Feb 15, 2019Make Every SharePoint Page Worth The VisitNote: The following uses modern pages in SharePoint Online. When you want to combine functionality with design, get into SharePoint. You want what you’re looking for now, not ten clicks from now. …Web Design4 min readWeb Design4 min read
Jan 19, 2019Are you a lurker? Facebook doesn’t like you.Facebook is once again focusing on the wrong things. Short version: Facebook has been kicking inactive users out of groups and placing them on an “invited” list instead. …Social Media3 min readSocial Media3 min read
Dec 17, 2018The Story of Our Customer CommunityDecember isn’t over yet, but I can already read the 2018 story for my online customer network. I can flip through the chapters and see the data*: 20% membership growth. 40% increase in engagement. 60% engagement for the year, period. I can also see what went into that engagement, and…Yammer1 min readYammer1 min read
Oct 8, 2018Why a bracelet is my favorite piece of swagEach year at Microsoft Ignite, I declare I won’t turn into an S-shape staggering around from the weight of all the vendor swag stuffed into my backpack. Each year I fail. It all goes to good places: Other conference attendees helpfully liberate me of some items, I bring others back…Community2 min readCommunity2 min read
Sep 4, 2018What advice would you give your college self?Towering trees, wide expanses of lawn, near-ancient, sun-warmed stone and brick contrasting, somehow magnificently, with newer buildings (some with electric blue accents) . . . . . . and all I needed for that memory-trigger was an email from my alma mater, Lawrence University. “As the new academic year approaches…College3 min readCollege3 min read
May 23, 2018What Being a Microsoft MVP Means to MeThe list of unexpected questions appeared before my eyeballs: The whys and what-fors of being a Microsoft MVP. Thanks to Betsy Weber, my awesome Microsoft program manager evangelist, for the challenge! Why are you an MVP? I was gobsmacked when I was nominated, and even more so when I was selected, back there in 2016…Microsoft Mvp3 min readMicrosoft Mvp3 min read
May 3, 2018The Power of Memory in YammerStarring our Yammer External Network for customers. “I’m out here training,” the email began. “There’s some concern from our customer about their own staff buying into our program. I distinctly remember a Yammer post from a gentleman who said he didn’t buy in at first, and what changed his mind…Community Engagement2 min readCommunity Engagement2 min read
Apr 20, 2018Yammer: Bridging Online and Offline WorldsOne of the most important things to remember about Yammer is that it’s full of people, and those people exist beyond their screens! In our Yammer External Network for customers (instructors), one set of groups are called Chapter Groups. These regional groups help our instructors find each other within and…Yammer2 min readYammer2 min read
Mar 30, 2018Does Yammer Work For Mid-Size Companies?“Your first month is almost behind you! Nice!” -a comment to a new employee on our Yammer home network. The quick answer is yes, Yammer does work for mid-size companies. Source: The mid-size company I work for. But what does “yes, it works” really mean? Well, here’s our perspective, and…Yammer5 min readYammer5 min read
Mar 12, 2018Microsoft, Silent Disco, and the Collaboration RevelationFlight time, 7 a.m. Touchdown, a few hours and a couple of time-zone-changes later. Ride secured, hotel checked into. It had begun. I’ve just returned from my first Microsoft MVP Summit this week, though I can’t yet talk about most of it because at the time that I’m writing this…Collaboration7 min readCollaboration7 min read
