), one artifact (a small working tool Claude builds in the chat), and one demo of a real task from start to finish.

Who it's for: founders, program managers, community builders and teams who are not developers but want real results from AI, not hype.

If you want a session for your team, community or program, or you have a workflow you want to see done with Claude, send me a message on LinkedIn.

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