🍳 AI Recipe: Effortless Meeting Prep

Walk into every meeting fully informed with ChatGPT's new Deep Research feature

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Difficulty Level: Easy

Meetings often require catching up on industry trends, reports, and relevant insights, but digging through endless sources can be overwhelming. Instead of scrambling for information last-minute, let ChatGPT’s Deep Research feature do the work for you. Get quick, digestible summaries of key reports and updates so you can walk into your next meeting prepared and confident.

Ingredients:

• Paid ChatGPT account (any tier)

• A clear research topic related to your meeting

• Optional: Any reference materials or links you want ChatGPT to analyze

Instructions:

1. Define Your Meeting Prep Needs: Identify the key topic you need to be informed on. Example: “I need a summary of recent trends in employee engagement and retention for my upcoming strategy session.”

2. Open ChatGPT: Navigate to ChatGPT and start a new chat

3. Access Deep Research: Select the ‘Deep Research’ button under the text input

   

4. Enter Your Research Prompt: Use a specific prompt like:

   Summarize the latest reports on employee engagement and retention before my strategy session.

5. Answer the Follow-Up Questions: Answer the follow-up questions provided by ChatGPT to provide a relevant summary.

   

6. Provide Additional Context (Optional): If you have reference materials, links, or specific sources, share them to refine the results.

7. Review & Customize: Deep Research questions take longer to generate than standard requests. Expect to wait around 10 minutes for the prompt above. Once available, skim the AI-generated summary and refine it by asking follow-up questions like:

   What are the specific new approaches that are less likely to be used by competitors and help us to stand out?

8. Organize Key Takeaways: Ask ChatGPT to structure findings into categories like Key Trends, Data Points, Expert Opinions, and Actionable Insights.

9. Generate a Briefing Document: Request a concise report formatted as bullet points, a one-page summary, or a structured briefing note to share with your team:

   Summarize the competitive differentiation into three data points (and include sources) that I should bring up during my meeting.

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Serving Suggestions:

• Stay informed on industry trends to contribute valuable insights during discussions:

  Summarize key insights from recent studies on workplace automation in tech.

• Gather expert opinions to support recommendations in your meetings:

  Summarize expert viewpoints on the future of team collaboration strategies.

• Identify relevant case studies to strengthen decision-making:

  Find and summarize case studies on successful corporate initiatives regarding decision making practices.

• Generate talking points based on up-to-date data:

  Create three talking points on the latest leadership strategies for effective workplace communication.

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Chef’s Insights: Pro Tips & Limitations

Pro Tips:

• Be specific with your prompt to get highly relevant insights. If you’re not sure how to phrase the prompt, ask ChatGPT in a standard prompt window how you can improve the request

• Ask follow-up questions to extract more details or alternative perspectives

• Request different formats (e.g., bullet points, pros/cons list, executive summary) depending on your needs

Limitations to Keep in Mind:

• Deep Research primarily pulls insights from publicly available sources and does not have access to paywalled or proprietary reports

• AI-generated summaries should always be fact-checked for accuracy

• The quality of responses depends on the specificity of your prompt and available sources.

• As of now, Deep Research primarily retrieves data from 2023 and 2024 sources, so older reports may not be included unless specifically requested.

• Be aware of request limits based on your ChatGPT plan:

  • Pro Plan: Subscribers can make up to 120 deep research queries per month.

  • Plus, Team, Enterprise, and Edu Plans: Subscribers have access to 10 deep research queries per month.

  • Free Tier: The Deep Research feature is not available.

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User Reviews:

Have you tried using Deep Research for meeting prep? Share your experience and let us know what insights you’ve uncovered!