85% of leaders say the shift to hybrid work has made it challenging to have confidence that employees are productive. 92% of employees have identified enhancing the employee experience as an essential priority.New challenges are always presented to HR from all sides, and we’re here to help you target critical areas of the employee experience at our free event.Whether you’re looking for strategic guidance or help to achieve technical excellence, our event is full of sessions from world-renowned thought leaders.On February 10th, from 10 AM to 4 PM, learn to avoid new and old challenges, build on existing success, and leverage the latest technology to facilitate your efforts. One lucky winner will walk away with a free $15,000 POC!2toLead CTO and 7X Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge and 2toLead CEO and 13X Microsoft MVP Kanwal Khipple will lead the event.Together, they helped over 200 digital workplaces globally, plan for and increase the employee experience, keynoted conferences, published books, and published blogs for some major publications like Forbes.Join specialized sessions (business or deep dive tech breakouts) designed for HR leaders or the technical team that supports the digital employee experience.The business and general sessions aim to provide insight into the apparent and hidden value of tackling onboarding, retention, and well-being.The optional tech deep dive breakout sessions aims to walk through how to use and implement Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva to improve onboarding, retention, and well-being.Walk away from the event with a greater understanding of the following:- How to identify the most critical areas of the employee experience- How to improve the onboarding experience before and during the process- Building experiences to enable better onboarding- Measure for success- Creating digital employee experiences that help retain top talent- How to track employee well-being- And much more
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & Tomorrow - ...Richard Harbridge
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience: Today & Tomorrow
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Organizations need new and innovative approaches and solutions as work and the workforce change. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees. The question often hard to answer is, what is the best way to meet that growing need, especially in a way that meets it faster, with less cost and risk?Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee communication, employee collaboration, and employee management, how Microsoft 365 is changing these digital employee experiences and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft VivaRichard Harbridge
With so many Viva capabilities available to organizations, it can be a challenge knowing which should be piloted together or what patterns and practices work best when piloting Viva Connections, Viva Learning, Viva Topics, Viva Goals, Viva Insights, Viva Pulse, Viva Amplify, and more. How do organizations get started successfully, overcome challenges in piloting and rolling out these experiences, and eventually scale to organization-wide deployments?
Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the lessons learned and proven approaches with Microsoft Viva. Together you will explore unique and vital challenges with Viva deployments, such as challenges with multiple tenants or multiple organizations in one tenant or challenges with experiences designed for scale – determining if an organization is large enough or has enough content for a great experience with Viva Topics and more.
Introduction to Microsoft Viva and the Employee Experience Platform with Joel...Joel Oleson
Microsoft announced Viva in February 2021, it is a movement toward employee experience that brings together communications, knowledge, learning, resources, and insights. Powered by Microsoft 365 and experienced primarily through Microsoft Teams. Viva fosters a culture where people and teams are empowered to be their best from anywhere. Viva itself has four main components: – Viva Connections – as the enabler for plugging your SharePoint Intranet into Teams formerly known as Teams Home Site App. – Viva Topics – one of the products from the Project Cortex initiative. It is focused on connecting knowledge and experts. – Viva Insights – delivers focus on employee engagement with consideration for health and wellbeing. – Viva Learning is an aggregation of your skilling across the enterprise with LMS platform integration and just-in-time delivery in the your Teams. We’ll dive into each of these tools and help you better understand availability, licensing, and enterprise positioning and roadmap. Audience: Marketing, Communications, HR IT, IT Managers, Directors, Microsoft 365 Admins, and Teams Administrators Level: 100 & 200 : Introduction and Assumes Basic Microsoft Teams Experience
Enhancing Microsoft Teams To Build A Better Digital WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
Today, many organizations have brought the Intranet, or the digital hub of their digital workplace, into Microsoft Teams via Viva Connections. But what else are organizations doing to enhance further, improve upon, and embrace Teams as a hub for not just teamwork, but also corporate communication, social collaboration, networking, and more?
Join Microsoft MVP and 2toLead CTO Richard Harbridge as he shares the unique opportunity Teams apps and solutions provide. Be prepared to explore examples, patterns, and practices for how lines of business in any organization can leverage, extend and integrate Teams to create business-oriented solutions.
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Learn about Microsoft Viva product features and the Employee Experience platform
date: February 10, 2021
#Microsoft365 #Toronto Collaboration user group
These past few years have accelerated changes and disrupted how companies lead, enable, empower, and engage around communications. Leaders in corporate communications, human resources, and IT are all tackling new responsibilities and challenges in connecting with employees who no longer regularly share the same workspace and may be overwhelmed with increased communication volume, velocity, and variety.
We have been catapulted into a new employee experience paradigm, and it can be challenging to get our bearings. We now need to plan for the future, but it can be hard to consider the future when the present is filled with unique and pressing communication challenges. Yet, the future of communication may hold answers to problems we are experiencing today; it may inspire us to change and, perhaps most importantly, enable us to understand how to prepare to embrace a better one.
We have gathered leading industry experts on employee communications, intranets, the digital workplace, and employee experience to help us navigate the years ahead. Join James Robertson, a Step Two global thought leader and author on digital employee experience, Suzie Robinson, author of the popular ClearBox employee experience platforms report, and Richard Harbridge, a celebrated Microsoft MVP, as they share insight on how to better understand, leverage, and prepare for the future of employee communications.
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & Tomorrow - ...Richard Harbridge
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience: Today & Tomorrow
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Organizations need new and innovative approaches and solutions as work and the workforce change. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees. The question often hard to answer is, what is the best way to meet that growing need, especially in a way that meets it faster, with less cost and risk?Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee communication, employee collaboration, and employee management, how Microsoft 365 is changing these digital employee experiences and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft VivaRichard Harbridge
With so many Viva capabilities available to organizations, it can be a challenge knowing which should be piloted together or what patterns and practices work best when piloting Viva Connections, Viva Learning, Viva Topics, Viva Goals, Viva Insights, Viva Pulse, Viva Amplify, and more. How do organizations get started successfully, overcome challenges in piloting and rolling out these experiences, and eventually scale to organization-wide deployments?
Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the lessons learned and proven approaches with Microsoft Viva. Together you will explore unique and vital challenges with Viva deployments, such as challenges with multiple tenants or multiple organizations in one tenant or challenges with experiences designed for scale – determining if an organization is large enough or has enough content for a great experience with Viva Topics and more.
Introduction to Microsoft Viva and the Employee Experience Platform with Joel...Joel Oleson
Microsoft announced Viva in February 2021, it is a movement toward employee experience that brings together communications, knowledge, learning, resources, and insights. Powered by Microsoft 365 and experienced primarily through Microsoft Teams. Viva fosters a culture where people and teams are empowered to be their best from anywhere. Viva itself has four main components: – Viva Connections – as the enabler for plugging your SharePoint Intranet into Teams formerly known as Teams Home Site App. – Viva Topics – one of the products from the Project Cortex initiative. It is focused on connecting knowledge and experts. – Viva Insights – delivers focus on employee engagement with consideration for health and wellbeing. – Viva Learning is an aggregation of your skilling across the enterprise with LMS platform integration and just-in-time delivery in the your Teams. We’ll dive into each of these tools and help you better understand availability, licensing, and enterprise positioning and roadmap. Audience: Marketing, Communications, HR IT, IT Managers, Directors, Microsoft 365 Admins, and Teams Administrators Level: 100 & 200 : Introduction and Assumes Basic Microsoft Teams Experience
Enhancing Microsoft Teams To Build A Better Digital WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
Today, many organizations have brought the Intranet, or the digital hub of their digital workplace, into Microsoft Teams via Viva Connections. But what else are organizations doing to enhance further, improve upon, and embrace Teams as a hub for not just teamwork, but also corporate communication, social collaboration, networking, and more?
Join Microsoft MVP and 2toLead CTO Richard Harbridge as he shares the unique opportunity Teams apps and solutions provide. Be prepared to explore examples, patterns, and practices for how lines of business in any organization can leverage, extend and integrate Teams to create business-oriented solutions.
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Learn about Microsoft Viva product features and the Employee Experience platform
date: February 10, 2021
#Microsoft365 #Toronto Collaboration user group
These past few years have accelerated changes and disrupted how companies lead, enable, empower, and engage around communications. Leaders in corporate communications, human resources, and IT are all tackling new responsibilities and challenges in connecting with employees who no longer regularly share the same workspace and may be overwhelmed with increased communication volume, velocity, and variety.
We have been catapulted into a new employee experience paradigm, and it can be challenging to get our bearings. We now need to plan for the future, but it can be hard to consider the future when the present is filled with unique and pressing communication challenges. Yet, the future of communication may hold answers to problems we are experiencing today; it may inspire us to change and, perhaps most importantly, enable us to understand how to prepare to embrace a better one.
We have gathered leading industry experts on employee communications, intranets, the digital workplace, and employee experience to help us navigate the years ahead. Join James Robertson, a Step Two global thought leader and author on digital employee experience, Suzie Robinson, author of the popular ClearBox employee experience platforms report, and Richard Harbridge, a celebrated Microsoft MVP, as they share insight on how to better understand, leverage, and prepare for the future of employee communications.
ACCELERATING EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING & YOUR HYBRID WORKPLACE WITH MICROSOFT 365Richard Harbridge
As organizations begin to adjust for a post-pandemic world, many are looking to prepare for and manage the explosive growth expected in the months and years ahead. From skills development and digital excellence to process automation and connecting employees to the resources they need at the right time, the challenges ahead are considerable. Organizations are looking to better leverage Microsoft 365 and their digital workplace investments to support this talent growth by accelerating employee onboarding and digital excellence around hybrid workplace practices for flexible work and remote work.
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, as he explores how the world of digital work has changed, how the way we work together has changed, and how SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, and more can be used to improve the onboarding and hybrid work experience.
To improve productivity in the workplace, learn more about how Microsoft Teams can help. Built on the power of Microsoft 365. Dock can build a custom SharePoint intranet portal to fit your business needs.
Request a demo: https://app.hubspot.com/meetings/joe24/dock-demo
The way people connect in their personal and professional lives has changed
fundamentally in the last few years – the world has effectively formed a giant network.
People now expect to be able to get things done at work in the same way.
Office 365 is an invitation for your organization to work in that way. It allows you to
become more connected, collaborative and structured in how work gets done. But it can
only do that if you take the people in your organization on that journey with you.
The Office 365 Customer Success team have contributed our experiences of working
with customers on their journeys to working differently to this guide. We hope it inspires
you with what is possible and that you like it, use it and share it with the people in your
organization. We’d welcome feedback on it, through the Office 365 Network.
Change the way you work, because the way you work impacts the work you do
Modern HR, Communication, & Leadership Best Practices With Microsoft 365Richard Harbridge
Today Intranets are about more than just getting key corporate messaging out. Communications have changed just as IT and HR have changed. Communications leaders have shifted from editors to enablers. Communication leaders are moving from enforcing messaging to empowering and amplifying excellent communications and great ideas throughout the business. Human Resources leaders are shifting from hiring/firing and policy enforcement to performance and engagement. From preboarding to offboarding, HR's challenges are harder today than they have ever been before. Naturally, how these leaders leverage the digital workplace has changed, especially in how they leverage technology to achieve more with less. Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, as he explores ideas and solutions that HR and Corporate Communications have embraced to improve how, where, and when they engage with employees. We will discuss how to best leverage SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer for modern communications and take advantage of AI and Microsoft technology to accelerate and improve key communication and content. The technology, best practices, and approach can make all the difference, and it has, for some organizations, led to more significant HR, Intranet, and communications success.
