AI Summer Camp: Brainstorming
AI can serve as a powerful creative and strategic thinking partner across every role in a Congressional office. Whether you're managing schedules, solving casework challenges, drafting legislation, engaging constituents, or overseeing operations, AI can help you generate fresh ideas, reimagine workflows, and explore innovative solutions that might not be immediately obvious.
See tips and sample prompts for every member of your team:
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Staff Assistants
Ranger Tip
AI can be your creative partner in solving logistical challenges and generating fresh approaches to recurring office problems, from tour coordination and intern management to workflow optimization. Think of it as having a brainstorming buddy available 24/7 who never runs out of ideas and can help you think through solutions you might not have considered.
Quest Directive
Use an institution-approved LLM to:
Generate new event or meeting ideas - Generate creative ideas for intern onboarding, projects, or office activities that could improve their educational experience and engagement with constituents and staff
Provide problem-solving ideas and support - Brainstorm solutions to recurring administrative challenges or office workflow issues that have been frustrating your team
Sample Prompts
“I work in the office of a US Representative and need creative ideas for onboarding our summer intern cohort. Onboarding needs to include learning the layout of the campus, the structure of our office, etiquette for the Congressional workplace, and legislative procedure. Please generate 5 ideas that could be effective.”
“Our office struggles with coordinating schedules between 3 different calendars (Member, Chief of Staff, and office events). Brainstorm 7 workflow solutions or systems that could reduce double-booking and improve communication between all necessary POCs.”
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Legislative Staff
Ranger Tip
AI can help you explore policy solutions from multiple angles and generate innovative approaches to complex legislative challenges that you might not have considered on your own. This collaborative thinking process can lead to more comprehensive bill drafting, stronger amendment strategies, and creative compromises that advance your Member's priorities.
Quest Directive
Use an institution-approved LLM to:
Develop policy solutions - Generate multiple approaches to address a specific policy problem, exploring different mechanisms, stakeholder perspectives, and implementation strategies
Create new legislative strategies - Brainstorm creative amendment ideas, coalition-building approaches, or procedural strategies to advance priority legislation
Sample Prompts
“We're working on legislation to address the teacher shortage in rural areas. Brainstorm 8 different policy mechanisms we could include: 4 focused on recruitment incentives and 4 focused on retention strategies. Consider federal programs, tax incentives, loan forgiveness, and partnerships.”
“Generate 6 potential amendments to the recently introduced infrastructure bill (text attached) that would specifically benefit rural districts like ours in [State-District]. Focus on: broadband access, transportation, and water systems. Include brief rationales for why each could gain bipartisan support.”
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Communications Staff
Ranger Tip
AI can supercharge your creative messaging by generating fresh angles, innovative campaign ideas, and diverse content approaches that cut through the noise of today's information landscape. This creative partnership helps you develop more engaging content that resonates with different audiences while being customized to maintain your Member's authentic voice.
Quest Directive
Use an institution-approved LLM to:
Create new content and media campaign ideas - Generate creative concepts for social media campaigns, press events, or messaging strategies that could make complex policy issues more accessible and engaging
Strategize audience engagement - Brainstorm new ways to reach different demographic groups, utilize various platforms, or create interactive content that encourages constituent participation
Sample Prompts
“Create 5 creative social media campaign concepts to explain our Member's position on clean energy jobs. Each should target a different audience: young professionals, union workers, small business owners, rural residents, and seniors. Include specific content types and hashtag ideas. Attached is a messaging memo with the Member’s prior statements in support of this policy priority and related voting record.”
“Brainstorm 7 innovative ways to make our Member's upcoming budget proposal announcement more engaging than a typical press release. Consider visual aids, memorable phrases, relatable analogies, and ways to tie the impact back to our district [State-Distict]. Attached is the outline of the budget proposal.”
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Caseworkers
Ranger Tip
AI can help you develop creative approaches to solving constituent problems and generate new strategies for navigating bureaucratic challenges that traditional methods haven't resolved. This innovative thinking can lead to breakthrough solutions for difficult cases while helping you build a toolkit of alternative approaches for future similar situations.
Quest Directive
Use an institution-approved LLM to:
Improve service - Brainstorm ways to enhance constituent services, streamline case management, or improve caseworker training
Plan proactive casework education - Brainstorm public service messaging to help constituents understand and address common problems with federal agencies before they become casework
Sample Prompts
“Generate 8 proactive service ideas to help constituents avoid common Social Security problems. Focus on: education initiatives, early intervention strategies, community partnerships, and prevention programs that could reduce emergency cases.”
“I have a brand-new VA caseworker starting with our office next week. Suggest a comprehensive training plan to help her get up to speed. The plan should include reference materials she can read on common VA programs and the VA as a whole; as well as a phased plan where she will be mentored by other members of our casework team and gradually take on more independent work.”
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Schedulers
Ranger Tip
AI can help you reimagine scheduling approaches and generate creative solutions to the eternal challenge of fitting too many priorities into too little time. This creative problem-solving can lead to more efficient schedules, better work-life balance for your Member, and innovative meeting formats that accomplish more in less time.
