100 Chats @ Babson's Buildathon

​Using ChatGPT to Build & Ship Faster A ChatGPT Lab Workshop @ The Generator Build-a-thon

​You're in the middle of a 12-hour hackathon. You have an idea, a team, and a deadline. How do you use ChatGPT to actually move faster?

​This 30-minute workshop is a hands-on, conversational session led by Alex Laraia (ChatGPT Lab, Babson College) on how to get the most out of ChatGPT while you build. We'll walk through real prompting strategies for prototyping, debugging, writing pitch decks, structuring your demo, and thinking through product decisions on the fly.

​This isn't a lecture. It's a fast, practical session designed to make the next 8 hours of your hackathon more productive.

​What you'll walk away with:

• ​Prompting patterns that actually speed up building

• ​Live examples of ChatGPT helping with code, copy, and strategy

• ​A free copy of "100 Chats" from OpenAI (first 100 attendees)

​Whether you've never opened ChatGPT or you use it every day, you'll leave with at least one new trick to apply to your project today.

​Part of the ChatGPT Lab program at OpenAI, where students experiment with how ChatGPT can help with their daily lives. This session brings those learnings to the Build-a-thon.