Using ChatGPT Without Its New Features Is Like Owning a Smartwatch Just to Tell the Time

If you’ve been using ChatGPT to help write reports, tidy up emails, or get quick answers—you’re not alone. A lot of us are. But here’s a question: are you using it like a full toolset... or just as a really smart notepad?

It’s kind of like having a smartwatch but only using it to check the time. You’re missing out on the stuff that actually makes your day easier—like the reminders, the step counter, the sleep tracker, the “hey, maybe go outside?” nudge.

ChatGPT’s got that kind of depth too. Most people stick with prompts. But there are newer features—Deep Research, Projects, and Tasks—that help you keep track of your work, organise your thoughts, and stop the cycle of searching through 12 tabs to find that one brilliant note you wrote last week.

Let’s say you’re:

✔ Trying to write a background section for a proposal on gender-responsive budgeting but don’t have time to sift through 12 reports.

✔ Managing an evaluation with multiple team members and constantly losing track of files and discussions.

✔ Spending too much time creating status updates or drafting the same type of content over and over.

ChatGPT can help you:

• Synthesise information from multiple sources with the Deep Research feature

• Organise your files, conversations, and updates using the Projects feature

• Automate recurring tasks like drafting content, monitoring trends, or summarising meetings

And the best part? You don’t need to be a techie or have a PhD in AI. Just a willingness to explore and a real need to work smarter—not harder.

We’re Hosting a Webinar to Show You Exactly How to Do This

If any of this sounds like the kind of support you didn’t know you needed, join us for an upcoming webinar on how to use ChatGPT’s Deep Research, Projects, and Tasks features in your day-to-day work.

Whether you’re writing, analysing, managing a team, or all of the above, this session is designed to make your workflow lighter, more organised, and more efficient.

Objectives of the Session

By the end of this webinar, participants will:

✅ Utilise ChatGPT's Deep Research feature to explore complex topics and compile insights from multiple sources

✅Manage workstreams using ChatGPT's Projects feature to keep tasks, files, and discussions organised

✅Use ChatGPT's Tasks feature to delegate content creation, scheduling, and data monitoring

✅Apply safe and ethical practices when using AI for professional work

Intended Audience

This webinar is ideal for researchers, evaluators, policy analysts, and development practitioners who want to go beyond the basic use of ChatGPT, to use its new features into their everyday workflows to enhance productivity, streamline research, and manage team collaboration more effectively. No technical background is required.

Core Content Areas

🔹Overview of ChatGPT's Deep Research, Projects, and Tasks capabilities

🔹Applying safe and ethical practices when using AI for professional work

🔹Open forum for participants to ask questions and discuss challenges

📅 Date: 10 April 2025 via Zoom

⏰ Time: 3pm CET/9am EDT

Facilitator

Philip Adu

How to Attend

✅ Option 1: One-time webinar access – €39 - Click here

✅ Option 2 (Best Deal!): Join the M&E Academy – €47.99 for 6 months and €80 for 12 months. This gives access to this webinar, past webinars + all future workshops, exclusive resources & expert support! - Click here to learn more.

Recording of the session will be done (and made available) to accommodate persons who cannot attend live due to time zone differences. 

The zoom calendar link will sent to all Academy members and participants who paid to attend, TWO days before the event begins. No registration is necessary, once you are a member or have paid, you will receive the Zoom invite.