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Priya's Wednesday, two ways

8 lessons · 26 prompts

A day in the life of an Elected Official: what changes with these prompts.

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Priya, a city council member in a mid-sized district.

Priya starts her Wednesday with a stack of emails from constituents about a new housing bill. She opens ChatGPT and uses the Understanding Legislation prompt to turn the 40-page bill into a one-page summary. She reads it in five minutes instead of an hour.

Next, she uses the Constituent Communication prompt to draft replies to three common questions. She personalizes each one with a local detail, like the new bus route on Elm Street. Then she switches to Claude for the Meeting Preparation prompt to build talking points for the afternoon council hearing.

Before lunch, Priya opens Gemini to work on the Public Messaging prompt. She writes a short social post about the housing bill and a two-minute speech for the evening community meeting. She checks the tone against her own notes.

By 3 p.m., Priya has finished the work that usually takes her until 7 p.m. She uses the extra time to visit a small business on Main Street and call a constituent who wrote about a broken streetlight. The day feels less like a race and more like service.

Before

  • Inbox never stops, bills pile up
  • Meetings start before I am ready
  • Speeches take hours to write
  • Staff asks for answers I do not have

After this course

  • Bills summarized in minutes, not hours
  • Constituent replies go out same day
  • Meetings feel calm and prepared
  • Time for the people I serve

What you'll learn

  • Understanding Legislation: Turn a long bill into a plain-language summary you can share with your team.
  • Constituent Communication: Draft replies to common questions and concerns in a warm, clear voice.
  • Meeting Preparation: Build talking points and questions for hearings, votes, and council meetings.
  • Bill Analysis: Compare versions of a bill and see the fiscal and practical trade-offs.
  • Policy Drafting: Shape your ideas into memos, one-pagers, and structured proposals.
  • Public Messaging: Write press releases, social posts, and speeches that sound like you.
  • Staff Coordination: Summarize meetings, assign tasks, and keep your schedule on track with your staff.
  • Advanced Advocacy: Draft amendments, map coalitions, and practice negotiations with other officials.

How this course works

  1. 8 lessonsOne task of your job each, from understanding legislation to advanced advocacy.
  2. Ready-to-paste promptsCopy, fill in the parts in {{brackets}}, paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Tick and completeTick the prompts you tried and mark each lesson complete.
  4. Get certifiedFinish and keep the prompts as your own library.