Everyday Office is a podcast about making tedious work less tedious, and interesting work more interesting. Set at the intersection of software and people, we use tools, shortcuts, best practices, and productivity hacks to make you amazing at what you do.
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Why Don't Slides Stay Consistent?
Season 3 of the podcast: questions from the audience! In this episode, we tackle the question "If I add a logo to the slide master, why doesn't it show up on all the slides?" Neil and Denise are bringing you a new year of value!
PowerPoint has a right and wrong way to use it, and going the wrong direction is a recipe for a lot of late nights fixing problems. In this episode, Denise Tsamouris and Neil Malek from Knack Training talk about the right way to build a presentation using PowerPoint
In Microsoft 365, there are layers and layers of potential benefit when you're using OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams to manage your files. In this episode, Neil Malek and Denise Tsamouris from Knack Training discuss the tools and techniques that will set your team up for success!
There have been dozens of added features and improvements to the functionality of Outlook, both directly in the app and integrated with it. In this podcast, Neil Malek and Denise Tsamouris of Knack Training discuss the tools they would use if they needed to have a clean start in their inboxes.
Teams Chat and Channels - Making your everyday communication more effective
In this episode, Neil Malek (President at Knack Training) and cohost Denise Tsamouris (Head of Training at Knack Training) tackle one of the most common — and most confusing — parts of modern work: having conversations in Teams. Chat or channels? Sections or sprawl? Notifications or nonstop interruptions? They break down how to choose the right space for the right conversation, how to organize…
Is Copilot Worth It? Insights about Paid Copilot Licenses
Every company on Earth has a decision to make - should we make paid, licensed Microsoft 365 Copilot available to our team? In this conversation, Neil Malek and Denise Tsamouris from Knack Training talk about the very real-world benefits of that paid license.
New Year Episode - Good and Bad from 2025, and Wishes for 2026
What We Loved, What Made Us Cringe, and What We're Hoping for in 2026 We're pulling back the curtain on a year of Microsoft consulting. In this episode, we're sharing the brilliant moves that made our jobs easier, the chaos that kept us up at night, and the features we're desperately hoping Microsoft will give us in 2026. Whether you're a power user or just trying to keep your digital life…
Everyone with a Microsoft 365 license has access to a web-based AI called Copilot Chat. Even without a paid license to Copilot, you can get loads of value from this tool. In this episode, Neil Malek and Denise Tsamouris talk about the different ways they use the 'free' version of Copilot.
Copilot Everywhere: Getting to Know the AI you Can't Escape
Microsoft has several different AI products named "Copilot," and they keep putting pop-ups and buttons into every spot they can. In this episode, Denise Tsamouris and Neil Malek make sense of the different options, and which ones are worth your time. (spoiler: it's not all of them!)
As part of our Modern Office series, we're discussing how Microsoft 365 shifts our modes of communication in the modern workplace. Neil and Denise discuss concepts like when to use chat vs. when to use email in this broad conversation.