The SharePoint Helpdesk

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, I share my love of site pages and why you need to use them. They will change the way you do business! I guarantee it...Or your money back! I give you three reasons why you should be using Site Pages. I get fired up about this so it was a little longer than normal episode. Tune in and let me know if you liked it. #LinkedInLove is back! This week, I'm shouting out Sharon Perry-Ferrari for this post where she shouted me out for my "Everything is Content" quip that I like to repeat. Speaking of LinkedIn, connect with me here! Check out my YouChube channel for some tutorials!

Send us a Text Message. Why are we hiring people only to slow them down? It's 2024 and there are a TON of things we can get accomplished just on our phone. However, when someone gets hired and begins their work...it seems like it's no longer 2024. They're asked to carry out processes like it's the 90s. We need to stop this practice. Chune in for my thoughts. Here's the episode I mentioned about NOT entering data directly into SharePoint: Buzzsprout Find me on LinkedIn Speaking of LinkedIn, get a year of premium free if you're a veteran. See here. Also, use your library card to get LinkedIn Learning for free. See here.

Send us a Text Message. Pancakes? 🥞 Yes. I used pancakes to drive home an analogy about SharePoint. Chune in for details. After the pancakes, I talked about some things going on in my business. Here's the SharePoint list demo that I mentioned during the episode. It will only cost you an email, but it's more valuable than just an email. Here's the audio event I mentioned. And don't forget to join me on LinkedIn. I'm there every day.

Send us a Text Message. Tune in to hear 5 reasons why you shouldn't use MS Word to create your Change Request form. Also, don't forget about my '7 Gifts Under the SharePoint Tree' event. It's happening on WED, DEC 20th @ 6 PM. I'm going to show you 7 cool things you can do with your documents in SharePoint. Here's the link to sign up (peep the testimonials...you can't go wrong!) No #LinkedInLove this week. My bad. Speaking of LinkedIn, connect with me so you can join the SharePoint Party! I'm on TikTok too.

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, I want to give you 7 cool things you can do with documents in SharePoint. This is in preparation for the workshop I'm holding later this month with the same name. All 7 of the tips I talk about will be demonstrated at the workshop. It's happening Wednesday, DEC 20th @ 6PM Eastern. Sign up here: https://shorturl.at/dGKOZ No #LinkedinLove this week (I was in a rush) Here's a link to the episode where I talked about leveling up your document libraries with metadata: Breathe Life Into Your Documents With Metadata (buzzsprout.com) Risk Register Revamp Want to learn to build a Risk Register in SharePoint? (note: it's MUCH better than Excel). Click Here Holla at me on LinkedIn or TikTok! Later!

Send us a Text Message. You have NO idea what you really have at your fingertips, out of the box...with SharePoint. In this episode, I tell a similar story I told on a recent workshop where a car dealership wants to update all their waiting rooms with new TVs. What does SharePoint offer that allows you to manage this project with all out of the box features? Tune in! --------------- #LinkedInLove This week, I gave Kelle Vowels a shout because she's a listener of the show and let me know that she loved the content. This got me all warm and fuzzy :-) Thanks Kelle! --------------- Mentioned in the Show Here's the YouTube video I mentioned that shows how you can manage Task Orders in SharePoint. Here's the Risk Register course that I mentioned. It will change the way you work . --------------- Socials I'm on LinkedIn every day - Let's connect! You like TikTok? I'm over there too...holla at me!

Send us a Text Message. I'm currently working with a team to help me promote my upcoming webinar. It's a big project for me and there are a lot of moving pieces. So I did exactly what I'm always recommending that YOU do. I put EVERYTHING in SharePoint. This makes it easy for me to get to everything, every day from ONE location. Tune in for the details. SPHD Workshop Come to the workshop to see me build a site so that you can build a site. Sign up here: https://shorturl.at/dGKOZ Risk Register Click here to learn to build a better Risk Register

Send us a Text Message. Google Drive = Document repository Dropbox = Document repository SharePoint = Document repository is ONE thing it can do In this episode I give 5 Reasons Why You Should Put Your Files in SharePoint (sorry for the hiatus, btw) No LinkedIn Love this week. Here's the video from Daniel Anderson where he gave a great overview about Document Sets. I'm on YouCube, too. Subscribe! I have a workshop coming up on Saturday, September 30th at 1130AM Eastern. I'll be showing project managers how to make a cool site to host all their project resources. This way, they won't lose track of them anymore. I don't have a sign up page at the time of this episode. DM me for the link. If you want to learn how to create a better Risk Register, check this out. Thanks for listening!

