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• Apra-VA February Program: Can ChatGPT Write My Profile?

  • When
    Thursday, February 26, 2026
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    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    15 registrants

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  Geoff has been a leader in Vanderbilt's development research team for most of his 20+ year history with the institution. Among his roles, he's regularly participated in-house with research document strategy and philosophy, of course including the esteemed "research profile." Having written seemingly thousands of these, he's observed thought loops such as: Why am I doing this? Why am I angry? I just found a total 'pearl'! I am such an asset to Vanderbilt. 

  About two years ago when ChatGPT became mainstream, Geoff began to experiment with how strong the query-resulting information was for prospect research, and how this tool — and similar AI tools — could affect profile-writing. He found the technology compelling and time-saving.
  
  At APRA International's conference last August, he presented the talk, Can ChatGPT Write My Profile? Admittedly, it's not quite that simple (so, "no, not quite"). But he is quick to point out promising steps towards faster and better research findings via ever-evolving AI tool(s). What are we talking about when we talk about using ChatGPT (or Perplexity, or Claude, or Co-Pilot, etc.) in our research? Where do I start? Who is doing the work? Am I going to get in trouble?
  
  Geoff will present at the beginner level with this webinar. He'll share a profile-writing approach and prompting tool he made and regularly uses, and, importantly, open up the virtual "floor" for question and responses from attendees.

  
  

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