Prompt Engineering in AI with ChatGPT and Excel - A Practical Masterclass
Ray Evans
Recorded Version: Unlimited viewing for 6 months.
Overview:
Productivity & Professional Masterclass: Prompt Engineering means giving AI clear, structured instructions so it produces consistent, professional-grade answers. Put simply, it’s how you guide AI to work like a skilled assistant instead of generating unpredictable responses.
This practical masterclass focuses on mastering prompt engineering to work faster and smarter with ChatGPT, AI, and Excel. Ray demonstrates structured prompts, output control, iteration techniques, and efficiency shortcuts that significantly reduce manual effort-while highlighting risks professionals must avoid.
Key Benefits:
- Save hours using repeatable prompt frameworks
- Control output format, length, and clarity
- Work smarter with proven AI tips and shortcuts
Why you should Attend:
Ray's webinars replicate the in-person classroom experience and include a professional Learning Guide with practical hands-on exercise files, providing a superior learning and knowledge retention experience for attendees.
- Harness the full potential of your software investment
- Time-Efficient Power Learning with Focused Topics
- Practical Hands-On Skill Enhancement with High Retention
- Supporting Resources, Learning Guide and Practice Files
- Improved Productivity, Quality and Error Minimisation
- Up-to-Date Current Knowledge Transfer
- Professional Development Recognised for Career Advancement
- Interactive Experience Through Chat and Live Interaction
- Rapid Return on Investment
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Prompt Engineering Explained (Essentials Definition)
- Why ChatGPT Answers Vary (Vague vs Specific)
- The 5-Part Prompt Framework
- Exercise: Bad Prompt vs Better Prompt
- Roles: Analyst vs Auditor vs Executive Writer
- Output Control: Bullets, Tables, Word Limits
- Anti-Hallucination Rules (No Guessing)
- Budget vs Actual: Executive Commentary
- Budget vs Actual: Data Quality Check
- Cash Flow Risk Scan
- Transactions: Duplicate and Suspicious Items
- Drafting a Finance Email from Findings
- Iterative Prompting: v1 ? v2 ? v3
- Building Your Personal Prompt Library (Save & Reuse)
- Documenting Questions and Responses (Mandatory Workflow)
- Practice: Create Your Own Work Prompt (Real Job Task)
- BONUS 1: Work smarter in ChatGPT and AI - Hints, Tips, Rules, Efficiencies and Shortcuts
- BONUS 2: Can AI blackmail a human? A concerning and essential example to all AI users
Who Will Benefit:
- This webinar benefits professionals who already use ChatGPT and Excel but want clearer, safer, and more consistent results
Ideal for anyone seeking practical prompt engineering skills to improve accuracy, productivity, decision-making, and responsible AI use in real-world work
Speaker Profile
Ray Evans blends a professional, easy-going style with a strong grasp of adult learning-demonstrated across classroom, seminar, workshop, and live-online delivery, supported by practical, high-retention instructional materials.
Backed by Microsoft certifications, Ray teaches more than 2,500 topics spanning Microsoft Excel, Access, Outlook, Project, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, and Publisher-and is one of very few presenters delivering expert-level webinars across all six leading AI cognitive engines: Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Grok, Gemini and DeepSeek.
He holds qualifications in Frontline Management, Accounting, Training and Assessment and is certified in Six Sigma business-improvement methodology.
Since 1990, Ray has trained over 40,000 students, business owners, and executives, and authored extensive training documentation, complex reports, and engaging web content-consistently demonstrating exceptional communication and knowledge transfer.
Ray's webinars replicate the in-person classroom experience and include:
A comprehensive step-by-step Learning Guide
Demonstrations and practical exercises
Exercise files; and
Productivity techniques, tips and shortcuts