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Celebrating our July Employee Anniversaries

To have a great team, you have to hire great people. Lucky for us, our team is full of knowledgeable, curious, and friendly people who seamlessly work together to keep us and our clients running smoothly.

As we wrap up another month, a couple of these awesome team members are celebrating their work anniversary! We wanted to be sure and recognize these folks for their dedication and commitment.

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The WorkSmart Way Employee-friendly Content Blog

Marissa Explains IT All: What is an MSP?

You hear the acronym all the time, but what actually is an MSP? And what do they do in the business world?

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Webinars Collaboration Tools Hybrid Work Productivity Blog

#Winning: A Discussion on Guiding Your Teams to Success
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

A highly productive team that can communicate, create, and solve problems is key to growing your organization. And, the right mix of tools, processes, and people builds a healthy team.

That’s why we’re focusing this 1-hour discussion on using technology, metrics, and hiring as tools to guide your team to success.

What you’ll learn:

  • An overview of keeping teams on track with Microsoft 365 apps
  • How you can use metrics to define success, keep a pulse on what’s happening in the business, and do more of what’s fueling your growth
  • Tips for maturing your hiring process so you can hire good employees to be part of a great team

Meet our guests:

Brent Sprinkle, owner at TrueNorth Business Navigation

As owner and lead guide at TrueNorth Business Navigation, Brent guides leaders in implementing a set of simple, proven, and practical tools to build a successful business.

Before his work with TrueNorth Business Navigation and guided by a strong desire to have a major impact, Brent worked in management, successfully leading a number of software and hardware technology development teams ranging in size from 8 to over 800.

Cyndi Gave, owner at The Metiss Group

Cyndi has been leading The Metiss Group since 1996 but learned her passion for people long before. Cyndi’s human behavior studies started with an international temporary staffing company, reshaping their job matching and business model to earn the branch Profit Center of The Year. Cyndi would go on to hold executive roles in HR departments for automotive, property management, distribution, publishing, and robotics industries.

A business leader at heart, Cyndi has found her niche to impact business results best through advising leaders in their quest for an effective employee selection process, the means to accelerate employee performance, and strengthening organizational health.

 

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Awards/Recognition/Growth Blog

WorkSmart Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary

WorkSmart celebrates its 20th anniversary as a full-service, managed IT services company headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

WorkSmart was founded in 2001 by Ron Unger and Clay Harris, while they attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Believing that technology should be a strategic tool for small businesses, they worked to help a handful of local businesses to find the right tools and processes to support the people.

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Ransomware Security Alerts Blog

The Kaseya VSA Ransomware Attack

Unfortunately, ransomware continues to make headlines, with the recent attack on Kaseya VSA products affecting 1500 organizations across the globe.

Although WorkSmart does not use Kaseya VSA products and has not been impacted by this attack, it’s important to use this as an opportunity to grow our security practices and help you do the same.

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Employee Anniversaries Blog

Celebrating our June Employee Anniversaries

As we close out another calendar month, we wanted to take the time to recognize our team members who are celebrating work anniversaries this month.

Our team of hardworking and genuine folks is what keeps us going, and we are thankful for their dedication to WorkSmart. You can learn more about each of these team members below.

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Ransomware Cybersecurity - Prevention Cybersecurity - Detection and Response Blog

What is ransomware?

As you may have seen in the news recently, ransomware can be a very time-consuming and expensive threat. Luckily, there are steps to take that can help prevent these cyberattacks. Here’s everything you need to know about the menacing malware.

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Employee Anniversaries Blog

Celebrating Our May Employee Anniversaries

Curiosity, hard work, and loyalty make up some of the best employees. All of the team members highlighted below embody all of these qualities and so much more. We wanted to give them the recognition their work deserves – we appreciate them all!

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Microsoft 365 Blog

Stay Productive in Office Apps with Microsoft Search

We’re back with another quick how-to video! It’s part of our webinar series that is designed to help you ‘level up’ your business game using tools you already use.

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Microsoft 365 Blog

Automating Approvals in Microsoft Teams

It’s already May, which means we’re on month two of our new webinar series where we show you easy ways to ‘Level Up’ your business game using tools you probably already have.