Quest Directive
Use an institution-approved LLM to:
Optimize your daily schedule - Generate creative scheduling strategies, meeting formats, or time management approaches that could maximize your Member's effectiveness while reducing stress
Boost travel and event efficiency - Brainstorm ways to make travel more productive, combine multiple purposes into single trips, or create innovative event formats that serve multiple constituencies
Sample Prompts
“Our Member has 4 different stakeholder groups wanting individual meetings next week, but only 1.5 hours available. Brainstorm 5 creative meeting formats that could address everyone's needs efficiently while still giving each group meaningful access.”
“Generate 6 innovative ways to make our Member's upcoming 3-day district work period more productive. Consider: new meeting locations, combined events, travel efficiency, and creative formats that could serve multiple purposes per event.”
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Legislative Directors
Ranger Tip
AI can serve as your strategic thinking partner, helping you explore multiple scenarios, generate comprehensive legislative strategies, and identify creative pathways to advance your Member's agenda in a complex political environment. This expanded strategic thinking can uncover opportunities and approaches that might not be immediately obvious from your daily operational perspective.
Quest Directive
Use an institution-approved LLM to:
Strategize legislative planning - Generate suggested approaches to advance priority legislation, including various timeline scenarios, coalition-building strategies, and contingency plans for different political developments
Innovate across policy areas - Brainstorm ways to connect different policy areas, find unexpected allies, or create package deals that could advance multiple priorities simultaneously
Sample Prompts
“I work for a Senator in the US Senate. Her top 3 priorities are infrastructure, workforce development, and rural broadband. Brainstorm 6 strategic approaches to advance all three: some as separate initiatives, some as combined efforts. Include potential allies, committee strategies, and timing considerations.”
“My Senator recently introduced [S. X], a healthcare reform bill. Generate 5 different scenario plans for trying to pass this legislation depending on political developments: best case, worst case, and 3 compromise scenarios based on likely political coalitions that will form. For each, include specific tactical approaches and coalition adjustments we'd need to make.”
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Field Representatives & Community Outreach Directors
Ranger Tip
AI can help you brainstorm new constituent engagement strategies and creative approaches to building stronger connections between your Member and diverse constituency groups. This creative thinking can lead to stronger grassroots relationships that benefit both your Member's political standing and constituent services.
Quest Directive
Use an institution-approved LLM to:
Foster community engagement - Generate creative approaches to reach underrepresented groups, engage with different demographics, or create new formats for community interaction and feedback
Development local partnerships - Brainstorm ways to build new coalitions, strengthen existing relationships, or create collaborative projects that advance both community needs and your Member's priorities
Sample Prompts
“We want to better engage young professionals (ages 25-35) in our district who currently have low political participation. Brainstorm 6 innovative outreach strategies: consider venues, formats, topics, and partnerships that would genuinely interest this demographic.”
“Propose 5 new community forum formats that would encourage more diverse participation than traditional town halls. Consider: different demographics, accessibility needs, engagement styles, and ways to make policy discussions more relatable, actionable, and productive.”
“Generate 5 creative collaboration ideas based off of newly released Ethics guidance that could address community needs while building political relationships. Focus on win-win projects that showcase federal resources. (Attach Ethics Guidance.)”
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Chiefs of Staff & District Directors
Ranger Tip
AI can help you think strategically across all office operations and assist in brainstorming creative new approaches to leadership challenges and potential solutions to complex delegation needs. This high-level strategic brainstorming can help you see connections and opportunities that might be missed when you're focused on daily crisis management.
Quest Directive
Use an institution-approved LLM to:
Strategize new office operations - Generate comprehensive approaches to improve office efficiency, staff development and communication, team morale, or long-term strategic planning
Provide crisis management and opportunity development - Brainstorm multiple response strategies to potential challenges or ways to address immediate crises in delegation issues
Sample Prompts
“We are a [DC/District]-based Congressional office for a US Representative. Our office needs to improve efficiency while both maintaining high constituent service standards and control over messaging, branding, and language use. Brainstorm 7 comprehensive approaches to improve our constituent mail program: technology solutions, workflow changes, staff development, and resource reallocation. Consider both immediate and 6-month implementation timelines.”
“A major economic development opportunity just emerged in our district, but it's politically complicated. [Provide additional context.] Generate 5 different strategic approaches for the Member's involvement: ranging from strong support to cautious engagement. Include stakeholder management and risk mitigation for each.”
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Members of Congress
Ranger Tip
AI can serve as a strategic thinking partner, helping you explore new policy ideas, insightful political approaches, and unique solutions to complex challenges facing your constituents and the nation. This expanded thinking capability allows you to consider multiple perspectives and strategies simultaneously, potentially leading to breakthrough approaches that set you apart as a thoughtful leader.
Quest Directive
Use an institution-approved LLM to:
Be a policy leader - Brainstorm comprehensive approaches to major policy challenges, exploring both incremental and transformational solutions that could establish your leadership on key issues
Strategy and coalition building - Brainstorm creative ways to build bipartisan support, reach across traditional divides, or position yourself as a problem solver on contentious issues
Sample Prompts
“I want to establish leadership on boosting economic opportunity in rural America. Brainstorm 5 comprehensive policy approaches: include traditional economic development, innovative programs, federal-local partnerships, and private sector engagement. Each should be distinctive and politically viable.”
“Generate 4 different strategic approaches to building bipartisan support for infrastructure investment. Consider: messaging strategies, coalition partners, compromise positions, and ways to make this a winning issue for both parties while advancing meaningful solutions.”
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