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Gary Edwards

The Ultimate Guide to Creating Shareable Infographics Using PowerPoint or Keynote - 0 views

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    "Want to learn how to plan, publish, and promote viral infographics? You're in the right place. But let's start by making something clear: If you're thinking, "I'm not a natural designer" or "I've never made an infographic before," you're not alone. However, instead of making excuses, answer this: Have you ever made a presentation in PowerPoint or Keynote? Great. Believe it or not, you've got the skills to make an infographic. And now that I know you can do this, I'm here to walk you through the seven steps that I take when creating infographics. The plan is to cover each of those steps in detail so you know exactly how to create and launch infographics for your business as well. Let's dive in. How to Create Shareable Infographics Using PowerPoint or Keynote"
Gary Edwards

Office 365 - Isn't it just Office in the Cloud? | LinkedIn Great O365 Graphic! - 0 views

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    "One of my key focuses when working with clients rolling out Office 365 starts from breaking down the complexity that is Office 365 into bite size easy to consume programs of work.  Usually there is a groan when I show them my Infographic as they aren't aware of the complexity that can come with rolling out Office 365 to users.  I didn't create the Infographic to scare them, I did it to get them to actually focus on the bigger picture and rich features that come with Office 365. Once they grasp this we can then focus on how they can collaborate, communicate etc and break it down into great user scenarios to digitally transform the way they work.  Just 'turning it on' won't work! " Great O365 Graphic demonstrating what the Microsoft Cloud Strategy is all about.
Gary Edwards

Ditch Your Office - & Watch Employee Productivity Soar - 0 views

  • Email Email generates a “push” interruption in your daily work. When people want something from you, they sends you email, which interrupt your flow of thought. In our company, we turned to alternatives to reduce email — options such as Basecamp, Asana and Slack. Now, when someone is contributing to and working on a project, instead of giving a “push” with email — which distracts the people from their work —they make a “pull” and retrieve information directly from the place where everyone is working together on the same project. Additionally, it encourages more collaboration. The problem with email is that all the information remains enclosed between the sender and receiver. The communication remains behind closed doors. When a new team member wants to join in on a project, they have to bother another person to catch up on the state of the job and learn the way the project is advancing, triggering another flow of email to catch the person up to speed. Now, that new team member can simply log onto the platform, Basecamp, for instance, search for the corresponding project, and find everything they need to begin working.
  • Meetings As shown in this infograph, $37 billion dollars are lost each year in the United States alone because of unnecessary meetings. Employees spend more than 60 hours per month in unproductive meetings (with half of those being considered by them to be a total waste of time). Who creates meetings? Yes, people who live from one meeting to the next —managers! Their agenda is full of meetings. This is due to the fact that they are not the ones doing the true work — the work that serves a purpose, which has value and adds up, the productive work. The ones who do the productive work are the programmers, designers, etc. They need to have a work schedule with no meetings for them to reach their maximum level of productivity.
  • Another reference point is this article by The Economist, where a study showed that a factory was able to save the equivalent of eliminating 200 jobs just by limiting meetings to a maximum of 30 minutes and 7 people per meeting.
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  • Embrace the Digital Workplace When you work without email, meetings (both by phone or physical) or bosses, you will go from having synchronous to asynchronous communication. What this means is that if someone needs something from you they will have to communicate strictly by text using the project management tool and when you finish your three to four hours of continuous work you will be able to answer the messages based on your time, without it being an interruption.
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    "Six years ago, we surveyed our employees with the goal of determining the optimal place for each of them to work in terms of maximum efficiency and productivity. What we quickly determined was that no one wanted to work in the office. Workers Can't Concentrate in the Office When asked to identify the best place to get work done - specifically work that requires maximum concentration and creativity, such as designing a web page, programming new functionality for software, developing a financial report or writing a sales proposal - not a single member of our 34-member team chose the office. Rather, they selected: An extra room at their home Their favorite coffee shop A train or airplane Our finding wasn't an anomaly. In a much larger study based on 2,600 interviews, FlexJobs concluded that 76 percent of workers prefer to avoid the office when they have important work to do."
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