Techsplaining
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsMicrosoft MVP’s Mark, Stephanie, Rob and Brett have joined forces to bring you ‘Techsplaining’. Techsplaining is a pod show where we discuss anything and everything tech related and how it impacts you. Techsplaining brings you the points of view from an enterprise corporation, consulting organization for SMB’s and an Independant Software Vendor. Our conversational style makes you feel like you are chatting with a group of friends as we share and discuss our stories and experiences from the trenches.
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Episodes
Episode 75 – The One with All the Rabbit Holes!
January 12, 2023 23:26 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBIn this fun episode of Techsplaining, your hosts Brett, Rob, Stephanie, and Mark talk about everything from the LastPass hack to Prince Harry. Are they related? Absolutely not! How did we get there?? Listen and...
Episode 74 – 2023 Trends and Predictions
December 16, 2022 22:26 - 49 minutes - 37.3 MB“In 2023, Chat GPT, DallE, and the metaverse are revolutionizing the way we communicate and interact with each other and with technology. Chat GPT, or the Generative Pre-trained Transformer, is a state-of-the-art natural language processing...
Episode 73 – The end Quiet Quitting and the Great Resignation?
November 10, 2022 21:04 - 32 minutes - 30 MBHey Techsplainers! Join Stephanie, Rob, Brett, and Mark as they talk about Quiet Quitting and Employee Engagement. Are we seeing the end of the Great Resignation and Quiet Quitting? What does the future hold for...
Episode 72 - Real world uses for AI and Interview with Bergen Rackley
September 09, 2022 21:25 - 40 minutes - 30.1 MBJoin your hosts as we chat AI and real-world use cases and scenarios that you can take advantage of today using Google and Azure services. Also in Episode 72, we interview Bergen Rackley as he...
Tackling Imposter Syndrome
June 27, 2022 15:32 - 34 minutes - 30.1 MBHey Techsplainers! We are delighted to introduce you to a new podcast called Modern Work Mentors where your Techsplainer host Mark Rackley teams up with his coworker Tiffany Songvilay to provide guidance and advice to...
Episode 70 – The Importance of Vision
March 10, 2022 23:32 - 39 minutes - 30.2 MBIn Episode 70, catch up with Stephanie, Brett, Rob, and Mark as we catch up on life changes and reboot the focus of the podcast.
Episode 69 – The National Museum of Computing
August 12, 2021 12:45 - 46 minutes - 74.4 MBIn Episode 60 of your favorite podcast, Brett and Rob chat with Jacquie Garrad (Museum Director) from the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park in England.
Episode 68 – Chatting with the Techsplainers
August 05, 2021 12:39 - 29 minutes - 47.4 MBJoin Brett, Mark, and Rob as they catch up with each other about what’s happening. Just a good ‘ol random chatfest…
Episode 67 – Chat with Sandy Ussia
July 06, 2021 12:33 - 50 minutes - 81.4 MBIn episode 67 of Techsplaining Rob and Brett chat with Microsoft MVP and nomad Sandy Ussia.
Episode 66 – Improve your RFP’s!!!
May 27, 2021 21:32 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBIn episode 66 of Techsplaining Rob, Stephanie, Brett, and Mark talk about their feelings about responding to RFP’s and what organizations migrating to the cloud can do to improve the RFP creation process to get...
Episode 65 – Spring Ignite Chat
March 08, 2021 23:28 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MBJoin the whole team of Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie for Episode 65 as we discuss Microsoft Ignite announcements and takeaways as well as upcoming conferences and whatever else comes to mind!
Episode 64 – Que Es Viva
February 04, 2021 21:20 - 51 minutes - 28.6 MBIn Episode 64 of Techsplaining Brett, Mark, and Rob talk about today’s Microsoft announcement of Viva – A Employee Experience Platform built on #MicrosoftTeams, #SharePoint, #Yammer, #MicrosoftStream. Join us as we chat about our thoughts...
