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Smartsheet: Project management for beginners

Lots of apps promise to make a project manager’s life easier. Do you go with Trello, Wrike, or possibly Asana? Talking ...

What is Smartsheet? What every IT manager should know

Let’s face it, as an IT manager you’re leading projects. That means you’re coordinating work between departments, ...

Microsoft Teams live event training: A producer's checklist

Did your boss ask you to set up and run a Microsoft Teams live event? If you need a little background about Teams live ...

What IT managers dread about user adoption

On a scale of 1 to “ugh!” it’s not hard to guess where IT managers land on convincing employees to adopt new ...

The A to Z of security awareness

Should I use Microsoft Power BI or Excel?

We rely on data to make decisions, share ideas, and see the big picture of business processes. So, what’s the data on ...

Why people hate security awareness training (and how to fix it)

Any run-of-the-mill security strategy typically has two parts. First, there’s the preventative side—installing ...

How to encourage technology adoption within your organization

Many people are reluctant to embrace change, even when that change benefits them. This human peculiarity is especially ...

Microsoft Teams best practices for better teamwork

Teams may still feel like one of Microsoft’s newer applications, but it’s changing the way organizations all over the ...

How phishing training for employees can prevent human error

No doubt, you’ve seen it before: you put up firewalls and anti-malware tools, update software and definitions, control ...