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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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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I am speaking at the SharePoint Summit 2012 (Toronto) Conference this year! I am delivering 2, 3 hour tutorials on Monday, May 14th. Tutorial 1.3 – Architecting Information for SharePoint 2010 Regardless of the industry your organization is aligned with, if your goal is to use Microsoft SharePoint 2010 as an Intranet and/or Document Management …
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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. 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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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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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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