2025 OnEBoard Year in Review

In this year’s OnEBoard Rewind, the OnEBoard Team took a look back at the top tech updates of 2025.

In 2025 OnEBoard was live on YouTube nearly every Sunday, with alternating episodes of the Tech Topic Podcast and OnEBoard Chat.

Tech Topic Podcast and Live Stream

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In 2025 there were 24 live episodes of the Tech Topic Podcast.

With three tips (in 10 minutes) in every episode, that’s 72 tech tips! We covered a range of topics, from preparing your devices for travel and working more effectively with Google Meet and Docs, to using the latest AI-powered tools.

🌐 Get Tech Topic recaps and resources

OnEBoard Chat Live

OnEBoard Chat takes a deep dive into a technical topic with discussion and questions from the live chat. Chat episodes include background information and tutorials, and touch on use cases, desired features, and broader implications of the tech.

 There were 23 episodes in 2025. Topics this year included vibe coding, using AI tools to help explore nature, navigating YouTube, managing your business’s online profile and more.

🌐 OnEBoard Chat recaps and takeaways.

Tutorials, Courses and Resources

🌐 OnEBoard publishes recaps, references and resources for both OnEBoard Chat and Tech Topic episodes.

🛠 On the OnEBoard YouTube channel, you can also find How-To Videos.

🧑‍🎓 We also have a new YouTube Course:

• NotebookLM Use Cases: Master Your AI Research & Learning Assistant.
  Watch all the videos in the course to earn a badge on your YouTube channel.

2025 Top Topics

The top tech topics OnEBoard covered this year:

• NotebookLM's latest features and use cases.
• Demonstrating uses for the Google Gemini app.
• Creating an app with Gemini Canvas.
• Google’s experimental AI tools: Illuminate, Mixboard, Opal, Potraits, Whisk
• Google Workspace tools: Meet, Slides, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Keep, Forms, Google Workspace Studio
• Video creative tools: Google Vids, YouTube and more.
• Website customization and analysis
• Adobe image tools: Project Concept, Photoshop, Lightroom.
• Managing Google Business Profiles
• More tips for creativity, productivity, branding and more.

Sound interesting? Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel so that you don’t miss an episode!

Expert Guests

OnEBoard welcomed guests to share their expertise:

• Theodora Petkova shared Three Google Docs Tips
• Michael Daniels shared his expertise on Live Streaming and Community
• Priya Chandra shared Three Google Calendar tips, Bookable Appointment Schedules, and AI-Powered Google Calendar Scheduling Tools in Gmail
• Molly Youngblood shared her experience with AI Video for Business, AI and SEO, Managing Your Business Reviews, Google Business Profile Optimization, and Google Business Profile Policies, Suspensions and Reinstatements

Thanks to all our guests for interesting and engaging sessions!

2025 Events

Highlights in 2025 included:

• OnEBoard Commitment 2026
• OnEBoard Team Member meetup at the Google Product Expert Summit in Dublin
• Earth Day 2025: Celebrating Pollinator Diversity

January 2026 Schedule

January 4: New Year’s Holiday
January 11: Tech Topic #3Tips10Min
January 18: OnEBoard Chat
January 25: Tech Topic #3Tips10Min

Happy Holidays!

The OnEBoard Crew wishes a joyous holiday season for you and yours. See you in 2026!

• Nina Trankova (website, YouTube, Bluesky)
• Bob Danley (website, YouTube, Bluesky)
• Peggy Kolm (website, YouTube, Bluesky)

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