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Microsoft taps Vitalyst to Share Keys to Successful Customer Adoption and Change Management of Office 365—Insights from Ignite 2019 with Microsoft’s Ginny Hoban
January 10, 2020
Recently, we sat down with Ginny Hoban, Senior Partner Marketing Manager at Microsoft, to talk about the importance of adoption...
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The View from the Ground at Ignite 2019: A Vitalyst Training Leader Shares What She Learned Running Microsoft Teams Immersion Sessions
December 31, 2019
At this year’s Ignite conference, one of the major themes was helping Microsoft customers maximize the business value of using...
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Microsoft taps Vitalyst to Share Keys to Successful Customer Adoption and Change Management of Office 365—Insights from Ignite 2019, Part 3
December 18, 2019
At this year’s Ignite conference, one of the major themes was helping Microsoft customers maximize the business value of using...
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Insights from Ignite 2019: 5 Features Every Business User Should Know About
December 6, 2019
At last month’s Ignite conference, Microsoft renewed its emphasis on productivity and collaboration by debuting a wave of Office 365...
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Microsoft taps Vitalyst to Share Keys to Successful Customer Adoption and Change Management of Office 365—Insights from Ignite 2019, Part 2
December 5, 2019
At this year’s Ignite conference, one of the major themes was helping Microsoft customers maximize the business value of using...
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Microsoft taps Vitalyst to Share Keys to Successful Customer Adoption and Change Management of Office 365—Insights from Ignite 2019, Part 1
November 27, 2019
One of the major themes at this year’s Ignite conference was helping Microsoft customers maximize the business value of using...
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Ignite 2019: Change is Coming and Other Key Takeaways
November 18, 2019
As we noted in a previous blog, Microsoft had so many announcements to make at this year’s Ignite conference, the...
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Microsoft Ignite 2019 Check-In: Enough News to Fill a Book
November 8, 2019
In a 1992 Harvard Business Review article, Peter F. Drucker asserted that knowledge—not labor, land or capital—is the primary resource...
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Seamless, Fully Integrated IT Support for Global Financial Services Company
November 6, 2019
Challenge Our client is a global financial planning company of more than 15,000 people that helps businesses, institutional investors, and...
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6 Ways to Master Change Management
October 31, 2019
Technology adoption is usually referenced in terms of its curve—think of the smooth arc illustrating the slow and steady adoption...
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Don’t Miss Vitalyst on Stage at Microsoft’s Ignite 2019
October 23, 2019
Learn How to Enable Change and Accelerate Adoption of Microsoft Office 365 and Teams
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Microsoft Flow: 5 Ways to Build an Automation Foundation
October 16, 2019
For as long as there have been machines, humans have been conditioned to mistrust them, and even see them as...
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Insurance Provider Texas Mutual Partners with Vitalyst to Accelerate Software Migration and Adoption
October 15, 2019
Challenge — Texas Mutual Insurance Company is Texas’ leading workers’ compensation provider. They insure 43% of the Texas workers’ compensation...
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Go With Microsoft Flow: How to Ensure Employees Embrace Automation
October 11, 2019
Many discussions about automation and artificial intelligence have dystopian undercurrents. Robots are coming for your job—it’s the man vs. machine...
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Metropolitan Airport Commission Receives Seamless Office 365 Integration from Flexible Training Options
October 4, 2019
Challenge– The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) is a Minnesota-based public corporation providing coordinated aviation services throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan...
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Learning by the Numbers: A Roundup of Corporate Training Stats
October 2, 2019
In recent weeks, we’ve written about employee engagement, a growing digital skills gap, resistance to change, and other challenges organizations...
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Employee Engagement is Critical to Success: 3 Ways to Increase It
September 25, 2019
What’s the difference between employees who simply show up for work and those who contribute all they can to their...
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It’s No Horror Show: Successful Adoption of Teams Requires a Strategic Approach
September 19, 2019
Change will nearly always be accompanied by resistance—especially change that’s mandated, as it often will be with Microsoft Teams. One...
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From Albatross to Advocate: Make Outlook Work for You With These 5 Essential Tools
September 11, 2019
In its early days, email was novel—it enabled us to connect with colleagues quickly and, as we saw it, supercharge...
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Vitalyst Announces Active 365 Continuous Learning: Managed Service Solution for Microsoft 365
September 9, 2019
Bala Cynwyd, PA and Seattle, WA – September 9, 2019 – Vitalyst, a Microsoft Gold partner and global provider of...
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Outlook Quick Look: 4 Features Every Employee Should Know How to Use
September 5, 2019
Despite the many movements to eradicate email over the past decade, it nevertheless continues to reign as the primary means...
