Copilot Agents for Communicators is a practical training event designed to help communications professionals understand, build and use Microsoft Copilot agents. The program focuses on applying agentic AI to real communications workflows, including content creation, research, internal communications, media relations, executive communications and repetitive administrative tasks.

Copilot Agents for Communicators is designed for professionals working in corporate communications, public relations, internal communications, employee communications, executive communications, marketing, social media, content strategy and related fields. It is especially valuable for communicators who want to improve productivity and automate repeatable workflows with Microsoft Copilot agents.

At Copilot Agents for Communicators, you’ll learn how AI agents work, where they can add value and how to apply them to communications tasks. The training will help you identify useful agent workflows, provide effective instructions, connect agents with trusted knowledge and improve the quality, consistency and efficiency of communications work.

Microsoft Copilot agents are specialized AI assistants that can use instructions, organizational knowledge and connected tools to support specific tasks or workflows. During Copilot Agents for Communicators, you’ll explore how communicators can use these agents to research information, draft content, answer questions, organize knowledge and streamline recurring work.

Communications professionals can use Copilot agents to support content development, message consistency, employee communications, executive briefing preparation, media monitoring, research, frequently asked questions, editorial planning and other repeatable processes. Copilot Agents for Communicators focuses on practical communications use cases rather than abstract AI theory.

No. Copilot Agents for Communicators is built for communications professionals, not programmers or software developers. The training explains Copilot agents in accessible business language and focuses on practical applications, workflow design, effective instructions, responsible use and communications outcomes.

No coding experience is required for Copilot Agents for Communicators. The event is intended to help communicators work with Copilot agents through accessible tools and natural-language instructions. Participants can focus on solving communications challenges without learning traditional software development.

You do not need advanced Microsoft Copilot expertise to benefit from Copilot Agents for Communicators. A basic familiarity with generative AI or Microsoft 365 Copilot may be helpful, but the program is designed to make Copilot agents understandable and useful for communications professionals at different experience levels.

Copilot agents can help improve workflows involving research, drafting, editing, summarization, content repurposing, message development, knowledge retrieval, stakeholder questions, editorial planning and routine reporting. Copilot Agents for Communicators will help you determine which workflows are good candidates for AI assistance and which still require direct human judgment.

General AI training often focuses on broad concepts or one-time prompting. Copilot Agents for Communicators focuses specifically on how communications teams can use specialized Copilot agents to support repeatable, goal-oriented workflows. The event connects agentic AI capabilities directly to the everyday responsibilities of professional communicators.

Copilot Agents for Communicators is designed to move beyond theory and show how a communications-focused Copilot agent can be planned and created. You’ll learn how to define an agent’s purpose, identify its users, write effective instructions, select useful knowledge sources and test its performance against real communications needs.

A prompt is typically an instruction for a single interaction, while a Copilot agent is configured to support a defined role, topic or repeatable workflow. Copilot Agents for Communicators explains how communications teams can move from isolated prompting to more consistent and reusable AI-assisted processes.

Copilot Agents for Communicators can help your team identify repetitive, time-intensive work that may benefit from automation or AI assistance. By applying Copilot agents to appropriate tasks, communicators may reduce time spent searching for information, creating first drafts, summarizing material and responding to recurring requests.

After Copilot Agents for Communicators, you’ll have a clearer understanding of how Copilot agents work, which communications workflows they can support and how to design an effective agent use case. You’ll also gain practical ideas for introducing AI agents responsibly within your communications team or organization.

For registration or speaker questions about Ragan's Copilot Agents for Communicators, please contact the appropriate member of our team:

Registration contact: Krista Russo, Operations Coordinator
Programming and speaking inquiries: Alyssa Smith, Senior Director of Event Programming

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