Overview:
Option 1 - Full-Spectrum Performance Comparison Focus: This 90-minute masterclass gives professionals the most comprehensive, evidence-based comparison of Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini available in a single live session. You begin by understanding what each platform is, who builds it, and how fundamental differences in architecture, safety design and integration strategy determine the outputs each tool produces in professional practice.
The session then works through a full-spectrum set of performance criteria - accuracy and reasoning benchmarks, prompt behaviour and response style, file and document handling, memory and session continuity, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace integration, output quality and deliverable types, and custom instruction behaviour - so you have a tested, consistent basis for comparing all four platforms against your own professional requirements. Ray demonstrates prompting and documentation discipline that applies across all four tools, and every comparison is made live against practical professional tasks so you can observe the differences directly.
Key Benefits:
- Gain a full-spectrum, evidence-based understanding of how Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini perform across every major professional use criterion
- Compare all four platforms across accuracy, file handling, integration, output quality, memory and custom instruction behaviour in a single structured session
- Leave with a practical platform decision framework and a documented prompt reference ready to deploy across your professional workflow
Option 2 - Practical AI Performance and Productivity Skills Focus: This session is designed for professionals who want a clear, tested understanding of how Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini perform in practice - not just in feature lists. You work through all four platforms in parallel against common professional tasks including document drafting, data analysis, research support, email correspondence and structured report writing, observing directly how each platform interprets prompts, handles files, manages context and generates output.
The session gives particular attention to where Copilot’s Microsoft 365 integration and Gemini’s Google Workspace integration add genuine workflow value - and where their constraints require a standalone platform as a supplement or replacement. You leave with a clear, performance-tested view of each platform’s strengths, limits and best-fit professional scenarios, plus a structured documentation method for capturing and reusing your most effective prompts across all four tools.
Key Benefits:
- Compare Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini in practical use across the professional tasks and document types you handle every working day
- Understand where Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace integration add genuine performance value and where standalone platforms outperform integrated tools
- Build a documented prompt reference and platform selection strategy you can apply immediately across your professional workflow
Option 3 - AI Platform Evaluation, Governance and Decision Focus: This masterclass gives professionals and decision-makers a grounded, performance-tested basis for evaluating Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini against the specific demands of their work and organisation, rather than relying on vendor claims or general opinion. You explore all four platforms across a consistent full-spectrum evaluation framework covering cost, accuracy, reasoning quality, hallucination behaviour, file handling, workspace integration, output types, memory management, prompt behaviour and custom instruction capability. Examples draw directly on common professional tasks - policy writing, financial analysis, research synthesis, client correspondence and structured reporting - so every comparison is grounded in real professional output rather than abstract feature descriptions.
The session concludes with a practical platform decision framework and a structured prompt documentation method that supports consistent, defensible AI use across individual and team workflows.
Key Benefits:
- Evaluate Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini against a full-spectrum performance framework tied directly to your professional tasks and workflow requirements
- Understand where each platform leads, where it lags, and where workspace integration, accuracy and governance considerations should drive your platform decision
- Leave with a structured decision framework, prompt documentation method and the confidence to recommend or commit to the right AI platform for your work
Why you should Attend:
- Get a full-spectrum, performance-tested comparison of Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini in a single 90-minute live session
- See all four platforms compared directly against real professional tasks - not feature lists or vendor claims
- Understand how accuracy, reasoning quality, hallucination behaviour and output consistency differ across all four tools
- Learn where Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace integration give Copilot and Gemini performance advantages - and where they fall short
- Compare file handling, memory management, custom instructions and deliverable quality across all four platforms
- Improve your prompting technique with strategies that apply effectively across Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
- Learn how to document prompts and responses so high-value AI outputs can be captured, reused and refined across all four platforms
- Leave with a practical decision framework and the confidence to select, recommend or deploy the right AI platform for your work in 2026
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Microsoft Copilot Explained - what Copilot is, how Microsoft builds and embeds it across Microsoft 365, and what it delivers in professional practice
- ChatGPT Explained - what ChatGPT is, how OpenAI designed it, and what distinguishes its performance from the other three platforms in practice
- Claude Explained - what Claude is, how Anthropic’s Constitutional AI architecture shapes its behaviour, and what it delivers in professional and enterprise use
- Gemini Explained - what Google Gemini is, how it integrates with Google Workspace, and how its multimodal design compares for professional workflows
- Who Builds Them and Why It Matters - understanding Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, their safety and governance philosophies, and what those differences mean for professional AI users
- Plans, Costs and Tier Differences - a full-spectrum comparison of free, professional and enterprise pricing across all four platforms and what each tier realistically delivers
- Performance Benchmarks - Accuracy, Reasoning and Reliability - how Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini perform across factual accuracy, multi-step reasoning, hallucination rate and output consistency
- Prompt Behaviour and Response Style - how each platform interprets the same prompt differently and what those differences mean for professional output quality and consistency
- File Uploads, Document Handling and Data Processing - a side-by-side comparison of how all four platforms process PDFs, Word documents, Excel files, images and structured data
- Memory, Projects, Gems and Conversation Continuity - how Claude Projects, ChatGPT memory, Copilot sessions and Gemini Gems manage context, continuity and personalisation across sessions
- Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace Integration - where Copilot and Gemini gain native integration performance advantages - and where their standalone limitations appear - in real workflows
- Output Capabilities and Deliverable Quality - comparing document drafting, spreadsheet generation, presentation creation, code output, research reports and formatted professional deliverables across all four
- Custom Instructions, Personalisation and System Prompts - how persistent instructions, memory settings and system-level customisation work differently across Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
- Presenting Effective Questions Across All Four Platforms - how to frame prompts for stronger results across all four tools and where prompt strategy must adapt to each platform’s interpretation style
- Choosing and Documenting Your Platform Strategy - a practical decision framework for selecting one platform, combining two or deploying all four, plus a structured prompt and response documentation method
NOTE: Topic sequence may be subject to slight variation
Who Will Benefit:
- This webinar is designed for professionals who produce documents, reports, analysis or correspondence as core job functions and want a full-spectrum, performance-tested understanding of how Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini compare in practice
- Finance professionals, analysts, compliance officers, legal support staff, HR teams, administrators, operations managers, L&D professionals and any individual or team responsible for AI platform evaluation, productivity improvement or professional output quality will benefit directly from the live four-platform comparisons, performance benchmarks and practical demonstrations in this session
- It is suitable for any level of prior AI experience - from first evaluation through to active use across multiple platforms
Instructor:
Ray Evans blends a professional, easy-going style with a strong grasp of adult learning-demonstrated across classroom, seminar, workshop, and live-online delivery, supported by practical, high-retention instructional materials.
Backed by Microsoft certifications, Ray teaches more than 2,500 topics spanning Microsoft Excel, Access, Outlook, Project, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, and Publisher-and is one of very few presenters delivering expert-level webinars across all six leading AI cognitive engines: Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Grok, Gemini and DeepSeek.
He holds qualifications in Frontline Management, Accounting, Training and Assessment and is certified in Six Sigma business-improvement methodology.
Since 1990, Ray has trained over 40,000 students, business owners, and executives, and authored extensive training documentation, complex reports, and engaging web content-consistently demonstrating exceptional communication and knowledge transfer.
Ray's webinars replicate the in-person classroom experience and include:
A comprehensive step-by-step Learning Guide
Demonstrations and practical exercises
Exercise files; and
Productivity techniques, tips and shortcuts