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Apr
30
Published: April 30, 2012 18:04 PM by
Bill English
I hope to write a book about this topic that will come out sometime next summer, but for the record – here is my working thesis:
A SharePoint deployment will surface business model and/or cultural dysfunction in the organization. This is due to breadth and depth of most SharePoint deployments. No other software – perhaps other than e-mail or a home grown application – will have as wide a "touch and feel" as SharePoint in most organizations. Hence, the logic that something this impactful in bringing change to an organization will also surface that organization's dysfunction.
OK – so there you have it. I've presented this several times already and have yet to have anyone push back on it. I'm working on several white papers and ideas that will flesh this out in book format. As details warrant – I'll post them here, including introductory and draft white papers that will form the book.
Bill English, CEO Mindsharp
Apr
04
Published: April 04, 2012 02:04 AM by
Bill English
As a way to ensure you continue to receive high quality services from Mindsharp and the SharePoint Best Practices Conference, we've published a survey to gain better insights into what you really look for in a SharePoint conference and how we can serve you better.
The survey should take roughly 15 minutes to complete. If you fill out your contact information, we'll send you a coupon worth 25% off your registration at the next SharePoint Best Practices Conference.
Thank you for your help in answering this survey. Even if you're an exhibitor or a speaker, there are parts of the survey that are meant just for you. If possible, please take 15 minutes and complete this survey.
Thanks!
Bill English, CEO Mindsharp
Feb
28
Published: February 28, 2012 18:02 PM by
Bill English
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Bill English, CEO Mindsharp
Feb
28
Published: February 28, 2012 18:02 PM by
Bill English
Just a quick note to say "thanks!" to everyone in my Findability sessions today here at SPTechCon. Collectively, we came up with these 25 out-of-the-box tools to make Findability better and organize information.
Remember that several concepts are connected and dependent on each other if you're going to organize information for Findability:
Here are the 25 tools – In no particular order:
- Shortcuts
- Favorites
- Pin the Taskbar
- Search
- Mapped Drives
- Folders
- List Views
- Scopes
- Advanced Search on metadata
- RSS Feeds
- My Site Links
- Wikis
- Publishing navigation
- Content Types/Metadata
- Publishing links to Office Clients
- Personalization Sites
- User Profiles
- URL Taxonomies
- Authoritative Pages
- Best Bets
- Roll-up Web Parts
- Filter Web Parts
- Tags, Ratings
- Information Management Policies
- Workflows
Bill English, CEO Mindsharp
Feb
25
Published: February 25, 2012 19:02 PM by
Bill English
I'll be speaking four times at SPTechCon in San Francisco. Here is my schedule:
Sunday, February 26, Full-Day Workshop, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Topic: Organizing Information in SharePoint Server 2010
Tuesday, February 28, 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Topic: Understanding how the Microsoft Ecosystem Offers Findability – Part I
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Topic: Understanding how the Microsoft Ecosystem Offers Findability – Part II
Wednesday, February 29, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Topic: Developing a SharePoint Deployment Reference Architecture and Methods of Measuring your Deployment Against this Architecture
All times are PST. I hope to see you all at my sessions!
Bill English, CEO Mindsharp
Feb
08
Published: February 08, 2012 15:02 PM by
Bill English
I will be teaching Mindsharp's 3-day course on how to Organize Information in SharePoint, February 21-23. You can attend in-person here at our offices in Minneapolis or attend online. If you are responsible for managing content in SharePoint, then this class is for you.
Here is the course syllabus:
Module 0: Overview of SharePoint Server 2010's Information Management Capabilities and Current Issues in Information Management
- Provides an overview of what is covered in this seminar including an Executive Overview of SharePoint's Information Management capabilities.
