Most AI tools promise to do the thinking for you. NotebookLM does something more useful: it thinks with your sources.

You’ve probably heard about it. Maybe you’ve poked around. But there’s a big gap between knowing it exists and knowing how to make it actually work for a coaching or training practice — how to feed it the right material, how to direct it toward something usable, and how to turn an overloaded notebook into a training framework, a slide deck, or a podcast in under two hours.

That’s what this session gets into.

Mick Lavin — agile coach and longtime technology practitioner — built a full conflict management training program live during this session. You see the whole process: the wrong turns, the waiting, the curation decisions, and the moments that genuinely surprised the room.

What we cover:

🗂️ Source curation — how to use deep research to populate a notebook, what to remove (dead links, irrelevant content, paywalled sources), and why curation is the single most important step before you generate anything

🔗 Bringing in sources from across the web — using the WebSync Chrome extension and Gemini’s Ask sidebar to import URLs, YouTube playlists, and external research at scale

📊 Data tables as a planning tool — how to use NotebookLM to generate a full course outline (lesson titles, descriptions, learning objectives, and content prompts for each module) — exported directly to Google Sheets

🎙️ Studio outputs — podcasts, mind maps, slide decks, infographics, and flashcards generated from the same source material; what works, what doesn’t, and how to direct the style

✏️ Persona and setup prompts — how to give your notebook a role (PhD coach, L&D consultant) so that everything it generates is framed for your audience and purpose

What you’ll walk away with:

A clear, repeatable workflow for building a research-grounded notebook from scratch — in any topic area relevant to your coaching or training work. A practical understanding of what NotebookLM can and can’t do, so you stop experimenting and start using it with intention. A starting point for turning research into structured training content, presentations, or reference materials without starting from a blank page.

Who this is for:

Coaches, trainers, and learning professionals who want to use AI to build knowledge-rich content — and are ready to move from exploration to a real working process.

Format: 2-hour live session · Expert demo + live experimentation · Replay included · Cheat sheet provided

Access & Pricing

League of Rebels members Included in your membership · Replay access for the full duration of your membership

🙋 Members: access the Insight Labs Collection here

Non-members 49 € excl. taxes · Includes session recording + 1 month replay access

After registration, you’ll receive your access link via email.