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September 13, 2018

Skype to Teams: How Employees Can Prepare for the Eventual Switch

At July's Inspire conference, Microsoft reported that the Teams platform had reached "feature parity" with Skype for Business Online—in other...

Blog Collaboration End-User Adoption User Adoption

September 6, 2018

Get More Value Out of Microsoft Teams

We recently wrote about usage vs. value with Microsoft 365 and highlighted steps organizations can take to increase adoption and...

Take a Holistic Approach to Microsoft 365 Adoption

Blog End-User Adoption Microsoft 365

August 29, 2018

Take a Holistic Approach to Microsoft 365 Adoption

As we head into the digital future, people increasingly have access to technologies like Microsoft 365 and Teams that enable...

Blog User Adoption

August 22, 2018

Defining—and Increasing—Tech’s Value

In last week’s blog, we explored the state of global cloud adoption—that it’s quickly growing, how Microsoft’s Office 365 is...

Blog User Adoption

August 21, 2018

Tech Adoption vs. Tech Value

4 Ways to Get More Out of Your Technology Investments

Why Healthcare Transformation Must Be a Top-Down, Bottom-Up Effort

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August 1, 2018

Why Healthcare Transformation Must Be a Top-Down, Bottom-Up Effort

Artificial intelligence (AI) is often perceived and characterized as a threat—and has been since the idea of “smart machines” was...

Employees are Key to Healthcare Transformation

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July 26, 2018

Employees are Key to Healthcare Transformation

As the consumerization of healthcare continues, competition for patients and insurers is driving healthcare providers to accelerate digital transformation. And...

Success Stories

July 13, 2018

Federal Aviation Administration

Meeting User Demand for Instant Software Help and Ongoing Training to Maximize Productivity

Success Stories

July 13, 2018

Major Northeast University

Providing full-service How-To and Technical support for faculty and alumni

Increasing User Satisfaction, Adoption, Productivity and ROI

Success Stories

July 12, 2018

Increasing User Satisfaction, Adoption, Productivity and ROI

Challenge— With the aim of becoming a more modern public utility with enhanced internal capabilities and increasing productivity, SCE...

Healthcare Transformation: 3 Challenges for Employees

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July 12, 2018

Healthcare Transformation: 3 Challenges for Employees

While digital transformation is affecting workers in every industry, it’s causing especially acute pain in health care. According to recent...

Meeting User Demand for Instant Software Help and Ongoing Training to Maximize Productivity

Success Stories

July 12, 2018

Meeting User Demand for Instant Software Help and Ongoing Training to Maximize Productivity

Like the private sector, most government agencies struggle to keep up with constant changes in technology. To keep users operating...

Accelerating User Adoption and Enablement at a Large North American Healthcare Provider

Success Stories

July 12, 2018

Accelerating User Adoption and Enablement at a Large North American Healthcare Provider

Providing a full-service solution to improve patient care

Webinar: <br>3 Ways to Build a Knowledge-ABLE Culture

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July 12, 2018

Webinar:
3 Ways to Build a Knowledge-ABLE Culture

Financial services companies are navigating a complex web of challenges-complicated regulations, legacy systems, disruptive technologies, competition and customer loyalty.

Perspectives Webinars

July 12, 2018

Driving Usage Adoption for Office 365

A webinar co-presented by Vitalyst and partner, 4Ward365

Productivity in the Cloud with Office 365/2016 — Beyond the Legacy Applications

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July 11, 2018

Productivity in the Cloud with Office 365/2016 — Beyond the Legacy Applications

What good is Office 365 if your users aren’t using it? Do you know how to maximize the return on your investment?

Maximize Productivity and Adoption With Windows 10

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July 11, 2018

Maximize Productivity and Adoption With Windows 10

Vitalyst is here to help businesses get the most out of their transition to Windows 10 and beyond. We offer a complete solution to an enterprises’ Windows 10 needs—from migration to end-user adoption services to training.

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July 11, 2018

Live Phone Technical Support

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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July 11, 2018

Vitalyst Help Me kNow Hub

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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July 11, 2018

Office 365 E5 Suite

Transform the Way Your Users Work with Office 365 E5 Suite

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July 11, 2018

Vitalyst Corporate Overview

Learn about who we are, what we do and the benefits of working together.

Representative Listing of Supported Applications

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July 10, 2018

Representative Listing of Supported Applications

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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July 10, 2018

Training On-Demand Live Support

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

Perspectives

July 10, 2018

The Year of Collaboration

5 Tips to Help Organizations Use Collaboration Tools to Achieve 2018 Goals

Annual Enrollment No Longer a Sore Subject for Glazer’s

Success Stories

July 9, 2018

Annual Enrollment No Longer a Sore Subject for Glazer’s

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.

Healthcare Transformation: 3 Challenges for Business Leaders

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July 9, 2018

Healthcare Transformation: 3 Challenges for Business Leaders

When British bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, he suspected he came across something big, but probably didn’t believe...

Digital Transformation: Are We There Yet?

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June 27, 2018

Digital Transformation: Are We There Yet?