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Vitalyst Announces New Service Offerings: Expands Digital Adoption Solution for Microsoft Teams
September 5, 2019
Vitalyst, a Microsoft Gold partner and global provider of client learning and change enablement services, announced the expansion of their Digital Adoption Solutions...
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Vitalyst Expands Professional Services Team Adding Change Management and Communications Consulting Talent
September 4, 2019
Bala Cynwyd, PA and Chicago, IL – September 4, 2019 – Vitalyst, a Microsoft Gold partner and global provider of client learning and change enablement services, announced the expansion...
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Change Management: 5 Barriers and How to Overcome Them
August 29, 2019
Rapid change is the new normal in the emerging digital workplace—especially as business becomes more global and workforces become more...
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Automation & The Future of Work: 5 Ways Businesses Can Prepare
August 22, 2019
Much has been written about the future of work—how jobs may change, which types will be eliminated, which new ones...
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Vitalyst Exceeds FY19 Goals for Driving Adoption of Microsoft 365 and Teams
August 21, 2019
Top Microsoft Office 365 and Teams Partner for the U.S. in 2019
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Skype to Teams Migration: 3 Tips for Employees
August 15, 2019
Microsoft recently announced the date Teams will replace Skype for Business Online—July 31, 2021. To many people, the switch may...
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Fostering a Global Network with Efficient, Accessible End-User Support Services
August 14, 2019
Challenge In 2018, TRC Companies, Inc., a fast-growing, multinational engineering consulting and construction management firm, embarked on a venture to...
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Skype to Teams Migration: Boost Adoption and ROI with These 5 Tips
August 7, 2019
In last week’s blog post, we explained why your organization should focus on user adoption of Microsoft Teams. This week,...
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Skype Says Goodbye, Teams Says Hello: 3 Ways to Prepare Employees for the Eventual Switch
August 1, 2019
This year is shaping up to be a good one for Microsoft Teams. In March, Microsoft celebrated the app’s second...
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Reality Check: The Skills Gap is Widening—What is Your Company Doing About It?
July 24, 2019
If you are like some of your peers, you might find another mention of the looming skills gap fatiguing. It’s...
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Resist the Workaround: 3 Ways Employees Can Embrace Change
July 17, 2019
In a recent blog post, Gartner’s Craig Roth writes about what he calls “the secret lives of productivity tools”–that is,...
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Shadow IT: Why Hacks and Workarounds are Bad for Your Bottom Line
July 10, 2019
Most people have employed a hack or workaround at some point in their professional career to get things done—used Outlook...
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Power BI to the People: How Data Literate is Your Organization?
June 28, 2019
At the recent Microsoft Business Application Summit in Atlanta, Arun Ulag, GM for Power BI Engineering at Microsoft, announced a...
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Preparing for Skype to Teams Migration
June 26, 2019
Late in 2017, Microsoft revealed its plans to make Teams its central communication hub for business users. Before that could...
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Are Your Employees Afraid to Ask for Training? Do Something About It
June 20, 2019
In the face of technological change—or any change—people often resist. It’s a normal response that’s partly driven by physiology. But...
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Vitalyst Expands Microsoft Partner Team Adding Two Industry Leaders
June 18, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Bala Cynwyd, PA and Seattle, WA) – June 18, 2019 – Vitalyst, a Microsoft Gold partner and...
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Employee Training: Why and How You Should Ask for More
June 17, 2019
Employee learning and development has perhaps never been as critical as it is today. Technology and other factors have completely...
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3 Compelling Reasons to Expand Your L&D Offerings
June 6, 2019
In just a few years, automation and technological advancement could displace millions of jobs—75 million by 2022, according to the...
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Change Management, Collaboration & Adoption: Highlights from the 2019 SharePoint Conference
May 30, 2019
As the pace of business and technology continues to accelerate, organizations and their employees are increasingly being challenged to quickly...
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First Steps Toward Successful Technology Adoption
May 23, 2019
Many organizations are asking the same question when it comes to digital transformation—“How do we ensure our organization is adopting...
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Beyond Fuzzy Math: Focus on the Human Element to Calculate True ROI
May 17, 2019
Measuring the return on technology investments has long been a challenge for organizations—in addition to the obvious expenses, there are...
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Innovation from Within: 4 Ways to Create Your Own Revolution
May 8, 2019
Innovation is at the top of every business leader’s to-do list. It figured prominently in CIO agenda predictions for 2019—including...
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Way Beyond Tetris: Philly Tech Week 2019 Preview
May 1, 2019
Over the past decade, Philadelphia has slowly but steadily built up its tech landscape. Among the many highlights: In 2012,...
