I'm freaking out (again) over the latest feature in ChatGPT and it's important you know about it. Last week, OpenAI rolled out a new capability inside ChatGPT called 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. So what is an an AI Agents compared to an AI Assistant. Here's the difference. 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁: An AI chat is pre-trained to handle a specific task. You give it an input, and it follow their internal instructions. They are also called "Custom GPTs" within ChatGPT and "Gems" within Gemini 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁: An AI agent on the other hand, can go into your systems or on the internet and perform actions and go through multi-step problem solving. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲... • Read all your data within Sharepoint or Google Drive • Create a virtual windows machine and control a mouse • Open a browser and log into things on the internet • Find it's own research to complete a task • Create finished documents or presentation • Send emails on your behalf One of the current constraints of AI is all the copy and pasting from one system to another. Now AI can access your systems and get the information it needs and put the finished product somewhere more useful. A lot of AI experts are predicting that the future of AI is going to be AI agents that can perform complex mulit-step work. And it just got A LOT easier to start experimenting. If you’re a ChatGPT Plus user, you get 40 agent queries a month. That’s enough to start testing As always...I suggest starting with real-world use cases that actual help you with whatever is currently on your plate. Here is a helpful little guide to learn more (with some short videos) https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-agent/ If you give it try...be sure to report back and comment below so we can all learn.

I can be impulsive and regret buying stuff I don't need, so I built a custom AI tool to help me and it's been working! If this is something that you ever struggle with, I want to share it in case it helps you too! Here’s the problem: I'm constantly bombarded with marketing and it works. I see something I want, and my brain would go straight to 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘸. (which is exactly what marketers want) So I built a tool for myself that does two things: 1. Captures the things I’m thinking about buying the moment they pop into my head. 2. Helps me decide if they’re worth the money before I pull the trigger. Here’s how I use it: • I use the microphone button and say whatever I’m thinking about buying and describe a little bit of my reasoning • It adds everything to a running list. • Then it asks me follow-up questions so I can sort through what’s important and what’s just impulse. Now, when I’m at a store or open Amazon, I pull up the list. No more “I forgot what I needed so I better get it now” or “this looks nice, I’ll just grab it.” If you ever struggle with impulse purchases or just want to be more intentional with how you spend your money, this might be a simple way to take control of your spending. Here's the link to try it yourself: AI Purchase Planner Assistant Hope it helps!

Happy Monday. Quick question for you all. What's something important that must get done this week? And let's talk about how AI can help directly with that thing. I’ve been thinking about a conversation I have a lot when I talk to nonprofit leaders about AI. The pushback usually sounds like this: “I should be using AI but I don't have time to learn it” And honestly? I get it. When you’re juggling 57 things already, the idea of learning something new, especially something that sounds as big (and technical) as AI, feels like a luxury you can’t afford. But here’s a reframe that might help: What if you didn’t need to carve out time for AI? What if you just used it on the important things you’re already doing? Not new tasks. Not extra work. Just the stuff already sitting on your to-do list. Because that’s the thing with AI. It’s not a tool for “later.” It can help with what you are already working on. It’s not for the someday projects, it’s for the important things you need to do right now. Like that event invite you still need to send. Or the grant report you’re dreading. Or whatever else you've been avoiding or feels like a big scary task. Here’s a quick way to try it: Here is the exact step-by-step approach I suggest. 1.Open ChatGPT and use the microphone button, (seriously, try using your voice to talk to AI) 2.Start with: “The goal of this conversation is...” 3.Then say: “Your role is to act as an expert...” 4.And finally: “Your task is to help me do...” That’s it. No need to be fancy. Just be clear on what you want and be sure to include enough details for it to work with. This isn’t about mastering AI. It’s about making your life easier this week. So...what’s one thing on your plate this week you could use AI to help with? Drop it in the comments. Let’s swap ideas and see where this thing can take us.

Ever work with Excel and realize that you are sweating with rage? Every time I present to nonprofit folks about AI, I ask who has a 'love-hate relationship with Excel" —and nearly every hand goes up. Because Excel is one of those tools we have to use… but it doesn’t always feel like it’s working with us. You try to solve a problem, get stuck on a formula, start rage-Googling, and suddenly you’re 17 threads deep in an Excel forum from 2009. I’ve been there too. That’s why I built an AI assistant for nonprofit teams that use Excel. It helps you write formulas, debug issues, answer your questions, and get your spreadsheet done faster—with way less pain. You describe the problem in plain English. It figures out the Excel part. You get back to your real work. It’s like having someone on your team who speaks fluent Excel… and never rolls their eyes when you ask a question. If you use Excel and you’ve ever felt like throwing your laptop out the window—this is for you. Here's the link to try it yourself: Excel Expert AI Assistant

If you have ever heard me give a training or keynote then you've probably heard me open with why AI is such a big deal in our society. Right now, we are living through the transition to the "after AI times". And AI is unique from all other human inventions, here's why We've all lived through other "before and after times" Before the internet Before cell phones Before GPS (And maybe, fax machines, though no need to date yourself) Each of those innovations changed how we move, how we connect, how we work. But AI is different. And now we are living through the "Before and After transition of AI" But I think this technology will have an even bigger impact on our society...for one specific reason AI uses language And we use language to build our society. Language is how we make sense of the world. It’s how we pass down values, express love, explain our ideas, build relationships, and shape culture. Language used to be exclusive to humans, but not any more. AI is the first tool we’ve built that can 𝘶𝘴𝘦 language to communicate 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 us… And we are influenced by language (that's why marketing exists) And that changes everything. This is the shift I want every audience to understand. Because if we don’t grasp this, we’ll underestimate what’s coming. And we need to be intentional about where we say yes this technology And where we set boundaries AI won't be used for our own betterment without be intentional. This isn’t just a tech shift. It’s a cultural shift. And what we do now will define the “after AI” world we end up living in.