Happy Friday Everyone! Before AI. Before nonprofits. Before all of this… I used to invent stuff as a professional inventor. One of my projects I'm most proud of was collaborating with a kinetic sculptor named Amos Robinson in San Diego. I just found out that one of the pieces we worked on got installed in the public! It’s a set of infinity mirrors, spinning on a 10-foot pedestal. I'm super excited and wanted to share with you all.

When I travel for work, our travel agency sends us this convoluted email that's barely legible ( see attached photo ). So, I wrote an automation in Make.com that uses ChatGPT to reformat the email into a legible table ( see attached photos). It took some testing to get the prompt just right but I'm happy with the result. If anything is unclear, let me know. Hope this helps you 🙏

Have you seen something written online and think.... "Yeah...that sounds like AI writing". Or maybe you have used ChatGPT only to get a generic output that is a total "Game Changer" There are certain trigger words that I see that signal to me that something is written by AI. And there is an easy way to instantly improve the writing from AI. Give instructions to never use these really common AI words. To make it easier, I'm made a list of all the words to omit. You can use this list at the start of the conversation or add it to a custom GPT to improve your results. Here's a link to the list that is always updated https://quirky-pullover-693.notion.site/Words-to-Omit-in-ChatGPT-e5e7cdb5698240bb8c5670a0c025cd59?pvs=4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Or you can just copy and past the list below: ___________________________________ #Words to Omit (Avoid using the following words) Avoid using the word "multifaceted" Avoid using the word "reshaping" Avoid using the word "ensures" Avoid using the word "boon" Avoid using the word "vast" Avoid using the word "vastly" Avoid using the word "keen" Avoid using the word "numerous" Avoid using the word "frontier" Avoid using the word "quest" Avoid using the word "revolutionizing" Avoid using the word "striking" Avoid using the word "melds" Avoid using the word "plethora" Avoid using the phrase "beacon of hope" Avoid using the word "luxuries" Avoid using the word "supercharge" Avoid using the word "powerhouse" Avoid using the word "shadowed" Avoid using the word "goldmine" Avoid using the word "spellbinding" Avoid using the word "turbocharge" Avoid using the word "wizard" Avoid using the word "shackles" Avoid using the word "soar" Avoid using the phrase "Treasure trove" Avoid using the word "thrilling" Avoid using the word "triumph"

HOW TO: Use AI to improve your grant writing by scoring your grant against the rubric and provide suggested improvements It is easy to get bogged down in a complicated grant narrative And forget to compare what you have written directly the rubric To ensure it address the exact points that the reviewers want to see But it is possible to use AI to speed up this process without losing your unique voice and skill as a grant writer. Here's the process I follow: - First, I give AI some initial instructions and context. "You will act as an expert grant reviewer and the goal of this conversation is to improve the grant based on the scoring rubric." - Second, I give it the current draft of my grant narrative. - Third, I copy and paste the scoring rubric. This is key so the AI knows exactly what standards it’s trying to meet. The real power happens when AI scores the draft based on the rubric - It points out where you're doing great - And where there’s room for improvement Lastly, ask the the AI to rewrite the section of the grant with the improvements it identified The most important part of the process is reviewing its suggestions and tweaking them with your expertise. At the end of the day, it’s all about combining AI’s efficiency with human oversight to create a stronger grant narrative. Curious to see how it works? Try following this guide on a grant your working on. It's not always perfect but it can provide some great insights to ultimately let you submit a better grant in less time.

Aloha, I am Michelle Rios born/raised in Austin, Texas, most of my adult life anchored in Washington, DC, in 2017 semi-retired to Honolulu with my amazing husband(born here) of 23 years and our 2 rescue dogs. We love turtles and trees. Hubby is Executive Director of Hawaii Forest Industry Association. So I volunteer on their committee for wood artisan show and creating Digital Assets for their membership. I have just started making Chat Bots and Chat Agents to automate their social media and act as their assistant to handle phone calls and emails. They are foresters and most of them are quite terrible at digital anything. They much prefer to be outside.