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Think Smarter with NotebookLM: Your AI Research Assistant

Upload your documents, reports, and books — then ask questions, get summaries, and generate podcasts. All powered by Google AI.

Duration: Half day Format: In-Person Language: Both Level: Beginner 🏆 Certificate: Attendance

Course Overview

NotebookLM is Google's AI research tool that lets you upload any document — reports, research papers, PDFs, meeting notes — and then have a genuine conversation with your content. This half-day workshop teaches you to use it from zero: uploading sources, asking complex questions, generating study guides, creating audio summaries (the "podcast" feature), and building a personal AI knowledge base for your work or studies.

What You Will Learn

Upload and organise multiple document sources in NotebookLM
Ask complex research questions and get cited, accurate answers
Generate study guides, summaries, and briefing documents automatically
Create AI-generated audio summaries (podcast format) from your documents
Build a personal AI knowledge base for your field or project

Course Outline

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Part 1: Getting Started with NotebookLM
What NotebookLM is and how it differs from ChatGPT. Uploading your first sources. Understanding how it reads and indexes your content.
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Part 2: Asking the Right Questions
Questioning techniques for research. Getting cited answers. Comparing sources. Building timelines and summaries from multiple documents.
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Part 3: Outputs — Guides, Summaries & Podcasts
Generating study guides and briefing documents. Creating the AI-powered audio podcast from your notebook. Real use cases: board reports, research, exam prep.

Who Should Attend

Researchers, students, analysts, consultants, and anyone who reads a lot of reports and documents and wants to extract insights faster.