Jul20

4 Reasons Why You Should Attend Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 #WPC11

Categories: Events, Business
Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 (aka #WPC10) just convened in Washington, DC and it was a blast! Over 12,000 people attended this yearly gathering of Microsoft partners and employees from around the world.   Having the opportunity...
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Jul14

#WPC10 TweetUp + Webcast: 5 Effective Ways Social Media Can Drive Business Value

Categories: Events, How To, Business, Screencasts
I'm at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference this week in DC and it has been a blast! I'm honored to be among the top #wpc10 tweeters. Because of this, a brilliant idea came about to do a tweetup/webcast on July 15, Thu.     So if you're...
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Jun2

Delivering SharePoint Success: Why Collaboration is More Than Just Technology @ #SPEX

Categories: Events, SharePoint, Technology, Business, Screencasts
Greetings from Sacramento, CA! I'm attending The SharePoint Exchange conference and just finished presenting the session "Delivering SharePoint Success: Why Collaboration is More Than Just Technology".     In the presentation, I di...
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Apr22

5 Tips on Effectively Planning for SharePoint 2010 Migration

Categories: Business, Project Management, SharePoint, Technology
Mixed feelings about SharePoint abound in organizations today. Some say it's great and others don't want anything to do with it. That’s sooo 2007. Rest assured, with proper planning of your SharePoint 2010 migration, you’re well on your way to rev...
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Jan27

A Shoemaker's Advice on SharePoint Training: It's Not Just About the Tools

Categories: Business, SharePoint, Technology
SharePoint empowerment includes instilling proper discipline. Being able to define a process and use SharePoint to support it allows users to reap the technology's promise of streamlining work, increasing productivity and improving business efficien...
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Jan17

PM Podcast 138: Delivering SharePoint Success

Categories: Project Management, SharePoint, Business, Podcasts
I had the great opportunity to speak with Cornelius Fichtner of PMPodcast last week and talked to him about the mentoring workshop I facilitate.     We discussed the importance of having SharePoint projects get started the right way and I sha...
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Dec22

Santa's SharePoint Governance Strategy

Categories: SharePoint, Business
That's not a typo on the title. Yes, this post is about Santa Claus using SharePoint.     Photo from Spirit Telecom   It all started this morning when I came across Corasworks' press release about how Santa is improving his business operatio...
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Dec16

How to Prioritize Business Needs Before Implementing SharePoint

Categories: Business, SharePoint
"How do you like your SharePoint? Combo 1? Team site template with Wikis, Surveys and FBA on the side? Would you like to super size it?”   Taking a fast food ordering approach when implementing SharePoint is not effective in meeting business ...
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Dec2

5 Reasons Why Executive SharePoint Ignorance is Not Bliss (Part 2)

Categories: Business, SharePoint
In my last article, I discussed the first two reasons why executive SharePoint ignorance is not bliss, here are the remaining three:   3. Sooner or later, Organizational SharePoint Readiness has to be Assessed Servers: check. Licenses: check. Sha...
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Oct21

#spc09 ECM for the Masses: How SharePoint 2010 Delivers On The Promise

Categories: SharePoint, Business
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) has been a buzzword floating in the enterprise. Yet its promise of integrating proven methods and tools to capture, manage and deliver relevant information to an organization has yet to be realized.   Microsoft ...
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Jul1

SharePoint Worst Practices: 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid

Categories: SharePoint, Business
In my post "Mr. Miyagi is Not a Direct Descendant of Superman" I mentioned that along with my colleague Mike Taylor, we presented: "SharePoint Worst Practices: Five Common Mistakes to Avoid" at the recently concluded SharePoint T...
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Mar17

Why Proper Requirements is Key to SharePoint Success

Categories: Business, Project Management, SharePoint
While Tweeting yesterday, I mentioned that the key to successful SharePoint implementation is properly developing requirements. Even if most people know that this is important, in my experience, only a handful of folks truly understand what it takes...
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Nov18

5 Ways SharePoint Changed the Rules of Web Development

Categories: SharePoint, Technology, Business
“Changing the look and feel of an out of the box SharePoint site is just like customizing a regular website, right?” insisted a self-appointed web development guru that I had the pleasure of interacting with in a recent SharePoint implementation pro...
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Sep26

Where are SharePoint Hot Spots?

Categories: Business, SharePoint
Have you all seen Google Insights for Search? This is such an awesome tool! I was like a kid in a candy store when I started using it. Essentially, Google Insights allows you to compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, and...
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