Hello 2010 and SharePoint events for the year ahead
It’s been a while since my last post and some of you may have thought that I’ve given up on the blog. No I haven’t and I really should not be making any excuses. On reflection last year 2009 has been a blast with some great events that occurred in my personal life and also my professional life (obviously SharePoint related)
Looking ahead at 2010 there are many events that will make 2010 a fantastic year. Just on reflection working on our company Knowledge Cue since 2008 has taught me a lot about work life balance and have provided opportunities which I never thought possible. You can follow Knowledge Cue happenings on our company blog. I use this (my personal) blog to engage with the wider local and international SharePoint community to share my knowledge.
This year I will be attending and in some cases presenting about SharePoint in the following events.
I will be presenting and facilitating a workshop for the annual conference in New Zealand.
Pre conference - Workshop : Applying Information Architecture Taxonomies and Structure to Your Data to Increase its Usefulness and Value
Information which is currently held and being collecting by organisations contains significant value if it is properly extracted and findable. Before anything significant can really be accomplished the information must be ordered and structured to allow for efficient location of necessary information and for applications to utilise the data and deliver additional benefits. This workshop will provide you with guidance and examples that will take you through taxonomy models and approaches to structuring data. The workshop will also outline governance policies related to Information management.
Roundtable Discussion : Using SharePoint as a Tool for Driving Increased Productivity of Staff and What Can be Expected from SharePoint 2010
**Presentation : Extracting Tangible Benefits to Working Processes from SharePoint **
SharePoint is just like any other tool, it needs to serve a specific function rather just being used for the sake of it. Given that benefits of SharePoint are entirely user dependant, how do you ensure that your users are actually gaining benefits from its use? Discover how to manage people to take advantage of what SharePoint offers for Information Management.
Registrations for the Information Management Summit are now available on the event web site : http://www.brightstar.co.nz/conferences/8th-annual-information-management-summit
I will be attending and presenting a session at this conference in London. With over 20 leading experts and speakers this conference will be one the premier SharePoint events in Europe.
Presentation : WCM for the power user: how to use publishing technologies in the real world – In the case of developing a WCM (web content management) site the quite often overlooked factor is the interaction of the power users in the publishing and content creation process. In this session we will look at the planning stages of a real world WCM project to ensure that the WCM site is developed with features that are available for power users to publish and manage WCM sites. We will look at how to ensure that these are used in the correct context and demonstrate the different approaches and pros and cons of each approach.
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With the huge success of last year’s conference we will be running this year with more content and sessions including workshops. We already have some of the top speakers registered for this event and you can check out details on the web site. http://www.sharepointconference.co.nz
Conference sessions are grouped into three tracks of Business (B), Technical (T) and Voice of a Customer (V) that indicate the target audience for those sessions. Once registered, you can select one agenda item per time slot across all three tracks.
We will also be running a workshop series to get hands on in-depth learning experiences for you before and after the conference days!
You will also be able to attend our regular SharePoint user group events as usual throughout the year. To see what is happening in each city check out the Events website on http://www.dot.net.nz/default.aspx which highlights regular events. Also you can follow the NZSharePoint twitter channel for regular updates.
I’ll be getting back to reviving this blog on a regular basis with the continuation of my SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Planning series.