Automating Inbox Zero with Power Automate to avoid Inbox Chaos

No matter what side of the Inbox Zero religious debate you fall on, we can all agree that keeping up with your inbox is a task that requires either strict vigilance, or will never be achieved.

Join Jeremy Wood (an Inbox Zero fanatic) and Jay Leask (currently at Inbox 73,555 and growing) as they explore the options within Power Automate to develop your own "assistant" at taming the Inbox beast.

• Create Allowed Lists and Lookup Contacts to create priority
• Create Blocked list to automatically clean up known
• Automatically move low-priority messages to archived folders
• Respond to high priority users with alternative means of communication
• Create tasks to ensure you don't forget to respond to someone
• Create flows to adjudicate existing backlogs (cough|73k|cough)

4 Ways to Manage the Marathon that is Microsoft Teams Adoption

Things are looking good! Your organization rolled out Teams and it looks like all your hard effort was worth it. But then why are you getting requests for new capabilities or tools when Teams has that feature already?

Microsoft's evergreen approach to rolling out features in Microsoft Teams is great in that we constantly get innovation and features that we need, but not so great if your adoption program was "one and done" during the product roll out.

In this session we will focus on four ways you can run the race of Microsoft Teams adoption. Remember, it’s a marathon, not a sprint!

3 Ways to Kick Start Power Automate Adoption

Your organization has decided they want to empower staff to create their own workflows, but they are not sure how to get it started without it going sideways quickly. In this session we will go over four ways to design your Power Automate adoption program that will setup some guardrails for enabling citizen development.

Can be adjusted for a quick 15 min video presentation (fast!) but for in-person/virtual delivery works best with 45-60 minutes

How to Drive Sustainable Microsoft Teams Adoption in US Public Sector Agencies

With built-in integration with the full Office 365 stack, it is easier than ever for end-users to create a team and start collaborating. But if that’s the case, why is your organization’s user adoption rate for Microsoft Teams so much lower than it is for Outlook? To make the most of your Office 365 investment, it is critical that your colleagues take advantage of Microsoft Teams’ full capabilities to address their day-to-day needs. The key to drive excitement, organizational buy-in and adoption is being able to provide relevant, contextual applications that drive consistent, sustainable usage. Join this session and learn what it takes to roll out Microsoft Teams for US public sector agencies in the Office 365 GCC and how this effort has led to a significant reduction in emails and greatly improved collaboration.

Power Apps/Power Automate in GCC - the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Microsoft's government clouds require extra compliance, which leads to challenges for those of us trying to use the latest features. Whether it is because your agency doesn't want to pay for premium access or because it just doesn't work, Jeremy will share his experience and some examples for how you can make it work.

Link to session: https://otsn.live/M365CHI-GooseIsland

Mentoring Future Technologists

Chances are you were mentored somewhere between the time you started your first job and now. What if that started, not after accepting a first job, but before that? In the teen years? How do we share our passions, interests, and ideas with those who are still trying to figure out the world and what they want to be? Too often, our youth today are not expected to accomplish much regarding life and career goals in their teenage years; perhaps not even in their college years. It doesn't have to be that way. Presented by a tech father and his (amazing, anxiety-overcoming, computer coding) teenage daughter, this session will offer suggestions for engaging your future technologist (the teens in your family, neighborhood, and community) through mentoring.

M365 Government Community Call #TeamsNation

The M365 Government Community Call team brings the roundtable format to Teams Nation 2021 with a discussion about Adoption of Teams and the M365 Platform specific to U.S. Government.

During this session, we will discuss successful adoption techniques based on real-world examples specific to available technology in the US National Tenants (GCC, GCC-H, and DOD). We will also discuss the latest news and trends in these tenants and, maybe, have time for Community Questions, News, and Events.

COME JOIN US!

Craig Janhke (Special Guest) - Customer Engineer, Public Sector, Microsoft
Jay Leask (M365GCC Panelist) - Principal Solution Engineer, AvePoint Public Sector
Jeremy Wood (M365GCC Panelist) - Director of Programs, Millenium Challenge Corporation
Rima Reyes (M365GCC Panelist) - Teams Engineering Government, Microsoft
Sarah Gilbert (M365GCC Panelist) - Public Sector Community Lead, Microsoft

Link to session: https://teamsnation.rocks/Room1

Imposter Syndrome - It's Not Just You

Imposter Syndrome (noun)
The persistent inability to believe that one's success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills.

Many people in tech are having to confront imposter syndrome, and it is ok! Did you know that 25-30% of high achievers suffer from this challenge? And this was before the pandemic further isolated us and added to our self-doubt.

Join us as we discuss the causes of imposter syndrome and some practical steps for getting out of your head and overcoming this challenge common in the tech field.

This session can adjusted for 45-60 minutes long sessions