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      One prompt move. Five quick ways to try it. Bring one to the drop-in and make it useful on real work.
    

Before / After

The document becomes the source of truth.

Before

What does this brief say?

After

Using only this campaign brief, summarise the objective, audience, mandatories, open questions, missing evidence and next actions. Quote the section or page where each point comes from.

The key tip

Do not ask the internet. Ask the document. Ground the answer.

By CIX AI Learning

Grounded prompts help you interrogate approved source material instead of asking from memory.

Learn the method

Five quick-fire tries

Pick one. Test it on real work.

Grounded Source Work

Have you tried summarising only the open document?

Keep the answer grounded in approved material.

2 min

Have you tried finding contradictions?

Ask where the document says two things that do not quite align.

3 min

III

Have you tried listing missing evidence?

Ask which claims need proof or a source before use.

3 min

Have you tried extracting decisions and actions?

Turn the document into owners, open questions and next steps.

3 min

Have you tried asking for source references?

Ask Copilot to point back to the page, section or paragraph.

2 min

Go deeper on this week's topic

Microsoft: Copilot in Word

Microsoft: Copilot prompts

Microsoft: Prompt Gallery

OpenAI: Prompting basics

Drop-in lab

Bring one prompt.
Make it work.

Use the drop-in to try one of this week's five prompts on a live task, tighten the brief, and save a reusable version.

Thu 13 · 14:30 · 30 min

One thing, this week

Ask Copilot one question about a document you already have open.

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