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Apr 18

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is excited to announce that Jonathan Wynn from 5th Method will be speaking on How to Staff Your SharePoint Deployment. Here is the full abstract to his pre-conference session:

Are you the midst of a SharePoint staffing crisis? Did you ever step back and look at the skills your enterprise resources have? Do you know your team well enough to think they can fully execute on deploying and supporting SharePoint in your environment? This could be a disaster waiting to happen. If you've answered "Yes!" we need to talk! In this session I'll peel back the "proverbial" layers of the SharePoint Onion and see what's inside. I'll address long term support, in addition to staffing on deployment. You'll come away with a better understanding of how to map roles to people and how to build the right team of SharePoint Professionals. This interactive discussion will address:

  • Break down your staffing needs and define roles and skills than draw a correlation to SharePoint roles & skills
  • How does Governance play into this?
  • How to sell these positions to management
  • We'll explore the best practices on managing roles & responsibilities with a team of any size​

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is a peer-sharing conference for business leaders and stakeholders who are responsible for the success of SharePoint in their environment. This conference will focus on the "who", "what" and "why", but very little, if any, "how". At this conference, there are no sessions specifically targeting IT pro administrators, developers, web designers or end-users. This is a niche conference focused on helping business leaders establish and mature their best practices when it comes to their own SharePoint deployment. By listening to what others have faced and overcome and by hearing what they would not do again, each attendee is afforded multiple opportunities to down-step methods and ideas that have worked for others into their own deployment, helping them to discover their own best practice.

This conference is hosted by Mindsharp and sponsored by Summit 7 Systems, FPWeb, 5th Method, Highpoint Solutions, Corridor Company, SharePoint AMS, Agilepoint, RJB Consulting, Meritide, Nintex, K2 and Avepoint.

2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint
May 15-17, Minneapolis, MN

For more information, please visit our web site at https://bestpracticesconference.com.


Apr 18

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is excited to announce that Sultan Ghahtani from Sitecore will be speaking on Sitecore and SharePoint: Maximizing Value from Integrating Both Platforms. Here is the full abstract to his session:

"In this pre-conference session, Sultan Ghahtani from Sitecore will discuss and demonstrate how Sitecore's Web Content Management System works with SharePoint to give you maximum value from your investment in both provider's solutions. You'll learn about the Sitecore product line, focusing on its' Customer Engagement Platform and Web Content Management System. Sultan will also go over Sitecore's SharePoint connector and demonstrate how it integrates SharePoint and the Office platform with Sitecore's functionality. Sultan will also offer deployment and integration best practice ideas learned from their experiences in working with Fortune 500 companies."

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is a peer-sharing conference for business leaders and stakeholders who are responsible for the success of SharePoint in their environment. This conference will focus on the "who", "what" and "why", but very little, if any, "how". At this conference, there are no sessions specifically targeting IT pro administrators, developers, web designers or end-users. This is a niche conference focused on helping business leaders establish and mature their best practices when it comes to their own SharePoint deployment. By listening to what others have faced and overcome and by hearing what they would not do again, each attendee is afforded multiple opportunities to down-step methods and ideas that have worked for others into their own deployment, helping them to discover their own best practice.

This conference is hosted by Mindsharp and sponsored by Summit 7 Systems, FPWeb, 5th Method, Highpoint Solutions, Corridor Company, SharePoint AMS, Agilepoint, RJB Consulting, Meritide, Nintex and Avepoint.

2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint
May 15-17, Minneapolis, MN

For more information, please visit our web site at https://bestpracticesconference.com.


Apr 16

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is excited to announce that Devashri Gupta from Fresenius Medical Care will be speaking on the Ten Best Practices for Cultivating User Adoption. Here is the full abstract to her session:

SharePoint helps people to collaborate. However, as is the case with most change, not everyone adapts to new things at the same pace. For collaboration to thrive, having the full team participate is not only ideal but crucial. Fresenius Medical Care implemented SharePoint 2010 when manufacturing became the first global business unit in a decentralized multi-national company. SharePoint was the collaboration platform of choice from the President of the manufacturing business unit. Even with senior management support, there were pockets of resistance. There were technical global infrastructure challenges. These challenges were mitigated by focusing on the enthusiasts' pain points and systematically building the business case for SharePoint, such as:

•    A customized .NET solution to create an Activity Management web part won over the Treasury team from SalesForce.com

•    An Engineering team spread across 3 plants saved time in reporting project status

•    Global team sites and dashboards are bridging the gap across plants and cultures

Focusing on the benefits of SharePoint won over users who recognize the savings in time and effort in their everyday lives. Come learn how we helped drive user adoption in our multi-national company and while meeting the needs of our teams.

