AI In Motion // Oct 22–24, 2026 // Virtual session // 18 min
Get on the AI Train
The AI train is already moving.
This page is the companion to my session. It is built from eight years as a data scientist at AT&T, where I used AI on real customer data. Start at the top, or jump straight to the part you need.
One formula for every AI tool.
Write your prompt in four parts before you hit enter. It works the same in a chatbot, a video generator, or a music tool.
Role
Tell the AI who it is today.
"You are an experienced corporate event planner."
Context
Give it the background a brilliant new hire would need.
"40 people, Bay Area, March, $5,000 budget, half the team flies in."
Task
List exactly what you want, numbered, so you can say "redo #3".
"(1) Three venues. (2) A one-day agenda. (3) What could go wrong."
Output
Describe the format, length, and tone of the result.
"A comparison table, then the agenda as bullet points."
Three habits that make it work
Let it interview you
End any prompt with "Before you answer, ask me any questions you need." It fills in the context you forgot.
Run the three-model test
Paste the same prompt into two or three tools. Check which one followed every instruction, was accurate, and added something useful.
Refine, don’t restart
The first answer is a draft. Ask for changes by number ("make #2 shorter") and keep everything else.
Pick a job, then pick a tool.
Grouped by what you want to do. You don't need all of them. Pick one for the task in front of you this week.
Start hereNew to all of this? Try three: a chatbot for thinking (Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini), Canva or Gamma for creating, and NotebookLM for learning.
Think & analyze
Write, research, and make sense of data.
Chat & write
- Claude
Long documents, careful reasoning, writing in your voice
- ChatGPT
All-rounder with images, voice, and data analysis
- Gemini
Built into Gmail, Docs, and Google Workspace
- Microsoft Copilot
Word, Outlook, and Teams at Microsoft workplaces
Research & learn
- NotebookLM
Answers only from your own documents, with citations
- Perplexity
Web search that shows where every answer came from
Analyze data
- Claude / ChatGPT
Upload a spreadsheet; ask for trends, outliers, and charts
- Copilot in Excel & Power BI
Ask questions of the spreadsheets you already use
- Databricks Genie
Plain-English questions over company data
- Snowflake Cortex
AI analysis built into your Snowflake warehouse
Build
Make code, slides, websites, and automations.
Write code
- Claude Code
An agent that builds and fixes whole projects
- Google Antigravity
Google's agent-first coding environment
- Cursor
A code editor with AI built into every step
Presentations
- Gamma
An outline to a designed deck in about a minute
- Canva
Friendliest design tool for non-designers
- Beautiful.ai
Slides that stay on-brand and auto-format
Websites
Create
Generate video, music, and images.
AI video
Edit video
Music
- Suno
A finished song, vocals included, from a description
- ElevenLabs Music
Trained on licensed music; cleared for commercial use
- Udio
Instrumentals; check its current terms first
Images
- Gemini / ChatGPT images
Quick visuals for slides and posts, right in the chat
- Adobe Firefly
Trained on licensed images; safer for commercial work
- Midjourney
Striking, artistic imagery
Tools change monthly. Check pricing and terms before you commit.
Make AI your friend, not your enemy.
At AT&T I analyzed 100K+ customer chats a week with AI. They were full of phone numbers and account details, so we masked personal data first, let AI classify, let code count, and had people verify. Four rules came out of that.
Protect what is private
Never paste customer data, passwords, or confidential work into public AI tools. Use what your company approves, or strip sensitive details first.
Verify
AI can be confidently wrong. Check the numbers, open the sources, test the code.
Be transparent
If AI made it, especially a face, voice, or video of a person, say so. Never create AI content of a real person without their permission.
Own the output
AI writes the first draft. You are the editor, and your name is on the result.
Build your own portfolio site with Claude.
This is the prompt from my live demo. It uses the same four-part formula from section 01, and it's free in your inbox.
- 01
Get the prompt by email and replace every [bracket] with your own details. Paste in your resume, too, if you like.
- 02
Paste it into claude.ai, answer its questions, and watch your site appear next to the chat.
- 03
Ask for changes one section at a time, then publish it using the free steps Claude gives you.
What's inside
- R
Claude plays a senior web designer who also writes like a career storyteller.
- C
A fill-in-the-blanks template for you, your audience, and three to five projects.
- T
Six steps, from asking you questions first to reviewing its own work like a recruiter.
- O
One file you can preview right in the chat, plus the free way to put it online.
Free, by email
Send me the prompt
Then try follow-ups like
- "Hero: make it bolder and give me three alternative headlines to choose from."
- "Projects: rewrite #2 so the result comes first."
- "Check the whole page for accessibility issues and fix them."
- "Add a section for my talks or events, where each one opens its own page."