Chris N. Cheetham-West, MBA, is a Microsoft Copilot training speaker serving Minneapolis, St. Paul, and organizations throughout Minnesota. He helps leaders and employees understand how to use Copilot to improve productivity, strengthen communication, and complete everyday work more efficiently.
Through customized keynotes, workshops, and hands-on training, Chris shows teams how to use Microsoft Copilot across Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Each session focuses on practical workplace applications that participants can begin using immediately.
Practical Microsoft Copilot Training for Minneapolis Organizations
Many employees have access to AI tools but are unsure how to use them effectively. Others may use Copilot occasionally without understanding how it can support their specific responsibilities.
Chris helps organizations move from general awareness to practical adoption. Participants learn how to write stronger prompts, work with business documents, summarize information, prepare communications, analyze data, and create repeatable workflows.
Microsoft Copilot training can help employees:
- Save time on routine responsibilities
- Draft and improve emails, reports, and presentations
- Summarize meetings and identify action items
- Analyze documents and business information
- Organize ideas and project updates
- Improve internal and customer communication
- Use AI more responsibly and confidently
- Identify opportunities to improve everyday workflows
Microsoft Copilot Keynotes and Workshops
Chris offers flexible programs for conferences, leadership meetings, employee development events, and company-wide AI initiatives.
Microsoft Copilot Keynote Speaker
An engaging keynote introduces employees to the possibilities of Microsoft Copilot and explains how AI is changing the workplace. Chris combines practical examples, business insights, and live demonstrations to help audiences understand where Copilot can deliver value.
Hands-On Microsoft Copilot Training
Interactive workshops allow participants to practice writing prompts and applying Copilot to realistic workplace responsibilities. Sessions can be customized by department, industry, or experience level.
Microsoft Copilot Training for Leaders
Leadership sessions focus on AI adoption, responsible use, employee communication, productivity, and identifying high-value opportunities across the organization.
Company-Wide Copilot Training
Organizations can provide a shared foundation for employees while offering more specialized training for departments such as human resources, marketing, sales, operations, finance, and customer service.
What Participants Can Learn
Write More Effective Prompts
Participants learn how to provide clear instructions, relevant context, supporting information, and the desired output format. They also learn how to refine Copilot’s responses and create reusable prompts for recurring tasks.
Improve Email and Communication with Copilot in Outlook
Employees can use Copilot to:
- Draft and revise professional emails
- Summarize lengthy email conversations
- Adjust tone for different audiences
- Identify important questions and next steps
- Prepare follow-up messages
- Organize information from multiple conversations
Strengthen Meetings with Copilot in Microsoft Teams
Participants explore how Copilot can help summarize meetings, identify decisions, organize action items, and prepare follow-up communication. Teams can spend less time reviewing notes and more time acting on important information.
Create and Improve Documents with Microsoft Word
Copilot can help employees:
- Draft reports, letters, and business documents
- Summarize lengthy materials
- Rewrite information for different audiences
- Compare information across documents
- Turn rough notes into organized content
- Create new materials from existing documents
- Edit content for clarity, tone, and structure
Analyze Information with Microsoft Excel
Participants learn how Copilot can support data analysis by helping them identify patterns, summarize information, create formulas, organize data, and explain findings in plain language.
Build Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint
Copilot can help employees create starting points for presentations, transform documents into slides, organize key ideas, revise presentation content, and adapt information for different audiences.
Copilot Training Customized for Your Organization
Every organization has different goals, policies, and levels of AI experience. Chris works with customers to tailor the session around their employees, responsibilities, and technology environment.
Training can be customized for:
- Executive and leadership teams
- Human resources departments
- Marketing and communications teams
- Sales and business development teams
- Customer service professionals
- Administrative employees
- Operations and project management teams
- Finance and accounting departments
- Government agencies
- Universities and nonprofit organizations
Sessions can also incorporate industry-specific examples, internal use cases, responsible AI guidelines, and exercises based on realistic workplace situations.
