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Using SharePoint to Communicate KPI Dashboards
There is a reason that although I first promised a blog post on using SharePoint to display your company KPI dashboard back in late June, I’m just now getting started on it. Turns out, its a much more complicated and multi-step process than I first expected. So in attempt not to overwhelm …
Social Media From a Parent’s Perspective Presentations
Yesterday morning I gave a presentation (click here to view the presentation on slideshare) to parents from Yorkshire Academy regarding the benefits of social media as well as issues to watch out for. My presentation focused mainly on Facebook, however, yesterday evening I had the good fortune to attend another …
Facebook from a Parent’s Perspective
Tomorrow morning I will be giving a free seminar on Facebook and other social media from a parent’s perspective. We will discuss the positive aspects of Facebook as a communication and marketing tool along with what to watch out for as your children start to participate in social media. I …
Arrow-Tip #49 Synchronizing Calendars Between Email Profiles
Do you have multiple email/calendar profiles? If so, you may be interested in this quick solution I’ve come up with for synchronizing my calendars and it will even work with gmail.
Because I work with several Outlook software and coaching clients on Outlook, I usually have at least 4 active Outlook …
Loving my Blackberry Tour
On Sunday I decided I’d finally had enough of my 2nd Blackberry (8830 World Edition) that’s track ball kept sticking and that kept asking me to “say a comand” when the battery cover wasn’t falling off. Obviously I had issues with the 8830, but I have to say that I …
Dashboards & SharePoint – Very Cool!
I haven’t forgotten I owe you an Arrow-Tip on creating a quote information sheet form with calculated fields in Word – look for it next week.
In the mean time, I had an interesting meeting with a prospect for one of my clients who reinforced my insistance on posting performance metrics. …
OpMom Post on Facebook & Teenagers
Parents may be especially interested in a post I recently created for OpMom.com titled Facebook – The Good, Bad, & the Ugly from a Forty Something Auntie’s Perspective.
Arrow-Tip #48 Transitioning from Outlook 2003 to 2007
As many of my early readers know, I resisted the upgrade from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 for a long time (see Arrow-Tips #22 Should You Upgrade to Outlook 2007). Since that March 2008 post, Microsoft has released service packs for both Vista and Office 2007 which is always one of …
Arrow-Tip #45 Options for Managing Assigned Tasks Part I
I got some great feedback after posting Arrow-Tip #44 Outlook vs Sharepoint: Where to Put What – Part II regarding management of combined tasks from both Outlook and Sharepoint. After playing with the suggested solutions, I’ve learned some great new alternatives for managing tasks both individually or as an organization. Then …
Arrow-Tip #44 Outlook vs SharePoint: Where to Put What? – Part II
In Arrow-Tip #43 I discussed how my newest client Gulf Coast Welding is using Outlook/Exchange and SharePoint to manage their shared documents, calendar and email. In this post, I’d like to tackle tasks which proposed a real dilemma when trying to decide between posting on Outlook or SharePoint.
To be perfectly …