First off, a big
THANK YOU to everyone who braved the
snow in Washington, DC over the weekend to join us at
SharePoint Saturday DC . We had a great time with around 180 people who participated. A heartfelt thanks to those who supported our
clothing donation drive that will benefit the local Salvation Army. Presentations from SPSDC will be up later this week. We look forward to seeing everybody again in the next SPSDC scheduled for May 2010. In the meantime, check out the
Twitter feeds and
Flickr photos.
What are your plans this week? I'd like to invite you to a number of SharePoint events that I'll be hosting:
Monday, Dec 7, 2009
Event: "Empowering Your Organization with SharePoint" Webcast
Duration: 1 hour
Time: 2pm-3pm (EST)
Description: In this interactive demonstration intended for executive decision makers, participants will acquire the knowledge to: Identify the benefits of leveraging SharePoint as an organizational collaboration platform. Build SharePoint solutions to support organizational business processes. Integrate SharePoint with existing Microsoft Office tools like Outlook, Word and Excel. Create a web based dashboard to support management reporting requirements. Utilize SharePoint to meet industry regulations and compliance
Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009
Event: "Delivering SharePoint Success" Mentoring Workshop
Duration: 2 Days
Time: 8am-5pm (EST)
Location: Alexandria, VA (Metro Washington, DC)
Description: Join Mike Taylor and myself as we facilitate a two-day interactive workshop that steps you through best practices and practical techniques in establishing executive buy-in, effectively planning and managing SharePoint projects, developing a governance and adoption plan and many more. In addition, you will receive templates, checklists, project artifacts that's used in SharePoint projects.
For more details about the workshop and register with "DCSPSUCCESS" code to get 35% discount,
click here.
Thursday, Dec 10, 2009
Event: "7 Ways to Leverage SharePoint for Project Management Success" Webcast
Duration: 1 hour
Time: 8pm-9pm (EST)
Description: In this presentation, you'll acquire the practical knowledge of how SharePoint can address common project management challenges such as inefficient communication among stakeholders, poor document management practices and undefined project collaboration standards that can compromise project success. SharePoint provides a framework that can empower project managers to create a standards-based PMIS.
Looking forward to see you this week!