Microsoft Viva Connections
A curated, company-branded experience that brings together relevant news, conversations, and resources in the apps and devices you use every day. Viva Connections is included in all Microsoft 365 plans with SharePoint Online.
Create connection
Encourage meaningful connections across the organization in a hybrid workplace.
Drive alignment
Rally the entire organization around your vision, mission, and strategic priorities.
Empower contribution
Foster a culture of inclusion by empowering every employee to contribute ideas and share feedback.
Built on Microsoft 365
Deploy and manage Viva Connections through your existing infrastructure.
Microsoft Viva. Viva is an employee experience platform that empowers people and teams to be their best, from anywhere.
Viva brings together communications, insights, knowledge, and learning within the flow of everyday work and collaboration, in Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft Teams is where most remote and hybrid work happens these days. And, Teams has become a hub where we can bring all these resources together into an integrated system of engagement – what Gartner calls a new work nucleus or digital workplace hub.
Importantly, with Microsoft 365 we already have foundational capabilities in each of these areas like Yammer, SharePoint, Stream, Workplace Analytics, Microsoft Search, LinkedIn, Glint and more.
Microsoft Viva builds on this foundation by adding innovative new services and insights focused on people development and success.
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Preparing, Piloting & Paths to Success with Microsoft CopilotRichard Harbridge
Preparing, Piloting & Paths to Success with Microsoft Copilot
In the modern post generative AI era, leveraging innovative tools is crucial for enhancing productivity and improving performance. This workshop will explore how to get the most out of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Viva Copilot and Microsoft Copilot experiences. Join Microsoft MVP and industry expert Richard Harbridge as we delve into challenges surrounding its adoption including initial preparation, user training, support, governance and integration into existing workflows. We will start with an overview highlighting the critical to understand elements that make Copilot so impactful in organizations today along with plenty of data and industry insights. As we transition into guidance around piloting Microsoft 365 Copilot, participants will explore its robust features through rich examples. Engaging with real-world scenarios will unveil common hurdles and provide a clear roadmap towards optimizing Microsoft 365 Copilot for your organizational needs.
Vivafy your SharePoint intranet in Microsoft Teams with Viva ConnectionsJoel Oleson
“VIVAFY” Your SharePoint Intranet with Teams and Viva
Most companies are using Teams for chat, meetings, and basic collaboration. SharePoint Online has been a neglected investment who have invested in Microsoft 365 with many companies still running their Intranets in classic or even in SharePoint on premise. What is to be done?
How do you take advantage of this Viva wave? Agenda: In this session we’ll break down the tactical steps to take your SharePoint Intranets in whatever phase you are in, into your modern Teams environment for an improved experience. Some may simply be ready to create the powershell package and get Viva Connections deployed to take advantage of the app bar, search, and targeting, but others will need to prepare and should prepare. Here are some of the topics: – Get Your Intranet, Corporate Communications and Org News to Modern SharePoint Online – Design your Branding, Header/Footer, Site Design & Look Strategy – Design your Global Navigation, Information Architecture, and Hubs – Create and Deploy Powershell Package including Icons – Set your Root site and Official News – Manage your Taxonomy, M365 Groups, and Audience Targeting
Audience: Marketing, Communications, HR IT, IT Managers, Directors, Microsoft 365 Admins, and Teams Administrators Level: 100 & 200 Introduction and Assumes Basic Microsoft Teams Experience
This session will provide a basic overview of Microsoft 365 and will then dive into how to position its benefits for customers. You'll learn how the Microsoft 365 features help resolve many common business challenges today and how you should be speaking with customers about these.
Presentation shared with the Melbourne Australia-based #M365 Adoption User Group on January 31st, 2022.
Abstract: As organizations investigate the Microsoft Viva offerings and begin to develop their own Employee Experience strategies, one common question is: What can I do today to prepare for these new solutions? In this session, we'll cover the 4 business areas of Microsoft Viva (Culture & Communications, Productivity & Wellbeing, Knowledge & Expertise, Skilling & Growth) and their current (pre-Viva deployment) state, and what can/should be done to prepare for Viva. In addition, we'll walk through the customer and partner resources available to organizations to help you develop a comprehensive strategy.
We work with more people today than ever before. The scale, speed, and sprawl that collaboration requires are some of the biggest challenges facing organizations today. Today’s collaboration needs are dynamic and varied, from complex collaboration portals to small innovation teams. How can an organization succeed in enabling collaboration while mitigating or reducing the risks that come with it? How do we design and empower the right experiences to enable a new kind of compliant collaboration that is needed to meet future demands, all while leveraging the latest innovations from Microsoft collaboration platform Loop to Microsoft Viva.
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, in partnership with Colligo, as he shares insight on how to better plan, design, integrate and enhance collaboration within your organization. Hear proven approaches from tackling and managing Teams, SharePoint, and Community sprawl to enabling improved employee experiences that bring collaboration, process, and more directly into the places people already work like Microsoft Teams and Outlook today. Be inspired by actionable advice and solutions that maximize the power of metadata and integrate into the flow of work so that collaborated content is automatically (by default) protected, retained, categorized, and managed.
In this session you will hear:
Why compliant collaboration is essential to future-ready digital design, and how you can play a crucial role in creating the foundation for sustainable, scalable, and responsible collaboration that keeps pace with significant marketplace innovation.
Real-life industry examples of what it takes to make effective collaboration possible.
Practical techniques you can use to bridge silos, increase productivity, and deliver better outcomes for your teams.
See examples of Microsoft Office collaboration software and powerful solutions from the community and specialist vendors like Colligo for solving real challenges around collaboration and content today.
Enabling Remote Work With Microsoft Teams, Virtual Desktop, Office Apps and S...David J Rosenthal
Microsoft is here to help you during this challenging time. We think about how we can help in two core ways – one, helping people stay productive, helping your end users stay productive while working from home. Secondly, we help you secure your digital estate and devices.
When we think about helping people stay productive, Microsoft provides organizations with the ability to
Enable people to meet and collaboration from home
Deliver solutions to drive engagement using virtual events and communications
We make productivity applications available on any device
We deliver the best virtual desktop experience so your users can be productive on their desktops or any application remotely
Security is paramount when enabling these end user scenarios. We can help you
Manage identities and secure application access
Secure devices whether they are managed or employee owned
Microsoft Viva Essential in 45 minutes - Collabdays Bletchley 2022Chirag Patel
Delivered in-person at Collabdays Bletchley Park conference on 05 October 2022.
Want to unlock more value from your existing Microsoft 365 services such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Exchange and more? Microsoft Viva helps us to empower employee experiences and searching across various content services. This demo packed session will explore how to best design & implement your Microsoft Viva covering all modules such as Viva Connections, Viva Topics, Viva Insights and Viva Learning, Viva Goals and Viva Engage.
Delivered a session for C# Corner Bangalore Chapter Meet for "Workshop on Digital Transformation and Office 365" on the following topic: "Modern Workplace with Microsoft 365"
Event Url: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/events/workshop-on-digital-transformation-and-office-365
Microsoft Teams - Transform Workplace CollaborationDavid J Rosenthal
Transform Workplace collaboration
by bringing everything together into a shared workspace where you can chat, meet, create, and make decisions as a team.
And since all your content is organized by team or project, you are able to stay in the flow of your work. It takes the average person 23 minutes to regain productivity after an interruption, or being distracted.
Streamline business processes
You need ready access to business-critical data, applications, and be able to execute repeatable processes efficiently. Since Teams is a true platform, you can plug in apps and services you already use, and even integrate your existing tailor-made tools INTO Teams.
Imagine being able to seamlessly kick off a repeatable approvals process without ever having to leave Teams.
Connect across your entire organization
Teams is just as important and effective a tool for a C-level executive, as it is for somebody on a factory floor, in a retail shop, a classroom, a hospital, in a marketing role, or anyone in between.
We have thought about the unique needs of many different types of workers and provide solutions through Teams that are tailor-made for them. And Microsoft is the only collaboration solution provider who has dedicated engineering teams building functionality specifically for roles across industries.
For example, you can see here how Teams gives Firstline worker managers a tool to manage schedules and gives the workers an easy way to consume that information, or even swap a shift.
Office 365 Presentation - Renato Civili, Infosoft SystemsInfosoft Systems
Office 365 is the best-in-class productivity platform for a modern business. It works the way you want to. It is a consistent, familiar and synced experience across your smartphone, tablet, and desktop.
Preparing for Microsoft 365 Copilot - Best Practices for Governance and Data ...Nikki Chapple
Microsoft 365 Copilot is a new technology that uses generative AI to help users create content, code, and data insights from within your Microsoft 365 Apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and Loop. It can boost productivity, creativity, and skills, but it also poses some challenges for governance and data security. To prepare for Microsoft 365 Copilot, users need to follow some best practices, such as:
- Assessing their technical , and data security readiness.
- Understand the importance of “Just enough access”
-How to build your data security and governance maturity by setting up data security, governance and access controls at the tenant level, the container (Team or Group) level and at the individual user level.
By following these best practices, users can ensure that they get the most out of Microsoft 365 Copilot while protecting their data and reputation.
STRATEGY & SUCCESS WITH MICROSOFT 365: Practical Tools & Techniques For Strat...Richard Harbridge
People are complex. Office 365 is complex. Add the two together and you get some of the most challenging, difficult, and stressful situations, especially if you are responsible for facilitating shared understanding between them.
Join Richard Harbridge to learn about actionable techniques to improve, simplify and amplify your leadership, business analysis and information architecture efforts with Office 365. Walk away with improved confidence when dealing with business and non-technical related challenges of Office 365, and be familiarized with effective tools and techniques that make Office 365 implementations more successful.
Topics will include:
• Aligning with the Microsoft Roadmap
• Planning & Implementing For Scale
• Aligning With Industry Trends
• Pro-Active Planning (Estimates, Roadmaps, Adoption, Etc.)
• Visualizing & Communicating Better (Many Tips & Tricks)
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future Workplace
The future workplace needs to take into account how the employee experience landscape is changing and the importance of digital experiences throughout the employee journey. The employee experience journey starts before the employee is hired and lasts after they depart. Focusing on the employee experience can feel like a daunting task when reviewing the many different stages of an employee’s journey, but we know understanding and improving these stages can lead to a much more positive employee experience, and maximize the retention, impact, engagement, and performance of the employee.
ACCELERATING EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING & YOUR HYBRID WORKPLACE WITH MICROSOFT 365Richard Harbridge
As organizations begin to adjust for a post-pandemic world, many are looking to prepare for and manage the explosive growth expected in the months and years ahead. From skills development and digital excellence to process automation and connecting employees to the resources they need at the right time, the challenges ahead are considerable. Organizations are looking to better leverage Microsoft 365 and their digital workplace investments to support this talent growth by accelerating employee onboarding and digital excellence around hybrid workplace practices for flexible work and remote work.
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, as he explores how the world of digital work has changed, how the way we work together has changed, and how SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, and more can be used to improve the onboarding and hybrid work experience.
To improve productivity in the workplace, learn more about how Microsoft Teams can help. Built on the power of Microsoft 365. Dock can build a custom SharePoint intranet portal to fit your business needs.
Request a demo: https://app.hubspot.com/meetings/joe24/dock-demo
The way people connect in their personal and professional lives has changed
fundamentally in the last few years – the world has effectively formed a giant network.
People now expect to be able to get things done at work in the same way.
Office 365 is an invitation for your organization to work in that way. It allows you to
become more connected, collaborative and structured in how work gets done. But it can
only do that if you take the people in your organization on that journey with you.
