Category: Microsoft MVP

October 12, 2021

Event: Personalise PowerPoint with your own sketches (Free)

Challenge the idea of Death by PowerPoint and create attractive, engaging presentations using your own drawings. If you think you can’t draw, forget that.

September 7, 2021

Camera on / camera off: Engagement and psychological safety within internal comms

I had a chat with Simon Terry, Benjamin Elias and Kerrie Hawkins about the challenges Microsoft Teams and other video calling/conferencing platforms have introduced a world where for some of us the camera is always on, particularly in lockdown.

July 6, 2021

Everyone can draw with a little Drink and Doodle

I dusted off my visual facilitation kit recently and hosted a casual afternoon Drink and Doodle with the ANZ MVP crew.

April 10, 2021

Sketching the docs at Microsoft MVP Summit

There were some great sketching opportunities at Microsoft MVP Summit this year. Most content is under NDA but here is some sketchy content including great sketchnoting tips and info that I can share.

March 10, 2021

Future of user voices – Microsoft drops UserVoice

Microsoft is dropping UserVoice. A few industry articles have emerged on the topic, but at this stage other than 1st party solutions, the fate of UserVoice and all the content there is not super clear.

December 22, 2020

2020 – When the #YearOfYammer delivered

When did the Year of Yammer begin? When did it end? Depends on how you cut the numbers, but if 2019 was the #YearOfYammer announcements, then 2020 is absolutely the year when Yammer delivered.

September 23, 2020

Building Digital Resilience – #MSIgnite Sketchnotes

Rather than sit down and hunch over a device or book, I stood up and sketchnoted Satya Nadella’s Microsoft Ignite 2020 keynote on my wall.

September 22, 2020

I’m not getting up early for #MSIgnite

I will be sleeping through Satya’s keynote. Not in a packed conference hall or at a viewing party. In my bed. Asleep.

July 31, 2020

Teams ‘Together mode’ – hyped or helpful

Microsoft released a number of updates to Teams in July including the anticipated 7×7 view. Among the many improvements rapidly being rolled in to Teams, “Together mode” was a little perplexing to me.