Automation At Its Finest 

Have you ever been halfway through writing something on Word and had the thought, "I wish this document could write itself," or find yourself tediously moving back and forth from info on one Excel sheet to another or staring blankly ahead at a new PowerPoint slide asking yourself, "How am I supposed to make this cohesive?" In one way or another, we've all been overwhelmed by the monotony of small potato projects. And now we have a solution! Microsoft's AI companion is here, and its capabilities do vastly more than "small potato projects." 

Copilot can now be integrated into our everyday apps and can help tremendously with repetitive and tedious tasks, leaving us to get our more critical work done faster and easier. With Copilot, you can quickly catch up on meetings you missed via Teams, get the gist of an email thread instead of having to read individual emails, and organize info across all your content. And you can do all of this within the first ten minutes of your day. Well, sign me up!

Your Best Business Assistant

But let's go a step further with Copilot. Not only can you integrate the system into your apps, but you can also integrate Copilot into your business. Copilot can get your company into a level of optimization you didn't know was possible. This Microsoft product supports increased productivity and efficiency with the automation of tasks and helpful suggestions. Using Copilot as a writing assistant can create higher-quality outputs not only for your Word documents but for your coding practices as well. The program's content awareness can improve accuracy by checking for logic errors and typos. Copilot's data management allows businesses to analyze vast amounts of data, uncover valuable insights, and inform strategic decisions. Small businesses can use Copilot to identify growth opportunities, alleviate risks, and optimize operations with precision and proficiency. 

Copilot: Putting the “Key” in “Keynote”

That sounds great, but how does it really work? Let's look at some real examples of how Copilot can support different aspects of your business.

Allen is a CEO prepping for a company-wide address. First, he needs to gather key points for his presentation. Many emails have been flying around his inbox on new developments. Instead of reading all the threads, Allen gets Copilot to summarize the information for him. From those summaries, Allen can quickly pinpoint his talking points. Then, it's time to rally the team. Allen brings together a group of executives on Teams and discusses his findings thus far. The meeting inspires some pretty cool insights, and the team now has a game plan for moving forward. Allen gets Copilot to create action items from the meeting and assign owners. 

Now it's time to draft out a speech for his company-wide address. Allen wrote something up, but the phrasing seems a little forced and maybe too corporate for these employees. He asks Copilot to revise his writing and make it resonate more with his audience. From that document, Copilot can create a presentation for Allen. To ensure all of the crucial remarks from last quarter's meeting are addressed this time, Allen grabs Copilot's meeting recap. He asks about specific information mentioned in that meeting. 

Of course, with Copilot, the meeting goes great! To finish the event, Allen writes a little thank you to everyone who attended and asks Copilot to keep the tone warm and to the point. He even attaches a Copilot-rendered meeting recap with his notes to that email. 

And done! Allen has successfully prepped and given a keynote address in record time. He feels so good about his work and has saved so much time doing it that he thinks he might actually have a few hours for a round of golf today. 

Step Aside, Advil. Copilot’s Getting Rid of Hiring Headaches Now

Brianna, the head of HR, is looking to hire a new salesperson for her growing company. After creating a super exciting job listing, she has gotten way more responses than expected. Usually, she'd have to spend hours screening these responses, but Copilot has reduced that time to minutes. Brianna asks Copilot to search for keywords to surface the most qualified candidates. Great! Brianna's list has whittled down to just a few people. Now it's time to interview them. Brianna uses Copilot to schedule interviews between candidates and hiring managers through Outlook. 

A new salesperson was hired! It's time to put together some onboarding materials. Brianna uses Copilot in Word to prepare onboarding documents in time for the new employee's first day. This new sales role needs specific training materials, which Brianna still needs to prepare. She asks Copilot in PowerPoint to build out the materials specific to their new hire. Copilot looks through older documents and updates them with relevant training content. 

Brianna's happy with her progress thus far, but she wants to double-check that the process has been as seamless as she thinks. So, she sends out a survey in Excel to all the new hires in the past three months. With the collected feedback, Brianna asked Copilot to analyze the data and summarize the key findings. She finds that since using Copilot, her timely actions have helped employees jump into the job with confidence. Brianna gives herself a little pat on the back and decides to celebrate after work with a fun cocktail. 

It's All About Your Data

Clearly, Copilot is something special. Those tedious areas of your job can be a thing of the past when Copilot is working with you. However, Copilot is only as good as your data management before implementation. Utilizing Copilot correctly means making sure data is in the right place. Is your business ready to put that data management to the test? Check out the Copilot Self-Assessment to see if you're prepared for the next step. 

As a Microsoft Partner, Sparkhound is uniquely qualified to help you on your Copilot journey. Speak to a consultant today and learn how to get started.