Generative AI Productivity Hacks with Miss Excel

Course details

Unleash the power of AI with ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing Chat, and Google Bard. Join Microsoft MVP and popular online trainer Kat Norton—a.k.a. Miss Excel—as she explores the fundamental skills required to boost your productivity, automate repetitive tasks, and optimize results with GenAI. This course is designed for enterprise professionals, students, or anyone looking to enhance their technical skills and stay ahead of the curve with cutting-edge tools. Regardless of your current or previous level of experience, Kat shows you how to choose the perfect AI sidekick—ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing Chat, or Google Bard—and leverage it in a way that works best for you. Throughout the course, you’ll gather insights and practical tips on a wide range of topics in GenAI, including prompt engineering, writing hacks with AI chatbots, AI for professional development, creativity hacks, data analytics hacks, personal use cases, and more.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - How to use this course

1. Meet AI

02 - What is AI
03 - Restrictions and ethics of AI - A must watch
04 - AI strengths and weaknesses
05 - Important terms to know
06 - A brief history of AI
07 - How smart is AI
08 - How AI is changing the workplace

2. Picking Your AI Sidekick

09 - ChatGPT, Copilot, or Gemini - Which one to use
10 - Getting started with ChatGPT
11 - ChatGPT paid options
12 - Getting started with Microsoft Copilot
13 - Getting started with Google Gemini

3. Prompt Engineering

14 - Prompt engineering 101
15 - Anatomy of the perfect prompt
16 - Context primers
17 - Prompt personas
18 - Output formats and constraints
19 - Target audiences
20 - Tone and style
21 - Follow-up prompts

4. Writing Hacks with AI Chatbots

22 - Guidelines for writing emails with AI
23 - Let AI develop engaging meeting invites
24 - AI sales support techniques
25 - Personalized introduction emails with AI
26 - Using AI to simplify complex terms
27 - Create custom templates with AI
28 - Build powerful presentations with AI
29 - AI for scriptwriting

5. Leveraging AI for Professional Development

30 - Resume analysis with AI
31 - How to use AI chatbots for interview roleplay
32 - Let AI makeover your LinkedIn bio
33 - Use AI for job research
34 - Negotiation training with AI

6. Creativity Hacks with AI

35 - Creative brainstorming with AI best practices
36 - Use AI as an event planner for custom team events
37 - Develop creative names with AI
38 - Leverage AI for marketing
39 - Create content with AI
40 - AI - The caption connoisseur

7. Analysis Hacks with AI

41 - Use AI to verify information
42 - Analyze sentiment with AI
43 - Get feedback from AI
44 - Write complex spreadsheet functions with AI
45 - Use AI for spreadsheet function support
46 - Use AI to write custom macros in VBA
47 - Use AI to rearrange a list
48 - Translate with AI

8. Powerful Personal AI Use Cases

49 - Use AI for personal budgeting
50 - AI and stress relief
51 - AI support with health and fitness goals
52 - Entertain with AI
53 - Use AI as a travel agent
54 - Trivia night with AI
55 - Make AI your sous-chef

9. Tips for Implementing AI at Work

56 - Important things to consider with AI in the workplace
57 - Benefits of AI in the workplace
58 - Challenges of AI in the workplace
59 - Tips for AI vendor selection
60 - Pilot AI at work
61 - Measure the ROI of AI
62 - Identify AI use cases

Conclusion

63 - AI and mindset
64 - You did it