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Intergalactic Learn With The Nerds Week - Make Copilot Work the Way You Think: Prompting Tips That Matter
Learn to manage Copilot memory, customize instructions, schedule prompts, and use techniques like skeptic mode and notebooks to get more useful, repeatable results.
In this session, Devin Knight focuses on ways to get more consistent and useful results from Microsoft Copilot. Learn how to manage Copilot memory, customize Copilot instructions, schedule prompts, and use techniques like skeptic mode and notebooks. Ideal for users who already use Copilot and want it to work better for them.
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Make Copilot Work the Way You Think: Prompting Tips That Matter
In this session, Devin Knight focuses on ways to get more consistent and useful results from Microsoft Copilot. Learn how to manage Copilot memory, customize Copilot instructions, schedule prompts, and use techniques like skeptic mode and notebooks. Ideal for users who already use Copilot and want it to work better for them.
Devin Knight is President of Pragmatic Works and has spent the past 18 years helping organizations successfully adopt Microsoft technologies through a combination of consulting, training, and executive enablement. His areas of expertise include Microsoft Copilot, Power BI, and the Power Platform, where he works with organizations to improve productivity, drive data-informed decision making, and accelerate business outcomes. Throughout his career, Devin has partnered with organizations of all sizes to help bridge the gap between technology investments and real-world business value, ensuring teams not only understand the tools available to them but also how to apply them effectively in their day-to-day work.
A passionate educator and advisor, Devin has led thousands of training sessions, workshops, and consulting engagements ranging from hands-on user enablement to enterprise-wide adoption initiatives. He is a strong advocate for democratizing technology and believes that powerful tools should be accessible to everyone, not just technical specialists. Known for translating complex concepts into practical, easy-to-understand solutions, Devin helps executives, business users, and technical teams alike build confidence with emerging technologies and apply them in ways that create measurable impact. His approach focuses on helping organizations establish the skills, processes, and culture necessary for long-term success.
Devin is a frequent speaker at industry events, including the Power Platform Community Conference and Days of Data, where he shares proven strategies for technology adoption, analytics modernization, and AI transformation. Through his speaking, consulting, and training work, he has helped thousands of professionals increase the value they receive from Microsoft technologies while fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and data-driven decision making. His mission is simple: make technology approachable, practical, and valuable for every person in the organization.
