Learning to Direct Intelligence: Co-Working with AI

Date: 19 August 2026
Organized by: World Patients Alliance (WPA)

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to support research, writing, communication, and content production. However, producing useful and reliable outputs requires more than asking occasional questions. AI tools need clear direction, relevant context, defined objectives, appropriate boundaries, and careful human review.

This webinar will explore how patient organisations and advocacy teams can work with AI as an ongoing thinking, writing, research, and production partner. It will introduce a structured co-working approach that helps users direct AI, review its outputs, improve the context provided, and gradually produce stronger and more relevant work.

The session will examine three key areas that can help patient organisations establish a more effective and responsible approach to working with AI.

The first part of the webinar will explain the difference between asking AI occasional questions and developing a structured co-working approach.
Topics will include:

– Providing clear objectives, instructions, examples, and boundaries

– Giving AI relevant organisational and project context

– Maintaining accurate and consistent organisational information

– Clarifying the intended audience, purpose, tone, and format

Participants will learn how stronger direction and better context can improve the relevance and consistency of AI-generated outputs.

The second part of the webinar will introduce an iterative process for working with AI.
This will include:

– Directing AI based on a defined task and objective

– Generating an initial output

– Reviewing the output for accuracy, relevance, and alignment

– Providing feedback and correcting misunderstandings

– Refining the content until it meets the required standard

The session will emphasise that AI-generated content should remain subject to human judgement, verification, and final approval.

The webinar will provide an overview of how selected AI platforms can support different working needs.
This will include:

– Using Microsoft Copilot within Teams and the wider Microsoft working environment

– Using ChatGPT for co-working, research, and content development

– Understanding relevant capabilities of Claude

– Considering how different platforms may complement one another

The discussion will focus on practical use rather than technical complexity. It will also address the importance of selecting tools based on the task, organisational needs, available safeguards, and working environment.

Practical examples and responsible use

The webinar will include practical examples relevant to patient organisations and advocacy teams. These examples will show how AI can support research, drafting, content development, review, and refinement.

The session will also address the importance of:

– Maintaining human oversight and final responsibility

– Protecting organisational voice and institutional accuracy

– Checking names, dates, statistics, sources, and factual claims

– Protecting confidential, personal, and sensitive information

– Using patient experiences only with appropriate consent and safeguards

– Reviewing all content before publication or external use

The presentation will be followed by a 20-minute question-and-answer session. Participants will have the opportunity to raise questions and discuss how a structured AI co-working approach could be applied within their organisations.

A recording of the webinar will be made available after the session. Participants will also receive a sample workbook containing:

– Practical exercises

– Example prompts

– Guidance on directing and reviewing AI-generated work

– Further information on responsible and effective AI use

These resources will help participants continue applying the co-working approach within their own organisational and advocacy activities.

Andrew Spiegel, Chair, World Patients Alliance

Ravi Ruparel, Platform Worldwide

Hussain Jafri, CEO, World Patients Alliance