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Duration 15 hours
Course Outline
Foundations of AI-Enhanced Productivity
- Understanding Generative AI
- An overview of the history and evolution of language models.
- Gaining insight into Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Evaluating the capabilities and constraints of tools such as ChatGPT.
- Getting Started with ChatGPT
- Setting up accounts and navigating the user interface.
- Grasping core concepts: temperature, context, and persona definition.
- Practical Activity: Creating an initial draft using ChatGPT.
Mastering Prompt Engineering
- Deconstructing Effective Prompts
- Identifying key elements: task definition, context, role, format, and tone.
- Applying strategies for iterative "ask and refine" prompting.
- Advanced Prompting Strategies
- Chain-of-Thought reasoning: guiding the AI to think step-by-step.
- Few-Shot Prompting: providing examples to sharpen output accuracy.
- The cycle of iteration and refinement: essential for achieving precise results.
- Practical Activity: Refining a prompt iteratively to achieve the desired outcome for a management report.
Streamlining Writing and Summarization
- Email Drafting and Response Automation
- Generating polished professional email drafts.
- Automating standard and personalized reply mechanisms.
- Document Synthesis and Analysis
- Condensing meeting minutes, articles, and lengthy documents.
- Extracting critical insights and action items from complex texts.
- Practical Activity: Using ChatGPT to summarize a document and compose a corresponding email reply.
Leveraging Microsoft 365 Copilot in Excel
- Introduction to Excel Copilot
- Familiarizing with the interface and understanding its analytical capabilities.
- Crafting effective prompts tailored for data analysis.
- Data Insight and Visualization
- Directing Copilot to process and analyze extensive datasets.
- Automatically generating charts, pivot tables, and visual representations.
- Predictive Modeling and Reporting
- Utilizing Copilot to create forecasts derived from historical data.
- Drafting reports directly from spreadsheet insights.
- Practical Activity: Employing Copilot to analyze sales data, generate a forecast, and produce a visual chart.
Enhancing PowerPoint and Outlook with Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Copilot for PowerPoint
- Building presentation frameworks from Word documents or text drafts.
- Refining slides through design suggestions, relevant imagery, and content restructuring.
- Practical Activity: Utilizing Copilot to construct a comprehensive project presentation.
- Copilot for Outlook
- Drafting and simplifying professional correspondence.
- Inbox management: summarizing long threads and prioritizing critical messages.
- Practical Activity: Requesting Copilot to summarize an email chain and draft a concise response.
Integration and Sophisticated Workflows
- AI-Driven Enterprise Workflows
- Connecting Copilot with SharePoint and Microsoft Fabric.
- Automating repetitive tasks and core business processes.
- Data Governance and Security
- Navigating ethical considerations and privacy standards in AI usage.
- Adopting best practices for managing sensitive information.
- Practical Activity: Designing a basic team workflow automation using SharePoint and Copilot.
- Wrap-up and Q&A: Exploring the future trajectory of AI in the workplace and resources for ongoing professional development.
Requirements
- Proficiency in core Microsoft 365 applications.
- Practical experience with standard productivity and office management tasks.
- No previous experience with AI tools is necessary.
Target Audience
- Corporate professionals and productivity specialists.
- Project managers and coordination teams.
- Teams seeking to incorporate AI into their daily operational workflows.
Testimonials (1)
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