Microsoft Publisher is Retiring - What to do next
Migrate from Publisher
Microsoft Publisher is officially retiring—don't let your legacy templates sink with it! Join this fast-paced session to discover smooth migration paths for converting your legacy .pub files into modern formats. Through live, practical demonstrations, you'll learn how to rebuild, convert, and reimagine your materials using Adobe Express, InDesign, and AI design tools. Consider this your layout migration lifeboat!
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October
Personal Productivity Systems That Actually Work – October 6
What if your daily notes could become a conversation with an AI coach? Learn the simple system I use to track projects, tasks, decisions, and accomplishments in a single document. Then see how AI tools like Copilot, Gemini, and ChatGPT can transform that information into prioritized action items, project plans, accountability check-ins, and practical advice for staying on track when everything feels important. Register Now for Personal Productivity
Master the Mobile: Office apps on Android and iPad – October 13
Turn your Android phone or Apple iPad into a functional workstation. Join this tour of mobile power features across Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Zoom, Acrobat, and Box. You'll learn how to convert photos directly into Excel spreadsheets, sign PDFs with a stylus or finger, triage emails on the fly, and run remote meetings seamlessly. Plus, discover which select modern phones wirelessly connect to a big screen, keyboard, and mouse to unlock the “hidden desktop version of Android!” Register Now for Mobile Office.
Build your own AI Assistant – October 20
Stop re-typing the same complex prompts every day. Join this hands-on lab to build custom, no-code AI micro-assistants using tools we all have—Copilot Agent Builder and Gemini Gems. Learn how to save your custom instructions, lock in specific brand tones, and attach reference documents so your personalized AI expert handles routine drafting, summarizing, and administrative tasks on demand. Register Now for Build your own AI Assistant.
November
Adobe InDesign can do what Publisher did and do it better! Unlock powerful features like Data Merge that will connect a spreadsheet to auto-generate hundreds of custom certificates, name badges, or personalized mailers in seconds. Parent Pages let you set up headers, logos, and page numbering. Paragraph & Character Styles will show you typography options you didn’t know existed. Place your images even when your artists are still working on them – it will update automatically. Create multi-column pages with column-spanning headlines effortlessly. Streamline your workflow and make creating flyers, newsletters, and reports faster and easier than ever. Register Now for InDesign
Adobe Premiere Pro for Extension – November 17
Seriously, it's not that hard! In an hour, I'll take you through my entire process, from import to export. See how I trim beginnings and endings, cut out pauses and bad takes, add titles and graphics (seriously it’s super-easy!), create smooth transitions, and make recordings easier for viewers to scan quickly to find just the part the want to see. This isn’t a cinematic masterpiece. It's a few simple techniques that can dramatically improve the quality of your videos without dramatically increasing the amount of work. Whether you're recording trainings, webinars, meetings, or presentations, you'll leave with a practical workflow you can start using immediately. Register Now for Premiere Pro
December
Microsoft Edge: The Browser You Didn't Know You Had – December 8
Most of us spend hours every day in our web browser, but few people use more than a fraction of its capabilities. Discover the hidden productivity features built into Microsoft Edge, including Tab Groups, Profiles, Collections, Workspaces, Read Aloud, Web Capture, and the Copilot sidebar. We'll also take a tour of a few carefully selected browser extensions and workflows, including saving articles to services like Instapaper for distraction-free reading on devices such as a Kobo eReader. You may never look at a browser tab the same way again. Register Now for Edge: The Browser
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Excel Inventory that tells you to Re-order
8 minutes. How to create an Inventory for your materials that automatically tells you when it's time to reorder.
Renew your Adobe License
You have to do it every year
Make a Newsletter in 90 seconds
We don't need no Microsoft Publisher! Microsoft Word can do a simple newsletter.
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