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AI Testing Lab Results | Missio Nexus

Thanks for participating in the AI Testing Lab at Missio Nexus 2025! Below is the table of responses from the session where we all shared our favorite AI tools.

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1 AI tool that blew you away. 1 AI tool that you're actively using the most. 1 AI tool that fell flat. What's your favorite prompt? Other AI tools you use? Your Hope For AI in One Year? Does your organization have an AI Policy?
- ChatGPT - Prepare a sample..... - Reduce workload of staff
- Google translate - No answer ChatGPT Help me with documents
Claude - writing assistance Claude Gemini - - Content Org
- N/A I’m here to learn N/A I’m here to learn N/A I’m here to learn N/A I’m here to learn Save time sorting through data and getting the 1st draft of my proposals/reports
Copilot. Created a job description format Grok Grok Grok - Workflows
ChatGPT ChatGPT Copilot Write an email in my executive director’s voice - Write more content in a specific persons language
Here to learn Co pilot Here to learn Here to learn Copilot -
- ChatGPT - Explain * Grok, Claude, Gemini Multiply disciples and churches in North Africa
Dont really know any Copilet - - - For my job in accounting
Google, gbtchat Gbtchat - - - Collate research Not yet
I have never used it. - - ? - Makes tasks easier No
Do not know enough to answer Not yet using Not yet using - - Ability to organize missions projects better Working on it
Basic ChatGPT meeting summarization ChatGPT for initially policy research, initial idea generation Logo creation, technical instructions - - Better team collaboration and process management No but we need one.
- The ai summary on zoom. Good for tracking and catching up from previous meetings Video generators can be really poor, esp with non-Western people groups and settings Tell me a dad joke. Some of my teammates with English as a second language use things like ChatGPT to help them write communications and improve their partnerships with American believers I hope I am more organized with communication, project tracking and scheduling No
pulpit Chat gpt Canva not good for anything but flyers - not currently To make it simpler for our employees to use Not yet
ChatGPT from advanced users. The ability to spew out statistics from raw (redacted) data. ChatGPT (Enterprise) and Google Workspace Gemini. I use both because it is what is available in our organization. ChatGPT, probably from my lack of user knowledge "I am an amateur user of [software], please summarize a how-to guide for [module]." Gemini on my emails as a Google Workspace user Decrease or remove repetitive tasks In progress
- ChatGPT. Perpelxity - I’m still learning - Helped me speed up repetitive tasks No
Notebook.LM ChatGBT Co-Pilot - Ottr Create podcast and training materials. No
- - - - - - Not yet. Working on it.
Nano Banana Chatgpt Canva ai Explain (fill in the blank) to me like I am in the 8th grade. - I hope ai frees me to do the work only I can do, like having an ai assistant. It doesn’t. But we need to!
None, exploring them None, exploring - - - Policy creation and training materials are quick and accurate Yes, a basic one
Nano banano Chat got In depth asking about job positions and posting as well as prompts for books - More in depth quicker conversations No
- ChatGPT, for emails. - - - Finding and mobilizing better candidates. Yes
Gronk Gemini - Write an article for me - Producing content No
Ai chat bot Chat got, notebook - What should I ask you? Notebook.ln Teaching better by spending more time with students Yes
Notebook LM Chatgpt Canva Ask what I should prompt Pulpit AI More efficiency and awareness Not yet
Claude Chat GPT. MEETING SUMMARY - Help with training resources - Save time and money No
ChatGPT primarily for writing, editing, summarizing Same Copilot Write this in my CEO’s voice (which I developed) - We focus more on what only humans can do No but we need it desperately
ChatGPT ChatGPT Otter ai, super annoying to get rid of. Revise and update this text. - Help us better connect with missionay candidates in a meaningful manner. Probably but don’t know it.
NotbookLM Gemini for summaries and writing, also built in on Pixel device copilot & Canva AI suno music Gemini and ChatGPT Allows me to have more automation for tasks No
Spark - it's for meeting planners Spark Canva - Chatgpt Streamlined content generation; provide convention innovation No! But we should
Otter transcriptions ChatGPT for general help/brainstorming Canva - ChatGPT to generate ideas for presentations, event themes, complex calculations Better email automation and integration Yes
Claude Perplexity for research and job description - - Suno Efficiency Not yet
Claude - coding Claude and Gemini - Don't wait the content please keep that in my words, just fix the structure and Grammer. - Automation Verbally yes, putting together some guidelines.
Notebooklm. Created a podcast formatted training session from 5 -6 process documents Gemini. Closed system in our enterprise Google workspace account Only if data was used outside our closed systems. Tell me how to… Sounds like Claude, perplexity, notebooklm are all great tools. Improved my communication with potential clients, and creation of documents Yes
Pulpit Ai ChatGPT Copilot Writing emails in executive director’s specific voice InDesign and Photoshop generative More photo editing tools and image generation that doesn’t look “AI”. Writing even more content in specific people’s voices. Not that I’m aware of
Anthropic, specifically for foundation code genealogy. It has shaved months off the development cycles and asked us to complete projects much more rapidly. Combination of all the major players, depending on the usage context. Each AI had its own strengths and weaknesses. Nothing really falls flat, but Copilot for all its value as an integrated tool can be spotty. Sorry, need more clarity on what you mean. We use a combo of Claude and ChatGPT More and faster production, streamlining, etc, all with not having to significantly add operational staff. Yes, absolutely essential.
Google NotebookLM - synthesizes information from disparate sources for search, audio podcast overviews, training resources, etc Gemini - general AI tool within Google Enterprise Workspace How are you today? In app, embedded AI tools Staff productivity and efficiency Yes
ChatGPT ChatGPT Add up the total numbers on these screen shots. Mailchimp segmented lists Multiple audiences on segmented lists. Yes
Chatgbt - helpful for shortening story for marketing materials ChatGPT- it has helped with making our appeals more compelling and clear - Make this more compelling - I am interested in how it could help with grants Not yet
Synthesia ai -able to create a video from a script waiting a lifelike avatar Google Gemini - Google Gemini is a family of advanced, multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) models developed by Google that power a suite of products, including a generative AI chatbot and features integrated into Google Workspace and mobile devices. These models are capable of understanding and processing different types of information, such as text, images, code, audio, and video, making them highly versatile for tasks like writing, research, and creative generation. Everyone said copilot fell flat - ChatGPT and Google Gemini Our mundane, repetitive tasks are improved. Not sure
Don’t have enough experience ChatGPT / Closed language model to help write donor letters, etc. - - - A writing persona that can create new proposals and supplement my strategy year over year. Working on it
Scribehow.com Gia with globalización Partners www.globalization-partners.com You need context ask the ai to help you improve your prompt Whisper soft large Agentic ai Yea
Learning Learning Learning Learning Learning That we will be experimenting with some of these tools and finding some helpful more efficient processes No
Pulpit Copilot ChatGPT Copilot - - Better automated interaction with candidates before actually connecting with a mobilizer No
Coding Agents: Lovable and Claude Code Shortwave (for emails), Granola (for meeting notes) Copilot Meta prompt to improve your prompts Gamma - creating quick presentations on the fly Full integration among all mediums (email, meetings, docs, calls) Nope

Jason Rutel

Lead Creative / Founder
Creative Nomads

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