Online training opportunities for yourself or your employees during this work from home time.

1. Time toTrain
•Bob@Simplex-IT.com
•Twitter: Simplex_IT
•Blog: http://Simplex-IT.com/Blog
•Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimplexITBob
•All webinars will be posted onYoutube 1-3 days after
presented
•Can’t hear? Call 347.991.6473, Conf #: 978 662 009

2. Caveats for
today
• I am going to share all my healthcare expertise. Which is
none. So don’t look here for that.
• Any opinions shared on the health aspects of this are
strictly mine.
• We’re primarily looking at training that is low-cost (or
free), and easy to get into. No PhD programs here.
• I will probably say a couple of “funny” things that could
be taken as inappropriate. And there’s nothing new
there.
• I am a Condescending, Opinionated,Arrogant Crotchety
Old Geek. But I take it as well as I dish it out.
• We will be emailing reminders and PDF attachments.

3. PlannedTopics
(we reserve
the right to
change our
minds)
Same link for
all webinars!
• Mar 24:Time to train
• Mar 26: MicrosoftTeamsTips andTricks
• Mar 31:Work from Home Security
• Apr 2:Work from Home Habits
• Apr 7:Work from HomeTroubleshooting
• Apr 9: Office 365 tools you didn't know you had
• Apr 14: Collaboration Best Practices
• Apr 16: Securing Office 365
• Apr 21: Project Management / Planner

4. Takeaways
• Throughout this chat we’re going to try to identify
specific takeaways, or things you should be able to use
from this presentation. There will be two types:
• Brain. This is something you should think about
before you do anything.
• Brawn. This is something you should actually start
doing.

5. Agenda (until Derailed)
• Topic for the Day
• Business Perspective
• ProductivityTraining
• TechnicalTraining
• PersonalTraining

6. Topic for the
Day
• There’s no doubt that most people have more
time on their hands than usual. And it’s easy to
find non-productive things to waste it on.
• It’s time to invest…well, time. And maybe a little
$. In your employees. In yourself.
• This is a unique opportunity, one that will
hopefully never return.

7. Business
Perspective:
Keep it
Realistic
Remember the eternal project
triangle. Any change to one side
impacts the other 2.
That said, the opportunity today is
unique for organizations.

8. Takeaway #1:
• How engaged is your workforce today (are they
still technically employees)?
• Set up realistic training goals. If possible,
include them on setting these goals.
• Be flexible in terms of what’s possible.
• Find ways to make it fun (contests, more carrots
and fewer sticks). We need less stress, not more!

9. Productivity
Training
• Product specific
• Vendor specific
• Personal Development
• Unique/Specific uses

10. Examples
• https://support.office.com/en-US/office-training-
center
• https://Simplex-IT.com/Training
• https://getbiggerbrains.com/coronavirus-help-free-
microsoft-teams-training/
• https://Comptia.org

11. Takeaway #2:
• Most training resources have free trial options.
• Don’t overanalyze the source of training or the
goal. Just shut up and learn something.
• If something isn’t right or effective, stop and
move on to something else. But only if you’ve
got something else to move on to.

12. Technical
Training
• TechTraining is often vendor dependent. Most major
vendors (ie, Microsoft,Google, Cisco) have their own
training, often at near free costs.
• Setting up a lab with trial products is often pretty easy
(in terms of getting the tools) and usually free.
• YouTube is your friend. And enemy. Read the
comments on the channels before diving.
• Look for industry best practices, especially if you’re
learning something new. Learning the “wrong” way isn’t
helpful. If you don’t know the product (yet), you don’t
know the wrong way. Surrender to the vendor…for now.

13. Example:
(if you have Global
Admin rights to
Office 365)

14. Examples
• https://www.cbtnuggets.com/ (free week,
$59/month)
• https://Comptia.org
• https://www.cisco.com/c/m/en_sg/partners/cisco-
networking-academy/index.html
• https://www.khanacademy.org

15. Takeaway #3:
• Focus on specific goals. Don’t generalize your
training topics.
• Hands on experience will always trump couch
potato learning.
• Consider building your own lab at home.
• Consider getting certified when applicable.

16. Personal Development
How many times have you thought to yourself:
I always wanted to learn more about that?

17. Worthwhile
Binge
Watching
History:
• https://TheHistoryGuy.Net
• https://timeghost.tv
Science:
• https://www.youtube.com/drbecky
• https://www.youtube.com/pbsspacetime
Everything:
• https://www.khanacademy.org

18. Recommended
Reading
“Team ofTeams” by Gen. Stanley McChrystal
“AIQ: How People and MachinesAre SmarterTogether” by
Nick Polson & James Scott
“Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter DecisionsWhenYou
Don't Have All the Facts” by Annie Duke
“Algorithms to Live By:The Computer Science of Human
Decisions” by Brian Christian &Tom Griffiths
“Small Data:TheTiny CluesThat Uncover HugeTrends” by
Martin Lindstrom
“The Road Less Stupid” by Keith J. Cunningham

19. Recommended
Reading (more)
“Start withWhy” by Simon Sinek
“Everything is F*cked: a Book about Hope” by Mark Manson
“Atomic Habits” by James Clear
“Win Bigly” by Scott Adams
“Peak”, by Robert Pool and Anders Ericsson
“Sapiens” byYuval Noah Harari

20. Audible.com
“Offer”
• Email me at Bob@Simplex-IT.com with a title of
an Audible book you’d like, and I’ll email you a
link to get that book and free one-month
membership on Audible.com.
• If you have Amazon Prime, join Audible Prime
yourself, you’ll get 2 “free” books with your first
free month.

21. Offer
• Email me at Bob@Simplex-IT.com and I’ll get
you hooked up with a single account for our
training service with access to about 140 online
courses, including 2 MSTeams courses and one
on G Suite.
• It’s a whopping $8 value! And no, we won’t
automatically renew and charge you at the end
of the month trial.

22. Takeaway #4:
• Explore!
• This may be (IMHO) the one cool part of all this.
Take advantage of it.

23. If you don’t mind…

24. FEEDBACK!
• Please give feedback!
• Book Reviews on Amazon
• Bob@Simplex-IT.com

25. PlannedTopics
(we reserve
the right to
change our
minds)
Same link for
all webinars!
• Mar 24:Time to train
• Mar 26: MicrosoftTeamsTips andTricks
• Mar 31:Work from Home Security
• Apr 2:Work from Home Habits
• Apr 7:Work from HomeTroubleshooting
• Apr 9: Office 365 tools you didn't know you had
• Apr 14: Collaboration Best Practices
• Apr 16: Securing Office 365
• Apr 21: Project Management / Planner