Microsoft Copilot – AI power for your everyday office life

What you can expect in the seminar

In this practical seminar, you will learn how to use Microsoft Copilot in a targeted manner to simplify your daily tasks and increase your personal productivity. You will discover how Copilot supports you in writing, researching, thinking, and structuring, both in Microsoft 365 apps and in Copilot Chat. Based on modern productivity theory, you will combine AI functions with effective working methods. You will practice specific applications in Outlook, Word, Teams, Excel, and PowerPoint and learn how to achieve accurate and reliable results with structured prompting.

key topics

• Introduction to productivity theory: How and why AI is a key driver of your personal productivity.
• Introduction to AI and Microsoft Copilot: How Copilot thinks, what data it uses, and how you can control it specifically.
• Work more efficiently with Copilot in Microsoft 365: How to use Outlook, Word, Teams, Excel, and PowerPoint more intelligently.
• Copilot as an AI chat partner: How to write, research, brainstorm, and develop ideas more effectively directly in Copilot Chat.
• Be more successful with better prompts: How to achieve more accurate and reliable results with the right prompting technique.
• Practical use cases and exercises for everyday office life: How to simplify emails, minutes, and other time-consuming tasks with Copilot.

requirements

Please bring your own device (laptop or tablet) with an active Microsoft 365 license and access to Copilot.

Please note that individual functions may vary depending on the scope of the license.

What you can look forward to

• exchange
• individual assignments
• group work
• Theoretical inputs
• exercises
• Teaching practical knowledge

Head: Oliver Bertschinger

Independent AI consultant since 2023, lecturer, and productivity expert