Safer Internet Day – Online Safety and Privacy

There is a Day for everything these days, and Tuesday was the day for a Safer Internet. Days like this are a good reminder for those important things we never take the time to deal with. What preventative steps should we take to safeguard our security and do what is necessary to look after ourselves?Continue reading "Safer Internet Day – Online Safety and Privacy"

Our NZPI CPD Courses for 2020

Christine will be presenting three courses this year on the NZPI CPD calendar: Emerging Technologies in Resource Management in eight locations - see details here Planning Practice and Ethics in the Digital Age in four locations - see details here Cloud-based Collaboration and Communication for Planners in three locations - see details here Looking forward to meeting youContinue reading "Our NZPI CPD Courses for 2020"

Welcome to 2020!

It just sounds futuristic, doesn't it? 2020. If there was ever a year for improving your digital skills, this is it. Every individual has a unique combination of digital skills. Why? Because most people have never learned these abilities in any sort of structured manner. Word processing came along, email came along, texting came along,Continue reading "Welcome to 2020!"

Our End of Year Newsletter – 2019

In this newsletter: RMA Digital in 2020 - what's coming up next year RMA Digital 2019 Highlights including NZPI conference and article in LGNZ magazine Highlights from the blog to check out over the holidays to boost your productivity next year See here:  December 2019 End of Year Newsletter. Click here if you would like to subscribe.  

My recommended holiday reads

Once you have finished that holiday novel, what to read next? Here is my list of recommended summer holiday reads. These books will help you discover: how technology is changing the work of human experts; that the future of the courts is AI-powered decision making; how we can track the evolution of language through whatContinue reading "My recommended holiday reads"

Understand how you spend your time with MyAnalytics

Microsoft's Office 365 now contains a powerful tool to understand how you spend your time throughout the week. MyAnalytics was added to Office 365 suite this year. It gives you personalised information on how you have been working focusing on these areas: Network - who you have communicated with and patterns around these communications CollaborationContinue reading "Understand how you spend your time with MyAnalytics"

Scanning from your mobile – Office Lens

Rather than take a trip to the photocopier, try using Office Lens to take a scan at your desk. Need to take a picture of that whiteboard at the end of the meeting - use Office Lens. With the programs within Microsoft Office becoming ever the more integrated, it makes sense to look at howContinue reading "Scanning from your mobile – Office Lens"