How to Be Truly Great at Your Role

Someone once said, “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” Some people credit the quote to Mark Twain, others to Agatha Christie, and still others to an American businesswoman named Sally Berger. Whoever said it first, the quote is packed full of meaning. It is natural that each of us wants to get ahead, […]

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Three Workplace Goals for 2022 and How to Reach Them

There’s a motivational quote ascribed to Karen Lamb that says, “A year from now, you may wish you had started today.” Have you ever had a goal that you would have liked to achieve but just never got started on? Most of us have at one time or another. We just never started it “today”. […]

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Training For Transitions

Do you ever take the time to pause and consider your future career goals? You may have some short-term goals, or perhaps you’re already planning for further down the road. Either way, it’s a good idea to include professional development in your planning. Sometimes we only consider personal development or training to overcome a challenge […]

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The Not-So-Secret to Success

Universally, successful businesspeople will tell you to make use of every legitimate advantage you may have. If you were to buy a new car and discover it came with a free set of winter tires—on rims— wouldn’t you accept the offer? You might not need those winter tires right now, but the time will come […]

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Improve Your Organization with Microsoft Teams: The Six Best Features to Start Using Now

We may be socially distanced from one another at the moment, but we can still work closely as a team and as an organization. Microsoft Teams is the ideal tool for keeping us working closely together despite not being physically together. What are some of its most helpful features, and how can you use them? […]

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Do You Realize the Full Potential of Your Microsoft 365 Subscription?

Gone are the days when you bought your Microsoft Windows and Office programs and then installed them out of a box. Like many other software giants, Microsoft has been moving towards a subscription-based system. Although the prices of the various Microsoft 365 subscriptions have stayed pretty much the same over recent years, the value you […]

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We’re Making a Switch… to the Microsoft Teams Platform!

Microsoft Teams is a collaborative meeting and screen-sharing platform with capabilities including chat, breakout rooms, video conferencing, and more. Microsoft is continuously adding new and exciting features that engage users. Effective January 1, 2021, our public and private classes will be run on the Microsoft Teams platform. This is a move we decided to make […]

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Working from Home: Part 1 – The New Normal

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Join us for part 1 of a 4-part series dedicated to the new challenges of working from home. Our other topics in this series will be: Parents – Working from Home with Children Maintaining Self-Development While Working from Home How to Support Your Remote Team We want to assist you in developing strategies to successfully […]

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The Right Tool at the Right Time – Using OneDrive, Teams and SharePoint

“Constantly evolving and sometimes confusing” is the definition of the modern workplace. New tools and apps are coming all the time, and the way we’ve worked in the past can change on short notice, leaving us floundering for the correct solutions. Microsoft 365 offers many solutions and tools, but which one is best for you? […]

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Owners’ Letter re: COVID-19 and Free Teams Webinar

Firstly, we want to express our heartfelt wishes that you and your families are safe and healthy. We know this has been a difficult time. The current situation has made evident the need to use technology to work together like never before. There have been 12 million new Microsoft Teams users in the last week for […]

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