AI basics and practical guidelines for government affairs professionals. From policy research and product support to automated briefings and beyond.
Mia Jang, Ph.D.
Health & Wellness Innovations
Copilot is Microsoft's AI assistant, powered by ChatGPT technology. It's built directly into the M365 apps you use every day and connects to both the web and your company's internal files.
Lives inside Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams. Answers grounded in your actual emails, files, and meetings.
Searches the live web and your internal files at the same time. Public info and company documents in one answer.
Build AI agents with no coding. Point one at regulatory sites or SharePoint. It monitors changes and delivers daily digests.
Government affairs professionals deal with high volumes of information daily. These are the three areas where Copilot delivers the most immediate value.
Ask Copilot for today's FDA actions, CMS updates, or state legislative changes. Replaces your morning scan of a dozen websites.
Upload a proposed rule or comment letter. Get a one-page summary with key provisions flagged and talking points drafted.
Summarize unread emails, surface action items, and catch up on missed meetings with decisions and next steps.
To get the most out of Copilot, you need to communicate clearly with it. Remember these three key principles every time you write a prompt.
Tell Copilot what you're trying to accomplish. A clear goal shapes the entire response.
Include the topic, scope, and format you want. Vague prompts get vague answers.
Tell Copilot how you want the output to sound. Formal, concise, or executive-ready.
Copilot is available to you now. You don't need to learn everything at once. Start with one use case, build confidence, and expand from there.
Try one thing this week. Summarize an email thread, draft a brief, or ask about yesterday's FDA actions.
Be specific about audience, format, and source documents. Iterate. Each round gets sharper.
When you're ready, create a policy monitoring agent that delivers updates automatically.
AI is reshaping every industry. Start exploring, make it your daily companion — the professionals who build fluency now will shape what comes next.