Set up your AI once for output that serves the goal

Set up your AI once for output that serves the goal ​About This Talk Most designers experimenting with AI are still using it as a glorified autocomplete — good for one-off outputs, useless for real workflow. Yuliia Galytska will share how she set up her own AI model to support the way she actually works.The session will cover the foundations — global instructions, connectors, and skills — and how to manage token usage so it stays efficient rather than expensive. The centrepiece: how she built a personal voice file — an AI-led interview that extracts how she thinks and communicates, so any output the model produces afterward sounds like her, not generic AI. The same file adapts. Different output depending on the audience, the purpose, the goal — manager update vs. mentee feedback, public writing on Medium, internal Slack and email. This is a presentation and a hands-on workshop. You'll get a shortened version of the interview to try live during the session, see Yuliia's own results and business use cases from her day-to-day design work, and leave with the tools to build your own file at home. ​You'll Learn How global instructions work — and how you can set them up for your projects and chats How to build a personal "voice file" so AI output actually sounds like you Real business use cases from Yuliia's work Practical tips on managing token usage ​Who It's For Designers ready to move past basic prompting into a real, working AI setup — whether you're brand new to this or already using AI daily.​What to Bring A laptop — required, this session is hands-on A Claude Pro subscription is recommended, if you have one A water bottle — it's a full evening session 🎤 Speaker: Yuliia GalytskaYuliia had a career as a corporate lawyer before switching into product design. The legal background stayed. It shows up in how she approaches complex systems: systems thinking and edge-case awareness. She's a Senior Product Designer at Lendesk — a B2B fintech — leading AI-powered work and conducting extensive user research. The setup she'll share at this session is the one she actually uses — built to support her own workflows, tested against real work, and still evolving. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuliia-galytska-productdesignerMedium: https://medium.com/@yugalytska 🏠 Hosted by: Designed Forward — a coaching community for designers, researchers, and entrepreneurs 📅 Thursday, October 26 | 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM 📍 In-person only, capped at 40 spots. Location will be provided upon approval. ​People who made this event possible: Designed Forward is a coaching community for designers and career-driven professionals — built on real accountability, honest feedback, and the belief that growth happens faster with people around you who actually push you forward. Join FREE here! Northeastern University – Vancouver Campus is generously hosting this event as our venue partner. Located in downtown Vancouver, Northeastern has led experience-based education for over 125 years, combining industry-focused instruction with real-world learning, small class sizes, and close faculty mentorship. As part of a global research university with 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada and 320,000+ alumni, their Vancouver campus gives students direct access to one of Canada's most dynamic innovation centres.