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Personal Productivity

Using Generative AI to Boost Your Personal Productivity

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Intermediate content levelIntermediate

Get more done each day with the help of AI

Course outcomes

  • Learn how to distill large amounts of information into concise summaries
  • Understand techniques for idea generation and fleshing out concepts
  • Explore generative AI as a writing, task management, and learning companion

Join expert David Griffiths to discover the transformative potential of generative AI to streamline your day-to-day work. You’ll learn how to harness tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, NotebookLM and others, for idea generation, language translation, task management, routine establishment, and the rapid creation of reports and presentations. Whether you're juggling work projects, looking to expand your knowledge, or boost your personal productivity, you’ll find practical insights to help you get the most out of LLMs.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

  • Break down and prioritize complex tasks into actionable steps
  • Use generative AI to learn new topics rapidly
  • Generate routines or plans such as workout regimes or study schedules
  • Use generative AI to create, organize, and refine content for speeches, presentations, or written material

This live event is for you because...

  • You’re a professional looking to streamline work processes, manage tasks effectively, and make informed decisions.
  • You’re a project manager looking for innovative ways to break down tasks, prioritize activities, and keep your project's stakeholders updated with concise information.
  • You conduct, manage, or attend meetings regularly and want a quick way to summarize minutes and actions.
  • You’re a teacher or trainer who’s interested in using AI tools for content creation, explaining complex subjects simply, and crafting quizzes.
  • You’re a business owner aiming to generate fresh ideas.
  • You want assistance in content generation, editing, and creative thinking.
  • You’re a student who wants to use tools to enhance your study techniques, simplify lengthy academic material, and get support with research.

Prerequisites

  • Create a ChatGPT account (optional if you would like to follow along with the hands-on portion of the course)

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Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

Introduction (5 minutes)

  • Presentation: Chatbots and their capabilities

Chatbot Bootcamp (25 minutes)

  • Presentation: Using chatbots effectively
  • Exercise: Create a plan

Meetings (15 minutes)

  • Presentation: Using audio transcriptions to track actions, topics, and key decisions
  • Exercise: Who did what at the meeting?

Learning (10 minutes)

  • Presentation: 3 different ways of using AI to learn things
  • Exercise: Teach yourself digital marketing

Break (5 minutes)

Decision Making (15 minutes)

  • Presentation: How to use AI to think through important decisions
  • Exercise: Should you take the job?

Tasks(15 minutes)

  • Presentation: Where AI can (and can't) help you manage tasks
  • Exercise: Manage tasks for buying a car

Writing (20 minutes)

  • Presentation: Use AI as your writing companion

Break (5 minutes)

Advanced research techniques (15 minutes)

  • Presentation: How to do reliable research on a topic
  • Exercise: Researching in-flight tea

Exporting data (10 minutes)

  • Presentation: How to export data for plans, diagrams, presentations, ...
  • Exercise: Create a marathon training calendar

Data analysis (20 minutes)

  • Presentation: How to upload and analyze spreadsheet data (and what to be wary of...)
  • Exercise: Add up the hours

Images and AI (15 minutes)

  • Presentation: How to analyze complex data, such as mindmaps, as images
  • Presentation: How to generate consistent images that don't look weird

What's next? (10 minutes)

Your Instructor

  • David Griffiths

    David Griffiths is the founder of HereScreen Ltd, based in the UK. He’s the author of five books in the Head First series, including Head First Android Development and Head First Kotlin, as well as the React Cookbook; he’s also created courses in Android development and technical writing, and developed the animated video course The Agile Sketchpad with his wife, Dawn, as a way of teaching key concepts and techniques in a way that keeps your brain active and engaged.

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