From playing board games to a LinkedIn certificate. Yevhen shares how he overcame the “procrastination learning syndrome” and improved his English.

Yevhen knew about the “AI Fundamentals” course from ALLIANCE.GLOBAL since its launch. However, his path to the course wasn’t through official mailings, but through the board games he periodically came to play with Maksym (the project coordinator) at the ALLIANCE.GLOBAL community center.

Despite the familiarity, Yevhen hesitated for a long time. It’s a typical situation: work and daily life drain so much energy that there are simply no resources left for a full immersion in a new topic. But when he finally decided to take the plunge, the reality turned out to be much more pleasant than he expected.

Now he recalls his fears with a smile, as he managed to complete the course before the mass power outages. The practical part of the course helped Yevhen change his approach to daily tasks: if he used to just “throw” questions at a chatbot, now he writes meaningful prompts, clearly assigning roles for the AI. Gemini became his favorite, although before the course he mainly used ChatGPT.

Yevhen gained knowledge and even managed to boast about the result—his new LinkedIn certificate immediately caught the attention of colleagues. By the way, Yevhen has a piece of advice for the organizers: he suggested creating a short “cheat sheet” with a list of AI resources and their purpose, so as not to rewatch two-hour class recordings every time a specific tool is needed.

It hadn’t even occurred to us, the project organizers, that such a cheat sheet could be useful! A certain bias worked here: when you work in the field of AI education and “spin in this bubble” constantly, you get the impression that everyone thinks like you and knows which tool to use and for what purpose. So, upon Yevhen’s request and for all those interested, here is a short cheat sheet of AI tools:📖 Pocket Guide to Neural Networks: What, What for, and How to Use

1. Universal Assistants (Texts, logic, ideas)

These are large language models (LLMs) that can write letters, structure thoughts, and answer complex questions.

Gemini (by Google)

Best for: Analyzing large documents, working with web data, integration with Google Docs and Sheets.

Industry: Education, office work, quick search for current news.

Life hack: If you have a long PDF file, upload it to Gemini and ask: “Make a short summary of this document in 5 key points.”

ChatGPT (by OpenAI)

Best for: Creative writing, idea generation, writing code, role-playing.

Industry: Marketing, copywriting, programming.

Life hack: Use the “Voice Conversation” mode in the mobile app to practice a foreign language or “talk through” ideas on the go.

Claude (by Anthropic)

Best for: Writing texts that sound as natural as possible (less “robotic”), working with very long contexts.

Industry: Text editing, article writing, deep literature analysis.

Life hack: If the AI text sounds too dry, ask Claude: “Rewrite this in more vivid language, avoiding clericalisms.”

2. Search and Research (Replacing classic Google)

When you need not just an answer, but links to sources and verified facts.

Perplexity AI

Best for: Writing reports, fact-checking, searching for scientific sources.

Industry: Journalism, science, analytics.

Life hack: Instead of Googling and clicking through 10 links, ask here — Perplexity will compile an answer from all websites and provide links for every fact.

3. Working with Visual Content

When you need to create an illustration, a logo, or process a photo in seconds.

Midjourney

Best for: Creating artistic images of the highest quality.

Industry: Design, illustration, advertising.

Canva Magic Studio

Best for: Quick creation of presentations, background removal, redrawing parts of photos.

Industry: Social media, work presentations.

4. Productivity and Translation

DeepL — the world’s best AI-based translator. Much more accurately conveys context and professional terms than Google Translate.

Otter.ai / Fireflies.ai — record your online meetings (Zoom, Google Meet) and automatically create a text transcript: who said what and what was agreed upon.

💡 Three Tips for the Ideal Prompt (Query):

Assign a role: “Act as an experienced lawyer/teacher/editor.”

Describe the context: Not just “write a post,” but “write a Facebook post about our courses for people who are afraid of technology.”

Set the format: “Provide the answer in a table format” or “Write up to 500 characters.”

If you are also afraid that you “won’t manage,” or simply want to structure your experience, visit our multi-link: allglobal.mssg.me. There you can find registration for courses and other useful services of the Alliance.