Microsoft Teams: Out-of-office messages, camera control and lobbies
Out-of-office message in Teams … Camera control … Lobby or no lobby?
Category: Productivity
Next time, accentuate the negative
Negative brainstorming, or reverse brainstorming, is just what it sounds like. Beginning on a negative note may sound a bit iffy, but this actually may be the direction our minds more naturally go.
Restricting access and moving files to Teams
How can I separate access within my own group in Teams when IT won’t let me create another team? … We’re migrating to Teams. Can we easily move DropBox files to our Teams Library?
Ask the veteran: What makes a project successful?
Question: What are the elements of a successful project we should be shooting for and that we can list for ourselves as guideposts?
Use judicious threats to propel talks
When you’re working out a problem with employees, vendors, or customers, making threats can be risky. People resent them, and you may decrease the likelihood of cooperation and even risk inciting revenge. Yet, as negotiation experts Adam D. Galinsky and Katie A. Liljenquist point out, threats can be effective—if you follow these three principles.
Develop a color code for better organization
One of the easiest ways to add structure and organization to your workspace, files and more is to use color-coding. This typically applies more to paper files than digital files. However, many programs and task management tools allow you to add category colors so you can carry them over to your digital file management.
Where is the best place to put files shared by people in Office 365: OneDrive, SharePoint or Teams?
Well, first a little secret. It’s all SharePoint.
Email overload: 5 tips to kill the clutter
Is it time to get serious about killing your inbox clutter—not just deleting unwanted email messages but setting up ways of working that don’t create the clutter in the first place? Here are five tips to get you started.
Get your disaster procedures in order
Whether you’re writing a procedure for how to route the mail or safely evacuate the building in the event of a fire, the process remains the same. A procedure is a procedure, no matter how big or small. Here are some sample disaster procedures you may want to include in your manual.
2 questions about sharing files
Protecting shared Google Drive files … Transferring Dropbox files