Devin Reed posted about using Zapier and OpenAI to summarize emails he receives.
(note: anytime you send personal information from an email to OpenAI you do
have to be careful not to violate any local regulations. I’m no email law
expert. Just sharing for inspiration.)
Ari Meisel posted about using Zapier and OpenAI to forward an email thread he had going with a
new contact to automatically schedule a meeting with relevant content.
Does anyone ever actually read notes someone takes from a meeting? Maybe just
a skim. With this example your team will be looking for the post-meeting notes
like a child waits for the ice cream truck.
Let’s be honest: the gold is in the poem.
You may have seen this. Danny Richman posted about
using Zapier and OpenAI to help “a young lad with poor literacy skills who is
starting a landscaping business.” The Zap re-writes a simple email as a
professional one.
From “Sally I am starts work at yours monday from dave” to “Dear Sally, I hope
this email finds you well. I am writing to let you know that I will be
starting work with you on Monday. I am really looking forward to getting
started…”
I’m not a big advocate of AI writing personal emails on your behalf. But, in
this case, someone with a disability like Dyslexia may need the extra help.
I’m a fan of using robots as coaches. They listen well and ask great questions. Here’s how to use AI to receive
daily feedback on your writing.
Wake up the next morning with feedback waiting for your review.
You know what research often looks like nowadays? Searching on Google. Here’s
an example of how to automate basic research for a potential guest list for
your podcast:
I set up this automation for the Write of Passage team behind David Perell’s
upcoming How I Write podcast.
Here’s an example coming from Mike Lambert who used Zapier and OpenAI to better communicate his
emotions at work.
I’d change it up and have it send me a Slack DM with the results instead of
automatically setting my status. Mike mentioned that this Zap helps him check
his tone. If it’s not great, he can adjust to ensure he’s not being a jerk to
his team.
To recap:
I’m on a mission to continue finding practical ways you and I can practically
use Zapier and AI. I hope this first post about it helps!
That's all for this week!
Happy Building,
Bryce