Mindjet Webinar – The Competetive Advantages of Collaboration

Teams that collaborate effectively are up to 25% more productive, according to a recent McKinsey report. That’s the equivalent of having 2 extra hours every day to get work done. In this webinar, Forrester analyst Rob Koplowitz teaches you how to turn great collaboration into real bottom-line benefits, including steps you can take right now …

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SharePoint Saturday – Silicon Valley – 6/2/2012

I would like to thank all those who worked so hard to make the SharePoint Saturday Silicon Valley event successful. There were many great speakers, lots of vendor support and a good turn-out of “information hungry” SharePoint folks. As promised, I have added the presentation I delivered to my library for you to download and …

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Remote Project Collaboration with MindManager

As you may already know, I use Mindjet’s MindManager extensively; for project discovery, assessment, SharePoint design and project management.  All of these document artifacts could be accomplished using Visio, Word and Microsoft Project; but my primary tool is MindManager.  I still use the Microsoft Office suite extensively; but these alone can be somewhat limiting in …

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SharePoint 2010 Calendar – Resources

SharePoint 2010 calendar resources.  If you have any suggestions, please leave me a comment! Updated on 6/3/2011 Articles (How-to’s) Path to SharePoint Blog – Tutorial: add color coding to your SharePoint 2007 calendar in 15 minutes SharePoint 2007 specific 3rd-Party Products Bamboo Solutions – Calendar Plus Web Part Visually communicate date-based list data through several …

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SharePoint Intranet Implementation – CSF – Simplify the Contribution and Management of Content

CSF – Simplify the Contribution and Management of Content Many Intranets I have seen over the years have been implemented with the focus being on a single consumer audience.  This model may work well for an Internet (public facing) site; however, I contest it is a model that doesn’t work well for Intranet implementations.  First …

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SharePoint Intranet Implementation – CSF – Focus on Solving Business Problems/Needs

CSF – Focus on Solving Business Problems/Needs It is critical that you focus on solving business problems, not rolling-out technology widgets.  As I have indicated in other articles, you must detach the non-technical user from the technical details.  Simply rolling-out a site, blog or wiki doesn’t necessarily solve a specific business problem.  And, if we …

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Speaking at the Inland Empire SharePoint User Group Meeting – 5/24/2011

I have been asked to speak at the Inland Empire SharePoint User Group meeting this next Tuesday, 5/24/2011.  I would like to thank Rod Lawrence and Brian Kelly for asking me to do this; I always enjoy it and am looking forward to it. My session will focus on Intranet implementation critical success factors, information …

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SharePoint Intranet Implementation – CSF – Thoroughly Understand and Document What it is You Are Building

CSF – Thoroughly Understand and Document What it is You Are Building I know, this sounds somewhat ridiculous right?  Of course you know what you are building; an Intranet! One thing I have learned over the years is to not assume everyone has the same understanding of what an Intranet is.  Ask 25 different individuals in …

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Colligo Contributor v5.0 – Sneak Peek

Late last week I received an e-mail from Colligo with information about v5.0 of their contributor product.  I received the okay to share this information; so this is for those who aren’t on their mailing list! Excerpts directly from their e-mail: We’re very excited to announce a major upgrade to Colligo Contributor, with new features …

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SharePoint 2007/2010 Add-in Product for MindManager

If you have ever followed any of my blog posts, seen me at any conferences speaking or worked with me, you know I am a huge fan of Mindjet’s MindManager product as a planning, design, architecture, project management and communications tool.  Its simply an amazing product.  If you haven’t ever used MindManager from Mindjet, I highly recommend …

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