Marijn Somers
MVP, Owner @mijn365coach, Podcast hero #Office365Distilled
Antwerpen, Belgium
Marijn is a Microsoft 365 specialist and Microsoft MVP who has over 16 years experience implementing the full value of information worker solutions in any organization, large and small. He loves to share his experiences as a speaker on international events and blogger.
In 2016 he launched “Mijn 365 Coach”, a portfolio of video products helping end users onboard with and on top of the quick moving world of Office 365. He does consultancy via Balestra and has a podcast called #Office365Distilled
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This intranet doesn't look like SharePoint!!
We heard this so many times: Make it look like it wasn't SharePoint...
Allright, let 's do this! With the new options coming out to refresh your pages with awesome looking content, this is now easier then ever.
Let's go on a roll to make your intranet look beautiful, and make people wonder if it was or wasn't SharePoint...
The black art of writing SMART goals
Do you want to set goals that are SMART, not just smart? Then join us for this session where we will teach you how to create Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound objectives that will help you achieve success in your personal and professional life. You will learn how to:
Streamline communications with Viva Amplify
- Do you want to reach more employees with your campaigns and inspire them to take action?
- Do you struggle with creating engaging content for different channels and managing approvals?
- Do you wish you had a better way to measure the impact of your communications?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you need Viva Amplify, the app from Microsoft that helps you create and manage campaigns to inform and engage employees.
In this session, you will learn how to:
- Use Viva Amplify to plan, write, review, and post messages for Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and more from one place.
- Save time and effort by automatically reformatting your content for different channels and publishing to multiple apps at once.
- Understand how your employees react to your messages with sentiment analysis and metrics.
- Collaborate with your team and get feedback from approvers with chat and workflows.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn how Viva Amplify can help you make your messages matter.
SharePoint List forms vs PowerApps: The battle between Json vs Canvas app
Customizing your Create / Update forms is possible in different ways: You could use json or go the Power Apps route. But when should you use what? What is possible? How much work does it take? And how can you make sure it is usable and future proof?
Anouck and Marijn go head to head in this fierce battle to settle once and for all what is the best solution. Marijn will bring the SharePoint battle axe, Anouck will swing the Canvas apps sword.
Who will be victorious?
Reducing Information Overload in Your Organization: Alleviate Employee Suffering
Information overload is a major challenge faced by organizations today, with employees feeling overwhelmed and disengaged by the sheer volume of information they receive. However, recent research shows that it is not the amount of information that is the problem, but rather the burden that comes with it. In this session, we will explore the steps organizations can take to reduce information burden and create a low-burden culture that boosts productivity and employee engagement.
Drawing on the findings of a study by Gartner that surveyed almost 1,000 employees and managers, we will discuss the real costs of information overload, including decreased alignment with company strategy, decreased retention rates, and increased burnout and disengagement. We will also explore the four key elements of information burden - duplicative, irrelevant, effort-intensive, and inconsistent information - and how they contribute to employee suffering and reduced productivity.
Practical Microsoft 365 Baseline Governance
We will introduce a model that will drive governance success across your organization. Governance is not IT
control but a business opportunity. We will look at a 5-step model for governance and identify how you can
implement this in your company.
Define | Review | Adapt | Approve | Publish.
As this is a practical course, you will build your governance plan for your organization, identifying the risks
and solutions to move you forward on your return to the workplace
Mastering Microsoft Viva Goals for Organizational Success
Understand how to implement Microsoft Viva Goals for organizations and teams. Learn how Viva Goals is structured, how to create and manage personal and team goals and give and receive feedback. Using insights and analytics to measure the impact of their goal-setting strategies and promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
How to organize the right Teams meetings: Practical scenario's and implementations
There are so many options to choose from if you want to meet with people in Teams. Do you use a meeting, live event or webinar? What about the lobby? What about policies and options?
In this session we will look at different scenario's that you can implement in your organisation: from a 1 on 1 performance meeting to an all hands townhall meeting.
How to be the best Microsoft Teams team owner
Congratulations! You are now the owner of 1 or more Teams in your organisation. But what happens next? How can you facilitate the best way for your team to communicate and collaborate with each other? Let's take a look together in this session and walk out feeling inspired to support your Teams teams!
Copilot Carnival: A Rollercoaster Ride in Change Management
Get ready to buckle up for the Copilot Carnival, where change management meets a rollercoaster of wit and wisdom!
In this lively session, we'll embark on a laughter-infused journey through Copilot's world, navigating the twists and turns of change management with a playful spirit.
From "Guess the Copilot's Favorite Emoji" icebreakers to creating Copilot-themed memes and jingles, we'll explore unconventional ways to communicate the benefits.
Our "Training Tumble" will turn learning into a circus of coding challenges, and we'll tackle resistance with a dose of humor in our "Funny Fail Compilation."
With a grand finale celebrating Copilot success stories, this session promises a wild ride that ensures everyone leaves with a smile and a strategy for a successful Copilot rollout.