The Office 365 Customer Success team have contributed our experiences of working
with customers on their journeys to working differently to this guide. We hope it inspires
you with what is possible and that you like it, use it and share it with the people in your
organization. We’d welcome feedback on it, through the Office 365 Network.
Change the way you work, because the way you work impacts the work you do
Modern HR, Communication, & Leadership Best Practices With Microsoft 365Richard Harbridge
Today Intranets are about more than just getting key corporate messaging out. Communications have changed just as IT and HR have changed. Communications leaders have shifted from editors to enablers. Communication leaders are moving from enforcing messaging to empowering and amplifying excellent communications and great ideas throughout the business. Human Resources leaders are shifting from hiring/firing and policy enforcement to performance and engagement. From preboarding to offboarding, HR's challenges are harder today than they have ever been before. Naturally, how these leaders leverage the digital workplace has changed, especially in how they leverage technology to achieve more with less. Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, as he explores ideas and solutions that HR and Corporate Communications have embraced to improve how, where, and when they engage with employees. We will discuss how to best leverage SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer for modern communications and take advantage of AI and Microsoft technology to accelerate and improve key communication and content. The technology, best practices, and approach can make all the difference, and it has, for some organizations, led to more significant HR, Intranet, and communications success.
Microsoft Viva Connections
A curated, company-branded experience that brings together relevant news, conversations, and resources in the apps and devices you use every day. Viva Connections is included in all Microsoft 365 plans with SharePoint Online.
Create connection
Encourage meaningful connections across the organization in a hybrid workplace.
Drive alignment
Rally the entire organization around your vision, mission, and strategic priorities.
Empower contribution
Foster a culture of inclusion by empowering every employee to contribute ideas and share feedback.
Built on Microsoft 365
Deploy and manage Viva Connections through your existing infrastructure.
Microsoft Viva. Viva is an employee experience platform that empowers people and teams to be their best, from anywhere.
Viva brings together communications, insights, knowledge, and learning within the flow of everyday work and collaboration, in Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft Teams is where most remote and hybrid work happens these days. And, Teams has become a hub where we can bring all these resources together into an integrated system of engagement – what Gartner calls a new work nucleus or digital workplace hub.
Importantly, with Microsoft 365 we already have foundational capabilities in each of these areas like Yammer, SharePoint, Stream, Workplace Analytics, Microsoft Search, LinkedIn, Glint and more.
Microsoft Viva builds on this foundation by adding innovative new services and insights focused on people development and success.
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Preparing, Piloting & Paths to Success with Microsoft CopilotRichard Harbridge
Preparing, Piloting & Paths to Success with Microsoft Copilot
In the modern post generative AI era, leveraging innovative tools is crucial for enhancing productivity and improving performance. This workshop will explore how to get the most out of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Viva Copilot and Microsoft Copilot experiences. Join Microsoft MVP and industry expert Richard Harbridge as we delve into challenges surrounding its adoption including initial preparation, user training, support, governance and integration into existing workflows. We will start with an overview highlighting the critical to understand elements that make Copilot so impactful in organizations today along with plenty of data and industry insights. As we transition into guidance around piloting Microsoft 365 Copilot, participants will explore its robust features through rich examples. Engaging with real-world scenarios will unveil common hurdles and provide a clear roadmap towards optimizing Microsoft 365 Copilot for your organizational needs.
Vivafy your SharePoint intranet in Microsoft Teams with Viva ConnectionsJoel Oleson
“VIVAFY” Your SharePoint Intranet with Teams and Viva
Most companies are using Teams for chat, meetings, and basic collaboration. SharePoint Online has been a neglected investment who have invested in Microsoft 365 with many companies still running their Intranets in classic or even in SharePoint on premise. What is to be done?
How do you take advantage of this Viva wave? Agenda: In this session we’ll break down the tactical steps to take your SharePoint Intranets in whatever phase you are in, into your modern Teams environment for an improved experience. Some may simply be ready to create the powershell package and get Viva Connections deployed to take advantage of the app bar, search, and targeting, but others will need to prepare and should prepare. Here are some of the topics: – Get Your Intranet, Corporate Communications and Org News to Modern SharePoint Online – Design your Branding, Header/Footer, Site Design & Look Strategy – Design your Global Navigation, Information Architecture, and Hubs – Create and Deploy Powershell Package including Icons – Set your Root site and Official News – Manage your Taxonomy, M365 Groups, and Audience Targeting
Audience: Marketing, Communications, HR IT, IT Managers, Directors, Microsoft 365 Admins, and Teams Administrators Level: 100 & 200 Introduction and Assumes Basic Microsoft Teams Experience
This session will provide a basic overview of Microsoft 365 and will then dive into how to position its benefits for customers. You'll learn how the Microsoft 365 features help resolve many common business challenges today and how you should be speaking with customers about these.
Presentation shared with the Melbourne Australia-based #M365 Adoption User Group on January 31st, 2022.
Abstract: As organizations investigate the Microsoft Viva offerings and begin to develop their own Employee Experience strategies, one common question is: What can I do today to prepare for these new solutions? In this session, we'll cover the 4 business areas of Microsoft Viva (Culture & Communications, Productivity & Wellbeing, Knowledge & Expertise, Skilling & Growth) and their current (pre-Viva deployment) state, and what can/should be done to prepare for Viva. In addition, we'll walk through the customer and partner resources available to organizations to help you develop a comprehensive strategy.
We work with more people today than ever before. The scale, speed, and sprawl that collaboration requires are some of the biggest challenges facing organizations today. Today’s collaboration needs are dynamic and varied, from complex collaboration portals to small innovation teams. How can an organization succeed in enabling collaboration while mitigating or reducing the risks that come with it? How do we design and empower the right experiences to enable a new kind of compliant collaboration that is needed to meet future demands, all while leveraging the latest innovations from Microsoft collaboration platform Loop to Microsoft Viva.
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, in partnership with Colligo, as he shares insight on how to better plan, design, integrate and enhance collaboration within your organization. Hear proven approaches from tackling and managing Teams, SharePoint, and Community sprawl to enabling improved employee experiences that bring collaboration, process, and more directly into the places people already work like Microsoft Teams and Outlook today. Be inspired by actionable advice and solutions that maximize the power of metadata and integrate into the flow of work so that collaborated content is automatically (by default) protected, retained, categorized, and managed.
In this session you will hear:
Why compliant collaboration is essential to future-ready digital design, and how you can play a crucial role in creating the foundation for sustainable, scalable, and responsible collaboration that keeps pace with significant marketplace innovation.
Real-life industry examples of what it takes to make effective collaboration possible.
Practical techniques you can use to bridge silos, increase productivity, and deliver better outcomes for your teams.
See examples of Microsoft Office collaboration software and powerful solutions from the community and specialist vendors like Colligo for solving real challenges around collaboration and content today.
Enabling Remote Work With Microsoft Teams, Virtual Desktop, Office Apps and S...David J Rosenthal
Microsoft is here to help you during this challenging time. We think about how we can help in two core ways – one, helping people stay productive, helping your end users stay productive while working from home. Secondly, we help you secure your digital estate and devices.
When we think about helping people stay productive, Microsoft provides organizations with the ability to
Enable people to meet and collaboration from home
Deliver solutions to drive engagement using virtual events and communications
We make productivity applications available on any device
We deliver the best virtual desktop experience so your users can be productive on their desktops or any application remotely
Security is paramount when enabling these end user scenarios. We can help you
Manage identities and secure application access
Secure devices whether they are managed or employee owned
Microsoft Viva Essential in 45 minutes - Collabdays Bletchley 2022Chirag Patel
Delivered in-person at Collabdays Bletchley Park conference on 05 October 2022.
Want to unlock more value from your existing Microsoft 365 services such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Exchange and more? Microsoft Viva helps us to empower employee experiences and searching across various content services. This demo packed session will explore how to best design & implement your Microsoft Viva covering all modules such as Viva Connections, Viva Topics, Viva Insights and Viva Learning, Viva Goals and Viva Engage.
Delivered a session for C# Corner Bangalore Chapter Meet for "Workshop on Digital Transformation and Office 365" on the following topic: "Modern Workplace with Microsoft 365"
Event Url: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/events/workshop-on-digital-transformation-and-office-365
Microsoft Teams - Transform Workplace CollaborationDavid J Rosenthal
Transform Workplace collaboration
by bringing everything together into a shared workspace where you can chat, meet, create, and make decisions as a team.
And since all your content is organized by team or project, you are able to stay in the flow of your work. It takes the average person 23 minutes to regain productivity after an interruption, or being distracted.
Streamline business processes
You need ready access to business-critical data, applications, and be able to execute repeatable processes efficiently. Since Teams is a true platform, you can plug in apps and services you already use, and even integrate your existing tailor-made tools INTO Teams.
Imagine being able to seamlessly kick off a repeatable approvals process without ever having to leave Teams.
Connect across your entire organization
Teams is just as important and effective a tool for a C-level executive, as it is for somebody on a factory floor, in a retail shop, a classroom, a hospital, in a marketing role, or anyone in between.
We have thought about the unique needs of many different types of workers and provide solutions through Teams that are tailor-made for them. And Microsoft is the only collaboration solution provider who has dedicated engineering teams building functionality specifically for roles across industries.
For example, you can see here how Teams gives Firstline worker managers a tool to manage schedules and gives the workers an easy way to consume that information, or even swap a shift.
Office 365 Presentation - Renato Civili, Infosoft SystemsInfosoft Systems
Office 365 is the best-in-class productivity platform for a modern business. It works the way you want to. It is a consistent, familiar and synced experience across your smartphone, tablet, and desktop.
Preparing for Microsoft 365 Copilot - Best Practices for Governance and Data ...Nikki Chapple
Microsoft 365 Copilot is a new technology that uses generative AI to help users create content, code, and data insights from within your Microsoft 365 Apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and Loop. It can boost productivity, creativity, and skills, but it also poses some challenges for governance and data security. To prepare for Microsoft 365 Copilot, users need to follow some best practices, such as:
- Assessing their technical , and data security readiness.
- Understand the importance of “Just enough access”
-How to build your data security and governance maturity by setting up data security, governance and access controls at the tenant level, the container (Team or Group) level and at the individual user level.
By following these best practices, users can ensure that they get the most out of Microsoft 365 Copilot while protecting their data and reputation.
STRATEGY & SUCCESS WITH MICROSOFT 365: Practical Tools & Techniques For Strat...Richard Harbridge
People are complex. Office 365 is complex. Add the two together and you get some of the most challenging, difficult, and stressful situations, especially if you are responsible for facilitating shared understanding between them.
Join Richard Harbridge to learn about actionable techniques to improve, simplify and amplify your leadership, business analysis and information architecture efforts with Office 365. Walk away with improved confidence when dealing with business and non-technical related challenges of Office 365, and be familiarized with effective tools and techniques that make Office 365 implementations more successful.
Topics will include:
• Aligning with the Microsoft Roadmap
• Planning & Implementing For Scale
• Aligning With Industry Trends
• Pro-Active Planning (Estimates, Roadmaps, Adoption, Etc.)
• Visualizing & Communicating Better (Many Tips & Tricks)
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future Workplace
The future workplace needs to take into account how the employee experience landscape is changing and the importance of digital experiences throughout the employee journey. The employee experience journey starts before the employee is hired and lasts after they depart. Focusing on the employee experience can feel like a daunting task when reviewing the many different stages of an employee’s journey, but we know understanding and improving these stages can lead to a much more positive employee experience, and maximize the retention, impact, engagement, and performance of the employee.
