FDTEC • Professional Instructor Development Since 1999
Introducing Microsoft Co-Pilot: Revolutionizing Collaboration on Microsoft 365
Build useful expertise—and the professional capability to explain, facilitate, coach and transfer that expertise to others.
The Next Evolution of Professional Instructor Development™
Cross-Platform. Cross-Industry. Professional Instructor Certification Is Here.
What Professionals Should Know
Introduction: In today's digital world, efficient collaboration and productivity are crucial for businesses and individuals alike. Microsoft, a leading technology company, has always been at the forefront of developing innovative solutions to enhance productivity and streamline workflows. With the introduction of Microsoft Co-Pilot on Microsoft 365, the company has taken another significant leap forward in empowering users with intelligent assistance and revolutionizing collaboration in the workplace. Empowering Users with Intelligent Assistance: Microsoft Co-Pilot is an advanced AI-powered tool designed to assist users across various Microsoft 365 applications. It leverages the power of machine learning and natural language processing to understand user intent and context, providing real-time suggestions, automations, and guidance to help users accomplish tasks more efficiently. Whether it's drafting an email, creating a presentation, or managing tasks, Co-Pilot acts as a trusted companion, enhancing productivity and reducing the learning curve associated with complex software applications. Enhanced Productivity and Streamlined Workflows: With Co-Pilot, users can experience a significant boost in productivity and streamline their workflows. By analyzing patterns and historical data, Co-Pilot can anticipate user actions and provide intelligent suggestions for completing tasks faster. It helps users with content generation, offering relevant snippets, suggested phrases, and even complete paragraphs based on the context. This intelligent assistance allows users to create high-quality documents with minimal effort, saving valuable time and effort. Seamless Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing: Collaboration lies at the core of Microsoft 365, and Co-Pilot takes it to the nex
From Subject Knowledge to Professional Capability
Expertise has greater professional value when it can be communicated clearly and applied by other people. FDTEC separates subject-matter expertise from professional instructor capability: one establishes what you know; the other develops how effectively you can facilitate learning, coach performance, ask useful questions, provide feedback and transfer knowledge.
This distinction matters across technology and other industries because platforms, tools and credentials change. Communication, facilitation, critical thinking, problem solving, coaching and knowledge transfer remain portable capabilities.
Knowledge Transfer Effectiveness™
FDTEC’s Knowledge Transfer Effectiveness™ (KTE™) work focuses on whether knowledge produces understanding, retention, application, performance and durable capability. Training activity by itself is not the objective. The objective is useful capability that can be demonstrated and applied.
15 Professional Instructor Competencies
Communication, Active Listening, Facilitation, Emotional Intelligence, Presentation, Questioning, Classroom Management, Conflict Resolution, Executive Presence, Coaching, Feedback, Adaptability, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Knowledge Transfer.
Candidates Qualify Through One Accepted Pathway
- A recognized technical, industry, professional or occupational certification; or
- At least one year of relevant professional experience; or
- Employer verification of relevant expertise.
FCI also includes AI for Trainers, Facilitators, Coaches & Educators.
Make Your Expertise More Portable
FDTEC Certified Instructor™ — Self-Paced — $1,497
FCI Capstone Verified — Self-Paced — $2,497
Organizational programs: Virtual Live $3,297; In-Person $4,597, minimum five starts.
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