Collabtalk Podcast

Episode 57 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Lisbon, Portual-based Office Apps & Services MVP, Nuno Arias Silva (@nunoariassilva). Nuno is an Architect Manager and Modern Workplace Lead at GFI Portugal, and a frequent presenter at community events. Recorded in July 2019. In this interview, Nuno and I discuss perspectives on the continued growth of the community, and share some insights on how we both refresh the topics we present on based on customer projects and the evolution of the technology. You can watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/t9nk_vFoT0Y

Episode 56 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Sean McDonough (@spmcdonough), a SharePoint consultant and Chief Technology Officer for Bitstream Foundry LLC, and an Office Apps & Services MVP based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Recorded in July 2019. In this interview, Sean and I discuss the evolution of the SharePoint community, our shared ISV backgrounds, and the opportunities for partners within the Office 365 ecosystem. You can watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/ChO9_58dDwU

Episode 55 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Adis Jugo (@adisjugo), also a Microsoft RD, as well as a dual-MVP in both Office Apps & Services and Azure, and Chief Strategy Officer at SysKit. Based in Germany, Adis is also the founder of the largest community-run SharePoint event in the world, the European Collaboration Summit. Recorded in July 2019. In this interview, Adis and I discuss the continued growth of the SharePoint, Office 365, and Azure communities worldwide, and some of the developer topics that drive him personally. You can watch this entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/HAgMg0o-5Mk

Episode 54 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Sarah Haase (@sarahhaase), a corporate collaboration evangelist, one of the principal organizers of SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities (largest in the US), and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in July 2019. In this interview, Sarah and I discuss her extensive background designing, implementing, governing, and supporting enterprise collaboration and content management systems. You can watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/WvuSRcCecTc

Episode 53 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Robert Bogue (@robbogue), author, consultant (Thor Projects LLC), President of intellectual property solution provider AvailTek LLC, and Office Apps & Services MVP. In this interview, Rob and I discuss his extensive work and books around information architecture, metadata, and end user adoption -- and how these issues have continued to be relevant within information management. Recorded July 2019. You can watch the entire video of this interview at https://youtu.be/G_ru5c3TqME

Episode 52 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Agnes Molnar (@molnaragnes), CEO and Managing Consultant at Search Explained, and a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in June 2019. In this interview, Agnes and I discuss the seeming "reemergence" of search as an important topic for information management within the Microsoft ecosystem, driven by new innovations in AI, machine-learning, and related workloads within the Microsoft ecosystem. You can watch this entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/7p_CX8DffH0

Episode 51 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Stefano Tempesta (@stefanotempesta), Senior Architect and Digital Advisor at Salesforce, Microsoft RD, and dual MVP in both AI and Business Applications. Recorded in June 2019. In this interview, Stefano and I discuss the changing narrative around blockchain due to the "ICO winter" that some believe we are climbing back out of, and the need for organizations to focus more on change management to better adopt & adapt to the speed of innovation happening around us. You can watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/H64eVRGpEEI

Episode 50 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and MVP Dean Swann (@sdeanswann), Director of Product at tyGraph. Recorded in May 2019. In this interview, Dean and I cover several topics within the Office Apps & Services area, including search, AI, and analytics across TOYS (Teams, Outlook, Yammer, and SharePoint). You can watch this interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/ELZQqyrvAs0

Episode 49 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and dual-MVP Catalin Gheorghiu (@MrSmersh), with MVPs in Microsoft Azure and Windows Development. Recorded in April 2019. In this interview, Catalin and I discuss his work in the IoT (Internet of Things) space, and we share stories of working in the manufacturing sector, and how many of the IoT and AI innovations are a continuation of earlier supply chain technologies we worked on in the past. You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/lCEIQYwtFRE

Episode 48 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Excel MVP Oz du Soleil (@OzExcel), a trainer, author, and advocate for clean data based in Portland, Oregon. Recorded in April 2019. In this interview, Oz and I discuss his beginnings in the MVP community and what it has meant to his career, as well as some of the important topics within the Excel world -- as well as the broader data analysis and analytics world. You can watch this entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/oJbQuEpI7Ow

Episode 3 of this Microsoft employee-focused interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Jon Maunder (@Jon_Maunder), a Senior Product Marketing Manager on the Microsoft 365 team. Recorded in August 2019. In this episode, Jon and I discuss the https://transform.microsoft.com website, tools, and content available for partners and customers, including Return on Investment (ROI) calculators and always-up-to-date product information. You can watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/__4scO4YGPc

Episode 47 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Mick Pletcher (@mick_pletcher), Sr. Systems Admin with Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis LLP in Nashville, TN, and a Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP. Recorded in March 2019. In this interview, Mick and I discuss his passion for PowerShell and Windows Administration, the ongoing needs of many companies for on-prem and hybrid solutions, and his progress on building his own shipping container home. You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/dgAJ_R4DRkg

Episode 46 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Asif Rehmani (@asifrehmani), Founder & CEO of VisualSP, and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in March 2019. In this interview, Asif and I talk about the evolution of support/learning content in the SharePoint community, and the positive impact that an increased focus on end user adoption has had on the success of SharePoint and Office 365. If you prefer video, you can watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/lPEWT5S9r6w

Episode 45 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Tom Morgan (@tomorgan), a product innovation architect with Modality Systems in the UK, and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in March 2019. In this interview, Tom and I talk about the state of development on the Microsoft Teams platform, and the evolution of building integrations and productivity solutions within the Office 365 ecosystem. You can watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/AUai8VRZj3Y

Episode 44 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Wictor Wilén (@wictor), a SharePoint MCA, MCSM, MCM and MVP, as well as the Global Innovation Lead-Modern Workplace at Avanade. Recorded in February 2019. In this interview, Wictor and I talk about some of the growth pains of Microsoft Teams, including some administrative and operations concerns around the hotly-anticipated 'Private Channels' feature. You can watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/nDr9IguXJ9s

Episode 43 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Adam Levithan (@CollabAdam), a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP and product manager at Withum. Recorded in February 2019. In this interview, Adam and I discuss the core strength of Microsoft SharePoint: intranets, and how the various new technologies, like Microsoft Teams, fit within the intranet paradigm. You can watch this interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/xsrwHGZQZUA

Episode 42 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Heather Severino (@HeatherSeverino), a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP focusing on OneDrive, OneNote, and Microsoft Teams. Recorded in February 2019. In this interview, Heather and I talk about one of my favorite topics: productivity, and the importance of having a focus on adoption and engagement within the enterprise. You can watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/ojhEzJDzKvI

Discussion with Rob Bogue (@robbogue), Microsoft MVP, consultant with Thor Projects LLC, and author of The SharePoint Shepherd's Guide for End Users, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on the topic of end user adoption and governance within SharePoint and enterprise collaboration.

Episode 41 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Joel Oleson, also a Microsoft RD and new MVP (Office Apps & Services) -- and the very first SharePoint admin while working for Microsoft IT (back when it was called Tahoe). Recorded in february 2019. In this interview, Joel and I chat about some of the modern technologies that are permeating the enterprise, from blockchain and casual games to SharePoint. We also talk about some of his community efforts as he travels the world, helping kick off SharePoint user groups on every continent (including Antarctica). You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/RfxeYo6t9as

Episode 40 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Heather Newman (@HeddaNewman), fouinder and Head Maven at CreativeMaven, CMO at ContentPanda, and Microsoft MVP (Office Apps & Services). Recorded in January 2019. In this interview, Heather and I discuss some of the complexities surrounding end user adoption, and how she has been working with Microsoft and other vendors to promote the benefits of diversity and inclusion. You can watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/4ivlBUdEMfU