The world of employee management has undergone a rapid and evolving change. #Leaders and #managers have navigated unexpected and challenging times. Workers worldwide are rethinking where and how they work and why they work where they do. The need to re-evaluate #culture, #technology, and #Management Practices is greater today than it ever has been before.
With the continued shift towards #HybridWork, the importance of a physical workplace has decreased, and the importance of cultural and technological advantage has become more evident. What are organizations looking to do in the future to continue to improve the employee experience, and what successes are they having now as they try new tools, methods, and approaches?
Today, leaders and managers have new digitally-enabled options from new mainstream categories of digital employee management tools like #Ally.io for #ObjectiveManagement / #Goal Management to #Microsoft Viva Insights for improving how we, our teams, and our organization work. The demands of employees are higher than ever when it comes to learning and can only be met with pro-active and #Connected Learning initiatives like those powered by #Microsoft Viva Learning, while #Employee Recognition, #Employee Connection, and #Employee Networking remain essential areas of focus during a time of considerable workforce change.
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on #Microsoft365 and Asif Rehmani, MVP, a Microsoft MVP and expert on #Adoption and #Learning, as they share insight on how to better plan for, prepare for and benefit from the #Future Of Employee Management.
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
The future workplace needs to take into account how the employee experience landscape is changing and the importance of digital experiences throughout the employee journey. The employee experience journey starts before the employee is hired and lasts after they depart. Focusing on the employee experience can feel like a daunting task when reviewing the many different stages of an employee’s journey, but we know understanding and improving these stages can lead to a much more positive employee experience, and maximize the retention, impact, engagement, and performance of the employee.
Today employees digitally collaborate with more people, more frequently, on more things and in more ways than ever before. This increased volume, velocity, and variety is changing how digital employee collaboration is evolving.
We can no longer re-actively respond to collaboration needs with baseline enablement. We need to pro-actively work to improve the collaboration and process experiences of our digital employee experience or we risk being left behind in the race for talent, competitive advantage, and better business outcomes.
There are proven approaches and best practices that organizations are using today to lead the way when it comes to collaboration and the employee experience. From the future with Microsoft Loop and ContextIQ to the more connected and integrated experiences of Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Teams and Outlook today there is a tremendous amount worth knowing.
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, as he shares insight on how to better plan for, prepare for and benefit from the future of employee collaboration.
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future Workplace - M365TORichard Harbridge
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future Workplace
The future workplace needs to take into account how the employee experience landscape is changing and the importance of digital experiences throughout the employee journey. The employee experience journey starts before the employee is hired and lasts after they depart. Focusing on the employee experience can feel like a daunting task when reviewing the many different stages of an employee’s journey, but we know understanding and improving these stages can lead to a much more positive employee experience, and maximize the retention, impact, engagement, and performance of the employee.
Smarter, Not Harder How AI Is Changing Employee Experience - Reworked Connect...Richard Harbridge
Over the past few years, rapid changes have disrupted how companies lead, enable, empower, and engage around employee experience. Leaders in communications and human resources are all tackling new challenges in connecting with employees and may be overwhelmed with increased communication and collaboration volume, velocity, and variety. To help combat this challenge, rapid innovations in automation and artificial intelligence technology have created new tools for employees and leaders to use and master.
In this masterclass session, Richard Harbridge - a Microsoft MVP and leading industry expert on employee experience - will share insights on how automation and AI technology are revolutionizing employee experience strategies. You’ll learn about the latest trends in AI and employee experience, including the implications of OpenAI for employee experience strategies. You’ll also discover how emerging tech innovations like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and more are changing the playing field forever.
Whether you’re a leader in communications, technology, or human resources, this masterclass will provide valuable insights and tools to help you empower and enable your employees more effectively and prepare for the future of work. Join us as we explore proven employee experience strategies to help you stay ahead of the curve.
Accelerating Employee Onboarding & Your Hybrid Workplace With Microsoft 365Richard Harbridge
Join us and learn how you can deepen your existing technology investment to support employee onboarding and your hybrid workplace.
A whopping 73% of employees want flexible remote work options to stay, says Microsoft in their latest report, The Next Great Disruption is Hybrid Work. This makes tailoring your employee onboarding to support the hybrid working model essential to the success of your team!
As such, many organizations are making the adjustments for a post-pandemic world and looking to prepare for and manage the explosive growth expected in the months and years ahead. But, from skills development and digital excellence to process automation and connecting employees to the resources they need at the right time, the challenges ahead are considerable.
Join LiveTiles along with LiveTiles Partner, 2toLead, CTO and Microsoft MVP, Richard Harbridge on Tuesday, May 11, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST as he explores:
How the “workplace” has changed
Why digital excellence should be prioritized in onboarding, especially when supporting hybrid work and the remote workforce
Ways organizations are looking to better leverage Microsoft 365 and their digital workplace investments to support this talent growth
How SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, and more can be used with support from LiveTiles solutions (pictured below) to improve the employee onboarding and hybrid work experience
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Well-beingRichard Harbridge
85% of leaders say the shift to hybrid work has made it challenging to have confidence that employees are productive. 92% of employees have identified enhancing the employee experience as an essential priority.New challenges are always presented to HR from all sides, and we’re here to help you target critical areas of the employee experience at our free event.Whether you’re looking for strategic guidance or help to achieve technical excellence, our event is full of sessions from world-renowned thought leaders.On February 10th, from 10 AM to 4 PM, learn to avoid new and old challenges, build on existing success, and leverage the latest technology to facilitate your efforts. One lucky winner will walk away with a free $15,000 POC!2toLead CTO and 7X Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge and 2toLead CEO and 13X Microsoft MVP Kanwal Khipple will lead the event.Together, they helped over 200 digital workplaces globally, plan for and increase the employee experience, keynoted conferences, published books, and published blogs for some major publications like Forbes.Join specialized sessions (business or deep dive tech breakouts) designed for HR leaders or the technical team that supports the digital employee experience.The business and general sessions aim to provide insight into the apparent and hidden value of tackling onboarding, retention, and well-being.The optional tech deep dive breakout sessions aims to walk through how to use and implement Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva to improve onboarding, retention, and well-being.Walk away from the event with a greater understanding of the following:- How to identify the most critical areas of the employee experience- How to improve the onboarding experience before and during the process- Building experiences to enable better onboarding- Measure for success- Creating digital employee experiences that help retain top talent- How to track employee well-being- And much more
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & TomorrowRichard Harbridge
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical.
Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees.
Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee experiences, how Microsoft 365 is changing, and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & Tomorrow SH...Richard Harbridge
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees.
Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee experiences, how Microsoft 365 is changing, and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
New technologies are changing the way people work with each other, their organization’s partners, and their customers. Employee expectations have grown and are being met by innovation that delivers greater accessibility, lower costs, and faster results. The catch? Organizations and employees need to understand, adopt, and use these technologies or risk being outpaced by new competitors or changes in the marketplace.
Join Richard Harbridge in an insightful discussion as he explores why collaboration can be challenging in organizations today, what we can do about it together.
Metaverse & The Employee Experience: What You Need To KnowRichard Harbridge
Back in the day we would use 'who installed a browser' that wasn't the default as an 'indirect signal' that denoted a level of individual interest in improving their digital productivity or experience. Nowadays we are swimming in indirect signals - from who organizes the most meetings (named if you use Audit log etc) to dynamics around networking (Viva Insights) to who uses Teams Apps (another great indirect signal of expanding productivity/investing in digital experiences).
What still works best though is direct signals like comments, nominations, champion programs (yearly and NON MANAGER & NON IT focused) and more that help identify people and map them/amplify their visibility as potential super collaborators, those with high amounts of digital debt and those who would better benefit from greater digital fitness or digital experience investments.
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft VivaRichard Harbridge
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience: Today & Tomorrow
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Organizations need new and innovative approaches and solutions as work and the workforce change. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees. The question often hard to answer is, what is the best way to meet that growing need, especially in a way that meets it faster, with less cost and risk?Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee communication, employee collaboration, and employee management, how Microsoft 365 is changing these digital employee experiences and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Enhancing Microsoft Teams To Build A Better Digital WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
Today, many organizations have brought the intranet, or the hub of their digital workplace, into Microsoft Teams via Viva Connections. But what else are organizations doing to further enhance, improve upon, and embrace Teams as a hub for not just teamwork, but corporate communication, social collaboration, networking, and more?
Join Microsoft MVP and 2toLead CTO Richard Harbridge as he shares the unique opportunity Teams apps and solutions provide. Be prepared to explore examples, patterns, and practices for how lines of business in any organization can leverage, extend, and integrate Teams to create business-oriented solutions.
Bridging The Gap: How AI Is Transforming Both Customer Experience & Employee ...Richard Harbridge
In the post-pandemic and hybrid world, the importance of effective conversations in both customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) has surged.
Historically, voice data has primarily enhanced customer support, but with the integration of advanced recording, transcription, and AI-driven tools, there's a newfound potential to elevate all employee interactions.
AI copilot agents stand at the forefront of this transformation, offering streamlined customer interactions, real-time insights for support agents, and organizational agility. The transition from chat to voice calls presents both an opportunity and a challenge.
While analytics have been a mainstay in , their application in remains largely untapped. This disparity offers organizations a chance to holistically understand operations and create a seamless synergy between CX and EX.
However, the utilization of AI and analytics brings forth challenges, especially concerning data anonymization and de-anonymization in the context of employee data. As privacy norms evolve, organizations must tread carefully, balancing the promise of AI with ethical considerations.
Join industry experts , Chief Executive Officer of and Chief Technology Officer at as they share insights, best practices and lessons learned that can help your organization navigate forward faster with AI.
INT303 Beyond The Intranet Digital Workplace Apps, Solutions n Bots #365EDUConKanwal Khipple
How to respond to the ever-increasing demand for powerful and integrated solutions that support users' needs across their digital workplace and beyond. Leveraging Office 365 means that you have access to entirely new ways of building solutions faster than ever before. The best part? It's not just IT that can build these great solutions!
Smarter, Not Harder How AI Is Changing Communication - Ragan EventsRichard Harbridge
These past few years have accelerated changes and disrupted how companies lead, enable, empower, and engage around communications. Leaders in communications and human resources are all tackling new challenges in connecting with employees and may be overwhelmed with increased communication volume, velocity, and variety. To help combat this challenge, rapid innovations in automation and artificial intelligence technology have created new tools for communicators to use and master, but becoming an early adopter of emerging tech is not without its risks. Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and leading industry expert on employee experience, as he shares insights on the implications of OpenAI for communications strategies, the tech innovations to prepare for today, and how ChatGPT is already changing the playing field forever. * This session description was not written by ChatGPT.
Best Practices For Getting The Most Out Of Your Intranet & Digital Workplace ...Richard Harbridge
What’s the best way to improve a successful Intranet or Digital Workplace? With intelligence, analytics and targeted insight!
Modernizing your Intranets and Digital Workplaces with the latest version of SharePoint or Office 365 is necessary but not sufficient. The question for many organizations is how we get even more value out of the Intranet after it has been upgraded, migrated and modernized. To achieve greater levels of success you need greater insight and to understand the importance of engagement, analytics and how these can improve employee experiences and content within the organization.
Join Richard Harbridge, Office 365 MVP & Intranet expert, as he shares engagement & analytics real world examples and best practices. These practices have helped successful customers get more from Office 365, SharePoint, their Intranets and their Digital Workplaces.