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is a peer-sharing conference for business leaders and stakeholders who are responsible for the success of SharePoint in their environment. This conference will focus on the "who", "what" and "why", but very little, if any, "how". At this conference, there are no sessions specifically targeting IT pro administrators, developers, web designers or end-users. This is a niche conference focused on helping business leaders establish and mature their best practices when it comes to their own SharePoint deployment. By listening to what others have faced and overcome and by hearing what they would not do again, each attendee is afforded multiple opportunities to down-step methods and ideas that have worked for others into their own deployment, helping them to discover their own best practice.

This conference is hosted by Mindsharp and sponsored by Summit 7 Systems, FPWeb, 5th Method, Highpoint Solutions, Corridor Company, SharePoint AMS, Agilepoint, RJB Consulting, Meritide, Nintex and Avepoint.

2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint
May 15-17, Minneapolis, MN

For more information, please visit our web site at https://bestpracticesconference.com.


Apr 10

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is excited to announce that Erik Wolf from Applied Materials will be speaking on Putting the right data in the right hands: Applied Materials solution for service knowledge management. Here is the full abstract to his session:

"Applied Materials was named to the 2012 InformationWeek 500 list of business technology innovators for delivering a customized, highly searchable knowledge management portal for  field service engineers. The Applied Rapid Knowledge (ARK) portal has increased work efficiency and stream-lined product-related document searches to better service our customer's equipment. The solution architect behind the program, Erik Wolf discusses how ARK was developed from concept through enterprise deployment.  Topics of interest include program justification, planning, design, implementation, successes and lessons learned."

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is a peer-sharing conference for business leaders and stakeholders who are responsible for the success of SharePoint in their environment. This conference will focus on the "who", "what" and "why", but very little, if any, "how". At this conference, there are no sessions specifically targeting IT pro administrators, developers, web designers or end-users. This is a niche conference focused on helping business leaders establish and mature their best practices when it comes to their own SharePoint deployment. By listening to what others have faced and overcome and by hearing what they would not do again, each attendee is afforded multiple opportunities to down-step methods and ideas that have worked for others into their own deployment, helping them to discover their own best practice.

This conference is hosted by Mindsharp and sponsored by Summit 7 Systems, FPWeb, 5th Method, Highpoint Solutions, Corridor Company, SharePoint AMS, Agilepoint, RJB Consulting, Meritide, Nintex and Avepoint.

2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint
May 15-17, Minneapolis, MN

For more information, please visit our web site at https://bestpracticesconference.com.


Apr 03

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is excited to announce that David Gwyn from Highpoint Solutions will be speaking on Business Social in SharePoint 2013: Best Practices Learned from Working with our Customers. Here is the full abstract to his session:

"Organizations continue to face conflicting messages and ideas on how social technologies can offer serious business value. Some companies avoid deploying social functionality within their SharePoint environment, claiming a myriad of concerns. Happily, with the introduction of SharePoint 2013, the updated social technologies in SharePoint 2013 will give hesitant business leaders more business value than ever before. In this session, David Gwyn, Vice President of Highpoint Solutions will review the best practices for establishing communities of knowledge, how search and discussion technologies support product development activities, and how to deliver practical results to mobile devices. Social technologies are here to stay and are dramatically transforming how we do business. Come and learn best practices from David's experiences in working with his customer base."

 

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is a peer-sharing conference for business leaders and stakeholders who are responsible for the success of SharePoint in their environment. This is a niche conference focused on helping business leaders establish and mature their best practices when it comes to their own SharePoint deployment. By listening to what others have faced and overcome and by hearing what they would do and not do again, each attendee is afforded multiple opportunities to down-step methods and ideas that have worked for others into their own deployment, helping them to discover their own best practice.

This conference is hosted by Mindsharp and sponsored by Summit 7 Systems, FPWeb, 5th Method, Highpoint Solutions, Corridor Company, SharePoint AMS, Agilepoint, RJB Consulting, Meritide, Nintex and Avepoint.

2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint
May 15-17, Minneapolis, MN

For more information, please visit our web site at https://bestpracticesconference.com.


