Nov 20, 2020This technologist is still skeptical of online voting—for human reasonsI’ve been skeptical of electronic/digital/online voting for a while. It has its strong supporters (using blockchain or other technology — from the public’s perspective, the technology is basically irrelevant). As a technologist that consults on helping people use collaboration software on Microsoft and Google’s clouds, anything that makes a process…Electronic Voting4 min readElectronic Voting4 min read
Published in AtBot·Apr 28, 2020The benefits of chatbots in the education marketClassrooms worldwide sit empty as more students are forced to learn from home, all while teachers and professors find themselves leading distance learning perhaps before they ever thought they would. Then there are the institutions which are dealing with budget crunches from the state and federal funding side for public…Chatbots5 min readChatbots5 min read
Published in AtBot·Mar 23, 2020New to Microsoft Teams? Ask AtBot how to best use it.Microsoft recently announced Teams has spiked to 44 million daily active users, up a whopping 12 million users in just 7 days after the Coronavirus has forced employees and students everywhere to move their work and learning remotely to their homes. That means a lot of new users who may…Microsoft Teams2 min readMicrosoft Teams2 min read
Published in AtBot·Mar 20, 2020Build an emergency help bot with Coronavirus best practices in minutesNote: the AtBot team is eager to help those organizations with a real need for sharing good, timely information to your stakeholders regarding COVID-19 status in your area. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us for assistance and guidance to get you going immediately. Email hello [at] atbot…Atbot7 min readAtbot7 min read
Published in AtBot·Mar 19, 2020Useful chatbot solution ideas to help during COVID-19The spread of the Coronavirus pandemic is showing more and more the value of chatbots when it comes to taking on the tasks of answering common but important questions and kicking off automated processes. AtBot has your back through this crisis. With customer service departments worldwide issuing warnings of long…Coronavirus5 min readCoronavirus5 min read
Published in AtBot·Mar 9, 2020Receive Microsoft 365 status updates right in Microsoft Teams with AtBotMicrosoft Teams recently deprecated its Twitter connector. That’s notable because Twitter is one of the best sources for updates on the status of Microsoft 365, Office 365, and the suite of software associated with this ecosystem. I’ve published a lot of recommendations on how to stay up to date with…Power Automate3 min readPower Automate3 min read
Published in jumpto365·Dec 4, 2019icansharepoint has moved to jumpto365It’s been a long time coming, but I’ve finally completed the effort of moving my original blog for SharePoint end users — icansharepoint.com — to a new home on the internet, jumpto365.com. My original goal with icansharepoint was to explain everyday use cases and how-to’s for SharePoint 2013. jumpto365 has…Microsoft3 min readMicrosoft3 min read
Published in jumpto365·Nov 29, 20193 simple things IT can do to improve SharePoint searchGenerally speaking, your experience with quality or not-so-quality search results in SharePoint is going to come down to a healthy mix of how well you know how to search and improving search engine optimization of the content within your network. But there are some things that your IT department can…Search7 min readSearch7 min read
Published in jumpto365·Nov 29, 2019Using your newly synced Project-SharePoint project planThis is part of a series on syncing an MS Project file to SharePoint Introduction In the first post of this Project–SharePoint series, I discussed how to sync an MS Project MPP file to a SharePoint Task List, which gives you the wonderful benefit of getting around “the MS Project…Project Management10 min readProject Management10 min read
Published in jumpto365·Nov 29, 2019Configuring your new SharePoint–Project planThis is part of a series on syncing an MS Project file to SharePoint. Visit part 4, using your plan day-to-day, next. Introduction In the first post of this Project–SharePoint series, I discussed how to sync an MS Project MPP file to a SharePoint Task List, which gives you the…Sharepoint8 min readSharepoint8 min read
