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I’m Confused-Microsoft Lists App or SharePoint Lists (Episode 65 Transcript)

Hey there, and welcome back to 1,001 Business Problems Solved with Microsoft Teams. I’m your hostess, Annie Rynd, and today we’re clearing up a common point of confusion that I hear from clients all the time about Lists.

Now, if you aren’t very familiar with Lists, or SharePoint Lists as they’ve be...

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I Have No Confidence in Our File Permissions! (Episode 64 Transcript)

Hey everyone! Glad you could make it!
This is the 1,001 Business Problems Solved with Microsoft Teams podcast and today I’m going to tell you how to avoid the embarrassing and potentially disastrous situation where confidential documents are unintentionally left accessible to those-who shouldn’t see ...

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Where Should Our Policies and Procedures Go Part 2 (Episode 63 Transcript)

Hello loyal listeners, and welcome back to another 6-minute solution on the 1,001 Business Problems Solved with Microsoft Teams podcast.
I’m Annie Rynd and I’m your faithful hostess with the mostest every Monday.
Today, we’re going to do Part 2 of our Policies and Procedures series.
Last week, I told y...

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Where Should Our Policies and Procedures Go? – Part 1 (Episode 62 Transcript)

Hello! You’ve found the 1,001 Business Problems Solved with Microsoft Teams podcast, and I’m Annie Rynd, your faithful hostess. I bring you bite-sized episodes every Monday that tell you how you can solve many of your most common and frustrating business problems using Microsoft Teams.

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8 Reasons to Use Microsoft Lists ASAP (Episode 56 Transcript)

If you’re like almost every other business, you track a lot of stuff in spreadsheets. You most likely use Microsoft Excel, but perhaps you use Google Sheets or some other alternative. Spreadsheets are easy to understand and use because table rows and columns are almost as old as the written word its...

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SharePoint Custom Lists: What They Are and Why You Need Them

The most powerful, yet most underused SharePoint tool is the custom list. Custom lists have never gotten the spotlight because most organizations never look past the most obvious use of SharePoint, which is document storage and management.

So what is a custom list? It is a browser-based spreadsheet...

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How Cities and Counties Are Overlooking Huge Potential

Most cities and counties use two sets of software/apps to run their business.

First, there are specialty programs used for specific processes, such as payroll, HR, maintenance tracking, etc. These are expensive, require training, and usually meet specific, important needs.

Secondly, most cities an...

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Executive Optimization Case Study: Aggregated Action Items

The Situation

A Regional VP voiced frustration about having a difficult time finding details of an action item she knew she had been assigned. She was on multiple committees and each committee tracked assignments differently, leading to a lot of confusion and waste for her and her peers.

One commi...

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Executive Optimization Case Study: Upward Reporting

The Situation

The most inefficient time spent by one Senior Vice President each week – and his most dreaded – was spending up to four hours every Sunday afternoon building his weekly report for the COO. He had a face-to-face meeting with the COO each Monday morning at which he delivered the report ...

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Acres of Diamonds: How Leaders are Overlooking Riches Under Their Noses

Civil War soldier Russell Conwell was asked to give a speech to the 10-year reunion of his unit. He gave the famous “Acres of Diamonds” speech, which he then turned into the well-known classic book by the same name.

Acres of Diamonds is a reference to the farm owned by Lamar, a young black farmer i...

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