January 21 ~ Teams 1: Understanding Microsoft Teams
March 18 ~ Professional PowerPoint: Core Skills
May 20 ~ Teams 2: Chat and Meetings
June 12 ~ Secure and Ethical Use of Copilot
July 22 ~ Outlook and OneNote Integrations for Information Management
October 8 ~ Teams 3: Creating Teams and Channels
December 10 ~ Using Copilot Effectively in Microsoft Word
Session descriptions/topics are below.
Teams 1: Understanding Microsoft Teams
January 21, 2025 | 9–11 a.m.
Microsoft Teams is the modern hub of communication and collaboration in the Microsoft 365 Suite. Understanding the tools available within it, and the customization the end user can have over it, is very valuable.
Topics include:
Navigating the Teams areas
Customizing Teams settings
Introduction to Chat and Teams
Finding and using files
Professional PowerPoint: Core Skills
March 18, 2025 | 9–10:30 a.m.
Most business professionals are using PowerPoint without proper training. There are a small number of critical, foundational ideas in PowerPoint that can either make your work creating slide shows easy or difficult, and this session focuses on those core elements.
Topics include:
Understanding presentation templates, themes, and slide masters
Controlling the color scheme of the presentation
Unifying font choices across a presentation
Cleaning up problematic presentations in seconds
Teams 2: Chat and Meetings
May 20, 2025 | 9–11 a.m.
The Chat space in Microsoft Teams encompasses the small-group, spontaneous collaboration that is so valuable to businesses. It is also the primary space for video conferencing meetings and where the work accomplished in those meetings is saved.”
Topics include:
Starting and managing conversations
Modifying notification settings
Sharing files with OneDrive
Scheduling and organizing meetings
Leading meetings and sharing content
Secure and Ethical Use of Copilot
June 12, 2025 | 9–11 a.m.
Microsoft Copilot is a powerful tool to enhance your productivity and creativity. However, it also comes with a number of ethical and security challenges you should be aware of, and address. In this session, we help you understand the core principles of responsible use of Artificial Intelligence, and how to apply them in your workplace.
Topics include:
Understanding the core principles of ethical AI usage
Ensuring data privacy and security with Copilot
Integrating Copilot within organizational workflows
Preventing the misuse of sensitive information
Outlook & OneNote Integrations for Information Management
July 22, 2025 | 9–10:30 a.m.
In the modern office, we receive an extraordinary amount of information daily. Much of this comes through the Outlook inbox, but folders aren’t the best way to organize, use, and find that information. Instead, OneNote integrates seamlessly with Outlook to provide a significant improvement in power and flexibility.
Topics include:
Sending emails and attachments to OneNote notebooks
Sharing content in OneNote via email and Teams
Organizing and repurposing information in OneNote
Taking meeting minutes in OneNote
Sharing notes with the attendees of a meeting
Tracking contact information in OneNote
Creating Outlook tasks from notes
Teams 3: Creating Teams and Channels
October 8, 2025 | 9–11 a.m.
Team space in Microsoft Teams is used for organized, structured collaboration around the essential groups within an organization–divisions, departments, teams, and project-specific groups. By creating and organizing a Team effectively, the group is given a valuable, ongoing space for discussion, meetings, file sharing, task management, and more.
Topics include:
Understanding and creating teams
Modifying team settings and membership
Organizing conversations and meetings within the team
File sharing and coauthoring
Planning the life cycle of a team
Using Copilot Effectively in Microsoft Word
December 10, 2025 | 9–10 a.m.
Microsoft Copilot gives workers the opportunity to leverage artificial intelligence directly within Microsoft Word, for both Word-specific, and broader applications. In this seminar, discover the tools Copilot gives us to make us more effective and efficient.
Topics include:
Summarizing the contents of documents and transcripts with Copilot
Discovering and converting useful content from across the organization
Creating more accessible documents with artificial intelligence
Rewriting and matching content to the audience