In this deck I discuss the evolution of adoption best practices for Microsoft 365, real work employee wellness best practices and using Microsoft Teams, Power Platform and the resources from adoption.microsoft.com to speed value to your business.
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Mastering Microsoft 365: The Winning Trio Of Automation, Governance & AdoptionRichard Harbridge
Mastering Microsoft 365: The Winning Trio of Automation, Governance, and Adoption
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, mastering Microsoft 365 is no longer just a luxury—it's a necessity. Join us for an enlightening webinar presented by Microsoft MVP and renowned industry expert, Richard Harbridge, as we delve deep into how automation, governance and adoption can not only improve the management, but the employee experience of Microsoft 365.
What we'll cover:
Governance and Lifecycle Mastery: Understand the critical nuances of the governance and lifecycle of SharePoint sites and teams. Navigate the complexities with ease and ensure your organization's digital assets are managed effectively and securely.
Tackling Sprawl: With the proliferation of digital tools and platforms, sprawl has become a pressing concern. Learn actionable strategies to manage and mitigate sprawl, ensuring your digital ecosystem remains organized and efficient improving both the management and employee experience.
The Power of Automation: Discover how automation and programmatic improvements not only streamline operations but also lead to proactive management. Unleash the potential of Microsoft 365 by leveraging automation to its fullest.
The Symbiotic Relationship of Governance and Adoption: Dive into the intricate relationship between governance and adoption. Understand how a robust governance framework can bolster adoption rates and how fostering adoption can, in turn, reinforce governance.
In a world where efficiency, security, and adaptability are paramount, mastering Microsoft 365 can set your organization leagues ahead of the competition. Equip yourself with the knowledge and strategies to make the most of this powerful suite and drive your organization towards unparalleled success.
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft VivaRichard Harbridge
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft Viva
With so many Viva capabilities available to organizations, it can be a challenge knowing which should be piloted together or what patterns and practices work best when piloting Viva Connections, Viva Learning, Viva Topics, Viva Goals, Viva Insights, Viva Pulse, Viva Amplify, and more. How do organizations get started successfully, overcome challenges in piloting and rolling out these experiences, and eventually scale to organization-wide deploymentsJoin internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the lessons learned and proven approaches with Microsoft Viva. Together you will explore unique and vital challenges with Viva deployments, such as challenges with multiple tenants or multiple organizations in one tenant or challenges with experiences designed for scale - determining if an org is large enough or has enough content for a great experience with Viva Topics and more.
Elevate Your Microsoft 365 Experience The Winning Trio Of AI, Analytics & Aut...Richard Harbridge
Let Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge guide you through the exciting world of AI, analytics, and automation in Microsoft 365.
Uncover the innovative ways organizations are optimizing collaboration, communication, and management for employees, leaders, and managers, all while empowering your organization to thrive in an ever-evolving digital landscape.
Elevate Your Microsoft 365 Experience The Winning Trio Of AI, Analytics & Rec...Richard Harbridge
Redefine and elevate your SaaS experience.
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms are no longer just about providing tools; they're about enhancing user experiences, driving efficiency, and ensuring that businesses stay ahead of the curve. Enter the transformative trio: AI, Analytics, and Recommendations. This session delves deep into the synergistic relationship between these three pillars, illustrating how they can be harnessed to elevate your SaaS experience to unprecedented heights.
Join Richard Harbridge, Microsoft MVP and leading industry expert as he shares best practices and real-world examples from Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Viva that advance your SaaS experience.
Together attendees will gain insights into:
Analytics - Understand your user behavior, workflow efficiencies, and areas of improvement. Dive into how Microsoft 365's robust analytics can offer actionable insights to optimize your business processes.
AI - Beyond just data, discover how AI can be a game-changer in action management. Learn how Microsoft's AI capabilities not only predict but proactively address challenges, ensuring a seamless and enhanced user experience.
Recommendations - Personalization is key in today's SaaS world. Explore how Microsoft 365 tailors recommendations based on user behavior, ensuring that each interaction is relevant, timely, and actionable.
By the end of this session, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and inspiration to leverage the power of AI, analytics, and recommendations, transforming their SaaS platforms from mere tools to dynamic, adaptive, and optimized experiences. Join us for this first session of this series and embark on a journey to redefine and elevate your SaaS experience.
Elevate Your Microsoft 365 Experience The Winning Trio Of AI, Analytics & Aut...Richard Harbridge
Let Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge guide you through the exciting world of AI, analytics, and automation in Microsoft 365.Uncover the innovative ways organizations are optimizing collaboration, communication, and management for employees, leaders, and managers.In this session, you will learn to:• Enhance your organization's potential by learning how to pinpoint areas of focus, tackle risks, and automate tasks for a more productive and efficient workflow.• Delve into the practical applications and benefits of these technologies, from streamlining repetitive tasks to uncovering valuable insights for informed decision-making.• Gain a comprehensive understanding of how to successfully integrate AI, analytics, and automation into your Microsoft 365 environment, empowering your organization to thrive in an ever-evolving digital landscape.
Ideas & Inspiration: Getting Started & Driving Success With Power Platform At...Richard Harbridge
Understanding the many capabilities of the Microsoft Power Platform is essential for any technology leader in today's world. Yet, the more significant challenge for many business leaders is understanding how they can drive meaningful impact in their own business based on these technologies.Power Platform makes incredible things possible at a fraction of the cost. Still, the focus often is on the plumbing or ways Power Platform supports that future state instead of envisioning future states powered by them. This session will focus on the best strategies to leverage when building business momentum around the Microsoft Power Platform. We will explore how organizations inspire and grow their usage of these tools and ideas/examples of Power Platform solutions that drive success for other customers.Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Employee Experience, as he shares insight on how to better plan for, prepare for and benefit from the future of the Microsoft Power Platform.
Getting Started & Driving Success With Power Platform At ScaleRichard Harbridge
Understanding the many capabilities of the Microsoft Power Platform is essential for any technology leader in today's world. Yet, the more significant challenge for many business leaders is understanding how they can drive meaningful impact in their own business based on these technologies.Power Platform makes incredible things possible at a fraction of the cost. Still, the focus often is on the plumbing or ways Power Platform supports that future state instead of envisioning future states powered by them. This session will focus on the best strategies to leverage when building business momentum around the Microsoft Power Platform. We will explore how organizations inspire and grow their usage of these tools and ideas/examples of Power Platform solutions that drive success for other customers.Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Employee Experience, as he shares insight on how to better plan for, prepare for and benefit from the future of the Microsoft Power Platform.
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & Tomorrow - ...Richard Harbridge
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience: Today & Tomorrow
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Organizations need new and innovative approaches and solutions as work and the workforce change. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees. The question often hard to answer is, what is the best way to meet that growing need, especially in a way that meets it faster, with less cost and risk?Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee communication, employee collaboration, and employee management, how Microsoft 365 is changing these digital employee experiences and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & Tomorrow - ...Richard Harbridge
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Organizations need new and innovative approaches and solutions as work and the workforce change. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees. The question that is often hard to answer is, what is the best way to meet that growing need?
Join industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge and award-winning Digital Workplace strategist Brandon Pittman as they share insight into the future of employee communication, employee collaboration, and employee management, and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Proactive Governance & Adoption In Microsoft 365 - M365OttawaRichard Harbridge
Proactive governance of Microsoft 365 is critical as organizations continue to depend more and more on the competitive advantage and productivity it can provide. Microsoft 365’s value and impact are dependent on whether it is leveraged (adopted) and how efficiently it is leveraged (governance). However Microsoft 365 can be daunting to tackle around governance and management. Where do you start? Is Microsoft Teams governance what should be prioritized first? What part of Teams governance? The Microsoft Teams lifecycle and the Microsoft Teams lifecycle management? What do the business stakeholders lead, and what does IT lead? How do we drive adoption pro-actively while improving coordination, management, and end-user experiences with effective governance?
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, as he shares proven approaches to getting started with and succeeding in establishing and improving Microsoft 365 Governance. In shifting from a reactive approach to Microsoft 365 governance to a pro-active one and from a reactive approach to adoption to a pro-active approach to adoption that drives better results, accomplishes more with less, and empowers the organization to maximize the value of their digital workplace.
Intranets & Digital Hubs What You Need To Know M365CincyRichard Harbridge
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The question for many companies is not “should our intranet be built with Microsoft 365?” but “how should we integrate or build our Intranets with Microsoft 365”. This is even more true today with the emergence of new modern Intranet capabilities and continued innovation from Microsoft that must be reconciled with enterprise Intranet/Digital Workplace needs
In this session Richard Harbridge will explore
• The benefits new Microsoft 365 features bring to an intrane
• Where the issues and challenges will li
• Practical guidance on when and how you may integrate Office 365 with your existing intranet today
Live Link: Join on Microsoft Teams
Future-proof your Microsoft 365 & Teams provisioning strategyRichard Harbridge
Want to enable self-service to foster a collaborative environment in your organization, but are prevented by internal risk management policies?
What if there was a way to combine the best of both worlds? Collaborate with end users while keeping your sensitive data under wraps and your environment organized.
In this session, Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge will take you through the foundations of effective provisioning in Microsoft 365 and Teams – and what controls to put in place to keep your data secure.
Get up to speed on M365 and Teams provisioning best practices:
Understand provisioning for better collaboration within the Microsoft 365 architecture
Common pain points facing IT managers and admins – and solutions
Tips for empowering users while maintaining a secure and productive environment
Strategies and recommendations for custom vs. Microsoft out-of-the-box provisioning
Metaverse & The Employee Experience How To Navigate Forward FasterRichard Harbridge
Many leaders are struggling to answer whether the Metaverse matters to them, their employees, or their organization. What is real, what is actionable now, and what can organizations do to better prepare and plan for the impact the Metaverse will have on them and their organizations?Join Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares best practices, considerations, and advice on not only how the Metaverse impacts employee experience today, but how to maximize the impact it provides tomorrow.
Tackling Sprawl In Microsoft 365 for SharePoint Sites & Microsoft TeamsRichard Harbridge
Without an effective governance strategy in place, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Sites can quickly go from an organized and effective workspace to an out-of-control, sprawling digital wasteland. Sound familiar?
It's very common for organizations to experience Microsoft Teams & SharePoint Sites sprawl. But, when it does happen, how can you tackle it?
Join Microsoft MVP & 2toLead CTO, Richard Harbridge, as he explores:
• Challenges organizations face with Microsoft Teams & SharePoint Sites sprawl.
• Solutions to tackle Microsoft Teams & SharePoint Sites sprawl.
• Best practices to get more from Microsoft Teams & SharePoint.
• Real-world guidance on out-of-the-box solutions and custom approaches.
• How Microsoft 365 can improve experiences, management and organizational outcomes.
Organizations are looking to Microsoft 365 to transform and optimize how they work. When organizations are only reactive with governance and adoption efforts, they will continue to fall behind and spend all their time firefighting, supporting, and struggling to manage and get the most out of their Microsoft 365 investments.
Proactive governance leads to greater stability, better resiliency, and much greater effectiveness. When paired with proactive adoption, you achieve far more with less. So why don’t organizations all embrace proactive governance and adoption? Why aren’t all organizations proactively tackling Microsoft Teams lifecycle management or how to best drive more significant teams' usage before and after meetings? Because it can be a daunting challenge, especially without help or a proven path forward.
