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Jun 23
Published: June 23, 2009 07:06 AM by  Bill English

I'll be speaking at the SharePoint Best Practices Conference on these topics:

The Discipline of SuperCharged Findability: Understanding why Findability should be an Organizing Principle in your SharePoint Deployment - Part I

Audience: System Administrators, Project Managers, Director of Technology, CTO, CIO

Abstract: In this first session, SharePoint MVP Bill English will discuss what Findability is and go over the latest research on Findability. He'll outline the core problems with findability, including a lack of understanding of what Findability is, how Findability is confused with search technology platforms and how most corporations want to find their information quickly and easily, but yet they can't seem to achieve this goal in spite of their best efforts and intentions. Bill will also outline the costs of a poor findability solution. If you've been working on ways to use SharePoint to make your information more findable, this session will help you understand the hidden problems which you must overcome in order to be successful in implementing a robust Findability solution.

 

The Discipline of SuperCharged Findability: Best Practices on Organizing Information in SharePoint Server 2007 - Part II

Audience: System Administrators, Project Managers, Director of Technology, CTO, CIO

Abstract: In this second session on Findability, SharePoint MVP Bill English will outline a sample Findability Architecture for a fictitious company and illustrate how to use out-of-the-box tools to organize information in SharePoint Server 2007. Bill will also "connect the dots" between the concepts presented in the first presentation and their practical application in the second presentation.

Be sure to attend the Best Practices conference in August in Washington, DC. You won't want to miss this exciting event!

Bill English, MVP

Jun 23

If you happen to be in the San Antonio or Austin areas of Texas tonight and don't have anything to do, drop by the SharePoint user group here. I'll be talking about how to organize information in SharePoint and why that is so important. The group starts tonight at 6PM.

http://sharepointusergroup.corasworks.net/SanAntonio/default.aspx

Bill English, MVP

May 19
Tomorrow night, I'm speaking at the New Jersey SharePoint user group, www.sharepointgroups.org/njspug.
 
I'll be talking on ECM in SharePoint, information organization and findability.
 
If at all possible, please plan to attend from 6pm - 9pm.
 
Thanks.

May 10
Published: May 10, 2009 07:05 AM by  Bill English
Normally, we do these TTT classes internally, privately.  But I've heard enough rumblings to think that this might interest people who want to learn more about Search, but don't have the time/cost to do it in four days at $1995.
 
So I'm doing an internal TTT on our 4-day Search class.  What I'll offer is for anyone who wants to attend to ping me privately with their interest assuming that the following conditions are understood:
 
1. The class is about how to teach the Search class.  So, while we'll be discussing search topics/technologies, I won't be going through the material page-by-page, slide-by-slide like I would in a normal public class - I'll talk about how to teach the class and where instructors could bring in extra material.  I'll then discuss the additional material in depth.
2. NO LABS!  In this TTT, I'll ask the instructors to do the labs on their own time.  This means NO STUDENT COMPUTERS will be provided - bring your own laptop, yes, but no student computers or class images will be provided.  Manuals will be provided.
3. Lots of demos from me and background discussions on Search, Information Organization, ECM and Findability.  I'll be teaching as much about the context in which Search technologies can be successful as I will be about the technology itself.
4. I will not be teaching for the beginner - this will definitely be an advanced class.
 
Now, having said all that, the value for coming is that you'll be in a room with others who are interested in the Search technologies but who are not beginners with this technology.  Some of the discussions will be highly technical and others will be highly pragmatic and theoretical.  Both technical and non-technical project managers will benefit from these two days.
 
In large measure, I'll be offering my most current thinking on Search, ECM and Findability in these two days.
 
If you're interested in coming, ping me at bill@mindsharp.com.  This class will NOT appear on our normal registration page, so you can't register on our web site.  You'll have to email me to express interest and register.  Cost:  $795 and you can attend either online or in person at our offices in MSP.
 
Email me soon as I'm sure our available space will fill up quickly.
 
If you have questions, email me as well.
 
Thanks.

May 03
Published: May 03, 2009 21:05 PM by  Bill English
If you want to join an email list that is dedicated to discussing Search, ECM and Findability, please consider joining searchdiscussions@yahoogroups.com.

Apr 26
Published: April 26, 2009 08:04 AM by  Bill English
Russ Kaufmann has written a solid post on Exchange 2007 CCR on Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster.  You can read it on his Mindsharp blog:   http://tinyurl.com/dd8pqm
 
Bill English, MVP
Mindsharp

Apr 13
Published: April 13, 2009 09:04 AM by  Bill English
Mindsharp is offering a 2-for-1 registrations to any of our classes hosted in Minneapolis the weeks of April 27 and/or May 18.  You can attend in-person and online - both count.
 
For example, you and a co-worker need some additional SharePoint education, but you need to attend online the week of April 27 and your co-worker wishes to attend a different class in person the week of May 18.  If you register for both at the same time, one of you will come FREE.
 
For more information, please contact sales@mindsharp.com.
 
Thanks.

Apr 11
Published: April 11, 2009 17:04 PM by  Bill English

We are offering a 3 hour micro-course to present an overview of developer topics. The class will be offered online and will include a hands on lab using our online environment.

 

The first two classes will be April 15 & 22.  We will have room for 25 attendees.

 

 

A link to the event is one the homepage www.mindsharp.com and its description and registration link can be found here: http://www.mindsharp.com/Default.aspx?top=TRAINING&left=SHAREPOINT_DEVELOPMENT_INTRO

 

Bill English
Mindsharp 

Apr 11
Published: April 11, 2009 16:04 PM by  Bill English
I'll be doing a two-day Search troubleshooting workshop to help experienced SharePoint administrators learn a solid troubleshooting methodology for diagnosing and resolving search-related issues.  You can learn more about the workshop here:
 
Cost:  $795
 
When:  May 5-6 (Tuesday/Wednesday)
 
Where: Minneapolis and Online
 
I hope to see you there!
 
Bill English, MVP
Mindsharp

Apr 11

Our resident OCS expert, Russ Kaufmann, blogs about OCS and UC technologies and teaches our OCS course, which is also geared up for OCS R2. You can read his blog to learn more about his person and work.

Bill English, MVP, CEO
Mindsharp, Summit7, Best Practices and DeliverPoint

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