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SharePoint Intranet Festival | May 21, 2025 | Virtual
We’re thrilled to partner with Microsoft for the second https://www.swoopanalytics.com/sharepoint-intranet-festival, taking place virtually on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. The event is produced by https://www.swoopanalytics.com and is packed with expert insights to support your employee engagement strategy and enterprise-wide communication efforts. What makes this event special? It’s grounded in real-world intranet use cases designed for all employees, not just head-office folks. You’ll hear directly from leading organizations like Citi, Comcast, Prologis, Syngenta, Bauer Media, VELUX, NRMA, AustralianSuper, and Services Australia, who will share practical experiences and outcomes. It’s a rich blend of perspectives from both the private and public sectors. We’re also excited to feature https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-kashman/, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, who will present “Your intranet of tomorrow: Friendly, Content-aware, and AI ready” during the Americas program. Mark will explore the latest SharePoint innovations across content AI, agents, sites, pages, and new creation experiences—making it easier than ever to build compelling digital workplaces. This one-day event is fully live, with sessions delivered across three regional time zones: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5853d261-e915-4128-b665-58e6681ad843@c5870e0f-a946-4008-9f5c-94875cba8b2e (click to view full agenda) https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9483138f-be95-4430-946e-56f39f74bc28@c5870e0f-a946-4008-9f5c-94875cba8b2e (click to view full agenda) https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9df9e140-f013-40ed-9b59-68d7101a0ff8@c5870e0f-a946-4008-9f5c-94875cba8b2e (click to view full agenda) Expect practical advice you can apply right away—from how leading organizations structure their intranets, to tips on content governance, change management, and user adoption. You’ll walk away with real-world insights, access to intranet practitioners from around the globe, and a better understanding of how SharePoint and AI are evolving together. If you manage or influence your organisation’s intranet, this is a can’t-miss event. https://www.swoopanalytics.com/sharepoint-intranet-festival-2025 for your preferred time zone, or all of them, today!
Can Autistic Black Coders & Microsoft do a partnership & sponsorship together?
Hello Sir & Madam, Please I would like to speak with someone that's a director & executive that is a discussion maker. Can you send me their details please? Because I really want to work with or work for Microsoft, and I have an event coming up, would you like to sponsor my event? Here is my email address, email address removed for privacy reasons It will be wonderful to hear from you as soon as possible, I need your help please. Kind regards Founder | CEO | Autistic Black Coders Mr Oluwaseye OgunfidodoHow to get the most from Viva Engage
New Viva Engage Benchmarking Report out In this brand new https://www.swoopanalytics.com/viva-engage-bm-24 we’ve analysed more than 15 million Viva Engage interactions from more than three million employees across 70 enterprises and 3,751 Viva Engage communities. This is https://www.swoopanalytics.com’ 10th annual Viva Engage Benchmarking Report. Supported by a decade of Viva Engage (formerly Yammer) data, this report boasts the world’s most comprehensive, long-term analysis of Viva Engage usage and behaviour patterns, based on real-time interactions. The benchmark goals we suggest throughout the report come from 10 years of measuring best practice behaviours from multiple millions of employees across hundreds of organisations, so you can be confident that following our benchmark goals will give your Viva Engage network the best opportunity to thrive. We have made this a one-stop guide for Viva Engage. We’re addressing the questions and issues faced by you - all backed by a decade of data research and the latest real-life analytics available. This https://www.swoopanalytics.com/viva-engage-bm-24 is a go-to resource for anyone using, or launching, Viva Engage.INVITATION: Viva Amplify Research Study
We need corporate communicators to take part in a research study to inform the future Amplify experience. A bit more about the session: We will be conducting the session using a platform called usertesting.com. Please make sure to follow usertesting.com setup instructions ahead of your session, ensure that the usertesting.com extension is installed, and you are able to begin the test. During the session, we will ask you to log in to your own Amplify environment and create a new campaign and publication within which you will complete several tasks. You can delete the campaign and publication after the session is over. During the session we ask that you share your screen and to please think aloud so we can better understand your experience as you complete tasks. After each task and at the end of the session, you will be asked several questions to understand your experience using Amplify. Non-government/non-Microsoft employees will receive the local equivalent of a USD $50 gift for completed participation. Join now Use the link below to start your session until April 26. The session should take about 30 minutes. https://app.usertesting.com/pp/27f8e511-b724-4623-800c-3145c0a45cd6Build a solid IT base
Hello guys. Hope everyone is fine. This year I have the task of establishing the IT department on a growing small business. My goal is to develop a robust structure capable of efficiently handling current data traffic while being scalable to fulfill the company's growth. For that reason, I came here to ask for some advices. Firstly, what devices and what knowledge do you believe is necessary to have now to ensure that the structure doesn't break in the future? Where should I start, what should I study and what solutions should I search so I can manage this network correctly? Thank you for the atention and for the help.Corp Comms Community Discussion - Feb
Ever feel overloaded with communications? Remember a particular communication, but can't remember who sent it, if it was in email or someplace else or even how to get back to it? These are common issues that many people deal with on a daily basis. If this is you, please join the discussion as Laurel Dzneladze from LinkedIn leads to help people engage. February 28- 10 am Central/8 am PST Microsoft Teams Need help? Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 229 659 043 693 Passcode: hZuei6 Dial-in by phone +1 323-849-4874,,855711920# United States, Los Angeles Find a local number Phone conference ID: 855 711 920# Microsoft Teams Need help? Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 229 659 043 693 Passcode: hZuei6 Dial-in by phone +1 323-849-4874,,855711920# United States, Los Angeles Find a local number Phone conference ID: 855 711 920#Getting Started with Viva Amplify
Getting Started with Viva Amplify - Microsoft Community Hub Sharing the post on an event taking place on December 7th with Mike Holste and myself doing a session on Viva Amplify. Now is your chance to learn and see all there is to know about the product... well as much as I can share in an hour anyway. Come join us.
Record your videos faster and easier
Hi all, We've heard that the number 1 challenge with recording video messages is doing re-takes. On the Microsoft Stream team we are working to dramatically improve your experience with this. Please help guide our work by taking this quick survey on retakes so that we can best design to your challenges: https://forms.office.com/r/T17anL4jhi Thank you kindly for your time and input!
Do you create videos or screen recordings for work?
If you create videos for work at least once a month, we want to learn more about your experience! We want to know the types of videos you create and the goals you want to accomplish with them, as well as the tools you use during your creation process. Please, fill out the survey and help us improve your video production experience. Click here to take the survey If you have any questions, please let me know! Thanks!
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