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Tracy van der Schyff

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Empowering stuff for great people #3 – The (dying) Art of Eloquence

I’m always nagging my students about taking the time when “expressing” themselves. Writing emails, creating documents, presentations AND YES – building SharePoint solutions. It’s important that they understand that their ‘words’ speak on their behalf, when they’re not around to... Continue Reading →

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The lighter side of Microsoft #4: Folders vs Metadata in SharePoint

So In a galaxy far, far away in the distant past, there fought some brave Jedi, representing good, structured data, in conflict with “The Folders”, their evil counterpart. Their weapon of choice: Metadata – the power thereof commonly recognized in... Continue Reading →

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The lighter side of Microsoft #3: Banners & Click-able Images In SharePoint

For years I’ve been sneaking click-able images onto SharePoint pages. Sneaking, you might ask? Well, this was long before I was trusted to use SharePoint Designer. It was the only way I could create user-friendly, pretty (yes I said it)... Continue Reading →

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The lighter side of Microsoft #2: Educate / empower your user

Ever logged a call for support and then get asked questions you couldn't answer if you had swallowed an IT Dictionary? Well it happens to all of us - DAILY!! When you work with SharePoint - it normally gets blamed... Continue Reading →

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Empowering stuff for great people #1

So I’ve decided to put a list together of all the websites / tools etc. that I use. That way you only have to add one page to your favourites [this one] – and not 100’s… “Every day you have... Continue Reading →

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