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9/5/2010Join me this week for one of two webcasts on SEProductivity this Wednesday or join me for both. Both shows will be weekly happenings where we will strive to bring you the latest in productivity news, tips & tricks, how to’s, and more. The two show kicking off look like this: - Coffee Talk – Join your favorite Southeast Productivity Pundits each Wednesday morning for Coffee Talk. Coffee talk is a live streaming show where the audience can participate in live Q&A. Each week Coffee Talk will bring you the latest in Microsoft Productivity news, upcoming event announcements, the Productivity tip/trick of the week, VIP Productivity guest interviews as well as mail bag questions answered and live on air Q&A.
You can view Coffee Talk here. - Productivity Brown Bag – Join your favorite Southeast Productivity Pundits, and other productivity experts from around the globe, each Wednesday at 12 noon eastern time for a LiveMeeting webcast. Each webcast will cover a different productivity topic. Topics will include a wide range of products and solutions including SharePoint, Project, Office, Visio, Unified Communications, and much more. To find a topic that suits your needs check out the SEProductivity calendar by clicking here.
This week I will be joined by Brett Austin and be broadcasting the Coffee Talk show from the Microsoft offices in Raleigh (location information here). If you are in the area and would like to join us bring along a cup of your favorite morning brew and hang with us live during the show as well as after for some impromptu Q&A and whiteboarding. I will also be broadcasting the lunch hour broadcast from the same offices so feel free to join me onsite as well! Look forward to “seeing” you online! 8/26/2010
Update 9-9-2010: The Birmingham date has been canceled
Update: I forgot to mention we will be giving out a limited number of copies of Office 2010 Pro plus assorted other goodies so sign up today if you use SharePoint or are moving in that direction and are in the area.
The following represents the finalized dates and agenda for a series of events throughout the Southeast US I will be participating in as a part of our district resources. Please note that there will be no longer be a social event (SharePint) as previously indicated. The events are for Greater Southeast District Microsoft customers only.
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“Enterprises should realize that they gain the highest return on workplace initiatives that focus on individual worker productivity as well as enterprise and team collaboration and innovation.” The Gartner Group
Microsoft invites you to be our guest at an exclusive event showcasing how the Microsoft Productivity Platform can help your business:
· Adapt to the ways next-generation workers prefer to work, communicate, and find information
· Support the growing number of mobile and deskless workers who need to stay connected to the business when they don’t have access to a PC
· Explore the challenges and opportunities of moving your data and critical systems from an on-premise data center to the cloud
Get the details on the latest Microsoft technologies and exclusive insights to help your business realize faster ROI through increased productivity.
Experience the Microsoft® Productivity Platform firsthand to discover:
· The Best Productivity Experience Across PC, Phone, and Browser: Microsoft is the only company to offer the best productivity experience across the three screens to accommodate every work style and business need.
· A Unified Productivity Platform: Microsoft uniquely offers a broad portfolio of software covering the major information workloads in your business: Unified Communications, Collaboration, Enterprise Search, Business Intelligence and Enterprise Content Management.
· The Cloud on Your Terms, at your pace: Microsoft is the only company to offer a financially-backed SLA to guarantee your uptime.
We invite you to spend a few hours with us to meet and hear from our resident experts at Microsoft to learn how your organization can benefit from The Best Productivity Experience Across the PC, Phone, and Browser, A Unified Productivity Platform and The Cloud on Your Terms, at your pace. Register for a location near you. |
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Call today to register by calling
877-673-8368 and reference the Event ID listed by your city or click on the Register Now button below to register online.
Registration: 1:00pm to 1:30pm
Discussion: 1:30pm to 4:30pm |
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Ft. Lauderdale
Event ID: 1032458480
Monday, August 30, 2010
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Tampa
Event ID: 1032458483
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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Raleigh
Event ID: 1032458490
Monday, October 4, 2010
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Charlotte
Event ID: 1032458488
Monday, October 18, 2010
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Alpharetta
Event ID: 1032458492
Monday, November 1, 2010
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8/23/2010This morning while waiting for my turn as part of an all day client onsite one of our reps contacted me. They had a client looking for some information about online resources around Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Content Management resources. I grabbed the following 3 solid starting points for him and his client and am passing along here to all of you who may have similar interests. Happy ECMing  8/20/2010
Update: the events date/locations have changed. Please see the updated schedule here http://socialmedia.mikegannotti.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=461
Update: Forgot to add... at each session we will be giving away several copies of Office 2010 Pro at the end of each session as well as other goodies during each session. :-)
So the dates are finally locked and registration is open. My compadre, Brent Whichel of Office 411, and myself are hitting the road and coming to a city near you in the in the Southeast. Following each session we will also be holding a SharePint at a local establishment for 2 hours for anyone who wants to hang and socialize (the one exception being Birmingham where we will be having a SharePoint following the Birmingham SharePoint user group meeting that I am speaking at which corresponds to our visit). Check out the invite below and sign up today.
