CollabTalk Podcast

Conversation between Microsoft MVP+RD Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) and Jay Leask (@jayleask), US Federal Director, Strategic Accounts & Solutions at AvePoint. For this episode, Jay and I discuss the ins and outs of Microsoft 365 in the Federal cloud, including differences between the government-focused clouds, the commercial cloud, and international M365 instances.

You can watch this entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/axNreKks2bA

Episode 21 | Microsoft 365 in the Federal Sector with Jay Leask

A conversation with the leadership team at 3Sharp in Redmond, Washington, a technical marketing services company focused on helping companies -- including Microsoft -- tell a better product story. Some insights on working with Microsoft, and being part of the wave of innovation coming out of Redmond.

Episode 1 | 3Sharp on Microsoft product launches

A conversation with Jeff Teper, CVP of SharePoint and OneDrive at Microsoft, and Dean Swann, Director of Product at UnlimitedViz and tyGraph, on the state of the SharePoint community and the recent hybrid SharePoint research results. Recorded on May 6, 2017 at SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities in Minneapolis, MN.

Episode 2 | Jeff Teper and Dean Swann on Hybrid SharePoint

A conversation with Seb Matthews, founder and ceo of extaCloud, and an expert on network security and Microsoft's cloud capabilities, on the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) -- not just within the European Union, but how it is having an impact on data security standards around the world.

Episode 3 | Changing Global Data Standards and the GDPR, with Seb Matthews

A conversation with Susan Lennon and Eric Harlan, two of the founders of SharePoint Saturday (spsevents.org), a global phenomena that has brought free technical events to communities around the world for more than a decade, and continues to grow and expand. Susan and Eric discuss the evolution of these events, the continued growth of the community, and their best practices for supporting the local business and technical community.

Episode 4 | Lessons Learned from SharePoint Saturday, with Susan Lennon and Eric Harlan

Virtual keynote presented in January 2019 for SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach (#SPSVB) on the topic 'How Personality and Culture Determine Collaboration Success' by Collabtalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley. The presentation is also available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/8vZ0tC5U0mc

Episode 5 | How Personality and Culture Determine Collaboration Success

Discussion with Charlie Hull (@FlaxSearch), Managing Consultant with OpenSource Connections, and Martin White (@IntranetFocus), Data Scientist with Intranet Focus Ltd., hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on the topic of enterprise search and the impact of AI, cognitive search, and other newer technologies on the quality of modern search.

Video available at https://youtu.be/A4ierLtmFBw

Episode 6 | The State of Enterprise Search, with Charlie Hull and Martin White

Discussion with John Mancini (@jmancini77), President at Content Results, LLC and former President and Chief Evangelist for AIIM.org, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on the topic of modern knowledge management (KM) within the enterprise, and how technology advances (AI, VR/AR, automation) are changing the information management landscape.

Episode 7 | Modern Knowledge and Information Management with John Mancini

Discussion with Peter Carson (@carsonpeter), Microsoft MVP and President of EnvisionIT, makers of Extranet User Manager, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on the topic of external sharing in SharePoint and Office 365, the gaps surrounding the out-of-the-box features and Microsoft's Azure AD B2B offering, and how Peter's company has closed those gaps.

Episode 8 | External Sharing and Extranets in SharePoint with Peter Carson

Discussion with Rob Bogue (@robbogue), Microsoft MVP, consultant with Thor Projects LLC, and author of The SharePoint Shepherd's Guide for End Users, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on the topic of end user adoption and governance within SharePoint and enterprise collaboration.

Episode 9 | End User Adoption and SharePoint Governance with Rob Bogue

Discussion with Ruven Gotz (@ruveng), Director and Workplace eXperience Lead - US West for Avanade, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on the topic of the evolution of how organizations are approaching adoption and engagement of technology, and specifically collaboration technology (Office 365, SharePoint, etc).

Episode 10 | The Evolving Discussion around Adoption & Engagement with Ruven Gotz

Discussion with Alistair Pugin (@alistairpugin), Martina Grom (@magrom), Stephanie Donahue (@stephkdonahue), and Treb Gatte (@tgatte) on what it takes to become a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) or RD (Regional Director). Hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and recorded in November 2019 from Microsoft Ignite (#MSIgnite) Podcast Center.