Send us a Text Message. If you're starting a new position, I think SharePoint can help you. I want you to treat this new position like a new small business. Get a website stood up so any and everything you produce from this "business" can be located here. Tune in to get the details. ---------- Follow me on LinkedIn - If you have a quick question for me, DM me. I'll get back to you quickly. Get on the waiting list for Risk Register Training - How to Create a Risk Register in SharePoint

Send us a Text Message. What "soft skills" should you look for in a SharePoint Developer? I give my thoughts. #LinkedInLove This week I shouted Meryl Angelicola and her non-profit that teaches aspiring government contractors on how to write proposals. It's called ProposalTeam and it's so good it has a long waiting list. Big shouts to Bianca Ellis for putting me on. Check out my YouChube channel. Speaking of government contractors, here's a good video for you. Follow me on LinkedIn. I'm on there every day, twice a day, spreading the good word about SharePoint. Holla at me!

Send us a Text Message. In this episode I talk about why SharePoint Lists are my FAVORITE feature of SharePoint. I give three reasons why I feel that way. Tune in to find out what they are. I'm betting this can be super helpful to you. #LinkedInLove In LinkedIn Love this week, I gave a shout out to Mandie Kramer, for this post she created where she asked ChatGPT to explain Microsoft 365 to me like I was 10. Check it out. And think about how you can use it in your life as well. Make sure to follow me on LinkedIn here. I post useful stuff every day, like this post where I talk about building your own custom dashboard in SharePoint. Build a Robust Risk Register! Check this video out if you wanna see a cool Risk Register (that I'll teach you how to build)

Send us a Text Message. This episode is for all government contractors that need help tracking their Task Orders. I walk through the basics of tracking the following: Task Orders Tasks Deliverables Personnel and your PWS Tune in to hear how easy this is. I called it low hanging fruit because you can have this up and running quickly. #LinkedInLove This week in LinkedIn Love, I highlighted Michell B Griffin, Brenda Meller and Michelle J Raymond for their LinkedIn Trifecta Talk event. It's a LinkedIn audio event they put on every month. Make sure you attend the next one if you're trying to grow on LinkedIn! Speaking of LinkedIn...follow me there. I post something useful every day. Also, do you need a robust Risk Register? Well I can show you how to build one in SharePoint. Check out this video to see what it would kinda look like: https://youtu.be/QIzVeXWYNqA Or just sign up for the training here: https://forms.office.com/r/n8nwBYyDPu

Send us a Text Message. In this episode find out: - What is metadata? - 3 Types of metadata I use ALL the time and how you can too LinkedInLove - highlighting something or someone dope from LinkedIn This week I highlighted Suhail Sayed for having me help out on his first audio event. Follow Me on LinkedIn - I post useful info ever day.

Send us a Text Message. Your project needs a one stop shop. You have a ton of items that are all related to the project, they should all be located in one place so that you, your team members and stakeholders can all easily access them. That's where a Project Site comes in. You'd build this site using SharePoint. In this episode, find out 7 things that you can add to your project site to make it valuable to your team. #LinkedInLove No LinkedIn love this week. It'll be back next week. Follow me on LinkedIn. I post useful stuff every day!

Send us a Text Message. As a Project Manager, you will need to manage risks on various projects. You've probably been creating your risk registers in Excel. After this episode, you'll hopefully understand why you should start using a different tool going forward. Use any tool (my choice is obviously SharePoint)...just don't use a spreadsheet. Tune in to find out why. #LinkedInLove Every episode I like to share something dope I saw on LinkedIn. This week, I highlighted my guy Ami Diamond for his post where he let everyone know he'd become a Microsoft MVP. This is something he mentioned when I had him on the show. He said he didn't receive the award. So it was dope to see he'd finally become an MVP. He was super happy and I was happy for him. Visit his post and give him a congratulations. YouChoob Here's a video I created about Risk Registers. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Follow me on LinkedIn - I post something helpful every day. And check out my company page too. And check out my homebase on the interwebs.

