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Foster empathy in your team by ending your Teams meetings 5 minutes earlier
Since the move to the cloud and the adoption of a hybrid office for remote work, we have found that there are days where we get back to back to back to back meetings. This leaves no time for washroom breaks, snack breaks, catch up [...]
Team engagement in a remote environment using Microsoft Teams
We now know that we’re capable of working remotely, and I think it’s fair to say that we have gotten pretty used to it, whether we wanted to or not! It has been such a long time! Seeing so many organizations adopt remote work simultaneously surely brought a lot of questions: are you [...]
6 practical tips for using Microsoft Teams to its full potential
What’s one thing that we could all use a little more of (and no I’m not talking about money)? Time. It can be hard to fit in work, family, a social life, physical activity (sometimes) all into one day. That’s why most people tend to [...]
What is Microsoft Bookings?
Let's be honest, we all live very busy professional lives. Why would we waste our precious time communicating back and forth – or even pick up the phone! - with a potential client to book a consultation - we wouldn’t! Microsoft Bookings allows both you and your customers to save time and efficiently get that first meeting booked in your [...]
Cloud based productivity suites: Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365
We're sure that you've heard of these two cloud-based productivity suites - Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365. You may not know how they are different from one another. Both have a vivacious following. Which camp do you side with? Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 (formerly Microsoft Office [...]
How to find file versions in Microsoft Teams
I'm sure you've been in a situation where you accidentally click a button and all of the sudden, it's as if you're looking at a completely different document and you're wondering to yourself, what have I done? Believe it or not, you're not alone. This [...]
Manage your Teams with Valo Teamwork
It is no secret, Microsoft Teams is where you live and breathe as your office quickly shifted to remote work. MS Teams is one of the most popular apps – well in the workplace at least. As a communication platform, it allows you to better [...]
Using Microsoft Planner for managing project tasks
It should come as no surprise that organizations that have a project management process are far more likely to deliver projects on time and under budget than those that don't. Despite this seemingly obvious fact, it's surprising is that only 46% of organizations actually do [...]
Publishing project status updates in Microsoft Teams
Every organization has a variety of projects, whether they're internal or external, with clients or partners - it can get overwhelming, fast. It can be easy to lose track of your progress on a project while juggling all your other priorities in and outside of [...]
