Appetizers ▾
Quick bites — simple tips you can use in 5 minutes or less
▶ Use your voice to ramble naturally to AI instead of typing perfect prompts. Conversational speech often produces better results.
▶ Your AI won't stop chatting? Tell it: "You are a short order cook. No intros, no fluff. Just bullet points." Fast, direct answers.
▶ Stop manually stitching project updates from scattered emails and chats. Throw all your "leftovers" into AI for a coherent summary.
▶ One message, three audiences. Ask AI to create spicy, medium, and mild versions of the same update — all from one source.
▶ Photo a bookshelf, upload to AI, and get personalized gift recommendations based on reading interests.
▶ Snap a photo of your fridge contents, upload to AI, and ask "what should I make for dinner?" Recipes from your actual ingredients.
▶ Stuck and overwhelmed? Prompt AI to "write a letter from my future self encouraging me about [project]." Breaks paralysis into action.
▶ Overwhelmed by AI suggestions? Ask AI to rate its own options in a table with specific criteria to cut through decision fatigue.
▶ After AI generates results, ask "can you double-check these?" It often catches its own errors on the second pass.
▶ Give AI a writing sample from someone, then ask it to rewrite your content in that same tone and style. Separate content from voice.
▶ Share screenshots with AI instead of typing descriptions. It processes visual information faster and more accurately.
▶ Set up scheduled AI tasks in Gemini — like "summarize my emails every day at 6 PM" — and have results delivered automatically.
▶ Talk to Copilot out loud instead of typing. Voice interaction makes AI feel more natural and accessible.
▶ Keep one chat open and iterate endlessly on the same project. AI won't get frustrated — come back hours later and pick up where you left off.
▶ Get a Copilot-generated summary of your week across Teams, emails, and meetings — served in whatever tone you need.
▶ Stop hunting for templates. Have Zoom AI Companion create a custom one tailored to your exact needs.
▶ Before diving into a project, ask AI to generate a structured task list with checkboxes — a shareable roadmap that prevents missed steps.
▶ Ask "what are the red flags?" instead of "is this good?" to get honest feedback. Plus, use AI as a fuzzy search engine.
▶ Add "please ask me any clarifying questions" to your prompts for better answers, and learn to spot AI-powered fake accounts.
▶ Make AI your personal assistant by introducing yourself properly and keeping its memory focused on what matters.
Soups & Salads ▾
Foundational concepts — understand how AI works so everything else clicks
▶ Why "fresh ingredients" matter: AI tools integrated into your workspace give dramatically better answers because they can see your emails, calendar, and documents.
▶ Use AI as a non-judgmental sounding board to talk through problems, and flip the script by asking AI to interview you — Socratic-style questioning unlocks deeper insights.
Entrées ▾
Deep dives — comprehensive workflows and major use cases worth the full watch
▶ Transform ugly spreadsheets into beautiful, readable documents. Learn the persistence required — and which AI tools work best for formatting.
▶ Ask AI: "Assume this project failed. Write a letter from the future telling me what went wrong." Get specific risk identification and mitigation strategies.
▶ Paste a video transcript into AI and generate YouTube titles, descriptions, chapter timestamps, and short-form clip suggestions in minutes.
▶ Set up a Channel Agent in Teams that automatically generates weekly status reports from channel activity, with review-and-approve workflow.
▶ Use Gemini's Canvas to create editable working documents you can refine iteratively — transform into web pages and infographics without regenerating.
▶ Upload a 93-page manual to NotebookLM and get a 7-minute video explainer — or an audio podcast, or a mind map. All auto-generated in minutes.
▶ Documents too large for AI? Paste sections sequentially with "do not respond yet," then analyze the complete document once all layers are in.
▶ Enable "Show Thinking" to watch AI's reasoning process. See when it's hedging or making assumptions — catch errors before trusting the output.
▶ Use existing documents as "ingredients" in Copilot for Word — feed it a transcript and generate derivative content without starting from scratch.
▶ Present the same project plan as a flowchart, mind map, and Kanban board — then pick the visualization that resonates with your team.
▶ Run the same prompt across multiple AI tools simultaneously to discover surprising differences. Plus, compose music with Suno AI.
▶ Upload 100+ source documents to create a queryable knowledge base. Plus, turn AI into your personal tutor with customized lesson plans.
▶ Add role-playing to your prompts for richer responses, and learn why asking for harsh critiques yields more useful feedback than polite requests.
▶ Embrace messy thinking — dump conflicting ideas into AI all at once. Plus, transform any document into an engaging podcast with NotebookLM.
Chef's Specials ▾
Unique episodes that stand on their own — conference reviews, deep comparisons, and signature techniques
▶ Want AI to write like you? Have it analyze your writing and generate a reusable prompt template that captures your voice, sentence structure, and style for all future content.
▶ Your AI conversation is getting messy and hallucinating? Ask AI to pack up everything you've learned into a reusable system prompt you can take to a fresh chat.
▶ Create your digital twin with Zoom's Custom AI Companion — record yourself once, then let your avatar deliver video messages while you're off camera.
▶ Hands-on testing of the revolutionary DeepSeek model against ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini — from strawberry counting to complex math.
▶ Discover which AI model excels at which tasks, learn about data retention policies across platforms, and master the art of getting honest feasibility feedback.
▶ A behind-the-scenes look at the inaugural Enterprise Connect AI conference — real-world AI implementations across Fortune 500 companies.
Sides ▾
Platform-specific features, tool comparisons, and configuration tips
▶ Stop navigating complex admin portals. Use Microsoft's Admin Agent to audit licenses and assign them to users — all through conversation.
▶ Your AI research agent is citing your own drafts back to you as proof. Learn to control data sources to prevent echo-chamber research.
▶ Upload a room photo and ask AI to digitally add plants while respecting real-world constraints like lighting and pet safety. Visualize before you buy.
▶ AI image generators keep giving you squares when you need 16:9 thumbnails? Learn the creative "split" workaround for landscape images.
▶ Set up a Zoom Workflow that automatically summarizes your busiest chat channels daily and delivers distilled insights directly to you.
▶ Use Copilot in Excel to create complex XLOOKUP formulas from plain English — combine data from multiple sheets without memorizing syntax.
▶ A guided tour of AI tool pricing tiers and data policies. Plus, use YouTube Studio's AI Inspiration tab for video ideas based on your audience data.
Desserts ▾
Fun experiments and creative uses — because AI should be enjoyable too
▶ Ask your AI chatbot: "Describe me based on all our chats. Make it catchy." Get a fun, personalized bio synthesized from your entire conversation history.
▶ Turn any LinkedIn bio into a horror story for creative fun, and discover why AI keeps lying to make you happy — it's trained to be helpful, not truthful.
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