Discussing the Future of Modern Communications

The future of modern communication is being driven by transformative technologies, promising improved efficiency, automation, and personalized experiences in collaboration. Mobile collaboration is vital for organizations, allowing seamless communication and teamwork regardless of location, but are organizations ready for change? Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile is positioned as a powerful tool for enterprise communication, with the potential to integrate into organizational infrastructure. Communications tools like this can help to support hybrid and remote work, fostering productivity and flexibility. Transitioning from a BYOD to a company-controlled device policy presents challenges. While the latest collaboration and communication technologies offer advanced features, they may not entirely replace traditional phone systems depending on an organization’s needs.

In the next #CollabTalk TweetJam taking place on Wednesday, July 26th at 9am Pacific, the community will once again join forces and have a focused discussion on the topic of “The Future of Modern Communications” where we’ll share our thoughts and real-world experiences of recent changes to modern communications, and speculate about what the future will hold.

In this 1-hour Twitter-based panel discussion, we’ll bring together MVPs and Regional Directors, community experts, partners, consultants, and practitioners to share their perspectives on this important topic.

Anyone can join this community discussion using Twitter and the #CollabTalk hashtag or your favorite Twitter platform. You don’t even need to be an “expert” to participate in the online conversation. Anyone can ask questions, comment on the questions posed, or just “lurk” in the background. These online discussions are open to anyone — you do not have to be on the panel to participate.

This month’s tweetjam is being sponsored by Verizon Business. Thanks for your support!

If you have never participated in one of these tweetjams, it’s pretty simple: anyone can jump in and share their thoughts, or just lurk in the wings and absorb the wisdom of the crowd. Either way, it’ll be a TON of content to consume in a single hour. You can follow the live session using the Twitter UI of your choice (Twitter.com, Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, whatever). How it works is that I’ll post a series of questions every few minutes, and people will respond to Q1, Q2, Q3 and so forth with A1, A2, A3, always including the #CollabTalk hashtag with their answers. Feel free to reply as often (or as little) as you’d like, ask your own follow-up questions, share relevant links, re-tweet others, and engage with the audience.

The questions we will discuss during the session include:

1. What technologies have had the biggest impact on modern communications, and why?
2. Where does mobile collaboration play in an organization’s overall transformation strategy?
3. What role do you envision Teams Phone Mobile will play in the future of enterprise communication and collaboration?
4. How does Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile support hybrid workers and remote work scenarios?
5. What are the challenges in moving from a BYOD policy to a company-controlled device policy?
6. Can Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile replace traditional phone systems completely?
7. What is the impact of AI and machine learning on the future of Microsoft Teams and modern communication tools?

Of course, there will be many side questions, side conversations, and wise-cracking shenanigans. This is open to the public, so please join in the discussion! The dialog is always thought-provoking and fun.

Participating on this panel (so far):

• Rodolfo Castro (@SteampunkCloud) M365 Apps & Services MVP and senior engineer, unified communications at Newtech
• C. Anthony Caragol (@CAnthonyCaragol) M365 Apps & Services MVP and experienced manager at BDO Digital USA
• Tom Arbuthnot (@tomarbuthnot), M365 Apps & Services MVP, Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) for Skype, and co-founder of Empowering.Cloud
• Olajumoke Toriola (@Jummie_t) M365 Apps & Services MVP and chief technology officer at Ha-Shem Limited
• Martina Grom (@magrom), co-founder of atwork.at, M365 Apps & Services MVP and Microsoft Regional Director
• Adam Ball (@AdamCBall), co-founder of COUCUG, Teams and Skype for Business MVP
• Stacy Deere (@sldeere), M365 Apps & Services MVP and owner of Focal Point Solutions
• Laurie Pottmeyer (@lauriepottmeyer), Microsoft Teams community lead at Microsoft
• Nicki Borell (@NickiBorell), Microsoft MVP & RD, evangelist & consultant for SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure
• Hal Hostetler (@TVWizard), M365 Apps & Services MVP and senior field engineer and social media coordinator for Roland, Schorr & Tower
• Ragnar Heil (@ragnarh), M365 Apps & Services MVP, Viva Explorer, global director of partners and alliances at Rencore
• Wes Preston (@idubbs), M365 Apps & Services MVP, evangelist,  and owner at TrecStone
• Galen Keene (@sdkeene), owner and chief transformation leader at Lion Tech
• Tobiasz Koprowski (@KoprowskiT), Data Platform MVP, founder and consultant at Shadowland Consulting
• Kevin McDonnell (@kevmcdonk), M365 Apps & Services MVP and group manager, modern workplace at Avanade
• Mike Maadarani (@mikemaadarani), M365 Apps & Services MVP, cloud solution architect at MCM Consulting
• Matt Varney (@thevarnish), intranet manager at KCTCS
• Eli Robillard (@erobillard), SharePoint MVP, musician, fly-fisher, collaboration technology guy
• Jennifer Mason (@jennifermason), M365 Apps & Services MVP & RD, vp of workforce transformation & learning at Planet Technologies
• Eric Overfield (@ericoverfield), Microsoft RD & SharePoint MVP, chief product officer of Creospark
• Shari Oswald (@shortcutshari), co-founder and productivity evangelist at PowerUP! Learning
• and your host, Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), M365 Apps & Services MVP & RD, director of north american and asia-pacific partner management at Rencore, content strategy at TekkiGurus, and #CollabTalk founder

If you would like to be included on one of these panels, please drop me a line via email, LinkedIn, or Twitter. And thank you again to Verizon Business for your support of this CollabTalk tweetjam! If you are interested in being a sponsor of a future tweetjam, please contact me.

We’ll be back in August for the next CollabTalk TweetJam where we’ll be discussing “Preparing Your Data for Copilot,” so be sure to follow me (@buckleyplanet) for news and updates.