Episode 35: Tech Mavens Tracy van der Schyff and Jethro Seghers

Published: April 25, 2019, 1:56 p.m.

b'Episode 35 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Tracy van der Schyff and Jethro Seghers. I accompanied Tracy and Jethro on a road trip #365tourza across the Eastern Cape and Western Cape of South Africa. Along with Adam King, Warren Marks, Alistair Pugin and Darrell Webster, we spent 10 days together in a van bringing Office 365 technologies to four events - SharePoint Saturday Johannesburg, SPS Mini events in Port Elizabeth and East London and a final stop for SharePoint Saturday Cape Town. Jethro is Senior Program Manager Microsoft Teams - Education, author, and speaker and Tracy is a three-time Microsoft MVP for Office Servers and Services, blogger, author, speaker, Microsoft 365 coach and catalyst and owner of the consulting company The Guid Stuff. \\nTracy, Jethro and Heather caught up in the car driving Jethro to his flight out of O.R. Tambo International Airport, Gauteng, Johannesburg, South Africa. \\nListen in as Tracy, Jethro, and Heather talk about: \\nThe experience of being in a van on a road trip through South Africa with other Microsoft community members and what it means to build community. \\nBoth Tracy and Jethro\\u2019s journey in tech, education, training and how they came to the roles that they are currently in today. Jethro\\u2019s talks about his background, Microsoft Teams \\u2013 education and Tracy chats about her start in technology and working with c-levels and businesses on their PC and Office 365 acumen. \\nThe importance of supporting each other, how we learn, how we raise the bar for basic PC literacy, how we empower people to be their best selves not only at work but in everyday life.'