August 2026 Content Wrap-Up

by Christian Buckley · Published August 31, 2026 · Updated August 30, 2026

Here’s the full August 2026 list, organized by category…and this month I’ll once again say a few more words. It’s been a difficult year in a few ways. Work is going well, health not so great, but for overall life and family, I am blessed and thankful. We’ve had two more grandchildren born this year – Carter in AZ and Peter in MN – with a baby girl arriving in UT in December, which will make 8 grandchildren. We couldn’t be more thrilled, and I’m excited to meet all three in the coming months.

From an event standpoint, I am cutting back on travel and speaking for now, but hope to ramp back up in a year or so. We’ll see how things go. I thought Twin Cities in a couple weeks would be my last speaking event until next summer, but at the last minute agreed to do 3 sessions at TechCon Dallas in early November – so if you’re planning to attend, I’ll see you there! We’ve now also had 2 sessions with the recently launched #DallasMAC User Group (Microsoft AI, Power Platform, and Collaboration Community) which I talked about on the blog last month and from the list down below, started with fellow MVPs Geetha and Sailaja. We’re looking for a permanent location in the DFW region, as the Microsoft building is not always available.

And finally, I’ve now hit my target – and will be blogging about it tomorrow – of daily blog posts for 5 years, and will be concluding this activity. I’m in the process of migrating the blog to a new hosting company and, over the next couple of months, will go through my 2nd redesign since launching the blog on February 3rd, 2004. I’m also designing a new site for the M365AMA series, as well as re-launching CollabTalk.com, which currently redirects. Lots going on, staying busy, and enjoying my current client work. No complaints here.

Oh yeah – and I’m taking a pause on most interviews for a couple months, picking things back up from the new home office in Florida before the end of the year.

See you in Minneapolis in September!

Training in the Modern Workplace

Building a Modern Training Strategy [LinkedIn]
The Competence Debt: What We’re Losing in the Rush to Become AI-First [blog]
A New Blueprint for Productivity in the AI Era [blog]

Articles on AI Topics

Thought Leadership in the Age of AI [blog]
Stop Judging AI by the Answer [blog]
AI Is Changing Security, But Fundamentals Still Matter [blog]
What Daily AI Users Keep Getting Wrong About Prompting [blog]
AI App Stores Are Coming. Will You Be Ready? [blog]
Open vs. Closed AI: What It Means for Everyday Business [blog]

Guardians of M365 Governance

Summary of Guardians of M365 Governance Ep.31 [blog]

Content Strategy series, and more from my Content Audit series

Content Strategy: Creating for Internal Champions [blog]
Content Strategy: Measuring Narrative Momentum, Not Just Engagement [blog]
Content Strategy: Optimizing Content During Rebrands, M&A, and Pivots [blog]
Content Strategy: Increasing Engagement on LinkedIn [blog]
The Audience Assumptions Audit: When Did You Last Actually Listen? [blog]
The Content Operating System Audit: Is Anyone Actually Running This? [blog]
The Craft and Quality Audit: Does Your Content Actually Earn Its Keep? [blog]
The Narrative Coherence Audit: Does Your Storytelling Actually Make Sense of Anything? [blog]
The Distribution Leverage Audit: Is Your Reach a System or a Sprint? [blog]
The Discoverability Audit: Does Your Content Deserve to Be Found? [blog]
The Measurement Audit: Are Your Metrics Making Decisions or Just Making Reports? [blog]
The Diagnosis Audit: Is Your Research Actually Changing What You Make? [blog]

#MVPbuzzChat

#MVPbuzzChat 360 with Laurent Sittler [blog]
#MVPbuzzChat 361 with Jess Stratton [blog]
#MVPbuzzChat 362 with Kent Agerlund [blog]

Music

Musical Sampler, Volume 3 [blog]
Musical Sampler, Volume 4 [blog]
Musical Sampler, Volume 5 [blog]
Musical Sampler, Volume 6 [blog]
Musical Sampler, Volume 7 [blog]

Politics + Religion

Faith and Lasers in the Jungle [blog]