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Microsoft Excel is a great productivity tool and can be utilized in a lot of different and interesting ways. 

For most people, their email inbox can get intimidating. You miss a day of work for personal reasons and you probably need to schedule about double the time getting to all of the updates, responses, and junk that comes in in a short amount of time. In this month’s newsletter we thought we’d go through a few tips that can help anyone better manage their email and keep their accounts secure.

Cybercriminals will do anything they can to get what they want, including lying and cheating to break into an organization’s network and siphon off the data or gain control. One of the most utilized tactics that cybercriminals use today is called social engineering. Listed below we discuss social engineering and how it puts everything you work for in jeopardy. 

Note taking apps are really helpful and Microsoft OneNote is one of the most available and feature rich apps on the market for this use. You are probably familiar with the sticky note. They are notes that give a solid visual representation of items that workers need to be cognizant of for all types of processes. Listed below is the process of creating “sticky notes” in OneNote.

There will always be times when you have to invite guests and other external users to your Microsoft Teams meetings, especially if you want to take advantage of the many collaboration options offered through the platform. Still, you need to be very careful with guests and external users, especially in today’s cybersecurity-centric world.

Transferring data between different computers and devices has become a routine task. Listed below are the steps you need to take before ejecting memory from a computer to ensure your data's integrity and the memory card's longevity.

In the relatively short time it has been around, social media has fully ingrained itself into our lives, personally, professionally, and socially. While there are significant advantages to be had in all of these areas, it is also undeniable that social media can easily become overwhelming and negatively impact us. For this reason, sometimes taking a break from social media isn’t a bad idea. Listed below are a few ways to make this break as successful and effective as possible.

How often does your organization take it upon itself to ensure that those working for its success—your employees—are kept up to speed on cybersecurity? If your approach is to have your team sit in a room and watch a presentation once a year, it’s time to reconsider your training strategy. The impact that proper cybersecurity training can have, and who tends to have access to it, is discussed below.

Mobile devices like smartphones have become synonymous with productivity, helping people to get work done while on-the-move, yet in the same breath, you could say they are synonymous with distraction. That being said, with the right practices and the right apps you can mitigate these challenges and be quite productive with a smartphone. 

There’s no denying that productivity is one of the primary goals of any business, with countless examinations into the concept of productivity, theories on how to maximize it, and methods to promote it in the workplace. Listed below is a take on one of these theories and further discussion on it so that you can perhaps capitalize on it yourself.

Most people are capable of productivity, but sometimes it can come a bit harder for some than for others. If you find your staff have difficulty with consistency and productivity, we aren’t here to tell you methods for enhancing their productivity; rather, we want to introduce a concept that is often overlooked when trying to get the most out of your team, and is a trait often found in the most productive people. That trait is patience. 

Social media can be overstimulating, and for some users this is a problem which is difficult to navigate without giving it up entirely. If you want a nice middle-ground to deleting your account entirely, you can instead curate your news feed by unfollowing accounts that don’t enrich your day. How you can do this is listed below.

QR codes have cemented themselves as one of the most common technologies utilized to direct people to critical resources or information about goods or services provided by a business. You see them on menus in restaurants, instruction booklets, and even on business cards. How can you make QR codes for your organization?

When working in your browser, we know how efficiency is imperative. Like many other pieces of software the developers at Google have baked some keyboard shortcuts to make getting around their browser easier for the average user. Listed below is a look at some of the most useful shortcuts. 

Being able to download something is a great feeling, but so is being able to download it as a PDF file. In cases where you want to save something as a PDF rather than its original image or web page file, you can do so relatively easily in order to make printing and other tasks simpler. You can do all of this right from your web browser.

How much paper does your office waste on printing, and it’s all because someone printed out a large multi-page document on single-sided paper? It’s very easy to forget to check these settings, but sometimes people don’t even know they exist. Listed below: how you can print on both sides of the paper and take full advantage of the prime real estate that can be found on the flip-side of your documents.

Microsoft Excel is a valuable tool that offers lots of value to power users, but oftentimes users just don’t have the knowledge to make the most of it. Fortunately, you have power users like us to guide you through some of the more intricate processes in the spreadsheet software. Listed below is a look at one such process: removing duplicate values in columns.

With so many employees working remotely, it’s imperative that you do all you can to ensure they have set themselves up for success with their home office. To this end, we have put together a list of suggestions you can use to help your employees build the most comfortable, and productive, home office possible. Here are four tips you can implement for a more comfortable workplace.

One of the fastest-growing services in healthcare is telehealth. If you aren’t familiar with this concept, it is essentially a virtual meeting designed to provide faster and more direct healthcare consultations and stabilize the ever-rising costs of healthcare. With health information being one of the most attractive to hackers, it is imperative to be mindful to do everything you can to protect your data. Listed below are four tips to help you successfully navigate the risks inherent with telehealth.

If you aren’t versed in business technology, locating the right solutions can be challenging, to say the least. Technology should make your life easier, not more difficult. Listed below are a couple of tips to help you get started with deploying the right technology solutions for your business. Here are three tips to help you make the best, most educated decisions about the technology for your business.