Description:

Every professional has a distinctive voice, set of values, and way of communicating. This hands-on session explores how to use system instructions and persona prompting to encode your professional identity into AI tools, so that they generate drafts, replies, and communications that genuinely sound like you. Rather than wrestling with generic AI outputs, you'll build a persistent AI persona trained to reflect your unique writing style. Participants will practice writing effective system instructions, test them across real communication scenarios, and walk away with a reusable AI "voice template" for their most important workflows.

Duration:

90 minutes

Course Code: BDT622

Learning Objectives:

After this course, you will be able to:

1. Understand how system instructions and persona prompting work within AI tools
2. Identify and articulate their unique professional voice, tone, and values
3. Write effective system instructions that capture your writing style and communication patterns
4. Test and refine persona prompts across different communication types (emails, reports, creative content)
5. Build a reusable AI persona template for their primary workflow

1. Executives and professionals seeking to scale their communication style
2. Content creators and writers wanting to maintain voice consistency
3. Business professionals tired of editing AI-generated content to sound like themselves
4. Remote workers and managers who communicate primarily through written channels

1. Access to at least one free AI tool (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, or Claude)
2. Basic familiarity with AI chatbots and how to write prompts
3. A sample of your own professional writing (email, document, or communication style example)

Course Outline:

1. What Are System Instructions? How AI Tools Learn Your Style
2. Deconstructing Professional Voice: Tone, Values, and Communication Patterns
3. Hands-On: Writing Your First Persona Prompt
4. Testing Your Persona Across Scenarios (Emails, Reports, Social Content)
5. Practical Examples: Real Professional Communications Refined with AI
6. Troubleshooting Common Issues: When AI Doesn't Sound Like You
7. Live Demo: Refining and Iterating Your AI Persona in Real Time
8. Q&A and Feedback

Training Materials Provided: Yes (Digital Format -  Persona Prompt Guide, System Instruction Examples)