Mar 30

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is excited to announce that Mike Fitzmaurice from Nintex will be presenting a 3.5 hour pre-conference session on How to Build a Business Process Portal in SharePoint. Here is the full abstract to his session:

"SharePoint isn't just a place where work can be put and found — it's a place where work gets done. SharePoint provides a set of services well-suited to the task of managing and executing business processing at a wide range of complexity. Designing, cataloging, monitoring, measuring, and deploying process solutions are the hallmarks of of a business process portal, and delivering this kind of solution requires a set of strategic and tactical best practices. This seminar will provide explanations, recommendations, and examples of:

  • The key components of a business process portal
  • Organizational factors that increase/reduce success
  • Components of a well-designed process
  • Balancing centralization with decentralization strategies
  • Mapping business process portal requirements to SharePoint capabilities
  • Measuring processes from a portal
  • Usability/adoption/engagement considerations
  • Avoiding common pitfalls

The seminar will be conducted by Mike Fitzmaurice, Nintex's Vice President of Product Technology, who has spent more than 15 years on workflow and collaboration solutions at Nintex and Microsoft. Joining him will be Jacob Maciolek, who directs North and South American sales at Nintex and spent years delivering workflow and process solutions to customers at OBS, Australia's premier SharePoint consulting organization.

Note: while some — but by no means all, or even most — of the examples presented will make use of Nintex software, the focus is on concepts and best practices that are independent of any product (other than SharePoint itself of course)."

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is a peer-sharing conference for business leaders and stakeholders who are responsible for the success of SharePoint in their environment. This conference will focus on the "who", "what" and "why", but very little, if any, "how". At this conference, there are no sessions specifically targeting IT pro administrators, developers, web designers or end-users. This is a niche conference focused on helping business leaders establish and mature their best practices when it comes to their own SharePoint deployment. By listening to what others have faced and overcome and by hearing what they would not do again, each attendee is afforded multiple opportunities to down-step methods and ideas that have worked for others into their own deployment, helping them to discover their own best practice.

This conference is hosted by Mindsharp and sponsored by Summit 7 Systems, FPWeb, 5th Method, Highpoint Solutions, Corridor Company, SharePoint AMS, Agilepoint, RJB Consulting, Meritide, Nintex and Avepoint.

2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint
May 15-17, Minneapolis, MN

For more information, please visit our web site at https://bestpracticesconference.com.

 

Mar 29

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is excited to announce that Shawn Boling from Walt Disney Parks & Resorts will be speaking on Using SharePoint as a Platform to Effectively Leverage Mobile Solutions. Here is the full abstract to his session:

"How does Walt Disney Parks and Resorts effectively leverage the SharePoint environment to support mobile solutions both domestically and throughout its worldwide locations? Come and find out how the world's leader in family entertainment applies its "Four Keys" quality standards to many internal operations in the growing mobile space. Shawn will tell the story of the magnitude of the Disney environment, it's focus on safety, it's complexity, internal user expectations and some of the challenges faced while spanning three continents with multi-lingual and multi-cultural requirements. Find out how Disney sprinkled a touch of pixie dust on their infrastructure to use SharePoint as a platform supporting mobile field auditing needs in both technical and non-technical environments. Shawn will also discuss how Disney simplified communication between leaders and their Cast Members in this same environment. Finally, Shawn will take us on a walk through two specific SharePoint 2010, as a platform, solutions and their respective mobile solutions that leverage Apple's iOS, Android, and Windows devices. These solutions enable Disney's internal teams to provide that special behind the scenes "Magic" that make our Guest experiences so memorable."

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is a peer-sharing conference for business leaders and stakeholders who are responsible for the success of SharePoint in their environment. This conference will focus on the "who", "what" and "why", but very little, if any, "how". At this conference, there are no sessions specifically targeting IT pro administrators, developers, web designers or end-users. This is a niche conference focused on helping business leaders establish and mature their best practices when it comes to their own SharePoint deployment. By listening to what others have faced and overcome and by hearing what they would not do again, each attendee is afforded multiple opportunities to down-step methods and ideas that have worked for others into their own deployment, helping them to discover their own best practice.

This conference is hosted by Mindsharp and sponsored by Summit 7 Systems, FPWeb, 5th Method, Highpoint Solutions, Corridor Company, SharePoint AMS, Agilepoint, RJB Consulting, Meritide, Nintex and Avepoint.

2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint
May 15-17, Minneapolis, MN

For more information, please visit our web site at https://bestpracticesconference.com.


Mar 24

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is excited to announce that Seth Earley from Earley & Associates will be speaking on Better User Engagement through Better Organizing Principles: Best Practices for Leveraging Taxonomies in SharePoint. Here is the full abstract to his session:

"Our work environments are increasingly complex; and as a result, our user communities demand solutions that provide access to the right content at the right time. But, content keeps changing at faster and faster rates. How do we keep up? How do we create applications that provide new content in context – without significant maintenance costs? How do we ensure that our designs are comprehensive, robust, and sustainable?

