Prompting guide 101 - Introduction

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Introduction

Gemini for Google Workspace: Prompting 101

There are multiple ways to access the generative AI features of Gemini for Google Workspace. It is a powerful generative AI experience that is seamlessly integrated into the apps you use every day — Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Meet, and Google Slides. And you can visit gemini.google.com to chat with Gemini (with Google Workspace enterprise-grade security and privacy).

Understanding what makes an effective prompt and learning to craft prompts on the fly will supercharge your productivity and creativity. You can think of Gemini for Workspace as your AI-powered assistant that can help you:

• Improve your writing
• Organize data
• Create original images
• Summarize information and surface insights
• Foster meaningful connections with colleagues
• Research unfamiliar topics
• Spot trends, synthesize information, and identify business opportunities

Gemini for Workspace helps you to work smarter, not harder, increasing productivity and saving time so you can focus on higher-impact work. This guide explores different ways to quickly jump in and gain mastery of the basics to help you accomplish your day-to-day tasks.

As you gain confidence and familiarity with this new way of working, you’ll be ready to explore increasingly complex prompts that enable you to enhance entire workflows, where Gemini for Workspace can be your thought partner, writing coach, and more.

The opportunities to improve your productivity and creativity are nearly endless with Gemini for Workspace.

How to use this prompt guide

This handbook is a quick-start guide to introduce you to prompting with Gemini for Workspace. It includes scenarios for different personas, examples of use cases, and potential prompts for everyday tasks performed by executives, founders, and professionals in sales, marketing, customer service, project management, and human resources.

You will notice a variety of prompt styles. Some have bracketed items, which indicate where you would fill in specific details. Other prompts are presented without variables marked to show you what a full prompt could look like. All of the prompts in this guide are meant to inspire you, but ultimately they will need to be tweaked to help you with your specific work.

To get started, jump to the section that best matches your role. Use the role-specific suggested prompts as inspiration to help you unlock a new and powerful way of working.

Next, just look for these features and learn how you can get started with each one by visiting g.co/gemini/features:

✏️Help me write (GoogleDocs)

✏️Help me write (Gmail)

📊Help me organize (Google Sheets)

🖼️Create image with Gemini (Google Slides)

🖼️Create background images (Google Meet)

❇️gemini.google.com (with Google Workspace enterprise-grade security and privacy)

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