- Discussion of the value of information in business
- Learn about the Business Reference Architecture, ECM Reference Architecture and how SharePoint Server 2010 supports both architectures
- Learn about the different levels of information
- Learn about the generational differences in approaches to information
- Best and Worst Practices plus Trade-off Decisions
Module 1: Collaboration for Business Users
- Understanding what collaboration is
- Current issues in collaboration
- Understanding the costs and benefits tan organization for using collaboration technologies
- Discussion on Social Media, it's use in the corporate setting and current issues in case law
- Best and Worst Practices plus Trade-off Decisions
Module 2: Understanding How to Build an Information Architecture and an Information Design with SharePoint Server 2010 in Mind
Module 3: Putability: Learning How to Put Quality Information into the SharePoint System
Module 4: Findability: Learning How to Pull Quality Information out of the SharePoint System
Module 5: Organizing Information in SharePoint Server 2010
Module 6: People: Organizing and Finding Expertise
- Understanding user profiles and My Sites in SharePoint 2010
- Learning how to customize the metadata for user profiles
- Understanding how to find expertise in the SharePoint 2010 system
- Best and Worst Practices plus Trade-off Decisions
Module 7: Making some information NOT Findable
- E-Discovery and SharePoint
- Data breaches and SharePoint
- Understanding the limits of what SharePoint can reasonably do
- Best and Worst Practices plus Trade-off Decisions
Module 8: Integrating SharePoint with Other ECM Systems
- Differentiation between data integration and application integration
- Understanding the various methods of integrating SharePoint with other ECM systems
- Understanding when SharePoint should not integrate with other ECM systems
- Best and Worst Practices plus Trade-off Decisions
Module 9: Social Media and SharePoint
- Understanding the current legal issues in social media
- Understanding the differences between internet-based social media and SharePoint's social media features
- Discussion of how social media might "fit" into your environment
- Best and Worst Practices plus Trade-off Decisions
Bill English, CEO Mindsharp
Feb
08
Published: February 08, 2012 15:02 PM by
Bill English
I'll be in San Francisco at the end of this month for the SharePoint SPTechCon. I'm speaking four times on the following topics:
FULL-DAY WORKSHOP: Organizing Information in SharePoint Server 2010
75-MINUTE SESSIONS:
- Findability Part I
- Findability Part II
- Developing a SharePoint Reference Architecture
I'll also be doing a book signing on Wednesday, Feb. 29, from 10:00 am – 10:15 am at the BZ Media booth and another one at the LighteningTools booth – date & time is TBA.
I look forward to seeing everyone at the show!
Bill English, CEO Mindsharp
Feb
08
Published: February 08, 2012 15:02 PM by
Bill English
I'll be speaking at the Chicago Microsoft SharePoint Business Strategies user group on March 6 on the topic "From Vision to Best Practices". This presentation was well received recently in Washington, DC at FEDSPUG. If you're in the Chicago area, I invite you to join us.
http://www.meetup.com/sharepoint/events/51349972/
Bill English, CEO Mindsharp
Feb
02
Published: February 02, 2012 13:02 PM by
Bill English
Jan
11
Published: January 11, 2012 09:01 AM by
Bill English
I have not read a better, more succinct explanation and assessment of our current economic environment. Richard Fisher is top drawer in my book. I especially like this paragraph:
"I maintain that no matter how much cash you have on your balance sheet, or how compliant your banker might be, or how cheap the cost of money, you will not commit substantial capital to expanding your payroll or investing significant amounts to expand plant and equipment until you know what it will cost you to run your business; until you know how much you will be taxed; until you know how federal spending will impact your customer base; until you know the cost of employee health insurance; until you are reassured that regulations that affect your business will be structured so as to incentivize rather than discourage expansion; until you have concrete assurance that the fiscal "fix" the nation so desperately needs will be crafted to stimulate the economy rather than depress it and incentivize job creation rather than discourage it; or until you are reassured that the sinkhole of unfunded liabilities like Medicare and Social Security that Republican- and Democrat-led congresses and presidents alike have dug will be repaired so that our successor generations of Americans will prosper rather than drown in dark, deep waters of debt."
Rarely do I laugh out loud when reading a white paper or a speech, but this comment got me laughing pretty good because it seems that so many economists do speak in technical terms:
"My colleague Sarah Bloom Raskin—one of the newest Fed governors, and a woman possessed with a disarming ability to speak in non-quadratic-equation English…{emphasis mine, on the part I found funny}"
I encourage everyone to read this speech.
Bill English, CEO Mindsharp
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