Microsoft 365 Copilot Essentials
A live, instructor-led online workshop
Upskill yourself or your team with the essential skills to use Microsoft 365 Copilot. In this workshop you will learn how to recognise opportunities for using Copilot, how to prompt Copilot and in turn, be prompted by Copilot to improve your work.
This 4 hour workshop is packed with practical, interactive value. Darrell will lead you through the skills, motivating you to complete exercises, building muscle-memory and confidence in using Copilot.
Why attend?
Who is this for?
Attend this workshop if you are new to using Microsoft 365 Copilot and want to quickly get up to speed with the essential skills.
You want to:
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Know what is possible
and get value from having an M365 Copilot license
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Learn how
to use M365 Copilot as an effective personal assistant
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Get a good grounding
in core Copilot skills to build your expertise from a firm foundation
What you will need to attend this workshop
You will be using the software and Microsoft 365 environment provided by your workplace, to follow along in this workshop.
You will need to have a license / subscription for one of the following:
A Microsoft 365 Business license (Basic, Standard, or Premium)
A Microsoft 365 Enterprise license (E3, E5)
An Office 365 Enterprise license (E1, E3, E5)
AND you will need:
A Microsoft 365 Copilot license
If you are unsure whether you have the required software, please check with your IT Support or IT service provider.
Skills at a glance
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1) What is Microsoft 365 Copilot?
3 primary principles for productivity with Copilot
Where can you use Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps?
Where M365 Copilot gets it’s information from
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2) M365 Copilot Chat and learning to talk with Copilot
How to ask Copilot for help through conversation.
Work and Web sources
Search for information, files, conversations, people, meetings and more.
Adding content to your prompts to improve results
Learn about a topic
Catch up and summarise
Get ideas and create drafts
Save your prompts. Find new prompts.
Chat history and editing Copilot's responses
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3) Using Copilot Agents to work for you
What are Copilot Agents?
How to get an agent
Using an Agent
Using an agent in your Intranet, powered by SharePoint
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4) Keeping up and catching up with work using Copilot
Get help with planning your day
Summarising conversations and files
Drafting quick responses
Catching up with conversations, action items, and people's activities.
AI notes in meetings and chat, and live facilitation in Teams meetings
Ask questions about meetings, email conversations, and chat.
Simple analysis of figures in spreadsheets
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5) Creating with M365 Copilot
Ideas and drafts in:
- Word
- Email, Chat, Channel posts, and other
- Meeting invites
- PowerPoint
- Loop
Rewrite and improve your writing
Create an FAQ from a document
Create a new document, based on another document
Creating images
Examples and scenarios
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6) Tips for adopting new M365 Copilot habits
How to build Copilot into your day, in a meaningful way.
How to get started
Attend a public workshop
US$200 per person
Public workshops are for individuals who want to learn at a date and time that suits them. They want personal development and application of skills.
Pick a date and time when you can attend a 4 hour workshop.
Upcoming workshops
Get a private workshop
US$1000 per workshop
Private workshops are for teams and organisations that want to learn and apply their skills together. They want to organise training for corporate learning and development.
Contact Darrell to learn more and schedule training.