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Matt Varney

Matt Varney is the Intranet Manager for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. He's a Digital Workplace Architect with a strong Microsoft background, focusing on intranet technologies, strategies, and governance. Primarily working with SharePoint and Office 365 to enable more effective and robust communication, collaboration, and business process activities, as well as stronger content and knowledge management practices. Leveraging the power and promise of cloud computing, machine learning, and big data in the modern hyper-connected workplace are interest areas.

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A Search Ditty: The Story of How Finding What You Need to Do Your Job Is Often Like Two Teenagers in Love

In 1982, the song “Jack and Diane” was released by John Cougar (later known as John Mellencamp) and went on to spend four weeks at number one on the Billboard Charts. These days, the song is regularly played on classic rock stations around the world and is in millions of fans’ collections and playlists. Part of what made the song successful with broad appeal was its use of familiar themes of high school love and nostalgia. The story was relatable to a lot of people.

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