Train AI to Write Like You: Voice, Tone, and Style

AI Skill Booster

Important note: This training may demonstrate AI tools that are not approved for use with Stanford data. Inclusion in this session does not imply institutional approval. Participants should refrain from entering Stanford data into unapproved tools. An up-to-date list of approved and reviewed tools is available on the GenAI Evaluation Matrix page.

Code	Date	Delivery	Cost
ITSB-1033	Tue Jun 2, 9:00 am to 10:30 am	Live Online : 1 session	$150

Before each live online session, Tech Training will provide a Zoom link for live online classes, along with any required class materials.

Explore how system instructions and persona prompting train AI to reflect your writing style, values, and professional voice. Practice building a persistent AI persona that drafts communications that sound like you.

Program Description

Every professional has a distinctive voice, set of values, and way of communicating. This session explores how to use system instructions and persona prompting to encode your professional identity into AI tools so they generate drafts, replies, and communications that genuinely sound like you. Participants practice writing effective system instructions and testing them across different communication scenarios.

Learning Objectives

Learners will have the opportunity to:
1. Explore how system instructions and persona prompting work in AI tools
2. Practice writing system instructions that capture your writing style, tone, and professional values
3. Work with AI to generate communications using your persona and evaluate the results
4. Experiment with refining instructions to improve consistency across different scenarios
5. Apply persona prompting to a real communication workflow you use regularly

Topic Outline

Topics:
- What system instructions are and how they work
- Capturing professional voice, tone, and values in prompts
- Writing and testing effective system instructions
- Using persona prompting for drafts, replies, and communications
- Maintaining and refining your AI persona over time

Tools used: Stanford AI Playground and free versions of other AI models (ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude)

Custom training workshops are available for this program

Technology training sessions structured around individual or group learning objectives. Learn more about custom training

Special Group Rates

For groups of 5 or more within the same team or department, special rates are available. Please contact techtraining@stanford.edu for more details.

University IT Technology Training sessions are available to a wide range of participants, including Stanford University staff, faculty, students, and employees of Stanford Hospitals & Clinics, such as Stanford Health Care, Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley, Stanford Medicine Partners, and Stanford Medicine Children's Health.

Additionally, some of these programs are open to interested individuals not affiliated with Stanford, allowing for broader community engagement and learning opportunities.