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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June 20, 2018

Data-Driven Learning

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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June 15, 2018

3 Tips to Increase Productivity

For many workers, summertime is not vacation time. Rather, it’s another holiday forfeited or another trip spent responding to emails,...

How Organizations Can Support 21st-Century Careers

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June 8, 2018

How Organizations Can Support 21st-Century Careers

During the last century, a career meant getting a foot in the door, and slowly, methodically advancing within an organization....

A New Way to Collaborate with Microsoft Teams

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May 31, 2018

A New Way to Collaborate with Microsoft Teams

Over the past few years, the way people work has changed quite a bit. For the first time, we now...

3 Ways to Turn Connectivity into Productivity

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May 23, 2018

3 Ways to Turn Connectivity into Productivity

In recent years, the issue of worker productivity has been a central focus for business leaders, economists, employees, and organizations,...

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May 17, 2018

Teams Player

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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May 11, 2018

Teams Spirit

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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May 4, 2018

The Employee’s Role in GDPR Compliance

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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April 26, 2018

Act Like a Consumer

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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April 21, 2018

Think Like a Newcomer

In last week’s post, we highlighted three things that will likely dominate the corporate learning and development conversation in 2018....

3 Things That Will Matter to Learning Leaders in 2018

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April 12, 2018

3 Things That Will Matter to Learning Leaders in 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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March 28, 2018

5 Ways to Minimize Technology Fears

It’s no secret that digital tools like Office 365 are quickly changing the workplace of yesterday. Organizations across industries and...

How Organizations Can Bridge the Digital Skills Gap

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March 21, 2018

How Organizations Can Bridge the Digital Skills Gap

In last week’s blog, we examined how the widening digital skills gap is affecting employees—how work has become more about...

How Employees Can Help Bridge the Digital Skills Gap

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March 14, 2018

How Employees Can Help Bridge the Digital Skills Gap

Frequent interruptions, pressure to be always-on and accessible because of mobile devices, rapidly changing technology, the threat of jobs being...

Perspectives Webinars

March 12, 2018

Accelerate Digital Transformation

Financial services companies are navigating a complex web of challenges-complicated regulations, legacy systems, disruptive technologies, competition and customer loyalty.

Employee Empowerment—How It’s Done and Why You Should Care

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March 8, 2018

Employee Empowerment—How It’s Done and Why You Should Care

In a 1999 California Management Review article, Peter Drucker—who is widely regarded as the “father of modern management”—stated that the...

Overcome the Fear of Technological Change

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February 28, 2018

Overcome the Fear of Technological Change

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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February 22, 2018

Integrate to Innovate

As much as technology has improved how people work, it has also created substantial challenges—for both business users and organizational...

With Business Tech, the Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts

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February 16, 2018

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With Business Tech, the Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts

Over the past decade, a drive toward increased productivity, efficiency and innovation has significantly changed how people work. This shift,...

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February 8, 2018

Learning for the Future

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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February 2, 2018

3 Ways to Transform Corporate Learning

Technology has enabled workers to accomplish more than ever thought possible, but it has also placed heavy demands on them....

eBooks Perspectives

February 1, 2018

The Knowledge-ABLE Workforce

Cultivating an Empowered Culture Through Learning and Self Help

Digital Transformation is Human Transformation

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January 17, 2018

Digital Transformation is Human Transformation

In a recent conversation I had with a peer in the industry, he asked me to explain how Vitalyst helps...

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December 27, 2017

I Hear a Symphony

In a recent Deloitte report about the year ahead, the authors use music as a metaphor to describe how technology...

A Transformative Year for Corporate Training

2017 in Review Blog Collaboration Customer Experience Digital Business Digital Transformation End-User Adoption End-User Productivity Learning & Development Productivity User Adoption

December 20, 2017

A Transformative Year for Corporate Training

Bite-Sized & Engaging: A Look at 2017’s Major L&D Changes

Infographics Perspectives

November 9, 2017

Digital Transformation

BY THE NUMBERS

Why L&D Transformation is Good for Employees

Blog Learning & Development Learning Transformation

October 11, 2017

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Why L&D Transformation is Good for Employees

Learning Your Way Means Less Frustration & More Job Satisfaction

Blog Digital Business Digital Transformation End-User Adoption End-User Productivity Learning & Development Learning Transformation Training

October 4, 2017

4 Ways to Begin Your L&D Transformation

A Powerful Digital Learning Program is Critical to Successful L&D Transformation

A Simpler, Quicker Route Toward Advanced Analytics

Blog Business Intelligence/Analytics/Big Data Digital Business Digital Transformation End-User Adoption End-User Productivity Excel Learning & Development User Adoption

September 27, 2017

A Simpler, Quicker Route Toward Advanced Analytics

Cultivate Your Citizen Data Scientists with Advanced Technology Support

Blog Collaboration Customer Experience Digital Business Digital Transformation End-User Adoption End-User Productivity Migration Office 365 Productivity Services Solutions User Adoption

September 20, 2017

Find the Road to Migration Success

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...

Blog Collaboration End-User Adoption End-User Productivity Excel How To Learning & Development Office 365 Productivity User Adoption

September 13, 2017

Set Yourself up for Productivity

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.