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Accelerating Change and Adoption of the Modern Desktop for a Leading Retail and Consumer Goods Brand
May 1, 2019
In early 2018, one the world’s leading retail and consumer goods brands shifted its focus to improve its digital business...
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The State of AI in the Enterprise: It’s Time to Focus on Skill-Building
April 24, 2019
By 2030, artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to eliminate 80 percent of project management tasks that are currently handled by...
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Corporate Learning: The Future is Modular
April 17, 2019
Corporate learning is changing so quickly that it can be challenging to keep up with the expanding number of approaches...
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What’s in it for You: 3 Ways Digital Learning Benefits Employees
April 10, 2019
Here’s how a majority of employees today spend their time at work: They sit in front of a computer for...
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Crunch Time, All the Time: Why Your Company Needs a Training Makeover
April 3, 2019
Recent research paints a gloomy picture of the effectiveness of today’s enterprise training*: 74 percent of organizations use traditional learning...
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Hands-On & Just-in-Time
March 27, 2019
3 Ways Simulation-Based Training and Supercharged Videos Can Improve Corporate Training Employees today have hardly enough time to complete their...
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IT Budgets are Up: How Well are You Spending Your Dollars?
March 20, 2019
According to Gartner's 2019 IT spending forecast, global IT spending is expected to reach $3.8 trillion this year—an increase of 3.2...
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MANAGING CHANGE: Recommended Practices for Planning Deployment and Adoption of New Technology
March 15, 2019
Join Wilmer Castro, L & D Director at Vitalyst, as he discusses how you can accelerate adoption and innovation leveraging 8 critical plans for success.
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Haste Makes Waste: 4 Ways Employees Can Get More Value from Technology
March 13, 2019
At work, you regularly must decide between completing easier tasks that demand immediate attention (responding to emails, scheduling meetings, etc.)...
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Continuous Learning is Key to Office 365 Adoption
March 7, 2019
One of Office 365’s powerful selling points is its potential to eliminate disruptive big-bang migrations. With cloud technology like Office...
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At Your Service: 3 Things to Know About Office 365 Update Options
February 28, 2019
With new servicing models for Office 365 and Windows 10, Microsoft is ushering in a new era. This “as-a-service” approach...
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Encouraging a Culture of Proactive Learning with Digital Transformation
February 25, 2019
Challenge This past year, Terracon was looking for a solution to bolster its IT service portal. As a consulting engineering...
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Waste Not, Want Not: Get More Value Out of Your Tech Investments
February 22, 2019
Imagine paying for a full tank of gas but only filling it a quarter of the way. Or, buying a...
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Don’t Wait to Migrate: Windows 7 End of Support is Near–What’s Your Windows 10 Upgrade Plan?
February 14, 2019
Eleven months—that’s the amount of time organizations running Windows 7 have to migrate to Windows 10. On Jan. 14, 2020,...
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Write Your Own AI-Powered Narrative
February 6, 2019
One thing we know for sure—work is changing dramatically—partly because of rapidly advancing technology, and partly because of other forces....
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Active 365 Managed Services for Continuous Learning
February 5, 2019
For business leaders, the journey to the cloud and digitally transforming companies has made its way into the “long-term investment” bucket.* But, investments don’t necessarily guarantee innovation or transformation success.
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Partners in Productivity: The Year Ahead from a Microsoft Partner Perspective
February 1, 2019
Happy employees, happy company—a new study by IBM/Globoforce shows a positive employee experience can result in a more positive financial...
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Optimistic Outlook: What’s Ahead for Learning and Development in 2019
January 23, 2019
Historically, organizational learning and development has been regarded as a cost center—all take and no ROI—and has been first in...
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Change Management: 3 Predictions for 2019
January 17, 2019
When the concept of change management as it relates to digital transformation first entered corporate strategy discussions, it was often...
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Digital Transformation in 2019: The Business User Perspective
January 9, 2019
As we noted in a previous post, digital transformation was one of business leaders’ top concerns in 2018. Considering the...
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3 Ways to Boost OneDrive for Business Adoption and Value
January 3, 2019
In recent blogs, we’ve explored how organizations can boost user adoption and value of SharePoint, Teams and Office 365 overall....
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Digital Transformation: What to Expect in 2019
December 26, 2018
As predicted, digital transformation was a top concern for organizations in 2018. According to Deloitte’s 2018 Global CIO survey, 96...
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Get Productive: 2018 Office 365 Features Every Employee Should Learn
December 21, 2018
Before Microsoft changed its software update model, new version releases were a grand to-do—every half-decade or so, the company would...
