COPILOT PROMPTATHON

Fast-paced, hands-on training that builds real prompt literacy in a single event.

The Copilot Promptathon is a high-energy, virtual enablement event that teaches your people how to get genuine value from Microsoft Copilot, not just how to click the button.

It is practical, collaborative and enjoyable, and it kick-starts Copilot adoption in a way standard training simply cannot.

WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH

Practical prompt capability your teams can use immediately.

A set of tangible, reusable outputs that turn Copilot from a feature into a practical everyday tool grounded in real work, not theory.

  • A GCSE-structured prompt library built around your real business scenarios

  • Employees who understand how to frame goals, context, sources and expectations effectively

  • Tested prompts that demonstrate clear improvements in quality, speed and usefulness

  • Early Adopter Leads with hands-on experience coaching and facilitating prompt usage

  • Visible, judged use cases that sponsors can link directly to business value

ⓘ No generic “best practice” decks – everything is tailored to your tenant and ways of working.

Who the Promptathon is for

The Copilot Promptathon is ideal for:

  • Organisations that have enabled Copilot and want employees using it confidently
  • Early Adopter programmes needing structure, visibility and momentum
  • Leaders who want real business use cases rather than product demonstrations
  • Digital Champions, EAs, HR, Finance, Operations and Sales teams ready to experiment

Run it as a one-off launch event or repeat it for multiple cohorts.

What Happens at a Copilot Promptathon

We blend light preparation, a highly interactive 4-hour live session and post-event consolidation to turn ideas into tangible assets.

1. Get Ready (Pre-Event)

We work with your sponsor and project team to:

  • Confirm objectives, cohorts and success measures
  • Provide a participant communications pack for email or Teams
  • Share short pre-work introducing Copilot and the GCSE framework
  • Brief your Early Adopter Leads so they can support breakout groups

Everyone arrives with a shared understanding of why they are there, what GCSE is and what good looks like.

2. The Live Promptathon (4 Hours, Virtual)

Delivered via Microsoft Teams for up to 18 participants.

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Art of Prompting Primer

We begin with an engaging, example-led introduction to Microsoft’s revolutionary GCSE framework, showing how small changes in Goal, Context, Source and Expectation transform Copilot’s output.

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Team Prompt Building and Iteration

Participants work in small teams supported by Early Adopter Leads. They: Design prompts using GCSE, test and refine them, compare before and after outputs and capture the best versions for sharing.

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Team Presentations and Judging

Teams present their strongest prompts back to the group. Using a transparent scoring rubric, we: Assess prompts against GCSE, celebrate the winning team, share feedback on what worked and why.

3. After the Event: Turning Ideas into Assets

Within a few days, you receive:

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GCSE-Structured Prompt Library

A curated set of stress-tested prompts mapped to your organisations scenarios, ready to reuse or expand.

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Executive Summary Report

A concise overview of outcomes, winning prompts, participant feedback and recommended next steps.

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Optional Executive Playback

A 60 to 90-minute session to walk sponsors through the outputs and agree how to scale prompt literacy across the organisation.

Outcomes for Your Organisation

This service delivers:

  • Participants learn how to talk to Copilot effectively, creating clear, structured and reusable prompts.

  • You leave with a set of real prompts grounded in your workflows, not generic slide examples.

  • Your Early Adopter Leads practise coaching and facilitation, building internal capability beyond the event.

  • Sponsors see judged use cases that demonstrate how Copilot can save time, improve quality and support new ways of working.

  • Use the Promptathon again for new cohorts, business units or regions using the same proven structure.

Ready to run your first Copilot Promptathon?

Kick-start Copilot adoption with a fast-paced, hands-on event that builds real prompt literacy.

Partner with Changing Social to help your people learn how to work with Copilot confidently, collaboratively and effectively in a single session.

Want to explore whether a Promptathon is right for your organisation? Speak to our team to confirm scope, audience and objectives.

THE CHANGING SOCIAL FAQ

Here Is The Most Frequently Asked Questions.

We know that investing in a comprehensive training programme is a significant decision for your business. That’s why we’ve put together a list of frequently asked questions about Copilot Promptathons. We’ve got your queries covered. If you have further questions, feel free to reach out to us — we’re here to help!

A Copilot Promptathon is a high-energy, virtual enablement event where participants learn and apply Microsoft’s GCSE prompting framework to real business scenarios, creating tested and reusable prompts they can take back into everyday work.

Standard training explains features. The Promptathon builds hands-on prompt literacy, helping people practise, refine and judge prompts collaboratively using their own workflows rather than generic examples.

Promptathons are ideal for business users, Digital Champions, Early Adopter Leads and managers across functions such as HR, Finance, Operations, Sales and Executive Assistants.

No. Light pre-work ensures everyone arrives with a shared understanding of Copilot and the GCSE framework, regardless of experience level.

You receive a curated prompt library, an executive summary of outcomes and optional playback to agree how to scale prompt literacy across the organisation.

Yes. The format is designed to be repeatable for multiple cohorts, business units or regions, using the same proven structure.

Yes. The same format can be adapted for Modern Work or Power Platform hackathons, or combined into a tailored enablement series.

The Promptathon complements Digital Champions, training and adoption programmes by building practical skills and confidence that reinforce longer-term enablement efforts.