Collaboration Cafe - Coffee Stout with Tom Arbuthnot

On this episode of the Collaboration Café, Craig Durr talks with Tom Arbuthnot, Co-founder of Empowering.Cloud, from a cozy, rainy corner of London. They explore Tom’s path from a Cisco voice specialist to becoming a top Microsoft Teams thought leader, and how he’s scaled his knowledge into a platform that empowers community-first content and education in the enterprise collaboration space.

Their discussion covers:
● 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: How Tom transitioned from Cisco voice to becoming a Microsoft MVP and Teams expert.

● 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭: The origin story of Empowering.Cloud and its mission to deliver free, unbiased, educational content.

● 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: Tom’s formula for creating high-value content that resonates with IT execs and admins alike.

● 𝐌𝐃𝐄𝐏 & 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: A candid take on Microsoft’s MDEP program, Android OS control, and the future of video meeting platform interop.

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠.𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://empowering.cloud/

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭:
𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐭 - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomarbuthnot

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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:
0:00 Introduction from a rainy London
2:18 Meeting Tom Arbuthnot and discussing IC Show
5:13 From Cisco voice to Microsoft UC
10:14 Becoming a Microsoft MVP
12:04 Starting a user group and content creation
13:58 Launching Empowering Cloud
16:19 Balancing sponsorship and community value
17:39 Empowering Cloud’s growth and offerings
18:07 Creating impactful enterprise content
20:14 Understanding Microsoft’s MDEP program
22:09 Video platform interoperability challenges
22:58 Looking ahead to Enterprise Connect Orlando
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