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3 Ways to Drive SharePoint Adoption
December 12, 2018
It’s not surprising that many people fear SharePoint. It’s been described as a “beast” and a “monster.” In reality, however,...
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Focus on the Human Element to Accelerate Change
December 5, 2018
Bringing about successful organizational change will never be a swift and simple undertaking. Even today, when a majority of companies...
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Are You Missing Out on Free Microsoft Programs and Benefits?
December 5, 2018
As a Microsoft customer, you may be eligible for one or more programs, which offer benefits such as free technical training, change management workshops, deployment assistance, and adoption services.
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3 Ways to Drive Office 365 Adoption
November 28, 2018
In the cloud adoption game, Microsoft Office 365 has quickly become the clear leader. According to a May 2018 Bitglass...
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Out With the Old, in With the New—Managing Change From Legacy Software to Cloud Technology
November 21, 2018
Challenge— FHI 360, a company that resulted from the merger of AED and Family Health International, is an international nonprofit...
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5 Reasons Your Company Needs Microsoft Teams
November 21, 2018
The buzz about Microsoft Teams replacing Skype for Business has slowly but steadily increased since Microsoft first announced the transition...
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It’s In the Details: New Excel and PowerPoint Features Focus on AI
November 9, 2018
New, Intelligent Office 365 Features Promise More Productivity with Less Effort
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Windows 10: How Orgs Can Achieve Success with Software Updates
November 1, 2018
Chances are, if you have anything to do with enterprise IT, you have read about the recent public rollout of...
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Creating a Mobile Collaborative Environment with Office 365
October 26, 2018
Challenge— Our client is one of the largest professional services firms in the world. With more than 250,000 employees...
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Enabling Innovation, Mobility and Collaboration with Microsoft 365
October 26, 2018
Challenge— With more than 7,000 employees globally, collaboration, mobility and security were key challenges for a leading electronic design...
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IT & Business Users: How to Narrow the Perception Gap
October 25, 2018
Technology has changed the workplace in many ways—the pace of work, how people communicate and collaborate, where people work, and...
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Office 2019: What it Means for Employees
October 17, 2018
Last month, when Microsoft announced the general availability of Office 2019, the move created some confusion among business leaders and...
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Office 2019: What It Means for Your Organization
October 11, 2018
At the recent Ignite conference, Microsoft announced the general availability of Office 2019—a move that caused a bit of confusion...
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Change is Coming: 3 Takeaways from Microsoft Ignite
October 4, 2018
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella kicked off last week’s Ignite by talking about where Microsoft has been and where it's going....
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Talking Digital Adoption & Change Management in Orlando
September 24, 2018
The Vitalyst team is in Orlando, FL, for Microsoft Ignite. The conference brings together more than 26,000 business and IT...
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Company-Wide Change Starts with the Individual
September 20, 2018
The business world has been steeped in digital transformation for nearly a decade, yet many organizations are still struggling to...
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Vitalyst, Microsoft’s Top US Adoption Partner of the Year, to Showcase Digital Adoption Offerings at Microsoft Ignite
September 17, 2018
Bala Cynwyd, PA – September 11, 2018 – Vitalyst, a global provider of client learning and change enablement services, will...
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Skype to Teams: How Employees Can Prepare for the Eventual Switch
September 13, 2018
At July's Inspire conference, Microsoft reported that the Teams platform had reached "feature parity" with Skype for Business Online—in other...
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A Microsoft Case Study:
Change Management—Enabling Customer Success in a Rapidly Evolving Workplace
September 6, 2018
Change is the new norm for businesses. A fresh generation of workers brings new expectations to the workplace, crossing paths...
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Get More Value Out of Microsoft Teams
September 6, 2018
We recently wrote about usage vs. value with Microsoft 365 and highlighted steps organizations can take to increase adoption and...
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Take a Holistic Approach to Microsoft 365 Adoption
August 29, 2018
As we head into the digital future, people increasingly have access to technologies like Microsoft 365 and Teams that enable...
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Defining—and Increasing—Tech’s Value
August 22, 2018
In last week’s blog, we explored the state of global cloud adoption—that it’s quickly growing, how Microsoft’s Office 365 is...
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Tech Adoption vs. Tech Value
August 21, 2018
4 Ways to Get More Out of Your Technology Investments
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Tech Industry Veteran to Head Up Vitalyst Account Management Team
August 13, 2018
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – August 13, 2018 – Vitalyst, a global provider of client learning and change enablement and change...
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Vitalyst Named Microsoft’s Top U.S. Microsoft 365 Adoption Partner for 2018
August 6, 2018
Bala Cynwyd, PA – August 06, 2018 – Vitalyst, a global provider of client learning and change enablement services, was...