This session addresses this challenge. Using real-world examples, we look at best-practice methodologies that ensure persistent business value from SharePoint solutions. The starting point is to blend both a user-centric and content-centric approach. What content do users need to perform their tasks? How can that content be optimally organized? Among other topics, we will cover important front-end methods for engaging the business in building an understanding of critical content types and various ways to leverage taxonomy. We'll walk through key information architecture approaches including, for example, audience analysis, use cases, heuristics, affinity modeling, bulletin board focus groups, and audience/task/content mapping. Attendees will leave the session with a strong understanding of training requirements for business analysts, UI designers, and SharePoint implementers, and most importantly, a model for engaging the business."

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is a peer-sharing conference for business leaders and stakeholders who are responsible for the success of SharePoint in their environment. This conference will focus on the "who", "what" and "why", but very little, if any, "how". At this conference, there are no sessions specifically targeting IT pro administrators, developers, web designers or end-users. This is a niche conference focused on helping business leaders establish and mature their best practices when it comes to their own SharePoint deployment. By listening to what others have faced and overcome and by hearing what they would not do again, each attendee is afforded multiple opportunities to down-step methods and ideas that have worked for others into their own deployment, helping them to discover their own best practice.

This conference is hosted by Mindsharp and sponsored by Summit 7 Systems, FPWeb, 5th Method, Highpoint Solutions, Corridor Company, SharePoint AMS, Agilepoint, RJB Consulting, Meritide, Nintex and Avepoint.

2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint
May 15-17, Minneapolis, MN

For more information, please visit our web site at https://bestpracticesconference.com.

 

 

Mar 22
Published: March 22, 2013 10:03 AM by  Bill English

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is excited to announce that Matt Varney from the Kentucky Community and Technical College System will be speaking on User Centric Strategies for Employee Portals. Here is the full abstract to his session:

"To build a successful employee portal, you have to know your people and your organizational culture. We all know the risks involved in simply following a "if you build it, they will come" approach to technology solutions. You have to know what people want and need, as well as their capacity for change.  At KCTCS, we're building a user centric SharePoint 2013 portal with lots of cool technology, but more importantly, we are including lots of familiar and easy to use concepts and features.  In this session, we'll go over some of the key points of our strategy, some of the lessons we've learned, and what each of those means to the success of our employees – not just the success of our employee portal."

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is a peer-sharing conference for business leaders and stakeholders who are responsible for the success of SharePoint in their environment. This conference will focus on the "who", "what" and "why", but very little, if any, "how". At this conference, there are no sessions specifically targeting IT pro administrators, developers, web designers or end-users. This is a niche conference focused on helping business leaders establish and mature their best practices when it comes to their own SharePoint deployment. By listening to what others have faced and overcome and by hearing what they would not do again, each attendee is afforded multiple opportunities to down-step methods and ideas that have worked for others into their own deployment, helping them to discover their own best practice.

This conference is hosted by Mindsharp and sponsored by Summit 7 Systems, FPWeb, 5th Method, Highpoint Solutions, Corridor Company, SharePoint AMS, Agilepoint, RJB Consulting, Meritide, Nintex and Avepoint.

2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint
May 15-17, Minneapolis, MN

For more information, please visit our web site at https://bestpracticesconference.com.

 

Mar 22

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is excited to announce that David Knight from Intel will be speaking on Securing Sensitive IP: SharePoint Best Practices at Intel's Atom Products Development Team. Here is the full abstract to his session:

"David Knight, Program Manager at Intel, will discuss the SharePoint best practices used in Intel's Atom Products Development Team. He'll discuss how they work with permissions, custom forms, enterprise rights management, and multiple environments to improve team effectiveness and secure their sensitive intellectual property."

The 2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint is a peer-sharing conference for business leaders and stakeholders who are responsible for the success of SharePoint in their environment. This conference will focus on the "who", "what" and "why", but very little, if any, "how". At this conference, there are no sessions specifically targeting IT pro administrators, developers, web designers or end-users. This is a niche conference focused on helping business leaders establish and mature their best practices when it comes to their own SharePoint deployment. By listening to what others have faced and overcome and by hearing what they would not do again, each attendee is afforded multiple opportunities to down-step methods and ideas that have worked for others into their own deployment, helping them to discover their own best practice.

This conference is hosted by Mindsharp and sponsored by Summit 7 Systems, FPWeb, 5th Method, Highpoint Solutions, Corridor Company, SharePoint AMS, Agilepoint, RJB Consulting, Meritide, Nintex and Avepoint.

2013 Best Practices Conference for SharePoint
May 15-17, Minneapolis, MN

For more information, please visit our web site at https://bestpracticesconference.com.

 

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