Professional Training

Learning Outcomes - participants will gain knowledge of:

AI Fundamentals: Understand AI basics, its current capabilities and limitations.
AI Content Preparation: Use AI to research, summarise and extract key points for presentations.
Data Visualisation: Use AI to recommend and implement appropriate chart types and infographics.
Applying Key Microsoft 365 Techniques with AI assistance.
AI-Driven Dashboards & Infographics: Combine AI tools with Microsoft features for professional dashboards and infographics.
Streamlining Workflow: Apply AI to import, format and enhance slides, saving time on content creation.

Prerequisites

No prior experience with AI is required. Familiarity with PowerPoint and Microsoft 365 (Office) is expected. Access to free versions of ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot is required.

Introduction

A short summation of where AI is now, what is needed to benefit from it and where it’s headed.

Examples of AI in action
Prompt Engineering basics
Understanding the limitations of AI

AI Assisted Content Preparation

Using AI tools to produce valid information in a fraction of the time previously required.

Researching content
Summarising information
Extracting key points from text
Retrieving content from a PDF
Choosing a tone or audience
Importing data using PowerQuery
Normalising data
Removing duplicates
Dealing with missing information

Using AI To Create Dashboards & Infographics

Learn how to turn raw charts into compelling data stories that inspire action, using proven storytelling techniques and AI-powered insights in Excel.

Understanding Dashboard Elements:
KPIs
Pivots
Charts
Top N
Shapes
Slicers
Telling a story with your data
Choosing what to present

Data Visualisation Techniques

Using AI to suggest data to present and provide step by step instructions to create the pivots, charts and other dashboard elements

Create visually appealing charts
Preparing data for charting
Using multiple views of the same series
Nested donut charts
Formatting
Removing unnecessary elements

Applying Key Microsoft 365 Techniques

Employing AI to implement some key Microsoft 365 data visualisation features in PowerPoint, Word and Excel.

Icons
Shapes
Linking content
The Morph Transition
Animations
Exporting to PDF

AI-powered Presentation Creation

Bringing AI tools and key Microsoft 365 features together to generate effective, impactful presentations.

Preparing data in Excel
Creating Slides in PowerPoint
Exporting to Microsoft Word
Generating PDFs