AI: Optimize Your Professional Toolkit
Course Outline
Description
The rapid evolution of AI-powered tools like Microsoft 365 Co-Pilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, and other enterprise-approved AI solutions has changed how professionals work. This hands-on workshop will equip participants with the skills to integrate AI into their daily workflows, improving efficiency in communication, research, data analysis, presentations, and decision-making. Participants will explore how AI can enhance productivity and gain a competitive edge in their roles.
Objectives
- Leverage AI tools to streamline documentation, meeting agendas, and reports.
- Use AI to create compelling presentations and summarize key insights.
- Enhance research capabilities using AI-driven data extraction and synthesis.
- Optimize Excel, Google Sheets, PDF, and data analysis with AI-assisted formulas, automation, and pattern recognition.
- Automate repetitive tasks to increase focus on strategic decision-making.
- Understand AI best practices, limitations, and ethical considerations.
Outline
AI-Powered Productivity for Professionals
- Overview of AI in the workplace: What’s possible today?
- How AI can complement human expertise (not replace it). AI tools: Microsoft 365 Co-Pilot, ChatGPT, Gemini or organization-specific AI solutions
- Hands-on Activity:Explore AI tools for summarizing documents and generating structured content.
Assisting with Agendas, Meeting Notes, and Documentation
- Using AI to automate meeting agendas and action items
- Summarizing long documents and extracting key takeaways
- AI-generated email drafts, stakeholder communications, and status reports
- Hands-on Activity: Generate a meeting agenda and summary notes using an AI tool.
AI for Presentations & Visual Storytelling
- How AI can assist with slide deck creation and content formatting
- Generating speaker notes and key talking points
- Using AI-generated images and graphics for enhanced storytelling
- Hands-on Activity: Use AI to create a slide deck on a real-world topic.
Research & Market Analysis with AI
- Using AI to conduct competitive analysis and trend research
- Automating data gathering, summarization, and report generation
- AI-powered insights for customer sentiment analysis and survey results
- Hands-on Activity: Use AI to generate a market research summary.
AI-Powered Excel, Google Sheets, PDF, and Data Analysis
- AI-assisted formula generation: No more complex formulas!
- Automating data cleaning and pattern recognition
- Using AI for forecasting and predictive analytics
- Hands-on Activity: Use AI to generate advanced Excel, Google Sheets, and PDF reports and analyze trends.
AI for Decision Support & Tactical and Strategic Thinking
- Using AI to evaluate multiple scenarios and recommend options
- AI-assisted risk assessment and mitigation strategies
- Ethical considerations and AI limitations in decision-making
- Hands-on Activity: Use AI to analyze a business case and propose recommendations.
AI Automation & Workflow Optimization
- Identifying repetitive tasks that AI can automate
- Integrating AI into daily workflows for task management and scheduling
- AI-powered email and customGPTs and automation
- Hands-on Activity: Set up an AI-powered automation workflow.
Future-Proofing Your Career with AI
- How to continuously upskill and adapt to AI advancements
- Developing an AI-first mindset for problem-solving
- Staying updated with AI trends and responsible AI usage
- Final Exercise: Develop a personal AI action plan to implement learnings in daily work.
Who Should Attend
- This course is for all professionals.
- All experience levels are welcome.