Get ready to join the Copilot Carnival - where change management becomes the greatest show on Earth! 🎢🤹♂️🚀
Copilot for Office: Tips to get the most out of your AI helper
Copilot for Office is gaining momentum as the best coach and assistent you can have. But how do you get the most out of it? What can it really do? In this session, full of demo's, we will discover the hidden depths of AI power!
ADKAR in a single session
ADKAR change management in one session is impossible, right? Like delivering the complete works of Shakespeare in 50 minutes?
But what if the process is turned into a series of real-life experience golden nuggets that could add value to the way you approach Change and Adoption?
This whole talk is supported by a series of Podcasts on the ADKAR subject called the Barcelona Tapes ( www.marijnandsteve.com ) where two experienced change managers discuss each of the ADKAR sections.
11 Rules to rule your Intranet
After building portals for small and large companies, I want to share what I have learned to make them a success: What works? How can we get people excited? What do we do with our Frontline workers?
All that, and much more in this session will make you a ruler for your intranet!
Unlock the Potential of Citizen Development in Your Organization
86% of IT decision-makers say the biggest challenge to digitally transform their business is too few software developers.
That’s where the power of citizen development comes in—with no-code/low-code platforms, anyone can build applications without software expertise, significantly faster, and at a fraction of the cost.
But first, you need to learn how to use the tools you have. You need a system in place to oversee the environment, mitigate risk, and unlock the full potential of citizen development. And your citizen developers must understand how to best operate in that system.
In this session, you will get an introduction to citizen development and best practices in citizen development methodology.
SharePoint and PnP PowerShell: 5 scripts you manage your environment
If you are running SharePoint in your organization, you just NEED PnP PowerShell. This library will not only make your scripts easier to read and write, but easier to maintain as well.
In this session we will go through 5 scripts to manage external users, create specific site types and more.
Become a road warrior with the Teams mobile app!
What if you can become more productive when you are on the go?
Commuting can become a time to get work done!
In this session we will explore a few common scenarios that our workforce typically has and how Teams mobile can help them handle it in the best and easiest way.
No matter if you are a firstline worker planning your holidays and time off, a sales person that needs to follow up on a presentation for a customer, or joining an online meeting when you are stuck on the road..
Never lose time again looking out the window of the train, but arrive at your office with your work already done!
how to get everyone in your organisation trained on Office365
Best practices story on how we rolled out and trained all Atlas Copco (leading compressor and mining technology company) employees worldwide in Office365
Teams etiquette: the unwritten rules of handling Teams in an organisation
Teams has been released over a year now. A lot of companies have been introducing this awesome app to their users. But with great power comes great responsibility, and unleashing teams can become messy pretty quick. This new "swiss army knife" combines so many features and apps, introducing a new interface and possibilities.
How do we deal with introducing this new app to our users? How do we handle the change? How can we make sure it is being used to its full potential? What are the new rules of engagement and how do we make it a nice to use environment for our organisation?
Come to this session to learn all about it!
WOW your coworkers with awesome looking lists: conditional formatting in SharePoint
One of the coolest features that was introduced at MS Ignite last year was conditional formatting for SharePoint lists: A new way to make your data in lists look prettier and more useful. In this session (filled with demo's and scripts you can start using right away) we will take a look at the possibilities, the caveats and best practices on adding an extra layer of goodness to your data!
Keeping up with the changes in Office 365
Office365 is changing rapidly. Every month, new features and capabilities hit our userbase.
So how can we, as information management professionals, keep up with this rollercoaster?
What are the ways to introduce these changes to our users (and get them to take full use of the new features) and how do we change the organisation to embrace change management?
Applying baseline governance for Office 365 roll outs
In this session we are looking at baseline governance: the way to roll out apps quickly in your organisation without delayed lead times for figuring out all the governance options
Practical Microsoft Loop Tricks
Deepdive into the loopy world of Loop! Tips and tricks to get the most out of Microsofts new collaboration platform.
SharePoint Saturday Helsinki 2020 Sessionize Event
TeamsFest | October 2020 Sessionize Event
Teams Day Online 2 Sessionize Event
Scottish Summit Sessionize Event
SharePoint Saturday Oslo 2019 Sessionize Event
Office365 & SharePoint Connect Community Edition Sessionize Event
SharePoint Saturday Helsinki 2019 Sessionize Event
aOS Moscow - 2019-07-09 Sessionize Event
SharePoint Saturday Netherlands 2019 Sessionize Event
SharePoint & Office 365 Saturday Madrid 2019 Sessionize Event
SharePoint Saturday London 2019 Sessionize Event
SharePoint Saturday Warsaw 2019 Sessionize Event
SharePoint Saturday Netherlands 2018 Sessionize Event
Marijn Somers
MVP, Owner @mijn365coach, Podcast hero #Office365Distilled
Antwerpen, Belgium
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