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Why Healthcare Transformation Must Be a Top-Down, Bottom-Up Effort
August 1, 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often perceived and characterized as a threat—and has been since the idea of “smart machines” was...
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Employees are Key to Healthcare Transformation
July 26, 2018
As the consumerization of healthcare continues, competition for patients and insurers is driving healthcare providers to accelerate digital transformation. And...
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Federal Aviation Administration
July 13, 2018
Meeting User Demand for Instant Software Help and Ongoing Training to Maximize Productivity
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Major Northeast University
July 13, 2018
Providing full-service How-To and Technical support for faculty and alumni
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Increasing User Satisfaction, Adoption, Productivity and ROI
July 12, 2018
Challenge— With the aim of becoming a more modern public utility with enhanced internal capabilities and increasing productivity, SCE...
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Healthcare Transformation: 3 Challenges for Employees
July 12, 2018
While digital transformation is affecting workers in every industry, it’s causing especially acute pain in health care. According to recent...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
July 12, 2018
Meeting User Demand for Instant Software Help and Ongoing Training to Maximize Productivity Like the private sector, most government...
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Accelerating User Adoption and Enablement at a Large North American Healthcare Provider
July 12, 2018
Providing a full-service solution to improve patient care
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Webinar:
3 Ways to Build a Knowledge-ABLE Culture
July 12, 2018
Financial services companies are navigating a complex web of challenges-complicated regulations, legacy systems, disruptive technologies, competition and customer loyalty.
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Productivity in the Cloud with Office 365/2016 — Beyond the Legacy Applications
July 11, 2018
What good is Office 365 if your users aren’t using it? Do you know how to maximize the return on your investment?
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The Future is Now: Upgrade and Adopt Windows 10 Today
July 11, 2018
Industry insiders agree that Windows 10 transforms the user experience with new features and functions aimed at improving collaboration and productivity.
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Live Phone Technical Support
July 11, 2018
Whether you’re a global or regional company, need 24x7 or after-hours/overflow support, or seek one or a combination of the services below, Vitalyst is your answer.
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Vitalyst Help Me kNow Hub
July 11, 2018
Give your employees the power of expert instruction at their fingertips. This self-help portal provides employees access to the knowledge they need when they need it.
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Office 365 E5 Suite
July 11, 2018
Transform the Way Your Users Work with Office 365 E5 Suite
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Vitalyst Corporate Overview
July 11, 2018
Learn about who we are, what we do and the benefits of working together.
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Representative Listing of Supported Applications
July 10, 2018
Vitalyst’s Productivity Consultants specialize in support for Microsoft Office, more than 350 other core office applications, migrations and across multiple devices and application suites.
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Training On-Demand Live Support
July 10, 2018
Keep your business users on track and help them leverage the full capabilities of technology tools with access to live, how-to experts 24×7
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The Year of Collaboration
July 10, 2018
5 Tips to Help Organizations Use Collaboration Tools to Achieve 2018 Goals
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Annual Enrollment No Longer a Sore Subject for Glazer’s
July 9, 2018
Glazer’s is a privately held, U.S.-based distributor of wine, spirits and malt beverages. It currently operates in 15 states, the Virgin Islands and Canada. The third-generation family business was founded in Dallas in 1933.
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Healthcare Transformation: 3 Challenges for Business Leaders
July 9, 2018
When British bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, he suspected he came across something big, but probably didn’t believe...
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Digital Transformation: Are We There Yet?
June 27, 2018
When taking a road trip with children, it’s a given that at some point one of them will ask “Are...
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Data-Driven Learning
June 20, 2018
In a recent post, we examined the idea of a “21st-century career”—what it is and steps organizations will need to...
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3 Tips to Increase Productivity
June 15, 2018
For many workers, summertime is not vacation time. Rather, it’s another holiday forfeited or another trip spent responding to emails,...
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How Organizations Can Support 21st-Century Careers
June 8, 2018
During the last century, a career meant getting a foot in the door, and slowly, methodically advancing within an organization....
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A New Way to Collaborate with Microsoft Teams
May 31, 2018
Over the past few years, the way people work has changed quite a bit. For the first time, we now...
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3 Ways to Turn Connectivity into Productivity
May 23, 2018
In recent years, the issue of worker productivity has been a central focus for business leaders, economists, employees, and organizations,...
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How to Select a More Powerful Learning and Development Partner
May 23, 2018
To keep pace with competitors and a constantly evolving business landscape, every company today is being asked to run faster, better and more efficiently.
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Teams Player
May 17, 2018
In 2017, the top workplace trend was collaboration—flat team structures, huddle rooms, open floor plans, chat-based collaboration technology—and it’s expected...
