Lingford Consulting

10/03/2026

Really enjoyed working with one of my favourite clients again last week. This time some SharePoint training. Plenty of ah ha moments which I always enjoy!

I'm looking forward to seeing the impact this will have on the team and their productivity when it comes to embracing all that using SharePoint has to offer. Especially when it comes to sharing documents and co-authoring. Go team! 👏

07/11/2025

Here is an interesting Microsoft Copilot discovery I made this morning. I been using Copilot ever since the Digital Workplace Conference I attended in 2024. I'm not a massive user I'll confess, but I do find myself using it fairly consistently though there's always a lot to learn, especially given the rapid pace of change happening with AI/Copilot.

So here's my discovery. Earlier this week, I was asked by someone at the Albury/Wodonga Table tennis club to post something on our page this Friday about an upcoming club raffle. (I look after social media for the club). Anyway, I took a photo of the flyer that he showed me using the OneDrive App on my phone because it does a pretty job of scanning and cropping the image before saving it to OneDrive.

Then this morning I opened up the file as a PDF in Microsoft Edge (My default these days) and was about to start typing out the text, when suddenly I thought no, let's drag the photo into OneNote and use one of my favourite OneNote tools "Copy Text from picture". Just saves me some typing.

But then I glanced across from the image which I had opened and notice that copilot chat was sitting there in Edge as it does, and the thought occurred to me I wonder if I could copy the text from this picture using Copilot. And sure enough, I was able to do just that (See the attached pictures). I don't know what made me think of it to be honest…maybe I heard Copilot could do that somewhere but anyway it worked.

And of course, I was asked a follow up question by Copilot; "Would I like this formatted for a Flyer or an Announcement". To which I replied yes, please; can you format this for an announcement on my page. And bingo the job was done in 5 minutes. Amazing!

Maybe you know this already, but if you didn't, give it a try…or something like it!

PS - this probably only saved me 10 minutes in this case, and I've lost that time and more by deciding to post this on Linked In, but still! 🤣

31/07/2025

Very informative presentation...I encourage my followers that live in North East Victoria to check out the link below.

We were pleased to provide Business Wodonga members with a briefing last night on our draft 2026–31 Price Submission.

North East Water is proposing new prices from July 2026 for a five-year period to support regional growth, housing development, environmental sustainability, and customers experiencing financial hardship.

A big thank you to Graham and the Business Wodonga team for helping us organise the evening, and to all the members who attended to learn more.

👉 You can read our Customer Summary and learn more about the Price Submission at www.newater.com.au/ps

30/07/2025

Let Outlook Do the Remembering!

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15/05/2025

Nice to be in Geelong this evening for some work with EPA Vic tomorrow morning. As a former Perth guy, can I just say, I miss the beach and Jetties and fishing. 🤣

But I still love Wodonga too, don't worry.

07/04/2025

The last 2 years, I've been running a lot of training advocating the use of using MS Teams Channels to collaborate more effectively within your team or organisation. Back in 2022, I wrote an article to say exactly that, but last week, I had cause to go a look at what I had written and, unsurprisingly, it was woefully out of date in terms of my screenshots etc owing to the way MS Teams has changed in the past 3 years.

So here is the revised version. I probably should and will do a similar article with even more up to date thoughts, but this is pretty close to what I've been saying more recently!

Looking To Streamline Your Teams Communication? Our Teams Conversations, Chat or Email Article Can Help You Decide Which One To Use And When

22/12/2024

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas/New Year from the team at Lingford Consulting. Enjoy your time away from the office!

10/12/2024

Are you relying on Reminders in your digital Task List to remind you of important tasks you need to do? (in either Outlook or MS To Do) Is this working for you? If you also use Microsoft Outlook, there is another way I promise. 😊

I've just published an article that I wrote earlier in the year that might be worth a quick read as you start to prepare for a productive 2025.

Interested in your thoughts...

Do You Use Reminders In Your To Do List? I Don't And In This Article, I Explain Why, And Show You A More Effective Way. Read More...

09/12/2024

Why I don't like using reminders in my To Do List -

I hope this newsletter finds you keeping well. I don’t know about you, but I’m still trying to get used to the fact that the year is almost over! How did that happen?

06/12/2024

It was great to be back at Mornington Peninsula Shire Council on Monday and Tuesday of this week for some OneNote and then Outlook training! So good to to work with this organisation...feeling pretty blessed!

05/12/2024

Ha Ha...well done!