Episode 11 | How To Become an MVP or RD (#MSIgnite)

Discussion with Greg McMurray (@goyuix), a senior software engineer and the president of three (yes 3!) Utah-based user groups (SharePoint, Dynamics, and PowerApps), on the creation of the Microsoft User Group Utah (MUGUT) organization as a way to cross-promote Microsoft events and UG activities across the community. Hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and recorded in November 2019 from Microsoft Ignite (#MSIgnite) Podcast Center.

Episode 12 | Inside the MUGUT (#MSIgnite)

Discussion with Eric Harlan (@ericharlan), Microsoft PFE, Susan Lennon (@susanlennon), former Principal Consultant (retired) at Microsoft, and Andy Huneycutt (@andyhuneycutt), a Senior IT Trainer at Fortis College. Eric and Susan are two of the founders of the global SharePoint Saturday organization (SPSevents.org) and huge supporters of community-driven events and user groups, and like me, Andy is a SPS organizer and user group board member. This recording was following an "unconference" breakout at Microsoft Ignite on the topic of community building. Hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and recorded in November 2019 from Microsoft Ignite (#MSIgnite) Podcast Center.

Episode 13 | Building Community and the #MSIgnite Unconference

Discussion with fellow MVPs Tracy Van der Schyff (@tracyvds), Principal at The GUID Stuff, Eric Riz (@rizinsights), Founder & CEO of Empty Cubicle, and Bruno Capuano (@elbruno), Innovation Lead at Avanade, discussing the idea that a strong / healthy culture can have a positive impact on innovation, and actually increase and improve employee output. Hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and recorded in November 2019 from Microsoft Ignite (#MSIgnite) Podcast Center.

Episode 14 | How Culture Drives Innovation (#MSIgnite)

Discussion with Sam Marshall (@sammarshall), owner and lead consultant at ClearBox Consulting (https://www.clearbox.co.uk/), and creator of the SharePoint intranets-in-a-box report, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on the state of the intranets category, the continued growth in the number of vendors with intranet solutions, and the sustained growth of SharePoint.

Episode 15 | The State of Intranet-In-A-Box with Sam Marshall

Discussion with Mike Fitzmaurice (@mikefitz), Chief Evangelist and VP of North America for WEBCON (https://webcon.com/), and one of the leading voices in the world on the topic of business process automation and workflow, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on the evolution of workflow and business process solutions within Microsoft's various workloads and across the partner ecosystem, including a primer on what makes WEBCON different from the competition. We also discuss the topics of change management and the rise of "citizen developers," and his preference for the term "citizen-assisted development."

Episode 16 | Citizen-Assisted Development with Mike Fitzmaurice

Discussion with Tracy Van der Schyff (@tracyvds), Office Apps & Services MVP and principal at The Guid Stuff in Johannesburg, South Africa, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on our takeaways from the March 2020 #CollabTalk TweetJam on the topic of "Developing a Strategy for Digital Literacy,"  reviewing and sharing our thoughts on the 7 questions covered by members of the community during the 1-hour tweetjam.

Episode 17 | Digital Literacy with Tracy Van Der Schyff

Takeaways from the April 2020 #CollabTalk TweetJam on the topic of "Best Practices for Organizing Community Events." Conversation between Microsoft MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) and Mark Jones (@markqjones), founder of UK-based Collaboris, the Collab365.community, and quarterly GlobalCon events for the Microsoft community. In this discussion, we focus on the 7 questions covered by the tweetjam.

You can watch this entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/_ZCXS2BmbNk

Episode 18 | Best Practices for Organizing Community Events with Mark Jones

Conversation between Microsoft MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) and social collaboration expert Noah Sparks (@noahsparks) and Microsoft Sr. Product Manager, Mark Kashman (@mkashman) as part of the Loop365 vlog series. In this discussion, we cover the new Microsoft Lists app, and exclusive to this podcast, delve into some of the go-to-market activities for the Lists app beyond what was shared in the vlog episode.

You can watch this entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/sarvOi1wnqI

Episode 19 | The Microsoft Lists App with Mark Kashman

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