Leadership wants ROI
Executives expect visible value from Copilot. Without clear use cases and baseline metrics, the spend is hard to justify.
4 to 5 hours · Virtual or on-site · All roles
Copilot Prompt-a-Thon workshop
The Copilot Prompt-a-Thon is a hands-on workshop where your team experiments with Microsoft 365 Copilot, hacks a real business process, and walks away with the confidence, use cases, and a custom Book of Prompts to lead AI adoption.
Book this workshopWe will scope the agenda, audience, and timing with your team.
A two-minute overview of how the Prompt-a-Thon runs.
The challenge
You have made the investment. Are you seeing the returns?
Successful AI adoption is not about picking the right tool. It is about preparing the organisation, shaping the use cases, building the skills, and reinforcing the behaviours so AI shows up in how your people actually work.
People are confused
Confusion about which Copilot to use when creates friction, slows adoption, and stalls time to value.
Shadow IT risk
When staff do not see how Microsoft 365 meets their needs, they turn to non-approved tools, creating duplicate cost and security exposure.
Skills do not materialise on their own
Role-based enablement with practical prompting is required so teams can apply Copilot to the tasks they already do every day.
Why it works
Key benefits of the Prompt-a-Thon
A high-energy, guided format that gets your people from curiosity to capability in a single session.
01 Hack your job
Teams uncover high-value Copilot use cases that automate tasks and improve everyday processes, grounded in real work rather than demos.
02 Energy that drives usage
The guided, high-energy format builds enthusiasm and helps people embed AI skills in the flow of work, not as a side project.
03 Best ideas surface together
Collaboration draws out the strongest use cases, culminating in a Big Prompt Reveal where top submissions are recognised.
04 From curiosity to capability
Hands-on practice teaches proven prompting techniques applied to real scenarios, so skill builds fast and lasts.
What to expect
What participants walk away with
- Masterclass-level prompting skills participants can apply immediately
- Confidence using Copilot across Teams, Word, Excel, and Outlook
- A custom Book of Prompts, a playbook of ready-to-use Copilot solutions tailored to your business
- Real use cases mapped to their day-to-day work
- 4 to 5 hrs
- Virtual or on-site, one immersive session
- 4 modules
- Master class, walkthrough, hack, Big Prompt Reveal
- All roles
- Front-line, knowledge workers, and executives together
The five-hour session includes an overview of Copilot Agent Builder in Microsoft 365, and participants are encouraged to create an agent themselves.
The essentials
Prompt-a-Thon at a glance
- Format
- 4 to 5 hours, virtual or on-siteFive hours when Copilot Agent Builder is included on the agenda
- Modules
- Prompt engineering masterclass, M365 walkthrough, AI hack, team presentationsModular structure adapts to your priorities
- Audience
- Employees across all areas of the businessFront-line staff, knowledge workers, and executives together
- Deliverables
- Custom Book of Prompts with prompt cards per processA playbook of reusable Copilot solutions
- Prerequisites
- Copilot licences, free or paidWe recommend separate cohorts for paid and free Copilot users
Agenda
Prompt-a-Thon agenda
A guided journey from prompting fundamentals to team-built solutions and recognition.
Master class: art of prompting
- 10 min
Introduction to Copilot
Session overview and goals, Work IQ, and navigation.
- 80 min
Art of prompting
The prompting framework, techniques, and practical tips.
Art of the possible
- 15 min
Break
Reset and recharge.
- 90 min
M365 Copilot walkthrough and agent creation
Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook, agents, and Cowork applied to your organisation's scenarios.
Hack: teamwork and application
- 10 min
Hack structure
Prompt-a-Thon template, breakout rooms, and final product instructions.
- 45 min
Team activity
Hack one process: map it, write prompt cards, test, and iterate.
Reveal: presentations and recognition
- 30 min
Hack presentations and voting
Five-minute pitches, a judging rubric, and team voting.
- 20 min
Recognition and wrap-up
Prizes, feedback, and the plan for what happens next.
Case study, maritime industry
From curiosity to confidence in global shipping
Before the workshop, most participants at a global maritime shipping organisation used Copilot rarely or not at all. A single Prompt-a-Thon built around live experimentation and real work scenarios changed that.
See more client results+200%
High-frequency Copilot users tripled after a single session
+275%
More participants reporting 15+ minutes of daily time savings
- Nearly all participants felt prepared or highly prepared to use Copilot, up from half before the session
- Perceived value shifted strongly to very and extremely valuable, and negative ratings disappeared
- Most participants committed to encouraging their teams to use Copilot, creating internal adoption champions
Testimonials
What participants are saying
I now have a renewed focus and appreciation for Copilot. The training gave me various use cases and ideas on how to utilize it going forward.
Well-rounded session. Appreciate they made the effort to understand our roles and prepared good materials to walk us through relevant examples. The hands-on exercises were valuable.
A lot of interesting content and different ways to use Copilot were shared. The best thing I learned was using “/” to narrow a prompt to a particular meeting series or person.
Very informative and practical. Good to understand the different Copilot uses, and the prompt masterclass was interesting and useful.
Questions?
Prompt-a-Thon FAQ
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What is a Copilot Prompt-a-Thon?
A Prompt-a-Thon is a hands-on, expert-guided workshop where teams experiment with Microsoft 365 Copilot on their own work. It combines a prompting masterclass, a walkthrough across Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Outlook, a team hack of one real business process, and a Big Prompt Reveal where the best solutions are presented and recognised.
How long is the workshop?
Four to five hours in one immersive session, delivered virtually or on-site. The five-hour version includes an overview of Copilot Agent Builder in Microsoft 365, where participants are encouraged to build an agent themselves.
Who should attend?
Employees across all areas of the business: front-line staff, knowledge workers, and executives together. Mixing functions is deliberate, because the strongest use cases usually surface where teams compare how they work.
What do participants take away?
Masterclass-level prompting skills, confidence using Copilot across the Microsoft 365 apps, real use cases mapped to their day-to-day work, and a custom Book of Prompts: a playbook of ready-to-use prompt cards tailored to your business.
What are the prerequisites?
Participants need a Copilot licence, free or paid. We recommend running separate cohorts for paid and free Copilot users so the walkthrough matches what each group can actually do.
Does the Prompt-a-Thon actually change usage?
In a global maritime shipping organisation, high-frequency Copilot users tripled after a single Prompt-a-Thon and the number of people reporting 15 or more minutes of daily time savings rose sharply. Nearly all participants felt prepared to use Copilot afterwards, up from about half before the session.
Is it virtual or on-site?
Both. Virtual sessions use breakout rooms for the hack, and on-site sessions run the same agenda in person. Content, deliverables, and outcomes are identical.
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