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“Enterprises should realize that they gain the highest return on workplace initiatives that focus on individual worker productivity as well as enterprise and team collaboration and innovation.” The Gartner Group
Technology is changing the nature of work, and the workplace as well…it has become an increasingly challenging environment. A few things play into that challenge:
Consumerization of IT
· Insecure, risky consumer-grade applications installed by enterprise users
· Demand for popular capabilities (social networks, IM, blogging, mashups, etc.) at work
· Sharing of enterprise data on public networks (LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.)
Multigenerational workforce
· 3 generations – Boomers (b.1946-1962), GenX (1963-1980), Millennials (b.1981-2000) with different workstyles and attitudes toward technology
· 80 million Millennials in US, 3.6B worldwide – 4 million enter US workforce each year
· Boomers deferring retirement, second careers
Rise of the Cloud
· Main customer concerns: control, security – still questions about cloud in minds of some
· 80% of large enterprise IT managers are at least in trials for cloud computing
· Most enterprises looking at hybrid cloud/on-premise deployments
Infrastructure cost and complexity
· Too many systems/vendors in data center
· Average $1 B company maintains 48 disparate financial systems
· Complicated by M&A activity, need to maintain legacy systems
Diverse and distributed workforce
· Remote workers – 84% of organizations have a remote workforce
· Increasingly sophisticated mobile apps, mobile devices
Increasing use of contingent staff, contractors, outsourcing |
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Ft. Lauderdale
Event ID: 1032458480
August 30, 2010
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Tampa
Event ID: 1032458483
September 7, 2010
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Birmingham
Event ID: 1032458484
September 13, 2010
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Charlotte
Event ID: 1032458488
September 23, 2010
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Raleigh
Event ID: 1032458490
October 4, 2010
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Alpharetta
Event ID: 1032458492
October 11, 2010
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Join us to see the Future of Productivity…discover how your organization can benefit from the best experience on the pc, phone and browser. We invite you to spend a few hours with us to meet and hear from our resident experts at Microsoft to learn how Microsoft can help you improve productivity, collaboration and drive down cost in your business. Register for a location near you.
8/7/2010Starting this week I will be hitting the road with overnights almost every week for the next few months. At each stop I will be hanging out for a SharePint social and would love to kick back with you! I have already started posting some of these events at the new social media site for my district, http://www.seproductivity.com Some immediate events include a SharePint event in Charlotte NC this Tuesday night and another in Omaha NE the week after that. Following these will be weekly ones in Ft Lauderdale FL, Tampa FL, Birmingham AL, Atlanta GA, Raleigh NC, Charlotte NC, and Jacksonville FL. I will be posting details for these as well as the upcoming weekly productivity webcasts and Coffee Talk morning show throughout this week as the final event details are nailed down. Be sure to visit http://www.seproductivity.com to see the latest event listings. Also, with your visits you will see the site finally starting to take shape. Yesterday, resident Productivity Pundit Marvin Mitchell installed the SharePoint Productivity Hub on the site and he will be adjusting that for anonymous access this week. In the meantime you can access its content under the Resources dropdown navigation. There will also be a doubling of listed pundits over the next week and you will start to see the regular contribution of content by those pundits over the next two weeks. Finally, are you a Microsoft Partner/ISV with solutions/offerings around Microsoft productivity products? The contact me if you would like a listing on our Solutions Central. Well I hope to see you in one of the cities I will be visiting as well as online for the upcoming productivity weekly webcasts and morning show. In the meantime it’s a beautiful Saturday here in North Carolina and I have to go pick up and spread rock for a new walkway. After that I will be kicking back for the second to last day of my parents visit from California as well as first day of my son Sam’s return from his college (stayed in Ohio to work this summer and took 3 classes). So have a great one, mark your calendars for a SharePint, and enjoy the rest of the weekend. Ciao! 7/22/2010
With the release of SharePoint 2010, customers are seeing a huge leap forward in social media capabilities that were previously supplied via software vendor add-ons like NewsGator SocialSites for SharePoint 2007. With advances like the revamped MySites, updated blogs and wikis, tag clouds and more many clients have been asking me the question, “Mike do I really need NewsGator for SharePoint 2010?” A few weeks ago I sat down with the folks from NewsGator and they showed me their all new SocialSites for SharePoint 2010 and all I can say is wow!! They took the great work done by the SharePoint team, then put things in to overdrive and really took it to a whole new level that all clients should at least take a hard look at as they look to leverage social media capabilities both internally and on the Internet.
