Session Description

Discover how Microsoft Copilot can become your everyday productivity partner. In this hands-on session, you’ll explore practical ways to use Copilot’s AI capabilities to write, analyze, and create more effectively—right inside the tools you already use, including Word, Excel, and Copilot on the web.

Whether you are drafting reports, analyzing spreadsheets, or conducting research online, Copilot can help you:

• Turn rough ideas into polished content in seconds
• Extract key insights from complex data and create visuals with ease
• Generate content and explore new ideas on the web
• Save time on repetitive tasks so you can focus on high-value work

✔ 100% Online, Live Instructor-Led
✔ Designed for Non-Technical Professionals
✔ Focused on Practical, Everyday AI Use

Benefits

• Develop Immediate, Practical AI Skills – Gain practical tools you can implement in your day-to-day.
• Designed for Professionals, Not Tech Experts – Designed for non-technical professionals ready to move beyond basic AI use and apply AI to real workplace tasks, not coding or theory
• Low Commitment, High Value – Each AI Essentials 90-minute session is just $25, allowing participants to choose the topics most relevant to them without a major time or financial commitment
• Learn from an AI Expert – Sessions led by University of Maine Vice Chancellor for Finance and Strategic AI Integration Ryan Low

Session Details

Format: Live On Zoom*
Duration: 90 minutes – featuring 75 minutes of instruction and 15 minutes for Q&A, plus access to a 1-hour, live AI Q&A Café
Cost: $25
*While live participation is strongly encouraged, all AI Essentials sessions will be recorded and made available for participants unable to attend in real time.