Artificial Intelligence Innovator Portfolio

What’s On That Pole PowerPoint Mini-Presentation

Creating this mini training presentation gave me a great chance to practice blending my instructional design skills with AI support. I chose the combined‑artifact option because presentations are such a core part of my work, especially when I’m trying to make technical or dry content more engaging for adult learners like Utility Pole Fielders. Using Microsoft PowerPoint with Copilot felt like the right tool for experimenting and learning, and it really did help lighten the tone and strengthen the flow of the material.

My prompt focused on improving clarity, accuracy, and visual organization, and the AI responded by cleaning up grammar, reshaping an image, and suggesting clearer labels for the utility pole equipment. Some things worked really well like the readability improvements and the updated color scheme, but I still needed to verify all content with a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and remove elements that didn’t fit the tone, like the emoji‑style shapes. I also had to revise the pacing and shorten the presentation because the tool was slow and sometimes left me unsure which slide it was editing.

Overall, this project shows how my AI skills are growing. I’m learning how to guide the tool with better prompts, evaluate its suggestions critically, and make confident decisions about what to keep, change, or reject. It’s a true team: AI boosts efficiency, but my judgment keeps the training accurate, professional, and audience‑ready.