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, as he shares the best ways to accelerate and shift Microsoft 365 governance from being reactive to being proactive. We will explore how proactive adoption aligns and compliments this proven approach and how it and the effectiveness driven by good governance help organizations maximize the value of their digital workplace and Microsoft 365 investments.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
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Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Wellbeing With Microsoft 365 & Microsoft Viva
1. Masterclass On
Improving & Measuring
Onboarding, Retention
& Well-being
Richard Harbridge
CTO & Microsoft MVP
Richard@2toLead.com
Fri., Feb. 10, 2023 9:30 AM (EST)
#VivaMasterclass
2. My Twitter is @RHarbridge, I’m super friendly & proud to work at @2toLead.
Richard Harbridge
2toLead Chief
Technology Officer &
Microsoft MVP
Speaker & Author
Super Friendly
3. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Well-being
9:45am 10:00am WELCOME & REGISTRATION
10:00am 11:00am CRITICAL AREAS OF EX
11:00am 11:50am ONBOARDING EXPERIENCES
12:00pm 12:30pm LUNCH BREAK
12:00pm 1:10pm RETAIN TOP TALENT
1:20pm 1:50pm TACKLING WELL-BEING
4. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Well-being
9:45am 10:00am WELCOME & REGISTRATION
10:00am 11:00am CRITICAL AREAS OF EX
11:00am 11:50am ONBOARDING EXPERIENCES
12:00pm 12:30pm LUNCH BREAK
12:00pm 1:10pm RETAIN TOP TALENT
1:20pm 1:50pm TACKLING WELL-BEING
5. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Well-being
9:45am 10:00am WELCOME & REGISTRATION
10:00am 11:00am CRITICAL AREAS OF EX
11:00am 11:50am ONBOARDING EXPERIENCES
12:00pm 12:30pm LUNCH BREAK
12:00pm 1:10pm RETAIN TOP TALENT
1:20pm 1:50pm TACKLING WELL-BEING
6. Human Resources
We have been focusing more and
more on employee engagement.
We need more than policies; we
need to help people adhere.
We need to make it easier for
employees to get support.
Hybrid work and new recruiting
demands require change.
7. Pain Points & Challenges
• Limitations of tooling today.
• Understanding the tools available for HR.
• Current processes are disjointed – would love to centralize and integrate.
What are some of the pain points and challenges we would like to discuss today?
10. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Jacob Morgan in “The Employee Experience Advantage” suggests three environments that support and reinforce each other.
With the shift driven by Hybrid Work, it has pushed greater weight on cultural and technological environments.
The feeling employees
get working for your
organization
The actual spaces in
which employees
work
The tools
employees use to
get their jobs done
11. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
The way we see digital employee experience at 2toLead is based on 3 primary areas of investment.
12. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Employee communication focuses on the technologies that improve the employee communication
technology experience. Let’s start by exploring the trends around key technology here.
13. Arguably the Intranet has undergone a few major transformations. Are we in the midst of another major
transformation? How impactful is the change that Microsoft Teams, Loop and Viva have on Intranets?
Intranet 0.1
•Portals
•Links
•Simple News
•Technical To Update
Intranets 1.0
•Search
•More Content
•Services
•Audience Targeting
•Updatable By
Business
Intranets 2.0
•Enterprise Social
•Engagement 1.0
•Personalization
•Mobile
•Digital Workplace
Intranets 3.0?
•Engagement 2.0?
•AI Powered & More
Intelligent?
•More Dynamic?
•Richer Integration?
•Where You Work?
14. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
How do we communicate more effectively? Especially as we think about the enterprise channels
and employee experience landscape that exists today?
Intranet
•Boosted Until
•Personalization
•Targeting
•Content Mixture
Email
•Newsletters
•Priority Messages
•Personalized
Integration
Social / Engage
•Polls
•Q&A (Bots later)
•Storylines
Teams / Slack
•Targeted Individuals
•Targeted
Channels/Teams
Knowledge Tools
•Search Optimization
•Associated Topics
•“Books” Of Content
•Videos Of Popular
Content
Goals / Learning
•OKR Connection &
Alignment
•Learning Resource
Profiles, Work Modes, Mobile & Digital Excellence
15. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Employee communication focuses on the technologies that improve the employee communication
technology experience. Let’s start by exploring the trends around key technology here.
16. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
The way we see digital employee experience at 2toLead is based on 3 primary areas of investment.
17. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Are we collaborating enough? Should we collaborate more? Why aren’t we collaborating more?
Of surveyed employees
believe that people in
their own
organization don’t
collaborate enough.
Of employees and
executives cite lack of
collaboration or
ineffective
communication for
workplace failures.
86%
39%
Source: Salesforce
Source: Visix
Of employees say the
ability to collaborate
makes them more loyal.
33%
Source: The Economist
18. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Some industry leaders have concerns about the increased risk of data leakage and more as
collaboration volume increases along with velocity and variety.
Compliance
Collaboration
19. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Some industry leaders have concerns about the increased risk of data leakage and more as
collaboration volume increases along with velocity and variety.
Compliance
Collaboration
Compliant
Collaboration
20. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
The problem isn’t a relationship between these things. It’s that many organizations as volume, velocity
and variety increase so do the tools they use.
21. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
The problem isn’t a relationship between these things. It’s that many organizations as volume, velocity
and variety increase so do the tools they use.
22. As you consolidate (where possible) you gain the benefit of a richly integrated suite of digital workplace or
digital employee experience tools. An experience that will continue to be further integrated over time.
Desired State
Often The Reality
23. Many organizations are surprised at how many ways they can integrate, enhance and enrich Microsoft 365
with data or connections with other systems via Microsoft Search, Power Platform, Teams, & More.
24. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
It’s not just about Teams being the place where users work with others internally in Microsoft 365, it’s
also about how they will use Teams across marketplace tools over time.
1900+
apps and
counting
25. Leverage 1st party supported integrations with popular industry leaders.
26. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Most of the dissatisfaction in
meetings comes from not
collaborating enough before
it, after it, or in a different
way during it. Meetings are
important but they are often
overused and used poorly.
Today Microsoft not only matches this need with great experiences but even adds intelligence to
those experiences to improve collaboration further whether for the individual, team or org.
Collaboration
Overload
People spend 80% of their
time collaborating, find
44% of meeting time
unproductive
Note: Collaboration Occurs Before,
During & After Meetings!
27.
28. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
The distribution of collaborative work is often extremely lopsided. In most cases, 20% to 35% of
value-added collaborations come from only 3% to 5% of employees.
29. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
The way we see digital employee experience at 2toLead is based on 3 primary areas of investment.
30. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
The way we see digital employee experience at 2toLead is based on 3 primary areas of investment.
31. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
The way we see digital employee experience at 2toLead is based on 3 primary areas of investment.
36. Microsoft Viva (& EX Investments) Matter Today
Employee benefits and business value of a comprehensive, integrated employee experience platform (EXP)
What employee
benefits do
companies
think they get
from an EXP?
66%
increase of
personalized
experiences
61%
increase in
satisfaction
56%
improvement of
mental
wellbeing
51%
increase in
productivity,
engagement
41%
are more
committed to
org and mission
What key
business
outcomes
are expected
from an EXP?
71%
improved KPIs
61%
stronger ROI on EX
tools/resources
54%
more committed
employees invested
in mission of
organization
48%
increased employee
productivity
47%
better innovation
How do
orgs measure
the business
value/ROI
of an EXP?
61%
lower cost
of new hires
57%
faster product
development,
innovation
53%
increase in
measurable goal
achievement
49%
boost in
speed to
market, revenue
42%
reduction
of time to
onboard
Source: Based on 420 business leaders and 606 knowledge and frontline workers surveyed for a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft, Nov. 2021.
“EXP” = employee experience platform.
37. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
We are experiencing greater volume, velocity, and variety of communication and collaboration. This
requires us to collaborate, communicate and manage employees in better ways than we have before.
34%
of companies have invested in
six or more tools to meet their
employee experience (EX) goals1
94%
of business leaders responsible
for EX strategy want one
comprehensive employee
experience system1
90%
of employees want one
comprehensive employee
experience system2
1Based on 420 business leaders surveyed for a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft, Nov. 2021.
²Based on 606 knowledge and frontline workers surveyed for a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft, Nov. 2021.
39. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Whether you use GPT4 or other industry tools, or whether you embrace copilot in the near future.
The reality is that these tools can have an immediate and helpful impact.
Accelerate & Optimize Communication (Emails, Coordination Messaging, Amplification Of Existing Messages)
Summarization (News TL;DR, Multiple Languages, Simplification Like ELI5)
News Digests (Summarizing Multiple News Pages)
Intelligent Recaps (Highlights, Topics & More From Transcripts)
Tone Awareness & Messaging Style (Feedback/Insight)
Writing Support (Rewrite, Optimization, Suit Channels, Audiences & More)
Writing Suggestions (Recommended Topics & More To Communicate About)
40. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Whether that be based on preparing the way for things like Microsoft 365 copilot or more.
41. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
While waiting for Microsoft copilot organizations can take advantage of these technologies today
using custom header controls and more.
sp-dev-fx-webparts/samples/react-openai-summarise-
page-content at main · pnp/sp-dev-fx-webparts · GitHub
42. Help inspire and aid leaders to connect with their employees more effectively through assistive prompts, inclusive
communications, and valuable insights.
43. Help inspire and aid leaders to connect with their employees more effectively through assistive prompts, inclusive
communications, and valuable insights.
44. Help inspire and aid leaders to connect with their employees more effectively through assistive prompts, inclusive
communications, and valuable insights.
45. Help inspire and aid leaders to connect with their employees more effectively through assistive prompts, inclusive
communications, and valuable insights.
46. help inspire and aid leaders to connect with their employees more effectively through assistive prompts, inclusive
communications, and valuable insights.
47. help inspire and aid leaders to connect with their employees more effectively through assistive prompts, inclusive
communications, and valuable insights.
48. help inspire and aid leaders to connect with their employees more effectively through assistive prompts, inclusive
communications, and valuable insights.
49. help inspire and aid leaders to connect with their employees more effectively through assistive prompts, inclusive
communications, and valuable insights.
50. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Whether that be based on preparing the way for things like Microsoft 365 copilot or more.
51. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Whether that be based on preparing the way for things like Microsoft 365 copilot or more.
52. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Whether that be based on preparing the way for things like Microsoft 365 copilot or more.
53. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Whether that be based on preparing the way for things like Microsoft 365 copilot or more.
54. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Whether that be based on preparing the way for things like Microsoft 365 copilot or more.
55. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Whether that be based on preparing the way for things like Microsoft 365 copilot or more.
56. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Whether that be based on preparing the way for things like Microsoft 365 copilot or more.
57. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Whether that be based on preparing the way for things like Microsoft 365 copilot or more.
58. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Please demonstrate and/or provide resources relating to Artificial Intelligence features and search.
59. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Please demonstrate and/or provide resources relating to Artificial Intelligence features and search.
61. Microsoft Viva
Viva Education & Alignment Workshops Work
For larger (1k+ employee) customers this can work really well to map use cases & scenarios while
educating key stakeholders. Smaller organizations can still use this as a guide for how to start.
Core
Assess Art of the Possible Build the Plan
Pathways
(at
least
2
required)
Viva Goals Viva Topics Viva Learning Viva Connections
Select any two pathways
62. Microsoft Viva
What Were The Key Challenges & Pain Points?
From a high level we encountered and surfaced a number of challenges and pain points.
Challenges/Pain Points
1
2
3
4
5
63. What are the scenarios where Viva Connections can help with today and in the future?
Description Objectives Metrics/KPIs Sponsor(s) Timing
Bridge company
communication and
collaboration
As a Connector, I want the intranet to
be easy to both find and access from
anywhere within the digital workplace
(default start page, pinned app,
featured link) so that I can spend more
time-consuming content than trying to
find and access it.
