Join us for another episode of The Curious Capitalist where Conscious Collaborative Board Member, Soledad Matteozzi speaks with Founder and CEO, Helle Bank Jørgensen from Competent Boards. We explore Helle's incredible, pioneering career to date, focusing on her involvement with ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance). Competent Boards is a local…

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…

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…

SummaryCole seems to have had enough with Mr. Lamar. Chune in to hear us talk about it.

Join us for another episode of The Curious Capitalist where we meet Wallingford based CEO Diane Smith and find out more about her impactful work with Capital for Change in Connecticut. Diane Smith LinkedIn Capital for Change Conscious Business Collaborative To find out more about how Capital for Change can help you or your business, give them a cal…

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 a…

Join us for this fascinating episode of The Curious Capitalist where we meet Provost, Dr Randy Gibb from the Grand Canyon University and find out more about their journey and their emphasis on 'Business for Good'. Hosting the episode is Amanda Cosme-Reddie the VP of Community Operations for Conscious Capitalism Arizona who is also a GCU Alumni. Dr …

On this episode of The Curious Capitalist podcast, we are talking about the name change from Conscious Capitalism Connecticut to the Conscious Business Collaborative (CBC) and speak about the forthcoming Conscious Leader Network. I am joined by CBC Chair and Author, Gavin Watson, Executive Director and Founder of Red Rock Branding, Glen McDermott, …

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 test…

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://short…

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…

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 deta…

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 abo…

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 fo…

On this episode of The Curious Capitalist podcast, I am joined by Conscious Capitalism Connecticut Chair, Gavin Watson as we speak to our special guest Dan Delventhal from Mow Green. Dan Delventhal and his team are changing the face of lawn care with their carbon neutral company, focused on sustainable lawn care technologies and services. Mow Green…

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 f…

On this episode of The Curious Capitalist podcast, I am joined by Conscious Capitalism Connecticut member David Reitz as we speak to our special guest Fritz Troller from Therm Solutions. If you want to find out more about decarbonizing the built-up environment and refrigeration carbon credits, this is a podcast you will not want to miss. Therm Solu…

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…

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 T…

On this episode of The Curious Capitalist podcast, I am joined by Conscious Capitalist Laura Hall. Laura is a Conscious Business leader with a background in the fashion industry. She is also active in climate justice through her work with the Rainforest Partnership. For this podcast, we decided to focus on the future of the planet and children. She…

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 …

On this episode of The Curious Capitalist podcast, I am joined by Conscious Capitalism Connecticut Chair Gavin Watson as we speak to our guest Ryan Dings from Climate Haven. Ryan is the Founding CEO of New Haven Based Climate Haven. Climate Haven is a rich, climate tech community serving entrepreneurs in the New Haven area. He is also a partner of …

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 …

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 tool…

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 hir…

On this episode of The Curious Capitalist, I am joined by Conscious Capitalism Connecticut Board Member Soledad Matteozzi as we welcome our very special guest Nell Derick Debevoise Nell is the CEO and Co-Founder of Purposeful Growth. She is also a published author and is known as the 'Inspiring Cowgirl Queen'. We are intrigued to find out more, so …

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 Ne…

On this episode of The Curious Capitalist, I am joined by Conscious Capitalism Connecticut Chair Gavin Watson and Executive Director, Glen McDermott as we welcome our very special guest Toby Corey. Toby has had quite an incredible career to date and now finds himself as the Chief Operating Officer of Cruzfoam. Cruzfoam is a start up company backed …

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 T…

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…

SummaryIn this episode, shit gets uglier than a master p sneaker ShoutsEmvestments, Rexbespoke Clothing, Rexcessories, Mario A. Reyes - J-Boss shouted his usuals because that's what he does The SharePoint Helpdesk - Big Therm shouted his SharePoint Training company, you should instead just follow his LinkedIn profile Mursic News Nas thinks he was a…

Send us a Text Message. If you listened to my 'SharePoint vs Teams' episode, you might be scratching your head at this title, because IN that episode, I said to use both. Obviously, I still believe and recommend that, but I need to add some more nuance. Tune in to get an even deeper understanding of how you should move forward when thinking about u…

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, I talk about how I (a solopreneur) use SharePoint to run my business. But after that, I go into how the 365 Suite has some GREAT tools you can use to run your business too. You'll definitely find some value in this one. Thanks for listening!! Come join the LinkedIn Party here. I post useful stuff everyday.…

Send us a Text Message. I use this episode to talk about the difference betwixt SharePoint and Teams. You should leave this episode knowing how to think about each app going forward. LinkedIn Love - Mildred Talabi - I gave her a shout out because of this video I post good stuff on LinkedIn ever day. Come hang out!…

Send us a Text Message. The new episode is coming tomorrow. My bad. Been really busy. Appreciate your patience!! Come hang out on LinkedIn.

