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Join us for a reimagined professional development event, sponsored by the Michigan Technology Community! Building on the tradition of previous symposia, this dynamic, future-focused gathering brings together technology professionals from across the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Flint and Michigan Medicine campuses for a full day dedicated to exploring, showcasing, and advancing opportunities for career growth, skill development, and the innovative use of technology in higher education.

Our 2025 symposium highlights U-M’s commitment to supporting staff and technology professionals at every stage of their careers. The agenda features interactive sessions, hands-on workshops, impactful presentations, and engaging networking opportunities, each designed to foster the meaningful sharing of knowledge, resources, and experiences.

Attendees will discover the many tools, programs, and platforms available at U-M—from mentorship and tuition benefits to on-demand learning and technology-focused career resources. Through sessions on digital and collaborative technologies, organizational learning, and campus success stories, participants will gain new insights into how the Michigan community nurtures professional growth and enables individuals to thrive in an evolving digital landscape.

Please ensure you register by December 2 to guarantee lunch will be provided for you.

Objectives:

  • Foster Dialogue: Bring together diverse U-M voices to discuss career growth, technology’s role in professional advancement, and the evolving needs of  technology professionals.

  • Showcase Resources: Highlight university-sponsored tools and opportunities for development, such as LinkedIn Learning, mentorship programs, and tuition support.

  • Promote Community: Facilitate collaboration and networking among U-M individuals and units, and with external partners and vendors invested in staff development.

  • Champion Inclusive Growth: Support career advancement for all, with an emphasis on accessible and equitable opportunities for learning and participation.

  • Identify Opportunities & Challenges: Explore emerging trends in IT careers, discuss barriers, and share strategies for success.

  • Support Continuous Development: Empower staff and technology professionals to learn, grow, and excel at U-M.



The AI Scaffold: A NotebookLM Workflow for Verifiable Project Management

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CCCB - Room 1420
William Mulcahy (Michigan Medicine Executive Administration)

This presentation introduces "The AI Scaffold," a systematic workflow for project managers to integrate Google NotebookLM responsibly across the entire project lifecycle. We demonstrate how to use this AI-powered structure to transform raw project artifacts into cohesive, actionable, and verifiable plans.

Attendees will learn to:

  • Access resources, templates and sample prompt library, to develop their own AI scaffold for project management.
  • Use PMBOK-informed templates and selected project sources to generate verifiable project artifacts in NotebookLM, ensuring outputs are grounded in fact.
  • Apply the "AI Scaffold" methodology to build a defensible project foundation, following the logical sequence from discovery documentation to a summary schedule to a business case, project charter, and a stakeholder analysis.
  • Learn practical strategies to "level-up" productivity during project execution, such as creating a reusable prompt library for synthesizing operational logs into status reports.

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