First Victoria Office 365 User Group

Venue confirmed. Date confirmed. Speakers confirmed. Panel confirmed.

Agenda:
Networking & Pizza - 11:30 (30 minutes)
Intro & Poll the Audience - 12:00 (10 minutes)
Presentation #1 - 12:10 (20 minutes)
Short Break - 12:30 (10 minutes)
Presentation #2 -12:40 (20 minutes)
NEW: Ask the Panel - 1:00 (20 minutes)
Prize Draw & Goodbyes- 1:20 (10 minutes)

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Presentation #1: Sean Wallbridge (http://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/mvp/Sean%20Wallbridge-4025155), President and Principal Consultant at itgroove (http://www.itgroove.net/) – “The Basics of Office 365”

What is the cloud? What is Office 365? Join Sean for a general overview of the features and functionality available with an Office 365 license subscription.

Presentation #2: Kelly Marshall (http://www.linkedin.com/in/kellycmarshall), Business Development/Consultant at itgroove (http://www.itgroove.net/) – “These are a few of my favourite things… the OneNote Edition”

Join Kelly for a rundown of the top “awesomesauce” features available in OneNote that the average user may not be aware of.

PS - Did you know that OneNote 2013 is now available as a free download from Microsoft?

Ask the Panel: Bring your questions to ask the panel - any Office 365 topic is open for discussion!
This Month's Panel Members: Sean Wallbridge, Kelly Marshall, Robert Dick

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Who is Sean Wallbridge?

Sean, the self-professed “Bob Ross of SharePoint” and SharePoint MVP (6 years running!) has a rich background in the Windows world and carries many certifications including CISSP, MCSE, MCT and MCSA. Sean has lived and worked internationally (Bermuda) and still carries on an international consulting practice from his base at itgroove in Victoria.

itgroove specialize in bringing an informed, professional SharePoint experience to the small and mid-size companies that form the backbone of business in British Columbia and Canada.

Sean’s Blog: blog.brainlitter.com (http://blog.brainlitter.com/)

Who is Kelly Marshall?

Kelly’s zeal for technology, and passion for discovering SharePoint and Office 365 end user solutions, makes for enthusiastic presentations.

Kelly started her career supporting a web services team within a Provincial ministry, later accepting a customer service position with a technology training company. After obtained her BFA with a focus on Visual Arts and Professional Writing from the University of Victoria, Kelly continued to expand her portfolio to include sales, marketing and communications responsibilities.

Kelly’s Blog: oh365eh.itgroove.net (http://oh365eh.itgroove.net/)

Who is Robert Dick?

Robert has more than 30 years invested in the IT industry having been both an IT Consultant with various Western Canadian IT firms as well as a consumer/user of IT in a number of large Canadian companies. As well, Robert has owned his own consulting business and has worked with international insurance clients in the US, the UK and France.

Over the past few years Robert has concentrated on SMB infrastructure and support using tools such as Microsoft Small Business Server, VMware vSphere (ESX/ESXi), SharePoint and Sonicwall.

As the weathered Methuselah of the itgroove consultant stable, Robert is often relied upon to bridge the gap between older legacy systems and todays current offering of “use it anywhere on anything” applications.

Robert’s Blog: thebeagle.itgroove.net (http://thebeagle.itgroove.net/)