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Session20 June 2024

From Blocks to Bytes: Playfully Mastering Generative AI and M365 Copilot

Using Minecraft as a conceptual gateway to demystify Generative AI — and get teams genuinely curious about, rather than anxious about, Microsoft 365 Copilot.

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Sandra Kiel
Playpreneur · Speaker · Mentor

What This Session Was About

The biggest Copilot adoption problem isn't technical — it's emotional. People are anxious, skeptical, or just indifferent. This session used Minecraft as an entry point to reframe that relationship: from threat to tool, from confusion to curiosity.

By drawing direct parallels between Minecraft mechanics and generative AI — the logic of prompting, the nature of creative iteration, the way constraints produce better outputs — we gave audiences a mental model that actually sticks.

Key Topics

  • Why AI anxiety is the real adoption blocker
  • Minecraft as a metaphor for generative AI: building blocks, iteration, emergent creativity
  • Prompt engineering through a game-design lens
  • Practical M365 Copilot workflows that even skeptical users can get started with
  • Live demo: building prompts like building in Minecraft

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