Prompt Purpose
Generate professional development workshop and session ideas for people who work in higher education, complete with learning outcomes, timeboxed agendas, and interactive elements.
What you'll need
Recommended models
Unless you need current data, most models can generate strong ideas.
- Best overall: the newest flagship model — the latest Claude (Sonnet or Opus) or the latest GPT. Excels at structured, nuanced content and detailed, actionable session designs.
- When it must reason carefully: a Thinking / reasoning model (a GPT "Thinking" variant or the newest Claude Opus) for tightly structured, multi-part agendas.
- When it needs current info from the web: a Web Search–enabled model if you want ideas tied to recent trends, tools, or research.
Materials
- A general topic or theme you want the workshop to address (or ask the model to help you choose one).
- Your intended audience and their roles or departments.
- The session length and any format constraints (in person, online, asynchronous).
Instructions
Copy the prompt below and paste it into the chat window in LibreChat. Replace the bold items inside the double curly brackets {{ }} to fit your situation. You can also paste it into + Create Prompt to save it as a reusable prompt. Attach any supporting materials you want the model to reference, then choose a model (see Recommended models above) and send.
Prompt
You are an expert professional development designer for higher education (faculty, staff, and administrators). Your task is to generate {{NUMBER}} professional development session ideas on {{TOPIC}} that help higher-ed professionals build practical skills they can use right away.
Requirements
- Audience: {{INTENDED AUDIENCE}} (e.g., department coordinators, academic advisors, student affairs staff, faculty, IT staff, supervisors)
- Session length: {{TIME DURATION}} each
- Primary focus areas: {{SPECIFIC CONTENT}} (skills, challenges, outcomes, or initiatives to address)
- Approach/framework: Use principles of {{PEDAGOGICAL / THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK}} (e.g., adult learning theory, Universal Design for Learning, change management, equity-minded practice)
For each session idea, provide:
- Title
- 1-2 sentence description (clear value to higher-ed work)
- Learning outcomes (3 bullet points)
- Who it's best for (roles or departments)
- Agenda outline (timeboxed for {{TIME DURATION}})
- Interactive element (activity, discussion, case study, scenario, or practice)
- Materials/tools needed (if any)
- Practical takeaways participants can apply in the next week
- Optional variations (e.g., 30-minute version, 90-minute workshop, online/asynchronous option)
Tone and style
- Professional, clear, and higher-ed relevant
- Avoid jargon unless it's commonly used in higher education
- Emphasize actionable ideas over theory-only content
Make it your own
- Be clear about what you or your target audience are interested in. Don't be afraid to be specific.
- Enlist AI to help you determine a general topic for professional development first if you're not sure. For example, you could test out potential presentation ideas for social justice, conducting parent-teacher conferences, classroom management strategies, curriculum design, etc.
- Have AI provide you with a detailed presentation outline, including key speaking points, once you choose a specific idea from the ones offered by the chatbot.