Shelley Fishel
International Speaker & Microsoft 365 + AI Expert
Book a speaker who knows how to educate, engage and entertain your audience with the latest in Microsoft 365 and AI
From Microsoft 365 to AI: Empowering Assistants for the Future of Work
If you’re responsible for hiring a speaker for your event, team or organisation, you want to get it right. Your choice reflects on you and your reputation. Misjudge it and you know it will be noticed (and probably commented upon, even if only in private).
For a speaker who knows how to use and get the most out of Microsoft 365 and AI tools like Copilot, you can turn with confidence to Shelley Fishel — The MS Office Maestro.
Why book Shelley Fishel as a speaker?
Shelley Fishel can hold an audience’s attention from start to finish, with authority, high energy and humour. She is able to simplify the mysteries of Microsoft 365 and AI and share practical know-how, so people leave with a way to do things easier, faster and with greater confidence.
Shelley Fishel has been delivering Microsoft Office training for 20+ years, both in the classroom and online. She has evolved with technology, now specializing in how AI and Copilot transform the way assistants work. She has worked with numerous corporate clients and now helps Personal Assistants, Executive Assistants and Virtual Assistants to develop their Microsoft 365 and AI skills. Her outstanding knowledge of the applications, upgrades, and AI integration is matched by her ability to convey ways to complete practical tasks with simplicity and humour.
Whether it is Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Microsoft Teams, or AI-powered Copilot, Shelley helps people ‘get it’. No wonder that clients and audiences around the world describe Shelley as ‘The Queen of Microsoft Office’ and now, ‘The AI Guide for Assistants’.
The MS Office Maestro + AI Pioneer
An authoritative author, Shelley has written 48 definitive books and manuals on Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams, which have been translated into several languages and sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide.
Shelley takes her training and subject seriously. As you would expect, she is fully qualified. She is a Certified Online Learning Facilitator (COLF) and a Certified Designer of Online Learning, both accredited by the Learning & Performance Institute (LPI), of which she is also a Fellow.
In early 2025, Shelley expanded her expertise to include AI and Copilot training, helping assistants navigate the rapidly evolving workplace technology landscape and work smarter, not harder.
You can book Shelley Fishel to deliver one of her core talks or ask for a customised 30 to 90-minute talk, designed to serve your audience and specific requirements.
Speaking Topics
AI for Admins: Tools, Techniques & Time-Saving Strategies
Unlock the power of ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot to simplify your workload and work smarter every day.
Course Description:
Step into the future of administrative work with practical AI skills designed for busy assistants and office professionals. This hands-on course shows you how to leverage ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot to streamline tasks, enhance productivity, and support your team more effectively.
From drafting emails and creating documents to managing schedules, reports, and data, you’ll learn actionable techniques that save time and reduce repetitive work. By the end of this course, you’ll be confident using AI tools to simplify your workflow, improve accuracy, and deliver more value in your role.
Whether you’re new to AI or looking to refine your skills, this course gives you practical strategies you can implement immediately — no technical expertise required.
What’s covered: Email drafting, travel itineraries, meeting management, data analysis, task optimization, project coordination, research automation, and staying current with AI updates
Perfect for: Executive Assistants and Administrative Professionals ready to work smarter with AI
Available as: In-person or virtual sessions for your organization or event
Microsoft 365 Fundamentals with AI & Copilot
This immersive four-week live training programme transforms how assistants work with Microsoft 365 and AI. Delivered over four interactive two-hour sessions, you’ll master Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint—with Copilot at every step. Compare AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity, learn to write effective prompts, and tackle real-world tasks with confidence.
What’s included: Live sessions, lifetime access to recordings, Microsoft 365 + AI Toolkit, certificate of completion, and exclusive participant community.
Perfect for: Admin professionals ready to harness AI and work smarter, not harder
Teams for Assistants: Collaboration in the Hybrid Workplace
In the current working climate, we have all had to adjust. However, Microsoft Teams was around before the pandemic and it is getting better by the day. There are so many things you can do when working in Teams — from chatting with your colleagues to collaborating on documents and using apps effectively.
In this session we will cover:
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What Teams is
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Teams and channels — the difference
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How to set up a Team and channels
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How to add apps to channels
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How to use chat for chat or to make an announcement
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Meetings in Teams and what you can do in them
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Introduction to breakout rooms
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How AI enhances Teams collaboration
Enhance Your PowerPoint Presentations
Feeling overwhelmed and fed up when asked to create a presentation? Stop spending hours wondering how to do things faster in PowerPoint and learn the elegant way of doing things — saving hours in the process.
Starting with a tour of the slide master you will learn how to create your own unique layouts to add to the standard ones. Have the perfect slide in another presentation and want to add it here? No problem! You will learn how to bring it in with or without its formatting — and what that means for your presentation.
You will learn how to create truly stunning and unique designs by combining shapes and pictures, along with animating them for good effect. Plus: learn how Copilot can help you design presentations faster.
Tools for Collaboration in Microsoft 365
In today’s working environment we use many types of application. Microsoft 365 is particularly suited to hybrid or collaborative working.
