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Improve your Wellbeing via Microsoft Teams
The last few years have had their fair share of ‘you’ve got to be kidding me’s, ‘this again?’ and ‘oh come on’s,’. So, if you’re like the rest of us, finding ways to bring levity, joy, and a little comfort to your day is key. Microsoft’s extensive [...]
Microsoft Teams Meeting Rooms: Optimized for Hybrid Work
How would you grade your company conference rooms? Hint: you need much more than four walls and a table to receive a high grade. These days, it’s important to think about the people who are NOT in the room just as much, if not more, than [...]
Microsoft Places – A Reinvention of the Workplace
It's hard to remember a time when everyone worked in-office, and we could just pop over to our work-bestie's desk for a quick chat. The reality is our environment is now a hybrid-first world, and this new work experience is one that many of us [...]
Connect Your Team | Microsoft Places
“We need to recognize that the role of the office has changed and people come in for each other to rebuild team bonds. To make the office worth the commute, employees need a “why” and it turns out that “why” is each other” - Jared [...]
An Eternal, Perfect Hair Day | Mesh Avatars Coming to Teams
Let's face it; sometimes, we don't want to show our faces. We all have those days where we're simply not in the mood to do our makeup, brush our hair, or even change out of our pajamas, but that doesn't mean that we don't want [...]
Merrier Meetings | Pop-out Shared Content in Teams
On the 10th day of Teams, Microsoft gave to thee. A pop-out window in a Teams meeting! Microsoft is constantly evolving the Teams platform, and one of the latest updates is truly a gift of productivity. The Pop-out feature now allows us to [...]
Corp Comm’s Little Helper | Viva Amplify
The best way to spread cheer is by Amplifying your message for all to hear! Disseminating crucial information to your Team is no easy feat. Virtual communication faces many challenges — messages can be lost in translation, misunderstood, or not read at all. Leadership [...]
Jingle Jingle Jingle, Reduce Distracting Rings | Customize Channel Notifications
Every time a notification rings, a distraction, it does spring. Notifications can be as helpful as they are distracting. We can't afford to miss out on a critical message, but a constant bombardment of them can do more harm than good and lead to unproductivity. [...]
From Santa’s Workshop | Games for Work
You can keep your partridge and tree of pear all I want for Christmas is solitaire. This holiday, Teams gets a perk introducing...Games for Work. Microsoft wrapped up the gift of nostalgia and is serving it up in Teams! Solitaire and Minesweeper brought us hours [...]
A Present of Presence | Schedule Teams Messages & Protect Your Team’s Time
Bang! Something unexpected inspires you out of nowhere. You've got a brilliant idea that will save your company thousands of dollars. You're proud. Your adrenaline runs through your veins like an avalanche coming down a mountain. But then you look at the clock. It's 9:30 [...]
More Isn’t Always Merrier | Chat With Yourself
We've got some gifts we think you'll find quite grand, to help guide you to Teams wonderland. 12 tips & tricks delivered with glee, we'll help you use Teams most optimally. Our topic for today is the "chat with yourself" feature on Microsoft [...]
Spread Holiday Cheer | Teams’ Video Messaging Feature
In a remote-first world, a personal touch goes a long way in humanizing the digital employee experience. A considerable percentage of communication is non-verbal. So, spread some extra holiday cheer this year by leveraging Teams' video messaging feature to send your team a cheery video [...]
The Gift of Eloquence | Teams Speaker Coach
Congratulations! You’ve been on Santa’s list of nice organizational leaders this year, and we’re here to give you the gift you’ve been asking for! We all know how important it is for leaders to have exceptional communication skills. Great leaders can inspire their teams through [...]
Checking Your Pulse in 2023 | Viva Pulse
The holidays are a time to reconnect with loved ones and get a pulse on those we hold dear. But we could all be better at keeping in touch throughout the year. It's equally important to keep a pulse on your team. The Great Resignation [...]
Holidays can be stressful | Destress with Viva Insights
We've got some gifts we think you'll find grand, to help guide you to Teams wonderland. 12 tips & tricks delivered with glee, we'll help you use Teams most optimally. To kick off our enlightening holiday series, we’re bringing practicality to well-being theories. We [...]
What Is Viva Sales and How Can It Transform Your Business?
Microsoft Viva—a platform built and designed for the hybrid era— empowers employees to interact, stay connected, and work toward common goals to ensure long-term success. Composed of modules for the masses spanning four key pillars (Connection, Insight, Purpose, and Growth), Viva is now adding modules [...]
What is Viva Amplify?
In today's quickly growing hybrid era, it can be quite challenging to not only be heard by others but also be truly listened to. While many of us feel like we're simply screaming into the void, finding the proper channels, messaging, and timing are essential [...]
Everything You Need to Know About People in Viva
Our teams are full of talent, and we're all working amongst people with skills we never knew they had. Does your developer have a knack for design, or is your Graphic Designer secretly an excel wiz? Tapping into that talent enigma is a challenge. So [...]
Microsoft Ignite’s Hybrid Office Recap
Microsoft Ignite 2022 was full of exciting updates and inspiring stories, leaving us with a lot to digest! If you didn't get the chance to attend or still reeling from information overload, put your worries aside because this recap will deliver you all the essential [...]
Prevent Microsoft 365 Teams Sprawl
Microsoft Teams is an intuitive, user-friendly chat-based app within Microsoft 365 that makes digital collaboration a breeze. In fact, it’s so user-friendly that anyone can create a new Team and get a group of users working together in no time. While creative freedom seems promising, we’ve found this [...]
