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SUMMARY:AI Foundations: Which AI Tool for Which Job
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, half day. ChatGPT\, Copilot\, Claude\, Gemini and Perplexity compared on real tasks\, plus prompts you can reuse.\n\n\nAn introduction to AI assistants for people who do not write code. You compare the same question across tools\, learn a five-part prompt (Role\, Task\, Context\, Format\, Constraint)\, and build one reusable prompt for a task you do regularly. Covers ChatGPT\, Microsoft Copilot\, Claude\, Gemini and Perplexity. \nWhat you will do \n\nExplain in plain terms what AI assistants do and do not do\nCompare the main AI tools and match each to a job\nWrite a prompt with Role\, Task\, Context\, Format and Constraint\nUse AI for email\, documents\, presentations and data\nStart a personal prompt library with one reusable prompt\nApply responsible-use practices: hallucination\, bias\, data privacy and organization policy\n\nCopilot license: No Copilot license needed. \nWho it is for: Business professionals\, end users and non-technical staff who want a practical introduction to AI tools that is not tied to one vendor. \nWhat you need \n\nA web browser and free accounts for two of the AI tools covered. The instructor confirms which two before class. No Microsoft license needed.\nComfortable with a web browser and basic productivity apps. No AI experience needed.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Course manual\, the sample files\, and the slides. \nLength: Half day (3.5 hours). Level: Beginner. Format: Instructor-led\, hands-on. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/ai-foundations-which-ai-tool-for-which-job/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270126T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270126T120000
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SUMMARY:Power BI Jumpstart: From an Excel File to an Interactive Report
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, 3 hours. Connect Power BI Desktop to an Excel file\, clean the data\, and build a report page with a slicer.\n\n\nThe monthly report is an Excel file you rebuild by hand. \nYou connect Power BI Desktop to an Excel sales file and clean it in Power Query. You format the numbers as currency\, add a product hierarchy and two measures that count orders and customers correctly. Then you build a dashboard page: four KPI cards\, a year slicer\, a sales trend line chart and a sales-by-category bar chart you can drill into\, and you control which visuals the slicer filters. The instructor shows how a report is published and shared. \nWhat you will do \n\nFind your way around Power BI Desktop\nConnect to an Excel file and clean the data in Power Query\nFormat numbers and add a product hierarchy and two measures\nBuild KPI cards\, a slicer\, a trend line chart and a drill-down bar chart\nControl which visuals a slicer filters\nExplain what is needed to share a report\n\nYou leave with: A report file with a dashboard page: four KPI cards\, a year slicer\, a trend line chart and a drill-down bar chart. \nWho it is for: Analysts and managers who report from Excel today and are new to Power BI. \nWhat you need \n\nA Windows PC with Power BI Desktop installed. It is free. It does not run on a Mac. No paid license is needed for the hands-on work. Sharing or publishing a report needs Power BI Pro or Premium Per User and is shown by the instructor.\nCheck before you register: Install Power BI Desktop from the Microsoft Store before class. If your PC is locked down\, ask your IT department to install it.\nPower BI Desktop installed. Sample Excel file downloaded from the link sent before class. Basic Excel helps.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab Exercise Manual and the sample data file. \nLength: 3 hours. Level: Beginner. Format: Instructor-led\, hands-on. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/power-bi-jumpstart-from-an-excel-file-to-an-interactive-report/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270127T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270127T120000
DTSTAMP:20261014T201924Z
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SUMMARY:Microsoft Project Desktop Jumpstart: Build Your First Schedule
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, 3 hours. Start a project plan in Project desktop\, link the tasks\, and assign resources.\n\n\nThe schedule lives in a spreadsheet\, and every date change means fixing it by hand. \nYou start a project plan\, set its calendar\, build a task list with summary tasks\, link the tasks\, and assign resources. Baselines\, tracking and reports are in the full course. \nWhat you will do \n\nNavigate the Project interface and start a new plan\nSet up the project calendar and exceptions\nBuild a Work Breakdown Structure\nLink tasks with dependencies\nCreate a resource pool and assign resources\n\nYou leave with: A project file with linked tasks and assigned resources. \nWho it is for: Project managers\, coordinators and team leads who are new to Microsoft Project or returning to it. \nWhat you need \n\nMicrosoft Project desktop client installed on a Windows PC. It is paid software\, sold separately from standard Microsoft 365 plans\, for example with Planner and Project Plan 3.\nCheck before you register: Open Microsoft Project on your PC. If it is not installed\, you cannot do the hands-on work.\nMicrosoft Project installed. Basic project management concepts: tasks\, dependencies and resources.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab Exercise Manual and a PMO sequence reference. \nLength: 3 hours. Level: Beginner. Format: Instructor-led\, hands-on. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/microsoft-project-desktop-jumpstart-build-your-first-schedule/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270128T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270128T160000
