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Education scenario: Efficient policy drafting

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Using Copilot for efficient policy drafting

Research best practices and requirements, draft policies, and cocreate with faculty and staff.

1. Stakeholder management

Engage relevant stakeholders such as faculty senate, department chairs, and other administrative staff to seek their perspectives.

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Copilot in Teams

Benefit: Summarize insights from meeting notes and input from stakeholders, saving time and increasing collaboration.

Research and collate information on best practices, legal requirements, and policies at peer institutions, along with their potential implications.

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Benefit: Quickly elicit any relevant legal precedents or best practices from legal databases and university consortium repositories to support policy development – let Copilot help do the work!

Draft the new policy, clearly outlining its purpose, scope, objectives, and the intended impact.

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Copilot in Word

Benefit: Generate initial drafts of the new policy document. Easily create a presentation summarizing the new policy using Copilot in PowerPoint.

Circulate the draft policy for stakeholder feedback to ensure policy appropriateness and effectiveness.

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Copilot in Teams

Benefit: Capture feedback and get support on suggested terminologies and compliance checks efficiently using Copilot in Teams and Outlook.

Finalize the policy and develop a detailed implementation plan including communication strategies, training & resourcing needs, R&Rs, and timelines.

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Copilot in Word

Benefit: Develop first draft of implementation plan with help from Copilot in Word.

Communicate the policy to all relevant stakeholders, relaying its overall implications to relevant departments.

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Copilot in PowerPoint

Benefit: Easily create a presentation summarizing the implementation plan using Copilot in PowerPoint.

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The content in this example scenario is for demonstration purposes only. You should evaluate how Copilot aligns with your organization’s business processes, regulatory requirements, and responsible AI principles.