THE M365 AUTOMATE WORKSHOP

Stop paying people to repeat work Microsoft 365 can do.

In one live, practical two-hour workshop, we identify the repeated work costing your business time, map the process and help you build your first automation inside the Microsoft environment you already use.

$497 per business, GST included Bring your whole team on one screen Live online, four dates in 2026
BOOK YOUR BUSINESS IN FOR $497

Choose your date next. 25 seats available for each session.

Carly Woods, Founder and CEO of Ethical Edge Solutions
Live with Carly WoodsBusiness automation and responsible AI specialist

WHAT YOU WILL LEAVE WITH

Practical outcomes your team can use straight away.

This is a working session built around your business. You will move from repeated work and disconnected ideas to a clear, responsible path forward.

01

Your time-leak map

See where manual handling, double entry and avoidable follow-up are consuming time.

02

A clear automation plan

Know which process to tackle first, what can be automated and what should stay human.

03

Your first working automation

Build alongside Carly using the Microsoft tools already available to your business.

04

A responsible rollout path

Move forward with privacy, governance, permissions and staff adoption considered.

20+ yearsoperations and business systems experience
100+ businessessupported with practical automation and AI
Business-ledthe process determines the technology

THIS IS FOR YOU IF

Your team is busy, but too much work is still manual.

You do not need to be technical. Bring the process, the people who know it and the Microsoft environment you already use.

  • Reports, emails or data are copied between systems by hand.
  • Important follow-ups depend on someone remembering every step.
  • Your team owns Microsoft 365 but uses only a fraction of what it can do.
  • You have plenty of AI ideas but no clear first process to improve.
  • You want practical automation without losing governance or human judgment.

THE M365 AUTOMATE WORKSHOP

We Don’t Just Talk About Automation.
We Work Through It With You.

This isn’t another AI presentation where your team leaves with 47 ideas and absolutely no idea what to do on Monday.

M365 Automate is a practical, hands-on workshop built around your business, your processes and the Microsoft environment you already use.

We identify where time is being lost, where processes are creating unnecessary work and where Microsoft 365, automation and AI can make a measurable difference.

WORKSHOP AREA 01

Excel, Data & Reporting

We examine where spreadsheets, reporting and manual data handling are consuming unnecessary time or creating bottlenecks.

We may work through areas such as:

  • recurring reports and dashboards

  • data entry and reconciliation

  • information moving between systems

  • spreadsheet-heavy processes

  • opportunities for Power Automate and related Microsoft tools

WORKSHOP AREA 02

Outlook, Teams & Workflow

We map the communication and workflow processes that rely heavily on inboxes, individual staff members or manual follow-up.

We may work through areas such as:

  • email routing and handling

  • reminders and follow-ups

  • approvals and internal requests

  • Teams-based workflows

  • notifications and task creation

WORKSHOP AREA 03

AI & Microsoft Copilot

We identify where AI can support genuine business outcomes rather than adding another tool for your team to experiment with.

We may work through areas such as:

  • practical Copilot use cases

  • repetitive knowledge work

  • information retrieval and summarisation

  • AI-assisted analysis and content

  • opportunities for AI assistants and automation

WORKSHOP AREA 04

Governance, Risk & Responsible AI

Automation only works when the people using it understand what they’re doing and the business knows where its information is going.

We may work through areas such as:

  • appropriate AI use

  • privacy and sensitive information

  • access and permissions

  • staff guidelines

  • governance considerations

  • areas requiring further review before implementation

THE DIFFERENCE

Technology Comes Second. The Business Problem Comes First.

We don’t start with

“What cool thing can Microsoft do?”

We start with

“What is your team doing repeatedly that they shouldn’t need to be doing?”

From there, we determine which technology, automation or AI approach makes sense.

WHY ETHICAL EDGE SOLUTIONS

Business Automation First.
Technology Second.

Ethical Edge Solutions helps businesses identify where technology, automation and AI can remove unnecessary work, improve processes and create operational leverage.

We don’t begin with a particular tool and look for somewhere to use it. We start with your business: how work moves, where your people lose time, what creates bottlenecks and what needs to remain human.

Then we determine where Microsoft 365, automation and AI genuinely fit.

YOUR SESSION IS WITH

Carly Woods

Founder & CEO, Ethical Edge Solutions

PRACTICAL

Focused on processes your team actually deals with every day.

RESPONSIBLE

Governance, privacy and appropriate AI use are considered alongside implementation.

BUSINESS-LED

The problem determines the technology, not the other way around.

Australian Business Automation & AI Specialists

Helping organisations turn technology into practical, responsible ways of working.

Your seat $497 per business, GST included.

One ticket is one business.

Put your whole team in the room with you, on one screen, and the person who runs the process builds it.

A team member in another location is $248.

The in-house version of this workshop, run on-site for your team, is $8,000.

This is the same session, live and online, for $497.

Pick a date: Thursday 8 October, Thursday 29 October, Thursday 19 November or Thursday 3 December 2026.

10 am to 12 pm Brisbane Time,

11 am to 1 pm Sydney and Melbourne Time.

25 seats only available for each date.

Book, and you get the calendar invite and a short assessment straight away. Fill it in before the day, and Carly will have read it.

If the date stops working, move to any of the other three.

Seats can be transferred, not refunded.

FAQ's

Do I need to be technical?

No. You need to know what your team does every week. Carly handles the rest with you.

Are the workshops recorded?

 No. It is a live working session, and the value is doing it with Carly. That is why there are four dates.

Can my team come?

Yes, that is the point. One ticket, one business, one screen. A second location/screen is $248.

What if I cannot make the date?

Move to any of the other three dates. No refunds.