Playbooks are why some AI results blow you away and others are garbage. AI is really good at doing things repeatedly. Exactly the same way every time. But only if you give it enough information about exactly what you want. A playbook is just a step-by-step process with detailed instructions for each step. Nothing fancy. And to make it even easier, you don't have to write it yourself. Talk to AI with your voice, tell it your process, and let it write the playbook for you. Then test it. Tweak it. Keep testing. When it finally works exactly how you want? Every time after that it should work pretty consistently. Documentation isn't glamorous. But it's the difference between AI that kind of helps and AI that actually works. Anyone give this a try or want to hear about it more?

Great conversation today! Wanted to share a few easy tips to help you get started with AI. 1) Use the tools that easiest to access. People often ask me which tools are best. And my answer is "The AI Tools you actually use". If you use Microsoft then it's probably Copilot. If you use Gmail/Google Docs then use Gemini If you have flexibility then try Claude 2) Try using AI for the work you are already doing! You don't need to make up work to test AI. Just see if it can help with the tasks that you already have to do. 3) Remember to use critical thinking and discernment. Your experience and expertise is your super power when using AI. AI is happy to do whatever you ask, but it's your job to determine if what AI made was actually good. Hope you all have a great weekend!

“Everybody should be thinking about AI, no matter what they do for a living.” - Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard Economist

I'm doing a personal project to collect hundred of newsletters about fundraising and to analyze and summarize with AI to find tips and best-pratices over time. I created a deep research prompt to find them and put them in a table format so I can choose which ones to include. I'm including the generic version of the Deep Research prompt as a PDF in case it is helpful for anyone else. Just put it into AI and ask it to modify for your specific topic you are wanting to research. Once it is modified, use your favorite deep research tool like Perplexity or OpenAI Deep Research. Let me know how it goes if your try it!

Hey everyone, I apologize for not being as active and sharing more useful things with you all. I've been taking some time to focus on building some AI automations and agents. I'm working on creating an AI Agent that will help nonprofits (or anyone) take the next step in their AI journey. Also working on a Blog Content Marketing Engine to start produce more valuable content at scale with automations. I had to update my own internal AI Assistant Builder and wanted to share in case it is helpful for you. This one is a little concise and designed more for automations but still works great for any AI Assistant you need to build. I've been using this one a lot.