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SUMMARY:Microsoft 365 Copilot: Draft\, Analyze\, and Present (One-Day Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:Full-day\, hands-on. Copilot Chat\, PowerPoint\, Word\, Excel and Outlook\, one business scenario\, ending in Copilot Notebooks.\n\n\nA stand-alone day. One business scenario runs through the day. You run a first prompt before any instruction\, learn the GCSE structure\, personalization and grounding\, and apply them in PowerPoint\, Word\, Excel and Outlook. The day closes with a capstone in Copilot Notebooks. \nWhat you will do \n\nExplain how Copilot grounds answers in organization data and how permissions limit what it sees\nApply the GCSE prompt structure and iterate instead of restarting\nPersonalize Copilot and save prompts for reuse\nBuild and refine a presentation in PowerPoint\, including a branded template\nDraft\, refine and compare documents in Word\nAnalyze and chart data in Excel and verify the answers\nSummarize threads\, draft replies and prepare for meetings in Outlook\nSchedule a recurring briefing prompt\nBuild a multi-source workspace in Copilot Notebooks\n\nCopilot license: Copilot Premium (the paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license). \nWho it is for: Business users with the Microsoft 365 Copilot license who draft documents\, analyze data\, build presentations and manage email and meetings. \nWhat you need \n\nMicrosoft 365 Copilot license: the paid add-on\, or Microsoft 365 E7\, which includes it. The Copilot label under the user’s name reads M365 Copilot (Premium). Word\, Excel and PowerPoint desktop apps\, new Outlook or Outlook on the web\, and OneDrive. Sample files are sent before class. Scheduled prompts are not available in government (GCC) tenants.\nCheck before you register: Open Microsoft 365 Copilot with your work account and read the label under your name at the bottom of the page. It must end in (Premium).\nMicrosoft 365 Copilot license assigned. Familiar with Word\, Excel\, PowerPoint and Outlook. No AI experience needed.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab Exercise Manual with a prompt pattern quick reference\, and the sample files. \nLength: 1 day (6 hours). Level: Beginner. Format: Instructor-led\, hands-on. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/microsoft-365-copilot-draft-analyze-and-present-one-day-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270129T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270129T163000
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SUMMARY:Outlook Intermediate: Rules\, Quick Steps\, Search and Calendar
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on\, half day. Build rules\, one-click Quick Steps and saved searches in your own mailbox\, and make the calendar do the work.\n\n\nEach module ends with something built in the student’s own mailbox: a rule\, a one-click Quick Step\, a saved search\, a meeting made from an email thread. Where new Outlook and classic Outlook differ\, the manual shows both. After doing each task by hand\, students see how Copilot does the same task. \nWhat you will do \n\nBuild rules\, Quick Steps and cleanup tools\nFind messages with search operators and Search Folders\nTurn an email thread into a scheduled meeting\nTurn an email into a task with a due date\, and track it in Microsoft To Do\nUse one category system across mail and calendar\nSend with signatures\, templates\, scheduled delivery and correct attachment permissions\nTell which features exist in each Outlook client\n\nWho it is for: Office professionals who are comfortable composing\, replying and using the calendar. \nWhat you need \n\nMicrosoft 365 with Exchange Online. No paid Copilot license needed. Taught in new Outlook and classic Outlook for Windows side by side.\nComfortable with basic Outlook: composing\, replying and basic calendar use.\nA computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.\n\nYou receive: Lab Exercise Manual\, a two-page quick reference\, and the slides. \nLength: Half day (3.5 hours). Level: Intermediate. Format: Instructor-led\, hands-on. \nYour instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies\, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions\, Inc. (SBSI)\, sharepointmentoring.com. \nRefunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class\, you get a full refund. \nPrivate sessions: This class can be run for your team\, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.
URL:https://sharepointmentoring.com/event/outlook-intermediate-rules-quick-steps-search-and-calendar/
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