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Teams Spirit
May 11, 2018
For organizations that haven’t begun to seriously consider using chat-based collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams or Slack, it’s time to...
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The Employee’s Role in GDPR Compliance
May 4, 2018
In just a few weeks—on May 25—the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will go into effect. As is...
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Vitalyst Adds to its Learning and Development Business with Appointment of Wilmer Castro
May 2, 2018
Vitalyst, a global provider of client learning solutions, is pleased to announce that Wilmer Castro has joined the company to...
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Act Like a Consumer
April 26, 2018
For most people, starting a new job stirs up a range of emotions—from excitement and enthusiasm to anxiety and apprehension....
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Think Like a Newcomer
April 21, 2018
In last week’s post, we highlighted three things that will likely dominate the corporate learning and development conversation in 2018....
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Digital code blue: Three tips for healthcare providers to embrace the digital future
April 13, 2018
Originally published in Becker's Hospital Review, April 10, 2018 The world of healthcare is changing dramatically and rapidly. And while emergency...
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3 Things That Will Matter to Learning Leaders in 2018
April 12, 2018
In the beginning of 2018, many publications’ year-ahead articles included ample predictions about the transformation of organizational learning and development...
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5 Ways to Minimize Technology Fears
March 28, 2018
It’s no secret that digital tools like Office 365 are quickly changing the workplace of yesterday. Organizations across industries and...
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Patient Care Should Be Your One and Only Concern
March 26, 2018
Technology is challenging business leaders in the healthcare industry to keep up with digital change at unprecedented rates. Adapt, innovate...
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How Organizations Can Bridge the Digital Skills Gap
March 21, 2018
In last week’s blog, we examined how the widening digital skills gap is affecting employees—how work has become more about...
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How Employees Can Help Bridge the Digital Skills Gap
March 14, 2018
Frequent interruptions, pressure to be always-on and accessible because of mobile devices, rapidly changing technology, the threat of jobs being...
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Accelerate Digital Transformation
March 12, 2018
Financial services companies are navigating a complex web of challenges-complicated regulations, legacy systems, disruptive technologies, competition and customer loyalty.
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How to Ensure Financial Services Industry Employees Can Survive in Todays New Digital Dynamic
March 8, 2018
Originally published in FINTECH WEEKY, March 8, 2018 The past few years have been a technology roller coaster ride for financial...
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Employee Empowerment—How It’s Done and Why You Should Care
March 8, 2018
In a 1999 California Management Review article, Peter Drucker—who is widely regarded as the “father of modern management”—stated that the...
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How to Ensure Financial Services Industry Employees Can Survive in Today’s New Digital Dynamic
March 2, 2018
The past few years have been a technology roller coaster ride for financial services companies. From heightened cybersecurity threats to increased demands from customers on the digital front, the very rules that defined the industry have changed. And 2018 will be no different.
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Overcome the Fear of Technological Change
February 28, 2018
Imagine arriving at work one day and, to your surprise, the company-issued desktop computer you left on the desk Friday...
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Integrate to Innovate
February 22, 2018
As much as technology has improved how people work, it has also created substantial challenges—for both business users and organizational...
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With Business Tech, the Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts
February 16, 2018
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Over the past decade, a drive toward increased productivity, efficiency and innovation has significantly changed how people work. This shift,...
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Learning for the Future
February 8, 2018
In recent years, experts like Deloitte’s Josh Bersin have predicted that corporate learning and development (L&D) was on the brink...
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3 Ways to Transform Corporate Learning
February 2, 2018
Technology has enabled workers to accomplish more than ever thought possible, but it has also placed heavy demands on them....
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The Knowledge-ABLE Workforce
February 1, 2018
Cultivating an Empowered Culture Through Learning and Self Help
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How to Train Employees for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet
January 31, 2018
Originally published in HR DIVE, Jan 30, 2018 Editor's note: This is part two of a two-part series on jobs that don't yet...
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Digital Transformation is Human Transformation
January 17, 2018
In a recent conversation I had with a peer in the industry, he asked me to explain how Vitalyst helps...
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I Hear a Symphony
December 27, 2017
In a recent Deloitte report about the year ahead, the authors use music as a metaphor to describe how technology...
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Vitalyst is Humanizing Technology with a Proven, Proprietary Methodology
December 26, 2017
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – December 26, 2017 – Vitalyst, a global provider of client learning solutions is leveraging a proprietary...
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Vitalyst Named a Most Promising Microsoft Solution Provider for 2017
December 20, 2017
Vitalyst: A Vital Catalyst for Client Learning Many people consider themselves digital natives— and find it difficult to recall a...