Episode 63 – End of Year / 2021 Predictions
December 31, 2020 19:57 - 51 minutes - 30.9 MBTechsplainers! We are working on publishing several queued up episodes for your enjoyment! While you wait in anticipation of the binging, join the entire Techsplaining crew for our annual year in review / new year...
Episode 62 – Conferences, VR, Sponsoring virtual events and more
October 12, 2020 14:03 - 36 minutes - 22.5 MBJoin the entire Techsplaining crew as we catch up and chat about Hybrid events, sponsoring virtually, how VR may play a greater role, and more!
Episode 61 – Microsoft Ignite 2020, Post Ignite thoughts
September 26, 2020 11:42 - 22 minutes - 14.5 MBJoin Rob, Stephanie, Brett, and Mark as they chat post Microsoft Ignite 2020
Episode 60 – Microsoft Ignite 2020, Day 2 Recap
September 26, 2020 11:38 - 34 minutes - 22.8 MBJoin Rob, Stephanie, Brett, and Mark as they recap some of the highlights of Day 2 of Microsoft Ignite. Every business will eventually have to move to the cloud and adapt to it. That’s a...
Episode 59 – Microsoft Ignite 2020, Day 1 Recap
September 24, 2020 02:42 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBJoin Rob, Stephanie, Brett, and Mark as they recap some of the highlights of Day 1 of Microsoft Ignite.
Episode 58 – Conversation with the SharePoint Cowboy Eric Shupps
September 10, 2020 02:38 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBJoin the Techsplaining group Stephanie, Rob, Brett, and Mark as we chat with Eric Shupps about custom connectors for Power Platform, M365 adoption, Teams, and pickup trucks.
Episode 57 – Identifying and Coping with Burnout with Rob Bogue
August 14, 2020 16:08 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBBurnout is a very real problem for many folks right now who’ve been stuck at home for many months. Maybe you are dealing with burnout and don’t even know it? How do you identify burnout...
Episode 56 – Christian Buckley, Inspire, Dataflex, Slack Lawsuit, and more!
July 23, 2020 14:38 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBThe whole Techsplaining crew of Stephanie, Rob, Brett, and Mark catch up with MVP, RD, and CEO of CollabTalk Christian Buckley. Join us as we chat about Utah, Microsoft’s latest Inspire conference, Dataflex, Slack’s lawsuit...
Episode 55 – Virtual events and COVIDs impact on day-to-day business
July 16, 2020 19:23 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBIn this episode of Techsplaining, join Stephanie, Rob, Mark, and Brett as they talk about their recent experiences in their lives including speaking at virtual events, custom solutions that were created for customers affected by...
Episode 54 – Leadership vs IT with Andy Holloway from EMyth
June 23, 2020 22:29 - 55 minutes - 44.3 MBWithin episode 54, Brett Lonsdale, Rob Foster, Stephanie Donahue, and Mark Rackley catch up with special guest Andy Holloway from EMyth. In today’s world, it’s difficult finding the perfect work-life balance. Business and Life coach...
Episode 53 - Confronting Racism in IT w/ Rick Taylor
June 04, 2020 19:09 - 49 minutes - 45 MBIn Episode 53, Rob, Stephanie, and Mark have a candid conversation with Rick Taylor about unconscious bias & racism in the workplace and how getting comfortable with having uncomfortable conversations may just be the catalyst...
Episode 52 – Andrew Connell, Microsoft Build, and Microsoft Lists!
May 28, 2020 23:24 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBIn Episode 52, Andrew Connell from the Microsoft Cloud Show hijacks Techsplaining to talk with Rob, Brett, Mark and Stephanie about Microsoft Build for our longest episode yet! We catch up with AC for a...
Episode 51-Gearing up for working remote
March 10, 2020 17:32 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBIn Episode 51 of Techsplaining, Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie discuss gearing up for working remote and what a future will feel like for them and the people they work with. This show was recorded...
