ABOUT THE TRAINING
Generative AI (GenAI) is a tool that can be added to a congressional staffer’s toolbox to increase capacity and effectiveness. From assisting with background research in preparation for a constituent meeting or summarizing lengthy reports from an executive branch agency, to cutting down on the time it takes to draft responses to constituent mail, GenAI can empower your office to help more constituents and make better informed policy choices.
In the brief break prior to Thanksgiving, POPVOX Foundation and the R Street Institute invite you to spend some of your recess time to join us for a virtual introductory training on how to finally take the plunge and get familiar with generative AI.
This discussion will include:
An overview of the House approved tools and guidance
Best practices for your comms team and office to adopt
Use cases to get your creative juices flowing
Tips, tricks, and recommendations for how GenAI can take your comms shop to the next level
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
SPEAKERS
Shoshana Weissmann manages R Street’s social media, email marketing and other digital assets. She also works on occupational licensing reform, social media regulatory policy, Section 230 and other issues, and has written for various publications, including The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Shoshana previously managed digital communications for Opportunity Lives, a group that highlighted positive stories and policy solutions. Before that, she managed social media and wrote for The Weekly Standard. Earlier in her career, she managed digital communications for the America Rising PAC, where her strategy was highlighted in a piece that appeared in The New York Times. She is on the board of The Conservation Coalition and a member of the Federalist Society’s Regulatory Transparency Project’s state and local and emerging technology working groups. She lives in Washington, D.C. and has a stuffed sloth named James Madisloth, and she enjoys the Snapchat hot dog.
Ian Spencer is a website developer and gadget obsessive with extensive experience building websites and running issue advocacy campaigns. A graduate of the University of Oregon, Ian is a specialist in rapidly planning and executing crisis communications projects for clients who require both discretion and high-impact messaging. Ian leads the Red Edge team on civic-engagement projects, which have included using WAZE to remind drivers to vote, demo’ing the delivery of Google’s Civic API through augmented reality, leveraging Facebook, Twitter, and voter data to contact voters for grassroots activation and voter registration through a historically advanced online system, and more. In his spare time he enjoys long walks on the beach, rooting against various sports teams, and watching bootleg copies of The Thick Of It.
Aubrey Wilson is POPVOX Foundation’s Director of Government Innovation. Aubrey’s driving passion is to raise awareness of all the good that is happening in Congress every day. As former Deputy Staff Director for the Committee on House Administration (CHA) in the 118th Congress, she played a lead role in making the House work more effectively. In this role, Aubrey also served as the Staff Director of the Joint Committee on Printing and oversaw the inaugural session of CHA’s bipartisan Subcommittee on Modernization. Prior, Aubrey served as Director of Oversight and Modernization for CHA during the 117th Congress following a year-long appointment as a Congressional Fellow. She is a former House legislative assistant and member of the R Street Institute Governance Policy and federal affairs team.