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A Transformative Year for Corporate Training
December 20, 2017
Bite-Sized & Engaging: A Look at 2017’s Major L&D Changes
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Vitalyst Joins Elite List of Microsoft Gold Learning Partners
December 18, 2017
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – December 18, 2017 – Vitalyst, a global provider of client learning solutions, elevated its training and...
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Vitalyst Announces Appointment of Paul Rigby to Chief Experience Officer
November 6, 2017
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – November 1, 2017 – Vitalyst, a global provider of client learning solutions, recently announced plans to...
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Learning Transformation: 4 Best Practices
October 25, 2017
How to Develop a Learning Culture that Inspires Employees
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Why L&D Transformation is Good for Employees
October 11, 2017
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Learning Your Way Means Less Frustration & More Job Satisfaction
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4 Ways to Begin Your L&D Transformation
October 4, 2017
A Powerful Digital Learning Program is Critical to Successful L&D Transformation
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A Simpler, Quicker Route Toward Advanced Analytics
September 27, 2017
Cultivate Your Citizen Data Scientists with Advanced Technology Support
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Find the Road to Migration Success
September 20, 2017
We’ve written a lot in this space about the challenges organizations face with company-wide technology migrations. We believe that to get the most out of the software—to increase productivity, to enable meaningful collaboration, to inspire innovation, and to encourage better business outcomes...
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Set Yourself up for Productivity
September 13, 2017
It’s the same almost every year: Summer ends too abruptly, and we race headlong into fall without much planning or preparation. We end up with just enough time to get things done, but little for learning how to do things differently and more efficiently.
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Education Can’t Be One and Done
September 7, 2017
For some things, like learning to ride a bicycle, most people don’t need much instruction. One-and-done is usually enough. Imagine,...
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Making the Modern Workplace
August 31, 2017
In the keynote speech at last month’s Inspire conference, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke about the enormous opportunity brought about by digital transformation, how it’s creating the “modern workplace,” and his company’s role in this evolution.
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Put Insight into Practice
August 24, 2017
The Planning Phase Guides You Toward Tech Adoption
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Mind the Gaps
August 16, 2017
Previous post in this series: The Times are A-Changing Throughout August, we are turning our focus toward workplace technology adoption—why...
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The Times are A-Changing
August 9, 2017
Understand Your Role in Your Company’s Tech Adoption Strategy
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Discover, Plan, Adopt, and Empower
August 3, 2017
Why Workplace Tech Adoption Requires a Human-Centric Approach
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Who Made the Shortlist of Microsoft Partners for Inbound Marketing Excellence?
July 31, 2017
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – July 31, 2017 – Vitalyst, a global provider of learning services and solutions that helps organizations...
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Delivering a Great Virtual Training Event
July 25, 2017
Learn how to deliver an impactful and effective training event with these three best practices.
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3 Ways to Boost Productivity with Data & Analytics
July 12, 2017
Help Lead Your Org Into the Digital Future
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Learner Engagement and Retention—Key Issues Keeping Training Leaders in Banking Up at Night
July 10, 2017
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – July 10, 2017 – Vitalyst, a global provider of learning services and solutions that helps organizations...
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Create A Vision for Change
July 5, 2017
All month long, we are focusing on digital transformation. Drawing on our experience of helping countless organizations on their own...
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Digital Transformation Success:
Your How-To Guide
June 14, 2017
Prevent Missteps in Your Digital Transformation Journey With This Guide
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Promoting from Within, Vitalyst Names New CEO
June 12, 2017
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – June 12, 2017 – Vitalyst, a global provider of learning services and solutions that helps organizations...
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Office 365’s User Adoption Challenge
April 26, 2017
It’s Designed to Boost Productivity—Help Your Employees Realize its Potential
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Communication’s Critical Role in Digital Transformation
April 5, 2017
People Drive Organizations Forward—Give Them the Information They Need to be Successful
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Vitalyst Welcomes New Director of Training to Lead Expanded Delivery of Training Services
March 31, 2017
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BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – March 31, 2017 – Vitalyst, a leader helping organizations humanize technology by providing services and solutions...
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5 Ways Employees Can Prepare for a Windows Migration
March 22, 2017
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Productivity is a Shared Responsibility
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From Paycheck-Driven to Purpose-Inspired
March 8, 2017
To Increase Employee Engagement, Start with HR
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Digitization vs. Digital Transformation
March 1, 2017
Why Business Leaders Should Understand the Difference
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Opus Populus, Part Two
February 22, 2017
How to Prepare People to Lead Your Organization's Digital Revolution
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Digital Transformation’s Vital Human Element
February 15, 2017
In an earlier blog post, we called attention to recent predictions for increased spending on digital transformation efforts—Forrester says digital...