In today’s Social Media Samurai episode I run through what NewsGator terms their great eight primary features of the new SocialSites for SharePoint 2010. These include:
- Advanced RSS
- Social Profiles
- Expertise Discovery
- Ideas
- Communities
- Activity Stream
- Rich Clients
- Microblogging
NewsGator SocialSites Video
So now that I may have piqued your curiosity around around SocialSites why don’t you head on over to the NewsGator site and check out their offering in more detail.
SharePoint 2010 and NewsGator SocialSites are a powerful one two combination that can really push your social efforts to the next level so check it out today.
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7/20/2010Microsoft has released the official Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Training kits for developers and they are available to download for free. The kits both contain presentations, demonstrations, labs, as well as links to Channel 9 videos covering each of the development topics. Office 2010 Developer Training Kit Overview: “The Office 2010 Developer Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content including hands-on labs, presentations, source code, and instructor-led videos, that are designed to help you learn how to develop for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. ” SharePoint 2010 Developer Training Kit Overview: “The SharePoint 2010 Developer Training Kit provides developers with deep guidance on how to develop for SharePoint 2010. Through PowerPoint decks, Hands-On Labs, Source Code, and Instructor-Led Videos, the developer kit walks you through an array of important developer topics--including Developer Roadmap, Visual Studio tooling, Workflow, Business Connectivity Services, and much, much more.” You can grab the kits from Microsoft via the links below.
For some some time now I have been harping on Facebook and Twitter that this year is the year of the tablet. With the explosive popularity of the iPad, the mass of Android based devices set for release, not to mention Windows and WebOS based devices coming, it truly is shaping up as an avalanche of a new device class. These devices are optimized for lightweight media consumption that includes eBooks, web content, digital newspapers and magazines, as well as multimedia. While many will have high speed data connections via mobile operators (3G and 4G) many more will rely on wifi which means they will spend much of their mobile time in disconnected mode. Individuals and organizations need to take this new reality in to account as they fashion their communication and marketing plans. Thankfully, the steps to providing a satisfying mobile disconnected experience can be easily accomplished using familiar desktop tools from Microsoft Office such as Word 2010 and/or Publisher 2010. Additionally, easy distribution of the produced content can be accomplished using built in features of of web based entities such as SharePoint Server.
In this edition of Michael on the Go I discuss the factors that will force a recognition of this new communications paradigm, the re-purposing of the old newsletter as well as new approaches to reaching this audience, and the technical means by which anyone can readily engage the ever growing tablet and eBook audience.
Publishing for Tablets Video
Technorati Tags: eBook, Tablet, Newsletter, SocialMedia, Microsoft, Office, Word, Publisher, SharePoint, Gannotti, Technology, Mobility
7/16/2010Do you have needs for training around SharePoint 2010 as well as Office 2010? Are you running SharePoint 2010 or will be shortly? Then you need to check out the latest release of the Microsoft Productivity Hub for 2010!!! Consisting of a pre-populated site collection, the Productivity Hub can jumpstart your training efforts and help you to ensure the successful deployment of SharePoint to your user base. Productivity Hub Description: “Microsoft has developed the Productivity Hub to help support your ongoing end user training efforts.
The Hub is a SharePoint Server site collection for 2007 and 2010 that serves as a learning community and is fully customizable. It provides a central place for your training efforts, and includes training content from Microsoft’s core products. Microsoft also provides ongoing and updated content packs.
The Hub uses SharePoint Server’s social networking capabilities, such as blogs and discussion groups. In addition, it offers the Coach program, a change management feature to help you train end users to self-help, reducing the burden on your training and IT staff. The Coach program impacts productivity in a collaborative and positive way.
The 2010 version of the Productivity Hub includes a quiz feature, a section called ‘Get it Done’ that offers training for tasks such as email management and collaboration, and also features Silverlight. There will be a non-Silverlight version of the 2010 Hub delivered in late June.
The 2007 Hub contains 2007 content only (v2) with 2010 content added in v3 (to be released in June 2010). You can also add 2010 content packages to your current Hub. Watch for more document on migration from your 2007 Hub to your 2010 Hub.
What the Productivity Hub is: - Format: Pre-loaded SharePoint site collection, optimized for Web 2.0 functionality and easily deployed within SharePoint Server 2007 or SharePoint 2010 environment, depending on version
- Content: Convenient end user productivity training in a variety of formats (documents, videos, podcasts, etc.). Receive free quarterly updates of content that you will learn about through the Productivity blog.
- Blog: The Productivity blog offers tips and tricks for end user productivity. Use it as is, or your training staff can use the posts as their own to help them get started in running an internal blog.
- Train the trainer: Includes IT/Manager section to aid with deployment of the site collection, and guidance to develop the Coach program
- Products: Office 2007 and Office 2010 (including SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint 2010), Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8, Project, Visio, Live Meeting, and Communicator
You can also download additional content packages that expand the training materials you can make available through the Hub.” So what are you waiting for head on over to the Productivity Hub download page today!!! |
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