The NISOD AI Innovation Lab is a 3-hour interactive workshop enabling institutional teams to develop AI-enhanced approaches for their strategic initiatives. Participants work on real projects they've identified beforehand, receiving guidance on AI readiness assessment, prompt engineering, and implementation planning. Each team leaves with customized AI prompts, integration workflows, and concrete next steps informed by T3's research on AI adoption in higher education. The workshop combines practical AI applications with change management strategies, providing both immediate project advancement and reusable frameworks that teams can apply to future institutional challenges.
Facilitator: Dr. Audrey Ellis, T3 Founder and Principal.
Founder, Principal
Audrey Ellis is the founder and principal consultant of T3 Advisory. With a Doctor of Management in Community College Policy and Administration from the University of Maryland Global Campus, Dr. Ellis’s research focuses on change management and addressing initiative fatigue at community colleges.
Since founding T3 Advisory, Dr. Ellis has partnered with higher education institutions to deliver strategic guidance, implementation support, and training. Her expertise spans change management, AI literacy, and student-centered process improvement. She serves as the co-chair of Complete College America’s Council on Equitable AI, where she leads discussions and develops resources at the intersection of AI and equity. In addition to her dissertation on initiative fatigue, she has authored numerous publications on AI and student success and frequently delivers keynotes and workshops on technology, equity, and education.
Dr. Ellis has worked with dozens of community colleges in a research and consulting capacity, providing guidance on initiatives such as student onboarding, enrollment optimization, and platform implementations. She has also worked on the ground at a community college, where she led institutional effectiveness efforts, co-designed student success programs, and implemented strategic planning and data governance initiatives.
Dr. Ellis earned her B.A. in Sociology and Education from Tufts University and her M.S. Ed. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. She is deeply committed to supporting her community, serving as Board Secretary and Graduation Success Committee Chair at Esperanza Academy, a tuition-free all-girls middle school in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Additionally, she has raised over $30,000 for cancer research through the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge, completing the Boston Marathon in 2023 and 2024.
Expertise and Practice Areas:
• Generative AI Strategy
• Student Onboarding and Process Improvement
• Technology Implementation, Optimization & Portfolio Management
• Data Governance
• Student Success Programs & Management
• Change Management
• Institutional Research and Effectiveness
• Strategic Planning
• Qualitative Research