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The Future of Corporate Learning is Here
February 1, 2017
5 Ways to Ensure Your Organization Keeps Pace
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Opus Populus
January 26, 2017
Why People, Not Technology, are the Most Critical Factor in the Digital Revolution
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4 Ways to Boost Productivity with Technology
January 11, 2017
Resolutions You Can’t Do Without in 2017
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Giving Back This Holiday Season
December 27, 2016
Vitalyst Organizes Successful Food and Clothing Drive to Benefit the Bernardine Center in Chester
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Vitalyst VP of Marketing Honored as Leader Among Philadelphia Women in Business
November 14, 2016
The Philadelphia Business Journal has recently recognized Judy Arnold, Vitalyst Vice President of Marketing, as one of its 2016 Women of Distinction.
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The Digital Disruption Revolution
September 2, 2016
Data is the driving force for the way we work, play, and interact with each other, so much so that...
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Vitalyst Recognized in the Top 1 Percent for Inbound Marketing Excellence among Microsoft Partners
July 20, 2016
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – July 15, 2016 – Vitalyst, the leading provider of software coaching for enhanced how-to support, smooth...
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Vitalyst Joint Roadshow with Partners Reveals Critical Need to Focus on End-User Adoption
June 1, 2016
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – June 1, 2016 – Vitalyst, the leading provider of employee software coaching and information technology services,...
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Vitalyst Adds Regional Sales Manager to Head upSales Efforts in the West Region
April 8, 2016
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – April 08, 2016 – Vitalyst, the leading provider of employee software coaching and information technology services,...
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The Five Personalities of Tech Frustration and How to Handle Them
February 26, 2016
Forty-five percent of employees’ time spent using technology is wasted. And when employees are frustrated, they exhibit one of five...
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5 Tech Personalities: Which One Are You?
February 18, 2016
There are five distinct personalities that employees fall into when it comes to dealing with frustrations with the technology provided...
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Vitalyst Adds Two Sales Managers
February 18, 2016
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – February 18, 2016 – Vitalyst, the leading provider of employee software coaching and information technology services,...
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Why CIOs Must Shift Focus Under the SaaS Model
December 16, 2015
When Microsoft announced the release of Windows 10 earlier this year, it promised that the new software would help business...
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Vitalyst Launches New Productivity Multiplier Model
October 21, 2015
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – October 20, 2015 – Vitalyst, the leading provider of employee software coaching and information technology services,...
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Jim Tate Named as Vice President of Client Services
September 24, 2015
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – September 24, 2015 – Vitalyst, the leading provider of employee software coaching and information technology services,...
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Making sense of SharePoint
March 5, 2015
Tips for putting end-user adoption approaches into practice.
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Vitalyst Has Been Shortlisted by CIO Review for the 20 Most Promising Government Technology Solution Providers of 2014
January 22, 2015
Annual list showcases the 20 Most Promising Government Technology Solution Providers 2014; and Vitalyst makes it to CIO Review’s Most Promising Government Technology Solution list for its expertise in providing local governments with software products and services tailored to financial reporting.
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Delete, delegate, do or defer
October 29, 2014
In one of our training courses, we offer instruction on using the Four Ds email management system with Outlook. With...
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PC Helps Changes Name to Vitalyst and Expands Service Offering
January 15, 2014
Bala Cynwyd PA — Jan. 15, 2014 — PC Helps, the premier provider of 24/7, expert, on-demand support for core...
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Word 2013 Quick Look: Two Underused Features
August 30, 2013
When the latest version of Office comes out, the new features often grab the most attention. But for each new...
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Outlook 2013 Quick Look: 4 Underused Features
June 26, 2013
The average corporate employee spends about 20 percent of the workday searching emails to find information to complete tasks, according...
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Don’t Be Duped: Top Tips for Cleaning Up Duplicate Data in Excel
October 12, 2012
The business world may be abuzz about Windows 8, BYOD, tablets and more, but many corporate workers are focused on...
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COPE, CoIT, BYOD – Do You Know the Difference?
April 5, 2012
First things first: We're tickled here at Vitalyst after CIO.com's Tom Kaneshige covered our study in a recent article. Titled...
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Switching Gears: 6 Tips on Changing Views in Windows and Office
August 12, 2011
As the seasons change throughout the year, we must adapt to the frequent changes in temperature and weather conditions. This...
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Productivity 101: Setting Up Excel Default Formatting
March 18, 2011
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It may seem a trivial matter, but getting your Office applications set up correctly before you start working is a...
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