Prompt Lab: From Prompting to Productivity
Course 5210
1 DAY COURSE
Course Outline
This lab-based workshop provides a focused deep dive into practical AI prompting techniques designed to streamline time-consuming, repetitive tasks across business user roles. Rather than emphasizing theory, the experience centers on real-world scenarios and job-specific use cases, enabling participants to apply AI immediately to the work that consumes the most effort in their daily workflows.
Learners engage directly with modern AI tools to analyze recurring tasks, design effective prompts, test outcomes, and refine results in guided lab environments. Each activity is grounded in authentic workplace scenarios such as documentation drafting, data summarization, communication workflows, and reporting, ensuring outcomes translate directly to measurable productivity gains.
Prompt Lab: From Prompting to Productivity Benefits
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Participants will be able to:
- Use a structured prompt formula for repeatable results.
- Practically apply Copilot to documents, data and workflows.
- Build team-based solutions to solve real business problems.
- Evaluate outputs for accuracy, bias and usefulness.
- Justify the use of Copilot for making AI-assisted business decisions.
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Prerequisites
- Attendees should have a working knowledge of AI tools (ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini)
- Labs will be based on the licensed version of Copilot
Gen AI Prompt Lab Outline
Learning Objectives
Module 1: Introduction and Prompt Framework
- Best practice prompt formula
- How to use the formula to create reusable prompts
- Prompt specificity vs vagueness
- How to ask clarifying questions
- Structuring outputs
- Limitations and troubleshooting
Module 2: Summarization and Document Intelligence
- Summarizing long documents
- Extracting key insights
- Rewriting for different audiences
- Comparing documents
Module 3: Analytical Prompting:
- Prompting analytically
- Extract trends from data
- Pull insights from complex data
- Turning data into decisions
Module 4. Scheduling, Planning and Workflow Automation
- Generating plans and timelines
- Writing emails and coordination notes
- Prioritizing tasks
- How we use Copilot as a project assistant
Module 5: Capstone
- Group Presentations and Discussion
Private Team Training
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