Collaboration happens when a document is stored in OneDrive, SharePoint or Teams and other people apart from the owner are invited to share it.
Depending on the permissions set others can edit and change a document. Discover how AI makes collaboration smoother and more efficient.
How to Create Excellent Spreadsheets
Most of us use Excel and only scratch the surface. By learning about these features you will find working in Excel more pleasurable and easier!
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Functions for formatting text
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Flash fill to extract information in a flash or add information in a flash
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Use tables in Excel to sort, filter, total and subtotal your data
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Extract the first name and last name from a cell that has a name written in full
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Name cells to make formulae easier to read and use
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How Copilot can help you analyze data and create formulas
End Your Outlook Overwhelm
Your inbox is overflowing, you feel completely overwhelmed. You are scheduling appointments left, right and centre, and you know there must be an easier way.
An easier way to file email, find email, generally keep on top of things. Not to mention the back and forth when booking appointments.
You will leave this session with tools that equip you to stop the overwhelm and stay on top of your Outlook life. Plus: discover how AI can help you manage email more intelligently.
Don’t See a Topic You Would Like Covered?
Get in touch to discuss your requirements — Shelley can deliver on any Microsoft 365 or AI topic tailored to your assistants’ needs.
Assistants looking to Master Microsoft 365
If you are looking for comprehensive training in Outlook, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, head this way.
Want to add AI to your skillset?
Check out the Microsoft 365 Fundamentals with AI & Copilot course.
Need Support with Microsoft 365 or AI?
Whether you need personalized 1-to-1 training, group masterclasses, or ongoing support for your Microsoft 365 and AI questions, discover tailored options here.
Need Support with Microsoft 365 or AI?
Whether you need personalized 1-to-1 training, group masterclasses, or ongoing support for your Microsoft 365 and AI questions, discover tailored options here.
About Shelley Fishel
About
Shelley Fishel
Shelley didn’t get the education she wanted when she was younger. By the time she was 17, she had left school to take over running her father’s business. So, she’s always had a head for organizing. Give her a list and she’s happy. Done-tick-next!
When her kids grew and she moved back into the workforce 25 years ago, she streamlined admin processes and then found a wonderful training company where she learned her trade as a trainer. Her next step was starting her own training company.
She discovered she loved working with PAs and EAs. She gets how they think and what they do. They have lots of different responsibilities and contacts; they’re the lynchpin, sorting everything and everybody out. And above all, their goal is to help their executive perform at their best. Shelley can relate to that, because she wants nothing more than to help you perform at your best.
Over the years she’s realized that she loves to break down complex activities into simple steps that she can explain in a step-by-step practical way. #Loveroflists
Even though she is a Microsoft expert — having sold over 2.5 million books about Microsoft techniques, translated into several languages — she prefers to say she helps you get things done quicker, easier and more elegantly (and without drowning in google first).
In recent years, Shelley has embraced the AI revolution, becoming an expert in Microsoft Copilot and AI integration for assistants. She helps professionals navigate the rapidly changing technology landscape with confidence, showing them how AI can be their secret weapon rather than something to fear.
As one of her long-term clients said about her recently: “Shelley’s like the angel on my shoulder”.
Here’s what people are saying about Shelley’s sessions
Shelley’s teaching style is relaxed but engaging, she’s happy to take questions & go over things more than once and in different ways to help you understand. If you need to get to grip with CoPilot – whether it’s because you want to or (worse) have to, then I can’t recommend Shelley’s course highly enough.
This course has benefitted me enormously in becoming the go to person for all things AI with colleagues, I have a learnt an awful lot in these four sessions with Shelley across Microsoft 365 and can better visualise how to use it on a daily basis. Shelley uses clear examples on how to incorporate it in your daily work, and not only that but the access to the recordings and the additional documents is invaluable, thank you so much again Shelley!
Attending the Copilot AI course was a game-changer for my productivity. I learned how to leverage AI to streamline tasks, draft content faster, and make smarter decisions with real-time insights. The course was practical, easy to follow, and immediately applicable to my daily work. Highly recommended for anyone looking to stay ahead in a tech-driven world in the EA world.
Another fantastic session from Shelley — the time just goes too quickly and again, I have learned lots of new tips and tricks.
You can guarantee that Shelley will always have some time-saving tips and if you have a problem she will know how to fix it.
I like Shelley’s style of training, she makes everything easy to understand. I always learn something new from Shelley’s training sessions.
Shelley made the session very engaging and easy to understand. Although she had minimum time she got across all the main points we wanted to cover in an easy to understand manner. The session moved at a good pace without feeling rushed. I’m now looking forward to reading the book!
If I could only have half my life back from fixing presentations… today’s #STYLES is simply easy with @shelleyfishel
Learning so much from @shelleyfishel – Deciding how to use all those hours I’m saving – I think shoe shopping
Ready to Book Shelley for Your Next Event?
Whether you need a keynote on AI transformation, a practical Microsoft 365 workshop, or a customized session tailored to your assistants’ specific needs, Shelley delivers engaging, actionable content that your audience will love.
Email: shelley@tomorrowsva.com