Send us a Text Message. Tune in to hear 5 reasons why Project Managers should stop entering data into a spreadsheet and instead enter it into a system. I spent this episode ranting about what Project Managers should do instead. Hint...it's SharePoint ;-) LinkedIn Love This week, S Brian Smith got some love for this post where he listed all the tools he uses to run his 7 figure business. Sausage Links YouChube is poppin now! Check out my Stakeholder Register video Follow me on LinkedIn, I post useful SharePoint stuff every day, but I also post a personal post every Saturday like this one about something stupid I did when I was a teenager working at McDonald's.

Send us a Text Message. I get emotional thinking about when I first started working with a business analyst. My support to my customer was leveled up because of it. It was a great use of my time. I was able to stay organized through the BA. I can go on, but just tune in to find out the details. If you're a higher up at your company and can make hiring decisions, this episode is absolutely for you. #LinkedInLove This week in LinkedIn Love, I shouted out Omar CR for this post. He was able to go from 45 followers to 10K in like a day! I loved the story behind it. Check him out. Follow me on LinkedIn and check out the new video I created: Create A Stakeholder Manager Tool in SharePoint.

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we welcome our first guest! His name is Ami Diamond. He's a SharePoint consultant with a very helpful YouTube channel (SharePoint Wizard) focused on SharePoint and other Microsoft 365 suite tools. Tune in to hear us debate the points I made on this episode: 'The Truth About SharePoint Lists - 5 Things You Need to Know'. Ami disagreed with what I said, so I invited him on the show to talk about it. Also, there's a video of this episode. Check that out here. Don't forget to follow me on LinkedIn! Normally, I do a shorter show. So because this one was kinda long, I created some timestamps for you: We started the episode with Ami telling us about escaping to his shelter with his family to stay safe. Then we have some small talk and Ami tells us about himself. After that, we get down to business. 16:45 - We start the debate 17:45 - Therman says SharePoint isn't user-friendly. Ami disagrees and explains why. 21:47 - Therman states his case 23:29 - The debate begins 35:03 - Therman states his case on SharePoint quirks 35:37 - Ami responds 37:02 - Site Collection Admin discussion 40:30 - Return to quirks discussion 41:24 - JSON discussion 42:00 - Ami states his case 45:11 - Therman responds 46:34 - Ami hears a siren!! 49:27 - Ami returns and brings us up to speed 50:28 - We start to shut down 52:27 - Ami gives Therman some heartwarming feedback on The SPHD podcast 54:49 - Ami talks about being nominated as a Microsoft MVP 55:17 - We talk about SharePoint Wizard (Ami's YouTube channel) 58:00 - We talk about new 365 updates

Send us a Text Message. When you create a new team in MS Teams...what else happens? Here's the skinny: - A M365 Group gets created - A SharePoint site gets created - A OneNote notebook gets created - An Outlook inbox, email and group calendar all get created Find out how all these things are valuable to you and what to do with them. LinkedIn Love This week, in #LinkedInLove, I highlighted Natasha Walstra. She caught a couple flat tires this week, unfortunately. But the folks that helped her out, went above and beyond with their customer service and I loved it. (in the show, I said "tow truck company"...that was wrong....it was Gerald's Tires and Brakes" *slaps forehead*) Follow me on LinkedIn. I post useful stuff every day. Come engage!

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, I talk about 5 challenges you need to be aware of when working with SharePoint Lists. Tune in and see what's good! Follow me on LinkedIn. I post good stuff, daily. Book a one-on-one call with me. It's the BEST way for me to help you. LinkedIn Love - This is where I highlight a post I loved on LinkedIn How we closed our first 150K - a post by Ryan Musselman This is the dope @ss Github that I mentioned - Click on view-samples, column-samples or form-samples for the good stuff