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Feb 15, 2019

Make Every SharePoint Page Worth The Visit

Note: 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 Design

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Make Every SharePoint Page Worth The Visit
Make Every SharePoint Page Worth The Visit
Web Design

4 min read


Jan 19, 2019

Are 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 Media

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Are you a lurker? Facebook doesn’t like you.
Are you a lurker? Facebook doesn’t like you.
Social Media

3 min read


Dec 17, 2018

The Story of Our Customer Community

December 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…

Yammer

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The Story of Our Customer Community
The Story of Our Customer Community
Yammer

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Oct 8, 2018

Why a bracelet is my favorite piece of swag

Each 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…

Community

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Why a bracelet is my favorite piece of swag
Why a bracelet is my favorite piece of swag
Community

2 min read


Sep 4, 2018

What 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…

College

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What advice would you give your college self?
What advice would you give your college self?
College

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May 23, 2018

What Being a Microsoft MVP Means to Me

The 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 Mvp

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What Being a Microsoft MVP Means to Me
What Being a Microsoft MVP Means to Me
Microsoft Mvp

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May 3, 2018

The Power of Memory in Yammer

Starring 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 Engagement

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The Power of Memory in Yammer
The Power of Memory in Yammer
Community Engagement

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Apr 20, 2018

Yammer: Bridging Online and Offline Worlds

One 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…

Yammer

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Yammer: Bridging Online and Offline Worlds
Yammer: Bridging Online and Offline Worlds
Yammer

2 min read


Mar 30, 2018

Does 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…

Yammer

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Does Yammer Work For Mid-Size Companies?
Does Yammer Work For Mid-Size Companies?
Yammer

5 min read


Mar 12, 2018

Microsoft, Silent Disco, and the Collaboration Revelation

Flight 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…

Collaboration

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Microsoft, Silent Disco, and the Collaboration Revelation
Microsoft, Silent Disco, and the Collaboration Revelation
Collaboration

7 min read

Becky Benishek

Becky Benishek

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I’m a children’s book author and online community manager. I was a Microsoft MVP x6. Hi there!

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