October 21, 2026 · With Ian McDonald
See how existing work can become a short video, a useful guide or a lesson. Revisit the finished examples, member questions and community-connection demonstration, then choose one small project to try.
The edited replay keeps the group teaching, demonstrations and Q&A. The informal opening and separate after-call support conversation have been removed.
Edited replay · 82 minutes · 17 chapters · English captionsThree short paths through the call
Watch the finished remodeling ad, then hear how Ian saves a repeatable process. This excerpt explains an existing result; it does not show the complete creation process live.
The sale mentioned here is Ian describing his own work.
Follow the GIF examples into a gallery with prompts and a community learning resource. Choose one piece of your own work that would be useful to explain.
Try the GIF workshop →See the successful final selection and permission steps after the longer setup attempt. Ian’s access choices are part of this demonstration; choose permissions that match your own task.
Use the current connection guide →This excerpt begins after installation. It is not the full setup walkthrough.
Reuse one piece of workI have this existing material: [describe or attach it]. My audience is [audience]. Help me turn it into one [short video / guide / draft lesson]. First inspect the source and tell me what tools and inputs are available. Propose one small result and a checklist I can use to judge it. Keep the result as a draft while we refine it.
This practice prompt is adapted from the session. A saved skill supplies instructions; generation, editing and publishing require the corresponding tools and access.
Bring your own project
Making videos: Ella’s question last week was why Ian’s assistant could make videos while hers said it couldn’t. We can look at what the assistant actually needs and where your own process gets stuck.
Building a course: Annette asked about getting from course content to videos with voiceovers. What’s the next piece you need: the teaching, the visuals, the voice, or putting it together?
Characters and stories: Ron was working on microdramas for Camp Prosperity, including voices and scenes. Bring a piece to show, or a question about keeping it consistent. We can also revisit the January event listing.
From this week’s work
Ian went back through Google Meet recordings in Drive, found useful moments, and worked with ChatGPT to turn selected clips into illustrated videos. The original person’s words and voice stay at the center; the pictures become animated.
Animated example · 27 seconds
Jasheena Shelton describes her experience with her content workflow. This is the approved October 15 cut reused in this week’s work, based on her August 5 call. The voice is genuine; the illustrated face and movement are AI generated.
Her time-saving comment describes that experience. This is an edited excerpt, and the generated mouth movement is approximate.
Open the original session for context →Show and tell
“What do you already have recorded that you’d like to use again?”
It could be a useful explanation, a workshop moment, a story, or something a member wants to show. Choose the moment first, then decide how it should look.
ChatGPT coordinates the work with the connected tools and files available in that session. A saved skill supplies instructions; video generation and editing still need the appropriate tools.
Explore a recordingHelp me review this call recording. Find three short moments that would still make sense outside the call. For each, give the speaker, exact source timestamps, surrounding context and why it is useful. Do not invent quotes or make a video yet. Let me choose a moment before we plan the visuals.
New community formats
A post can introduce a lesson, offer a calculator, or ask a question with a shared poll. The first native release supports these three formats through connected agents for members and owners, using their existing permissions.
The live post has three preview pages with animated examples. Try it in the feed, choose Expand, then open its full-page view.
Community sign-in and the post’s normal access rules apply. This example was published by the connected account named developer.
What small experience would be useful in your community?
Explore the broader Card Lab prototype ↗Card Lab contains experimental designs beyond the native release. Its browser-local interactions are separate from shared LaunchBox data.
Open the full public GIF workshop →Owners and members
Last week Annette asked whether members could connect their own assistants. There is now a separate member connection, alongside the owner connection.
Two-minute first-cut explainer. Includes owner and member paths; the member posting example inside the film is labelled QA footage. Use the live pages below for today’s setup.
Connect for eligible community-management work. Review the community, requested permissions and any drafts before publishing.
Open the owner connectionUse your community’s Bring your AI link. Read and search discussions you can already access. Replying and creating posts are separate optional permissions.
Connect to Ian McDonald AIOther owners can share their own community’s connection page. A member connection uses your membership and group access; it does not grant management access.
Check my connectionInspect the LaunchBox tools available in this chat. Tell me which community and groups this connection can access, my role, and what it can do. Read only for this task. Do not post, reply or change anything.
For a live demonstration: confirm the account and destination, read an existing discussion, then draft a reply. Review the exact words before choosing to publish.
Another creative example
A 15-second draft from October 20, shown as a work-in-progress video example. It is separate from the Google Meet animation workflow.
This is a concept draft, not a released client campaign.
Look at the opening, the pacing, the images, the sound and the ending. Which part makes the idea clear? Which part still feels unfinished?
For anyone working on courses or demos, Ian also has a finished narrated browser walkthrough with real screen footage and highlights.
Watch the lead-finder walkthrough ↗“Where does your process get stuck: pictures, movement, voice, editing, or putting it all together?”
Keep the conversation going
A small experiment, something you want to show, or a question we can pick up together next time. Choose whichever is useful to you.
Your checklist stays in this browser.
Plan one small testI want to try this idea: [describe it]. Help me choose one small test using the tools and material I already have. Tell me what you need from me and what I should inspect in the result. Keep it a draft until I decide what to share.
Revisit the conversation
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This replay has been reviewed and trimmed where needed. Teaching, demonstrations and Q&A are retained. Chapters and captions follow the edited recording.
Automatically transcribed from the recording and aligned to this edited replay. Wording and speaker labels may contain errors. Choose any timestamp to play that moment.
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