Hello AI Enthusiasts 👋

In this edition, you’ll discover:

• How to upload and chat with .pdf documents using AI chatbots

• How to get beyond the traditional publish-or-perish academic promotions cycle

• Blog Refresh: Aligning Your Identities for a More Fulfilled (Online) Life

• Plus, some recent AI+HE gems

Upload Documents to AI Chatbots: Behold the Mighty Paperclip!

Discover the surprising power of the paperclip icon 📎 in AI chatbots!

In my latest blog post, I explore how academics can use the paperclip tool to upload documents and unlock valuable benefits, including:

• Generating academic paper summaries,

• Refining grant proposals, and

• Crafting promotions applications

👉 Read the full article: https://broneager.com/upload-documents-ai-chatbots

Plus… because I’m on a mini-quest to push myself beyond my comfort zone (OMG making videos feels so awkward, but I persist!), I made another YouTube video showcasing how to upload academic journal articles to ChatGPT to generate paper summaries: https://youtu.be/dwq5k-_3Sts

Beyond Publication: Boost Your Academic Career by ‘Showing Your Work

The path to academic success traditionally involved publishing research in prestigious journals and presenting at internationally recognised conferences. However, in today’s digitally connected world, there’s another powerful strategy that can help you grow your career: showing your work.

In this blog post, learn how one of my favourite books, ‘Show Your Work’ by Austin Kleon can help us grow our careers in higher education.

👉 https://broneager.com/academic-career-show-your-work

Aligning Your Identities for a More Fulfilled (Online) Life

Have you ever felt like you’re living a fragmented life, showing only one side of yourself to the world?

In this blog post, I explore how I’ve been on a journey to align multiple aspects of my life, which resulted in a refresh of my blog.

👉 https://broneager.com/blog-update-2024

Introductory AI Training for Universities

If your university is looking for introductory training on AI tools, including:

• Introduction to AI Chatbots

• How to effectively communicate with AI Chatbots

• Using AI tools to conduct literature reviews

I’d love to hear from you to discuss your University AI training needs. Download a copy of the programs and training workbook below.

💎 💎 💎 Recent AI-HE Gems

• Perfect your prompt writing with Anthropic’s (i.e., the company behind Claude.ai) Prompt Library: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/prompt-library/library 

• The Top 100 GenAI Consumer Apps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79rc9thqv6w

• Sal Khan: How AI Will Revolutionize Education: https://youtu.be/pHvEQ2quhiY?si=fSeOznDJzI86y46n

And… That’s a Wrap!

Thanks for your support and for coming along on my AI journey.

I hope you like the new look and feel of the blog!

I appreciate you reading this newsletter, sharing it with friends, and checking out my fledgling YouTube Channel.

Take care and chat soon,

Bron