Episode 50 – Is the Power Platform Enterprise Ready?
February 13, 2020 22:05 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBIn Episode 50 of Techsplaining, Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie discuss the enterprise readiness of the Power Platform and how it fits into the mix with small, medium, and large enterprises.
Techsplaining Episode 49--2019 a Decade in Review
December 31, 2019 18:58 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBIn Episode 49 of Techsplaining, join Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie as they discuss their review of the decade in technology. What a ride it has been!
Techsplaining Episode 48 Our 2019 Festivus Show
December 31, 2019 18:48 - 33 minutes - 46 MBIn Episode 48, Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie air out all of their grievances in the festivus show! Come one, come all and listen to what ails us!
Live from Microsoft Ignite with Eric Shupps
November 21, 2019 20:17 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBIn episode 47 of Techsplaining, Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie catch up with Office Apps and Services MVP Eric Shupps to discuss all of the exciting announcements that happened at Ignite and what they mean...
In Episode 46 of Techsplaining, Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie talk with Dux Sy on topics ranging from food, to governance, to Ignite, and Dux's exclusive announcement about the next ShiftHappens conference!
October 04, 2019 20:33 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBIn Episode 46 of Techsplaining, Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie talk with Dux Sy on topics ranging from food, to governance, to Ignite, and Dux’s exclusive announcement
Yammer and why you should be excited about it
October 04, 2019 20:29 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBIn Episode 45 of Techsplaining, Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie discuss Yammer and why you should be excited about it.
PowerBI with Jason Himmelstein
October 04, 2019 20:26 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBIn Episode 44 of Techsplaining, Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie talk with Jason Himmelstein about all things PowerBI, including his podcast called BIFocal
A quick Zoom in on Jeff Teper
August 28, 2019 21:58 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBIn Episode 43 of Techsplaining, Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie talk with Microsoft Corporate Vice President Jeff Teper and Office 365 and the SharePoint
Techsplaining 42 Microsoft Modern Search Web Parts
August 06, 2019 20:06 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBIn Episode 42 of Techsplaining, Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie talk to former Microsoft MVP and now Microsoft Search Product team member Mikael Svenson about the Modern Search web parts that are now available in...
Techsplaining Episode 41-Microsoft Ignite Diversity and Inclusion tracks
August 06, 2019 19:51 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBIn this episode of Techsplaining, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie talk with Shona Chee to discuss the Diversity and Inclusion track at the upcoming 2019 Microsoft Ignite conference Welcome Shona Chee! @Shonadelie Shona leads the Diversity...
Episode 40-Crucial information about Microsoft Ignite with Anna Chu
July 24, 2019 20:49 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBIn Episode 40, Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie talk with Anna Chu from Microsoft about everything you need to know about the Microsoft Ignite conference and why you should consider this as THE conference to...
MVP Summit update from the Microsoft Treehouses
March 31, 2019 22:23 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBIn Episode 39 of Techsplaining, Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie give an update on the MVP summit from the Microsoft Treehouse meetingspaces.
Episode 38-Blockchain gets hacked, Multi-Geo SharePoint WebJobs, Azure DevOps, Flow/PowerApps
March 31, 2019 22:20 - 43 minutes - 40 MBIn episode 38 of Techsplaining, Brett, Mark, Rob, and Stephanie discuss the following: Blockchain being hacked Multi-Geo webjobs for SharePoint multi-geo Azure DevOps and automating infrastructure Estimating Azure costs ShareGate overcast for tracking Azure spend...
Episode 39-Graph SDK, Rencore tools, and Teams Connected Hub Sites
March 31, 2019 22:15 - 48 minutes - 44 MBMark gets a new phone! Are you using the Graph SDK because you should be using the Graph SDK! Brett sings baby shark Rencore analysis tools for migrations (they're free...) Teams connected sites connected to HUB sites