Recommended Structure
Format: Live online (Zoom or equivalent)
Length: One week (three touchpoints)
Capacity: Up to 25 attendees
Online Tools Provided: OpenWebUI, ImageGen Studio
Session 1 — Intro + Q&A (≈60 min)
Demonstrate workflows for drafting and iterating with AI
Session 2 — Office Hour / Open Lab (≈60 min)
Bring your real materials (blurbs, announcements, web sections) for guided practice
Session 3 — Follow-up Discussion + Reflections (≈60 min)
Share what worked, refine workflows, and set team norms for safe publishing
This offering focuses on using AI tools to support real communications work: program promotion, web copy, outreach plans, and basic visual concepts. Participants learn prompt patterns that improve quality, techniques for iterating toward a final draft, and how to align AI outputs with library voice and accessibility standards. Responsible use is built in from the start, including copyright considerations, transparency norms, and quality control before anything goes public.
Who it's for
- Communications, marketing, and outreach staff
- Program staff who write blurbs, flyers, posts, or web copy
- Anyone responsible for "getting the words right" (and keeping them accessible)
What you'll learn
- Prompt patterns that improve clarity, tone, and usefulness
- Iteration techniques: drafting, revising, and "tightening" with AI
- How to align AI-assisted writing with library voice and accessibility standards
- A practical workflow for review and quality control before publishing
- Responsible-use basics: transparency norms and copyright-aware habits
Leave with
- Reusable prompt patterns for common communications tasks
- A repeatable "draft → revise → verify → publish" workflow
- Practical norms for transparency, copyright awareness, and quality control