On this episode of The Curious Capitalist, I am joined by Conscious Capitalism Board Member David Reitz, who is also the US advisor to Matelexas we speak to CEO Melissa Spiesman from Food Rescue US who is dedicated to eliminating hunger and food waste and keeping food out of landfills and reducing greenhouse gasses. Food Rescue US Website Conscious…

Send us a Text Message. 5 Ways You Can Use MS Stream in Your Business - This is what I'm talking about this episode. 1 - Recorded Meetings 2 - Tutorials/Trainings 3 - Daily CEO Address 4 - Product Branding 5 - Parties/Org Days Tune in for the details on each. New Segment - LinkedIn Love In this new segment, I shout out a person on LinkedIn that did…

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, I use the Number 1 songs of 2003 to help explain 7 things I love about SharePoint. I walk you through putting these songs in a SharePoint list. Then I break down how we would use the top 7 things to collect/interact/manage this data. Appreciate you tuning in! Here are the links I mentioned in the show: Autom…

Send us a Text Message. I'm half ashamed that it's taken me this long to drop this episode. You need this in your life, I promise. Here are the steps: 1 - Brainstorm 2 - Start small 3 - Get your graphics folks involved 4 - Get Leadership buy in 5 - Build the Buzz (don't let these bullet points be enough for you, tune in so you can get the details..…

On this episode of The Curious Capitalist, Glen McDermott the Executive Director of Conscious Capitalism Connecticut and CEO of Red Rock Branding speaks to Swedish businessman Konrad Bergström. Join us as we learn more about Konrad's impressive work history and his current project X Shore electric boats. Come and learn more about The Power of Silen…

Send us a Text Message. There are a ton of organizations that have NO idea how they can use SharePoint to do data collection. In this episode, I talk about why the current way your process sucks. Here's what I'm covering: Human interaction - this is probably the number one killer Time consuming - the other things on this list contribute to this on …

On this episode of The Curious Capitalist, we speak with Tom Quinn, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Nuovo Pasta, plus a published author. Join us as we learn more about Tom's work, life, and his book of life lessons 'Delivering Greatness'. Tom Quinn LinkedIn Tom Quinn Website www.nuovopasta.com www.connecticut.consciousc…

Send us a Text Message. My career pretty much fell into my lap. It happened to be one of the best things that's ever happened to me. What I mean is that I didn't aspire to be a SharePoint Developer someday. I didn't even know this path existed. With that said, I've picked up some insights along the way and sharing a few in this episode. I speak abo…

Send us a Text Message. At your organization, how do you send out a survey? What tool are you using? Is it something third party? Like PDFs? If you're already paying for the Microsoft 365 suite, you can just use MS Forms. I have a few reasons why I think MS Forms is a better bet than PDF forms. Tune in to find out. Don't forget to catch me on Linke…

Send us a Text Message. (This was a good episode...I think. I really want you to tune in) We go inside a process of a multimillion-dollar sneaker company. They're bringing a new product to market. They'll do it using the 365 suite. --- A lot of people buy expensive cell phones and only use it to call, chat, take pics and surf social media. Organiza…

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, I talk about how SharePoint has evolved from being a tool that needed an admin to update things, to instead a tool where you just need education. (my dog interrupted me and I didn't edit it out😎) I quickly mention Podfest as well. And lastly, I mentioned this new download for you: 10 Things SharePoint Does B…

On this episode of The Curious Capitalist, we speak with Greg Sotzing, UConn Professor, Chief Scientific Officer, and Co-Founder of 3BC and Co-Founder of PcTRx. Join us as we dive into the world of the cannabis industry and the huge positive impact it could have on the global emergency that is climate change. E-Mail: g.sotzing@uconn.edu Greg Sotzin…

Send us a Text Message. Are you an Executive Admin? As in, do you administratively support a boss and/or a team of folks? In that case, you should have a central location (aka website) where all members of the team (boss included) can access files and information. Now of course, I personally recommend SharePoint to do this :-) You should create a S…

Send us a Text Message. Weekly Activity Report Monthly Status Update Daily Activity Form Whatever you call them....You probably hate them. You hate them if you're leadership...because you have to compile them. Workers hate them because they have better things to do. They don't want to interrupt their flow to enter information into an activity form.…