The CollabTalk Podcast
Christian Buckley
A technology-focused podcast exploring the business value and practical application of the latest advances in collaboration, productivity, artificial intelligence, and social network science.
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May 12, 2023 • 43min
Episode 79 | Insights + Automation with Norm Young
For this episode, I spoke with Norm Young (@stormin_30), a Microsoft MVP, and the Director of Collaborative Analytics at tyGraph, an AvePoint company, as part of our monthly discussion of Insights and Automation, where we focused on the business impacts of Microsoft's AI-driven premium service, Microsoft Copilot.
You can find more information on my guest on my blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/05/collabtalk-podcast-episode-79-with-norm-young.html

May 8, 2023 • 23min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 214 with Marius Mellum
Episode 214 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Security MVP, Marius Solbakken Mellum (@marriussmellum), a Partner and Principal Cloud Engineer at Amesto Fortytwo, based in Brumunddal, Innlandet, Norway.
You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/05/mvpbuzzchat-with-marius-mellum.html

May 1, 2023 • 19min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 213 with Joey Verlinden
Episode 213 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Security MVP, Joey Verlinden (@jvldn1), a System Engineer focused on Microsoft with Insign.it, based in Venlo, Netherlands.
You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/04/mvpbuzzchat-with-joey-verlinden.html

Apr 28, 2023 • 36min
Episode 78 | Verizon Partners with Microsoft Teams with Alex Doyle
For this episode, I spoke with Alex Doyle (@alexdoyle), Vice President Product Management, Verizon Business Group, on the expansion of unified communications solutions within the collaboration space, and specifically, Verizon's recent announcements around Microsoft Teams.
You can find more information on my guest on my blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/04/collabtalk-podcast-episode-78-with-alex-doyle.html

Apr 24, 2023 • 19min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 212 with Andrew Taylor
Episode 212 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Enterprise Mobility MVP, Andrew Taylor (https://andrewstaylor.com/), a Technical Architect with Six Degrees, based in Tyne & Wear, England.
You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/04/mvpbuzzchat-with-andrew-taylor.html

Apr 21, 2023 • 35min
Episode 77 | Creating Online Technical Communities with Erik Ruthruff
For this episode, I spoke with Erik Ruthruff (@eruthruff), Editor in Chief at the newly-launched TekkiGurus.com, a new Microsoft-focused technology community, on the topic of creating and growing communities and, specifically, working with technical communities
You can find more information on my guest on my blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/04/collabtalk-podcast-episode-77-with-erik-ruthruff.html

Apr 16, 2023 • 19min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 211 with Rudy Ooms
Episode 211 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Enterprise Mobility MVP, Rudy Ooms (@Mister_MDM), a Modern Workplace Architect at Deltacom , based in Steenbergen, Netherlands.
You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/04/mvpbuzzchat-with-rudy-ooms.html

Apr 15, 2023 • 25min
Episode 76 | Training People to be More Productive with Shari Oswald
For this episode, I spoke with Shari Oswald (@shortcutshari), Microsoft Certified Trainer and founder of PowerUp! Learning, on end-user training techniques, what kinds of productivity tips and training seem to "stick" with end users, and a discussion around the trends in business productivity tools.
You can find more information on my guest on my blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/04/collabtalk-podcast-episode-76-with-shari-oswald.html

Apr 11, 2023 • 40min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 210 with Dr. Greg Low
Episode 210 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Data Platform MVP, Dr. Greg Low (@greglow), Founder and Principal Mentor at SQL Down Under, based in Melbourne, Australia.
You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/04/mvpbuzzchat-with-greg-low.html

Apr 7, 2023 • 45min
Episode 75 | Loop and Copilot with Sean McDonough and Geoff Varosky
For this episode, I spoke with Sean McDonough (@spmcdonough), a consultant at Bitstream Foundry LLC and Microsoft MVP, and Geoff Varosky (@gvaro), a senior architect at Insight, about the new Microsoft Loop app in preview, Microsoft copilot, and other community news.
You can find more information on my guest on my blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/04/collabtalk-podcast-episode-75-with-sean-mcdonough-and-geoff-varosky.html