Responsible AI Use in the Workplace
Effective Copilot adoption requires more than learning new features. Employees must also understand how to use AI responsibly.
Chris can address important topics such as:
- Protecting confidential business information
- Reviewing AI-generated content for accuracy
- Recognizing potential bias and misinformation
- Understanding when human judgment is necessary
- Following organizational AI policies
- Reducing the risks associated with shadow AI
- Maintaining accountability for final decisions
These conversations help organizations encourage innovation while protecting employees, customers, and business information.
Serving Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the Surrounding Area
Chris and the LR Training Solutions team serve organizations throughout Minneapolis, St. Paul, and surrounding Minnesota communities. Programs are available onsite or virtually and can be delivered as:
- 60 to 90-minute keynotes
- Two-hour interactive sessions
- Half-day workshops
- Full-day training programs
- Leadership briefings
- Multi-session learning initiatives
- Small-group cohorts
About Chris N. Cheetham-West
Chris N. Cheetham-West, MBA, is an international keynote speaker, author, and technology expert who helps organizations turn emerging technology into practical business results.
In his former role at Google, Chris helped introduce new technologies to major brands and supported marketing strategies that provided an inside perspective on digital innovation. Today, he is the founder of LR Training Solutions, a company that provides customized training, keynotes, facilitation, and AI adoption support.
Chris has delivered in-person presentations in 48 states and to audiences in Australia, Canada, and other international locations. He has also appeared as an expert on Fox and ABC news stations.
Organizations including Microsoft, Goodwin, Tractor Supply, the Government of Canada, Charles Schwab, Lamar Advertising, and others have trusted Chris and the LR Training Solutions team to deliver practical strategies for productivity, leadership, and company-wide AI adoption.
Frequently Asked Questions About Microsoft Copilot Training in Minneapolis
What is Microsoft Copilot training?
Microsoft Copilot training teaches employees how to use AI features within Microsoft tools such as Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Training may include prompting, document creation, meeting summaries, data analysis, communication, and responsible AI use.
Does Chris provide in-person Copilot training in Minneapolis?
Yes. Chris serves organizations in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and surrounding areas. In-person and virtual Microsoft Copilot training options are available.
Can Copilot training be customized for our company?
Yes. The training can be customized around your industry, departments, business goals, employee responsibilities, and current level of Copilot experience.
Is the training appropriate for beginners?
Yes. Sessions can begin with the fundamentals of generative AI and Microsoft Copilot. More experienced groups can explore advanced prompting, document analysis, repeatable workflows, and department-specific applications.
Can you train multiple departments?
Yes. Chris can provide a company-wide introductory session followed by specialized workshops for leadership, human resources, marketing, sales, operations, finance, customer service, and other teams.
Do participants need access to Microsoft 365 Copilot?
Access is helpful for hands-on exercises, but it is not always required. Chris can customize the program based on the Microsoft tools and Copilot features currently available to your employees.
Does the training include responsible AI?
Yes. Sessions can cover privacy, accuracy, human review, organizational policies, bias, confidential information, and appropriate workplace use.
Can Chris speak at a conference or leadership event?
Yes. Chris provides Microsoft Copilot keynotes, leadership briefings, conference sessions, employee presentations, and interactive workshops for organizations in the Minneapolis area.
How long are the Copilot training sessions?
Programs may range from a 60-minute keynote to a full-day workshop. Multi-session programs are also available for organizations that want to support continued learning and adoption.
Bring Microsoft Copilot Training to Your Minneapolis Organization
Help your employees move beyond basic AI awareness and learn how to use Microsoft Copilot in practical, responsible, and productive ways.
Contact Chris N. Cheetham-West and LR Training Solutions to discuss a Microsoft Copilot keynote, workshop, or customized training program for your organization in Minneapolis, St. Paul, or the surrounding area.