• Bring the Intranet and core
communications experience into
Microsoft Teams via Viva Connections
• Compliment multi-channel publishing
campaigns/approaches via Teams
Company Communicator & Viva
Amplify
• Qualitative feedback on ease of access (do
you find it valuable dashboard card to
MSFT form)
• Page & App Stats
• Unique views per month
• Total views per month
Meghan Bower
Consistent, personalized
global homepage I want a consistent page layout that will
organize assets resources into a
cohesive intranet home page so that all
employees can benefit from a modern
employee experience.
• Provide an integrated personalized
newsfeed that is highly relevant to the
employee.
• Drive employee engagement with easy
sharing and reactions.
• Reduce the time it takes to engage with
common systems and services via a
unified dashboard.
• Page & Home Site Stats
• Unique views per month
• Total views per month
• Views by location
• Yammer engagement (if on homepage)
Sue Gannon
Publish news to the
organization
As a Communicator, I want to publish
corporate news on the Intranet, so that
employees can find the latest updates
from the organization
• Keep employee up-to-date on
important company initiatives
• Increase awareness of authoritative
news.
• Boost news until a date, number of
impressions, or it has been viewed.
• Change in amount of time it takes to
publish with current Intranet platform vs.
new Intranet publishing time
• Change in % of news stories published in
six-month timeframe (Volume, Variety, &
Velocity – from both corporate comms
and distributed departments/spaces)
• Number of news views (unique & total)
• Social engagement – shares, likes, etc.
Meghan Bower
Provide a managed pathway
to navigate across all digital
spaces
As a Connector, I want to ensure all
Consumers have the ability to both
discover and request to join existing
communication and collaboration sites
across Microsoft 365 and our digital
workplace platforms while respecting
existing security and governance
policies.
• Reduction in redundant spaces being
created over time.
• Accelerated adoption and usage due to
more targeted templating, pro-active
adoption support and easier
discovery/navigation.
• Digital Workplace Directory Page Views
• Digital Workplace Directory Usage
Statistics
• Change in % of volume and frequency of
orphaned and inactive spaces (by location,
by department, by product, by client, etc).
John Smith
Easy desktop and mobile
As a Consumer, I want the intranet
experience to be fully responsive and
• Reduce the number of company apps
needed on employees devices. • Site Stats based on device type.
64. How should we prioritize these scenarios?
Medium priority High priority
Low priority Medium priority
Business
impact /
Visibility
High
Med
Low
Easy Somewhat Hard
Difficulty to implement (people
and processes)
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Copy these to map!
Scenarios
Add your scenario’s name and add as many as
needed.
Bridge company
communication and
collaboration
Consistent,
personalized global
homepage
Consistent
homepage for my
department
Consistent
homepage for my
community
Easy desktop and
mobile access
Publish news to the
organization
Automatically tag
our content
Scenarios
Bridge company
communication and
collaboration
Consistent,
personalized global
homepage
Consistent
homepage for my
department
Consistent
homepage for my
community
Easy desktop and
mobile access
Publish news to the
organization
Automatically tag
our content
65. U S E R S T O R Y
USER STORY
USING
OWNERSHIP
SUCCESS
A S S E S S M E N T
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
As a Connector, I want the intranet
to be easy to both find and access
from anywhere within the digital
workplace (default start page,
pinned app, featured link) so that I
can spend more time-consuming
content than trying to find and
access it.
2
5
John Smith
Qualitative feedback on ease of access
Unique views per month
Total views per month
RELEASE 1 | PBLG-017
Viva Connections
66. U S E R S T O R Y
USER STORY
USING
OWNERSHIP
SUCCESS
A S S E S S M E N T
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
As a Connector, I want to Solve
citizen tax cases within the
shortest time possible,
continuously grow and improve
knowledge bases
3
5
John Smith
Viva Topics Insights & Analytics
Qualitative Feedback
Process Improvement (Tax Case Turnaround
etc)
RELEASE 1 | PBLG-062
Viva Topics
67. U S E R S T O R Y
USER STORY
USING
OWNERSHIP
SUCCESS
A S S E S S M E N T
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
As a Connector, I want to share
assigned learning in an easily
discoverable interface within
Microsoft Teams and see
completed learning items to keep
track of employee learning
journeys
2
5
2toLead
Microsoft Learn certifications per employee
Microsoft Learning paths per employee
RELEASE 1 | PBLG-054
Viva Learning
68. U S E R S T O R Y
USER STORY
USING
OWNERSHIP
SUCCESS
A S S E S S M E N T
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
FUTURE RELEASE
As a Communicator, I want the
ability to customize and
streamline the OOTB navigation so
that the experience better reflects
our organizational requirements
and is as ‘on brand’ as possible.
Teams, SharePoint
5
5
John Smith
Reduced “help me find content” support tickets
Navigation Reporting & Analytics
User interaction heat map
Time Taken To Navigate (Testing & Monitoring)
69. U S E R S T O R Y
USER STORY
USING
OWNERSHIP
SUCCESS
A S S E S S M E N T
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
As a Connector, I want to ensure
all Consumers have the ability to
both discover and request to join
existing communication and
collaboration sites across
Microsoft 365 while respecting
existing security and governance
policies.
Teams, SharePoint
5
4
John Smith
Digital Workplace Directory Page Views
Digital Workplace Directory Usage Statistics
Change in % of volume and frequency of orphaned
and inactive spaces
FUTURE RELEASE
70. U S E R S T O R Y
USER STORY
USING
OWNERSHIP
SUCCESS
A S S E S S M E N T
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
As a Consumer, I want to have the
ability to access a Center of
Excellence with tailored content
from my organization so that I
have a central place from which to
navigate learning, governance and
support.
Teams, SharePoint
FUTURE RELEASE
2
5
John Smith
Site Usage
Feedback Insights
Change In Digital Excellence
Testing/Metrics
71. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Well-being
9:45am 10:00am WELCOME & REGISTRATION
10:00am 11:00am CRITICAL AREAS OF EX
11:00am 11:50am ONBOARDING EXPERIENCES
12:00pm 12:30pm LUNCH BREAK
12:00pm 1:10pm RETAIN TOP TALENT
1:20pm 1:50pm TACKLING WELL-BEING
75. Employees who are satisfied with their organization’s flexibility are
2.1x more likely to recommend working for their employer.
76.
77. We use it to improve candidate outreach messaging, job descriptions, recruitment marketing
content, persuasive language for hiring managers, generate interview questions, and more…
78.
79. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Important Stages to Improve
82. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
We use it to improve candidate outreach messaging, job descriptions, recruitment marketing content,
persuasive language for hiring managers, generate interview questions, and more…
83. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
We use it to improve candidate outreach messaging, job descriptions, recruitment marketing content,
persuasive language for hiring managers, generate interview questions, and more…
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Important Stages to Improve
97. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Every organization should be targeting information and experiences for new staff. The more
specific the type of new staff the better. Out of the box, many experiences support this.
Example 2
The navigation you use should have some ‘getting
started’ links and material for new employees.
Navigation & Quick Links
Pages
News
Documents
Events
Dashboard Cards
Apps
Example 1
You could organize news with a special news
item that shows up first for new employees.
98.
99.
100. Leverage a unified news feed that aggregates yammer announcements and news
recommended for the current user all while empowering quick and easy engagement.
Not (yet)
available
101.
102. 3rd PARTIES & CUSTOMIZATIONS…
It is much more accessible and easier to build automation or integration that simplifies the
onboarding process today with the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform portfolio.
103. 3rd PARTIES & CUSTOMIZATIONS…
It is much more accessible and easier to build automation or integration that simplifies the
onboarding process today with the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform portfolio.
104. ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
Policy Centre App
Employee Communications
Finding unique ways to teach your
employees the policies of your
business can be accomplished with
the proper methods. Built with the
technology of Power Apps and
Microsoft SharePoint, the 2toLead
Policy Centre App creates clarity
and transparency around your
policies with an easy-to-use
integrated platform.
See A Demo Of This In Action Today
2toLead Solution
105. CROSS-INDUSTRY
INDUSTRIES
Have confidence that each employee is reviewing key documents
whether it is for the entire organization or a single team. As policies
are established, changes are captured in version control and files
are routed for approval.
WHAT DOES IT DO?
Policy Centre App
Employee Communications
POLICY MANAGEMENT
COMMUNICATION
COMPLIANCE
PROCESS AUTOMATION
EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE
SOLUTION AREAS
TECHNOLOGIES USED
Customizedimplementation plans are availablefor purchase.
Interested? We Can Help
• The Policy Centre app solution is scalable to your needs; user-friendly for your IT
team, in-house SharePoint team and other key users.
• Capture compliance with confidence with the dedicated electronic
acknowledgement capabilities.
• Track versions and revisions for Policies, Procedures, and other documents.
• Restrict policy documents to only people who need to have access to them.
• Monitor employee engagement with metrics on how often they access your policies
and if they are understood.
• Improved accountability and transparency by establishing policy standards.
106.
107.
108.
109. Enable employees to extend and strengthen their networks within
the organization with virtual or in-person connections.
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110. By highlighting that someone is new and making it appear
throughout the employee experience it encourages others to
reach out and connect.
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111. Discover & contribute to gig projects or volunteer activities
based on your interest to acquire new skills or master the ones
you have from Teams.
Discover More (40+) Solution Ideas: M365Ideas.com
112. Contextualized navigation and discovery based on where and how users work benefiting
from cloud scale AI, digital behavior capture & continual content analysis.
In emails, instant messages,
team messages, pages, news,
documents and more… the
knowledge, people, digital
spaces, and more are
available in context.
113. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
By focusing on the curators and content leaders this group of people already understand how
curation works, what governance rules exist around “Intranet” content, and the value of knowledge.
Steering
Committee
Intranet
Working
Group
Administrators Champions
Content
Owners
Content
Authors
Support
114.
115.
116.
117.
118. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Important Stages to Improve
120. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Well-being
9:45am 10:00am WELCOME & REGISTRATION
10:00am 11:00am CRITICAL AREAS OF EX
11:00am 11:50am ONBOARDING EXPERIENCES
12:00pm 12:30pm LUNCH BREAK
12:30pm 1:10pm RETAIN TOP TALENT
1:20pm 1:50pm TACKLING WELL-BEING
122. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Well-being
9:45am 10:00am WELCOME & REGISTRATION
10:00am 11:00am CRITICAL AREAS OF EX
11:00am 11:50am ONBOARDING EXPERIENCES
12:00pm 12:30pm LUNCH BREAK
12:30pm 1:10pm RETAIN TOP TALENT
1:20pm 1:50pm TACKLING WELL-BEING
124. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Limited
Network
42% of IWs rarely meet
new people at their
company, managers rarely
make those connections
IWs rarely meet new people at their company; when they do meet new people, it’s most often
through a formal or informal company event. In the post hybrid world this isn’t sufficient.
125. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Limited
Network
42% of IWs rarely meet
new people at their
company, managers rarely
make those connections
Empower insights that enable employees to be more connected. Enable employees to extend and strengthen their
networks within the organization with solutions that improve retention, connection and engagement.
126. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Limited
Network
42% of IWs rarely meet
new people at their
company, managers rarely
make those connections
Empower insights that enable employees to be more connected. Enable employees to extend and strengthen their
networks within the organization with solutions that improve retention, connection and engagement.
127. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
How does the employee work mode effect network size and composition?
128. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
How does the mode of work impact the integration into the organizations network? Is there as
much manager support for remote employees' integration as onsite ones?
129. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Outcomes– manager connection
130. Improve Employee
Connectivity With
Microsoft 365
Empower insights that enable
employees to be more
connected. Identify expertise
and align it with employees.
Enable employees to extend
and strengthen their networks
within the organization with
solutions that improve
retention, connection and
engagement.
EXAMPLE PILOT
Estimated Duration: Educate On Importance
Of Connected Employees
Expert Led Discussions On
Viva Insights, Viva Pulse &
M365 Solutions
Provide Recommendations
& Next Steps
YOUR EXPERIENCE MAY VARY…
131. Improve Employee Connectivity With Microsoft 365
SERVICES
CROSS-INDUSTRY
ORGANIZATION RESILIENCY
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
BUSINESS IMPACT
INDUSTRIES
HYBRID WORK
EMPLOYEE NETWORKING
EMPLOYEE RETENTION
VIVA INSIGHTS
WORKPLACE ANALYTICS
VIVA PULSE
SOLUTION AREAS
Together we will demonstrate and discuss Microsoft 365 capabilities and
solutions that improve and provide insights into employee connectivity,
networking and organization resiliency.
We will share insight into how to successfully engage and connect your
employees even in hybrid or entirely remote environments.
Provide ready to deploy and implement solutions that your organization can
implement that integrate and are built into Microsoft Teams, Outlook and
SharePoint that help employees connect in different ways further
strengthening their networks, increasing productivity and collaboration and
improving retention.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
The difference isn’t (optimally) to just do Insights (or Glint/Pulse) but to
actually combine it with campaigns, solutions and more that should
nudget/change employee experience for the better.
132. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Important Stages to Improve
140. The Metaverse can have a long-lasting impact on culture. But it’s
not clear. At this stage we can work to understand and align
current impact.
• Provide a feeling of togetherness when working alone.
• Having “presence” has not always been equitable.
• Not all of us can afford clothing, good lighting or camera systems.
• No legs may be more inclusive (i.e. wheelchair user).
• Figure or ‘body size’ in VR.
• Immersive technology can be costly (flat screen experience matters).
• Audio cues and avatar hand movements to start, but mimicking
facial movements and more matters long term.
141. The Metaverse can have a long-lasting impact on culture. But it’s
not clear. At this stage we can work to understand and align
current impact.
Do we control backgrounds in Teams video?
What is our stance on green screens and filters?
What is our stance on Avatars?
What is our stance on VR at work…
142.
143. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Important Stages to Improve
149. Align work to corporate objectives. Align at all levels of the organization with OKR
approval workflows, Organizational, Team, and Individual goal pages, and Chart View.
150. Align work to corporate objectives. Share progress and insights across your organization
with shareable links to dashboards and with pinned apps and resources in Teams.
151. Improve Team
Performance &
Alignment With
Viva Goals
Empower objective alignment
at the organizational, team
and individual level. Connect
work to outcomes with
projects and tasks aligned to
OKRs while sharing progress
and insights across your
organization with shareable
links and pinned apps.
EXAMPLE PILOT
Estimated Duration: Educate On Importance
Of Connecting Goals
To Outcomes
Expert Led Discussions On
Viva Goals & Designing
Your Pilot Program
Implementation Of Viva Goals Pilot
& Pro-Active Support
YOUR EXPERIENCE MAY VARY…
152. Improve Team Performance & Alignment With Viva Goals
EXAMPLE PILOT
CROSS-INDUSTRY
ORGANIZATION RESILIENCY
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
BUSINESS IMPACT
INDUSTRIES
EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE
VIVA GOALS
EMPLOYEE RETENTION
VIVA INSIGHTS
HYBRID WORK
SOLUTION AREAS
This pilot program should be expert led as it will server to demonstrate and
discuss Microsoft 365 capabilities and solutions that improve and provide
insights into employee objectives, alignment and goal management.
Configure and implement Viva Goals and a pilot program that helps
employees connect, align, and manage goals and objectives in different ways
further strengthening their performance, the team and organization culture
and business growth.
Coach, mentor and support (with experts) pilot groups on the usage and
refinement of their objectives, key results, projects and help them adopt it
meaningfully.
Explore qualitative and quantitative findings on how much value it drove
during and after the pilot period.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
153. Sample Viva Goals Pilot Timeline
Week1
Kickoff
Communications
Planning
Viva Goals Technical
Deployment
Week 2
OKR Leadership
Program
Week3
OKR Coaching
Program
OKR Design
Workshop(s)
Viva Goals Software
Training
Week 4
Viva Goals Software
Training
Week 5
Dashboard &
Integration Support
Week6
Close-out Meeting
154. 2toLead Viva Goals Pilot Timeline (High Level)
FY23 Q3 - Dec
Starting our OKR
journey
Piloted usage of OKR
methodology
Limited business
rhythm and
alignment of goals
between levels
FY23 Q3 - Jan
Validating OKRs in
your organization
Piloted usage of OKR
methodology
Department and
group learning of OKR
concepts and how
OKRs will work for
them at scale
FY23 Q4 - Feb
Evaluate and adjust
coaching and support
approach based on
initial findings.
OKRs are used in
quarterly planning
business rhythms,
becoming a mindset
of focus and
alignment
Employees feel that
Q4 has clearer
purpose and priority
FY23 Q4 - Mar
Integrate established
OKRs with automated
updates (Planner,
Project Online, ADO,
etc).
OKRs are expanding
more widely into
business rhythms
Departments and
teams of the
organization are
developing the OKR
muscle and habit
FY23 Q4 - Apr
Support quarterly
review and close-out
motions with Viva
Goals and time
investment.
OKRs are a key part of
our quarter and fiscal
close out at the
individual, team and
organizational level.
FY24 Q1 - May
Starting a new fiscal
committed to the
OKR practice/process.
OKRs are firmly
embedded in
business rhythms
throughout the
organization, from
top to bottom.
155.
156. People In Viva & Viva Goals as well as countless other experiences further enrich the ways
we communicate, align and connect. All elements of a good Intranet strategy.
157.
158. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Important Stages to Improve
161. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
This is why champion programs are so important but also why peer supported learning
matters a great deal.
Learning through coworkers is among the most effective and most used methods.
%
who
said
method
was
“very
helpful”
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55%
Myself, through
trial and error
162. While Managers should be more active in developing that doesn’t mean we can’t take
advantage of peer feedback, and learning recommendations.
163. Improve Learning
Engagement With
Viva Learning
Employees want to learn and
grow. An integrated learning
experience powered by peer
recommendations, sharing,
and connected to structured
learning and unstructured
learning leads to more
engaged learners, and a more
engaged workforce.
EXAMPLE PILOT
Estimated Duration: Educate On Learning As A
Shared & Connected
Experience
Enable Viva Learning For
Pilot Group(s)
Explore Learning Engagement Analytics
& Learning Usage Patterns
YOUR EXPERIENCE MAY VARY…
164. Improve Learning Engagement With Viva Learning
EXAMPLE PILOT
CROSS-INDUSTRY
ORGANIZATION RESILIENCY
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS IMPACT
INDUSTRIES
EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
VIVA LEARNING
EMPLOYEE RETENTION
LEARNING MANAGEMENT
SOLUTION AREAS
This pilot program should be expert led as it will server to demonstrate and
discuss Microsoft 365 capabilities and solutions that improve and provide
insights into employee objectives, alignment and goal management.
Configure and implement Viva Goals and a pilot program that helps
employees connect, align, and manage goals and objectives in different ways
further strengthening their performance, the team and organization culture
and business growth.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
1% Employees use only 1% of their workweek
to focus on learning new skills1
84%
of L&D leaders think now is the time to
integrate learning into collaboration
platforms2
165. Viva Learning itself can be easy to implement,
but most organizations need to learn to
adapt their growth and development plan.
166. Scenarios: Learner
In a meeting with a colleague, they mention
wanting to brush up on their data analysis
skills
Chat and conversation
Send a relevant course in a meeting or
Teams chat
Include pointers to relevant sections or add
context in chat message
Enable peer coaching or mentor relationships –
formal or informal
A sales analyst is searching Office.com for
a customer pitch deck to give in an
upcoming sales meeting
Cross-M365 discovery
Relevant learning courses like “Effective sales
pitch strategies” surface in search results
alongside pitch decks
Bookmark courses in Viva Learning to consume
later in preparation for the meeting
A marketing analyst wants to improve
her knowledge on web and social media
strategy
Search for keywords like “SEO optimization” in
the Viva Learning home page or a channel
learning tab
See search results from Microsoft, 3rd party
providers, and internal sources
Bookmark interesting courses and recommend
courses to peers
Search and recommend
167. Scenarios: Manager
A new team member will be joining
next week
A manager wants to foster a culture
of learning and growth
A team member led a presentation on Diverse
and Inclusive marketing that would be helpful
for the broader organization
Onboarding
Add a learning tab to your Teams channel for
onboarding
Add relevant courses and team-specific
resources to the tab
Curate for your team and priorities
Manage view
Recommend relevant courses to team members
Check the completion status of recommended
content in the Manage view
Give kudos to team members who prioritize
learning
Crowdsource learningcontent
Add the presentation to the organization’s
collaborative SharePoint folder, connected to
Viva Learning
Employees can see added content in Viva
Learning as learning content
168.
169. Page 250
ESTIMATED COMPLEXITY
Center Of Digital
Excellence
Adoption
Every organization is working hard
to improve digital excellence.
Having a center for digital
excellence is a foundational solution
that will work to reinforce and
communicate governance, provide a
hub for self-service learning,
connect champions, mentors, and
experts, and house tips, tricks and
considerable adoption material.
See A Demo Of This In Action Today
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170.
171. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Important Stages to Improve
173. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Well-being
9:45am 10:00am WELCOME & REGISTRATION
10:00am 11:00am CRITICAL AREAS OF EX
11:00am 11:50am ONBOARDING EXPERIENCES
12:00pm 12:30pm LUNCH BREAK
12:00pm 1:10pm RETAIN TOP TALENT
1:20pm 1:50pm TACKLING WELL-BEING
174. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Help your employees have the tools to manage and improve their well-being and personal
productivity. Start by leveraging the capabilities built into Insights.
Blurred
Boundaries
75% of people have
experienced burnout at
work with 40% of people
report work disrupts
personal/family time at
least weekly
175. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Help your employees have the tools to manage and improve their well-being and personal
productivity. Start by leveraging the capabilities built into Insights.
Blurred
Boundaries
75% of people have
experienced burnout at
work with 40% of people
report work disrupts
personal/family time at
least weekly
176. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Help your employees have the tools to manage and improve their well-being and personal
productivity. Start by leveraging the capabilities built into Insights.
Blurred
Boundaries
75% of people have
experienced burnout at
work with 40% of people
report work disrupts
personal/family time at
least weekly
177. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Help your employees have the tools to manage and improve their well-being and personal
productivity. Start by leveraging the capabilities built into Insights.
Blurred
Boundaries
75% of people have
experienced burnout at
work with 40% of people
report work disrupts
personal/family time at
least weekly
178. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Help your employees have the tools to manage and improve their well-being and personal
productivity. Start by leveraging the capabilities built into Insights.
Blurred
Boundaries
75% of people have
experienced burnout at
work with 40% of people
report work disrupts
personal/family time at
least weekly
179. Wellbeing score across categories Distribution by wellbeing score and collaboration hours
Collaboration hours
190. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Download our free
80+ page whitepaper
Transform your Employee Experience
at every stage with Microsoft 365
and Microsoft Viva!
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191. Let’s connect and find ways to do more and work together.
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