{"product_id":"beyond-the-chatbox-october-26-2026","title":"Beyond the Chatbox – October 26, 2026","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMonday, October 26, 2026\u003cbr\u003e11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePutting AI Agents to Work in Student Affairs\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMany higher education professionals have experimented with generative AI but still find themselves asking, “Now what?”. The real opportunity isn’t simply getting better at prompting. It’s learning how to move from one-off AI interactions to responsibly delegating predictable, repeatable work to AI while keeping human judgment in control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eJoin us on October 26, 2026 for this platform-independent online training with a national thought-leader, presenter and AI trainer on the practical integration of artificial intelligence into student affairs. You’ll learn how to identify administrative tasks that may be appropriate for AI assistance, establish boundaries and safeguards, build meaningful human checkpoints, and turn successful experiments into repeatable workflows. Automate the predictable so you can protect more time for what AI can’t replace: empathy, judgment, relationships, accountability, and meaningful work with students.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThrough demonstrations, polls, and hands-on activities, you’ll explore how emerging AI agent capabilities can support real-world student affairs work, while also addressing critical questions around privacy, accuracy, permissions, institutional policy and professional accountability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTopics Covered\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eGain tools and strategies to help you:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eDistinguish an AI agent from a conventional chatbot and explain why that difference matters for administrative work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eDefine and delegate an appropriate multistep task while retaining human responsibility for direction, review and final decisions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eDesign supervised workflows that combine AI efficiency with human oversight and accountability.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eEvaluate platforms using transferable criteria such as reasoning, document handling, integrations, permissions, auditability, privacy and institutional support.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eSort recurring responsibilities into green-light, yellow-light, and red-light work based on predictability, sensitivity, verification needs and the need for human judgement.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eBuild explicit human safeguards and checkpoints into workflows to protect FERPA, privacy, accuracy, professional judgment, and institutional accountability.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eDocument roles, inputs, instructions, checkpoints, and expected outputs so effective experiments can become repeatable team practices. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePresenter\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/5171\/1405\/files\/Peter_Trentacoste_Headshot_Circle.png?v=1746626039\" width=\"100x100\" height=\"100x100\" alt=\"Headshot of Peter Trentacoste\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 70px; float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Trentacoste\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Executive Director of Residential Life at Louisiana State University, where he leads one of the nation’s largest comprehensive residential life operations, serving nearly 9,000 students across 22 residence halls and three apartment communities. He manages a $90 million budget and oversees more than 800 full-time and student staff. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/paper-clip.com\/pages\/presenter-bio-peter-trentacoste\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here for full bio.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PaperClip Communications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52276656799964,"sku":"AC2262 Beyond the Chatbox 10.26.26","price":429.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/5171\/1405\/files\/10.26.26BeyondtheChatbox.png?v=1786727781","url":"https:\/\/paper-clip.com\/products\/beyond-the-chatbox-october-26-2026","provider":"PaperClip Communications","version":"1.0","type":"link"}