Heather Severino
TeachUTech Founder, MCT, Microsoft 365 Apps and Services MVP, LinkedIn Learning Instructor
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Heather is an innovative, globally recognized expert trainer with over two decades of experience in the technology and learning industries. Her background includes government, corporate, sports and media technology. Heather helps individuals and organizations learn how to maximize productivity in the modern workplace by sharing real world experience and knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications such as Microsoft Teams, OneNote, OneDrive, SharePoint and more. She has authored many Microsoft Office online video series for LinkedIn Learning and books for Microsoft.
She has been Microsoft Certified since 2006 and became a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) in 2011. Since 2012 Microsoft has continually appointed her a MCT Regional Lead for the North America region. In 2017, Microsoft honored her with the distinguished award as a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for the OneNote technology. From 2018 through the current year Microsoft has re-awarded her as an MVP for Microsoft 365.
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What's New in Microsoft Teams
Join this session to learn about many new features introduced to Microsoft Teams in the past 6 months.
This includes:
Loop components in Team channels
Copilot
The new Planner app in Teams
Teams embedded chat in Outlook for the Web
Click through Collaborative Annotations
Scheduling recurring lists in task publishing
New Teams meeting backgrounds
Capturing content shared in a meeting on a mobile device
Attaching files in chat and channel from a mobile device
And many more!
Many Microsoft Teams keyboard shortcuts will be shared as well.
Top 10 Tips for Engaging Learners with Microsoft Teams
Delivering online training can be quite different than in-person training. Attend this session to learn tips to engage your learners before, during and after class with Microsoft Teams. This session includes customizing team channels, engaging with polls/surveys, collaborative notetaking, meeting breakout rooms, interactive presentations and whiteboards and time management.
Top 10 Prompts You Should Know for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Join this session to learn how you can be more productive and creative with Microsoft 365 Copilot prompts. Discussion and demo of Copilot will include many apps such as Microsoft Teams, Outlook, OneNote, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Loop, Whiteboard, Forms, Microsoft 365 Chat, and Designer.
Top 10 Microsoft 365 Productivity Tips
Want to be more productive with your Microsoft Teams communications and collaboration? Join this interactive session to learn 10 tips for more efficient chat and channel communications, working in and managing files, managing tasks, working with apps, taking notes and more! A few hidden gem shortcuts may be included as well (time permitting)!
Reimagining Task Management: What's New in Microsoft Planner
Microsoft Planner is evolving rapidly, bringing a wave of powerful enhancements that redefine how teams collaborate, plan, and execute work across Microsoft 365.
During this session, you'll discover the latest innovations in Planner, including newly launched features and upcoming capabilities that elevate productivity and planning precision.
Key highlights include the new Unified Planner Tab Experience in Microsoft Teams, Smart Backgrounds for Basic Plans, Expanded Task and Dependency limits, portfolio and baseline tracking, integration with Microsoft Project and To Do apps, information barrier support, the new planner web app and GCC High/ DoD Support, and more.
Whether you're a project manager, team lead, or IT admin, this session will equip you with the insights and strategies to leverage Planner’s new capabilities and drive better workflows across your organization.
Learn What's New with Microsoft 365 Copilot (and Agents)
Join me for an interactive session demonstrating the latest Microsoft 365 Copilot features introduced in the past year.
You’ll learn what's new for the free Microsoft 365 Copilot chat that's included for all Microsoft 365 users and what's new for the licensed (paid) Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription.
We'll explore new Copilot functionality in many apps Microsoft 365 apps including Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, OneNote, Loop, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Planner, and Forms. And, we'll checkout how Copilot Agents such as Analyst and Researcher can help you be more productive with your project work.
We'll also explore best practices for writing more effective questions and instructions to Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Jump in the Pilot seat to unleash creativity and productivity with Microsoft 365 Copilot
Do you struggle with too much text in PowerPoint slides, how to summarize content in a Word document, or create better data-driven analysis in an Excel workbook? If you answered yes to any of these, you'll want to join Heather in this highly interactive session.
Along with this session helping you navigate how to improve your slides, documents, workbooks with the assist of Copilot, we'll also cover how Copilot can help you manage your Outlook inbox, make your Teams meetings more productive with real-time summaries / actionable items, and gather data across many types of files, emails, chats and more to summarize related work and create a project plan.
Enhancing Soft Skills for Microsoft Certified Trainers
The importance of ongoing development of soft skills for Microsoft Certified Trainers is key. Panelists discuss specific soft skills that are crucial for success as a Microsoft Certified Trainer, such as communication, empathy, adaptability, flexibility, and problem-solving. Panelists discuss common challenges faced by trainers in developing soft skills, such as time constraints, resistance to change, and cultural differences. Strategies and solutions are shared for overcoming these challenges, including continuous learning, seeking feedback, and leveraging technology.
Bring together all your tasks and plans with the new Microsoft Planner App for Teams
There's a new unified experience for individual and shared tasks in Microsoft Teams. Attend this session to learn how To Do, Planner and Project are brought together in one task management app.
This session will walk you through this task management experience along with how AI and Loop can assist you with task management.
20 Tips for Better Visualizations in the Power BI Service
Unlock the full potential of the Power BI service Whether you're a seasoned data wrangler or just getting started, this session will provide you with 20 actionable tips to enhance your visualizations in the Power BI Service.
Join me to explore best practices and techniques that will help you create insightful visualizations. Learn how to effectively use Power BI's features to tell your data story, drive better decision-making and improve viewer engagement.
Key Takeaways:
Creating workspaces and sharing content
Learning with sample data
Mastering the art of choosing the right visualization for your data.
Learning how to leverage Power BI's interactive features to enhance user experience.
Customizing reports and dashboards
Getting tips on integrating the Power BI service with other apps for seamless workflows.
Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your data visualization skills and make a impact with your reports and dashboards!
Become a Better Presenter and Speaker with the help of Microsoft 365 apps
Do you "um" and "ah" when you speak to a group? Use too many bullet lists in your presentations? Speak to a group without really engaging each person?
Attend this session to learn how to be a more effective presenter with tools available in Microsoft 365.
We'll discuss and demonstrate how to use CoPilot and PowerPoint Designer to build content slides and create professional slide layouts.
You'll also learn how to get real time feedback about your vocal pacing, pitch, use of filler words, and culturally sensitive terms with Speaker Coach, and how PowerPoint Live in a Teams meeting can engage each person.
We'll wrap this session up with ways to engage Microsoft Teams meeting participants including collaborating in whiteboards and seeking feedback with polls.
Tips and Techniques for Smarter Note-taking in Microsoft Teams
Learn how to take collaborative (and personal) notes with OneNote and/or Wiki in Microsoft Teams. This session includes a demonstration of setting up a notebook in team channels, taking meeting notes with Wiki or OneNote, and taking personal notes with the OneNote personal app in Microsoft Teams. Along the way Heather will share some of her favorite shortcuts and best practices.
Link to session: https://teamsnation.rocks/Room3
Heather Severino
TeachUTech Founder, MCT, Microsoft 365 Apps and Services MVP, LinkedIn Learning Instructor
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