While at SharePoint Fest, Sarah Haase and I recorded the 5th episode of The Coffee Chat on 365 Adoption series. Our previous episodes have included topics on: Why is user adoption so difficult? How to run effective user adoption events, user adoption planning, and more! For this episode, we tackled the user adoption urban myths and misnomers – sort of a ‘mythbuster’ episode. We went through several myths that we see in organizations today. These included one suggested by Darrell Webster: “We hire smart people. They’ll figure out how to use Office 365 for themselves.” Other myths included “If you build it, they will come”, “Once the killer feature is…
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Music City Tech 2019
Music City Tech is one of the largest technology conferences in Middle Tennessee and is happening over three days – September 5th, 6th, & 7th. This year’s conference is made up of Music City Code, Music City Agile, and Music City Data – three separate conferences all joined under the banner of Music City Tech. Each conference has its own focus, schedule, and speakers. This year I’m giving two presentations aligned with Music City Data and I will deliver both sessions on Saturday September 7th. Tickets are selling fast and they sell out every year, so get yours today! I hope to see you there! Music City Tech Website …
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Add a dictation button to the quick access menu
I love using tools that enable me to get the job done and move on. One feature that does just that is the dictate function in Microsoft Office. Office Dictation allows me to speak words rather than type them and has sped up the process for creating documents for me. One of the things I’ve noticed slowing me down while using the dictate function has been the need to click the Office Dictate button in the ribbon to start the process. I recently went on Twitter to ask for a shortcut key to start the dictate process. Can we please get a keyboard shortcut for @Office dictation? It would be…
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New York City Office 365 Saturday 2019
Join me in New York City for the 2019 edition of Office 365 Saturday. The event will be July 27th and you can get all the details on the website www.spsevents.org/city/nyc/nyc2019. I’ll be doing a session about using your on-premises data with cloud tools, such as Microsoft Flow, PowerApps, and Power BI. Register now and I hope to see you there! [Update] Thank you everyone for attending! I had a great time and I hope you learned something new. For those in my session, here are my slides: #SPSNYC 2019 Also, here is the recording of the session:
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SharePoint Fest Seattle 2019
I hope you can join me at SharePoint Fest Seattle this August 19-23! I will be giving a workshop with Drew Madelung and four sessions – one of which will be with Vlad Catrinescu. Use the SharePoint Fest discount code Glenn100 to save $$ Tuesday First on Tuesday, I will be presenting a workshop in the afternoon with Drew Madelung entitled “Building an enterprise sharing strategy for collaboration success”. We will be covering how you can setup your organization for securely sharing, without sacrificing functionality. Attending this workshop will be a highlight of your SharePoint Fest Seattle week! Wednesday On Wednesday morning at 11:20 am, join me in the session…
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SQL Saturday Chattanooga 2019
I am so happy that SQL Saturday Chattanooga is back! I have really enjoyed this event every year and I will be there on June 22nd to speak, learn, and network with everyone! I’ll be giving a session on how to use your data, even if it is on-prem, with cloud tools like Power BI and Microsoft Flow. My session is currently scheduled for 9:45 am – I hope you will join me. Make sure you register now! SQL Saturday Chattanooga Website Also check out the two pre-cons scheduled the Friday before – details on the website.
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SharePoint Conference 2019
Join me this year at SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas. Use code GLENN for $50 off and come see the gym blossoms play live. SharePoint conference will be amazing – I’ll be giving a session called Keeping up with Change in Office 365 at 2:00 PM on Thursday. See you there! You can register for the conference using my code GLENN to receive $50 off!! Register here: SharePointNA.com
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SharePoint Fest Washington D.C. 2019
Please join me at SharePoint Fest in Washington D.C. the first three days of May 2019. I will be giving three sessions, one of which will be with Vlad Catrinescu. Use the code Glenn100 to save $$ First up on Wednesday, I will be live at the Podcast Center doing the weekly 365 Message Center Show with Darrell Webster. We will be reviewing all the latest Microsoft 365 features rolling out. Join me live and ask questions! Also on Wednesday, I will be delivering my session Use Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Office 2019 to Keep Your Group in Sync. This session is all about working with others in Teams and…
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SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities April 2019
I’m excited to announce that I am going back to the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and Saint Paul) to speak at SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities – the April 2019 edition. I will give two sessions at the event – the first being with my co-host of The Coffee Chat on 365 Adoption, Sarah Haase. We will be talking about how you can drive adoption of Microsoft Flow within your organization. We will show you how to use the functionality of Office 365 to empower your users. The second session will be with Drew Madelung and we will be talking about how to create a real-world sharing strategy for SharePoint, OneDrive &…
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SQL Saturday Victoria 2019
I am honored to be speaking at the 2019 edition of SQL Saturday Victoria in British Columbia Canada. The event is March 16, 2019 and I will be presenting on using Power BI, Microsoft Flow, and PowerApps with your on-prem data. I will demo live getting everything running and then create flows to move data around. Please join us! SQL Saturday Victoria 2019 [UPDATE] I had a great time in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and at SQL Saturday Victoria. Some fantastic questions and conversation from attendees and other speakers. Thanks again for having me! Here are my slides from the session: Using Your On-prem Data in a Cloud World Victoria…
