Category: Blog
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Why run a solo Teams meeting ?
Why might you run a #microsoftteams meeting on your own? CloudWay recently delighted a customer by suggesting they record a #msteams meeting with just one member of staff, share their screen and give a tour of their current intranet features and complex taxonomy. From this recording CloudWay watched the recording in our own time and…
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Unpredicted awesome 2 weeks
Excuse my tardiness. Intended to post this last Friday but returned from a lively Commsverse, a UK Community event that spans Microsoft Teams from every angle, to a kitchen full of builders demolishing our chimney breast in prep for a new kitchen. So we moved out and camped this week at a friend’s [god-send] empty…
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A Viva day in the life on Teams*reimagined
In September 2021 Microsoft launched Viva as a direct response to the challenges of working from home: “We need to define productivity much more broadly with inclusive collaboration, learning and wellbeing to drive career advancement for every type of worker with flexibility in when, where and how people wish to work.” Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO.…
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Hot off the Viva Press!
We are halfway through 2022 and where did that go? I felt now was a good time to reflect on the Viva Explorers journey so far this year, where we’re going next and take in the latest big Viva news! We have been enthusiastic to say the least and presented at many brilliant events: Collabdays…
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Viva Explorer’s reach India for Microsoft Viva Days 2022
Following a great reception at the Women in Teams session on 13 April 2022 hosted from the US, the Viva Explorer’s are now en route to India! You are cordially invited to join this unique free virtual event hosted by more Viva enthusiasts on Teams. The Microsoft 365 , Power Platform & Cloud Security India…
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Nurture your Ikigai employee wellbeing with Viva
Sharing here how in my opinion the Japanese happiness model Ikigai supports a good Employee Experience with Viva. I wrote this a year ago before I created this blog site; and now aligned with Stale Hansen’s Digital Wellbeing model.
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Employees leave Managers not Companies! Step forward empathic leaders …
Employees leave Managers not Companies as often misunderstood, not listened to, or just don’t feel a manager’s behaviour is appropriate to the times we are living in. And research says many people want to work flexibly from home but also want some kind of office culture experience. This is being referred to as the “hybrid…
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Happy International Women’s Day!
#IWD2022 #techknowday #womenintech #womeninteams Today is a celebration of what women can achieve individually, but also in the community together. Please meet some wonderful technology professionals I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside and co-present with at community events this past year and predicting an exciting future! Under our restricted circumstances I am pleased to…
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Bring the outside in: LinkedIn Teams Chat
Following a fascinating visit to TNMOC at CollabDays this week where I gave a talk with Sara Fennah on Viva. I followed up on a chat I had with a new contact in a private message on LinkedIn the next day. They responded immediately about taking our chat further so I asked for their email…
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Viva Explorer’s reach Collabdays at TNMOC, Bletchley Park, England
CollabDays was created by a group of MVP’s and user groups passionate about bringing people together to learn about technology and network with their peers at events around the world for free; and made possible by generous sponsors. CollabDays, on 23 February will be held at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), Bletchley Park, UK.…
MVP, Lesley Crook is a Viva Visionary 