Overview
This hands-on, instructor-led course is ideal for anyone who wants to use Microsoft Copilot to create, improve and refine presentations in PowerPoint. The session focuses on practical workplace tasks such as creating slides from prompts or existing content, improving structure, reducing text, refining slide messages and creating clearer visual content. Delegates will gain confidence using Copilot as a presentation support tool while learning how to review and improve the outputs.
Course Content
Effective presentation design
• Understanding the purpose of a presentation
• Structuring content for the audience
• Creating a clear message and flow
• Avoiding overcrowded slides
Where Copilot fits in the process
• Using Copilot to support planning and creation
• Starting from prompts or existing content
• Understanding the importance of review
• Knowing when to refine outputs manually
Prompting basics for presentations
• Writing clear presentation prompts
• Providing audience, purpose and tone
• Asking for slide structure and key messages
• Using follow-up prompts to improve results
Creating and improving slides
• Creating presentations from prompts
• Turning written content into slides
• Editing and restructuring slide content
• Reducing text and improving clarity
Visuals and refinement
• Prompting for visual ideas
• Creating images, diagrams and infographic-style content
• Improving slide consistency
• Refining outputs with follow-up prompts
Practical exercises
• Real-world presentation scenarios
• Hands-on presentation creation
• Improving an existing slide deck
• Best practice and key takeaways
Practical exercises throughout the course
• Real-world document scenarios
• Hands-on document creation
• Improving an existing document
• Best practice and key takeaways
