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KMA SharePoint Recap

Welcome and Introduction

Copyright 2011 © Knowledge Management Associates, LLC. All rights reserved.

Why We’re Here: SharePoint Conference 2011


• Six people

• One week

• Cross-country

• Conference fee

• Travel expenses

• Opportunity cost

• Total: > $50,000

KMA’s Investment


• Cool stuff we learned at SPC11

• Why we think it matters to you, our clients and prospects

• What we recommend you do next as a result.

Today’s Approach: 3 Simple Themes


Client: "We don't have a development farm.”

Consultant: No, actually, you don't have a production farm."

A Couple Quick Highlights – Best Quote


• SQL 2012 (“Denali”)

– 7,500 concurrent users

– 14 TB content database

– 107 million records in search results

• UNPLUGGED ON STAGE

• Full failover in 42 seconds

A Couple Quick Highlights – Best Demo


Agenda

Time Topic Owner

9:30am – 9:40am Introduction Mike Gilronan

9:40am – 10:00am Project Server Amy Talhouk

10:00am – 10:30am Adoption Chris Bortlik &

Karina Vatynskaya

10:30am – 10:50am Business Process Automation

(non-Developer version)

Deanne Damato

10:50am – 11:00am BREAK

11:00am – 11:30am Social Computing Mike Gilronan

11:30am – 12:00pm External Facing Websites

(Extranets and WWW)

Derek Cash-Peterson

12:00pm – 12:30pm Business Intelligence with SQL Server 2012 Chris McNulty

Close

Public Sites and Branding SharePoint Sites at SPC11

Derek Cash-Peterson


• SharePoint Developer

• Information Architect

• User Experience Designer

• The Branding Guy

Introduction/Point of View


What did we learn about public sites and branding at SPC11?


• 25 sessions on public websites, extranets, web content management, and branding

• SPC216 – Creating Beautiful and Engaging Websites with SharePoint 2010

• PSC330 – Content Targeting with FAST Search

• SPC258 – Planning for the Lifecycle of your SharePoint Website

Public Site Sessions


• Business Requirements • Functional Requirements • Physical Architecture • Information Architecture

– Sitemap – Wireframes – Visual Design Comps – HTML Comps

• Content Strategy • Social Strategy • Mobile Strategy • Search Strategy

It’s All About the Planning


• Not Talking With Your Users

• Just Build Something!

• Content, what content?

Common Pitfalls

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Not Talking With Your Users


Just Build Something!


Content, What Content?


How To Avoid the Quicksand


• Allow users to connect with social media

• Utilize advertisement delivery networks

• Target content via users social history and preferences

Don’t Be Afraid of your Users


• Search Refiners

• Recommend Content

• Most Popular/Promotional Content

• Metadata-based navigation

User Centered Design


Deliver the right content to the right people at the right time.


Make Sure You Understand The Blueprints


Content, Content, Content


Measure Twice, Cut Once


• Gilbane Content Management Conference: 30 November – 1 December

• KMA Webinar: “How We Did It” Extranets for Partners and Customers 14 December

Resources


Final Words and Resources


Evaluations – We All Evaluate One Another…


How to Sustain the Conversation

Topic Owner E-mail Twitter Blog

Project Server Amy Talhouk

[email protected] @atal64 http://blogs.kma-

llc.net/kma/

Adoption Chris Bortlik &

Karina Vatynskaya

[email protected] @cbortlik http://blogs.technet.com

/cbortlik

Business Process

Automation

Deanne Damato

[email protected] http://blogs.kma-

llc.net/kma/

Social Computing Mike Gilronan [email protected] @mikegil http://kmamikegil-

blog.kma-llc.net/

External Facing Websites Derek Cash-Peterson

[email protected] @dcpkma http://blogs.kma-

llc.net/goodpoint/

BI -- Powered by SQL

Server 2012

Chris McNulty

[email protected] @cmcnulty20

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http://www.chrismcnulty.

net/blog/default.aspx

mailto:[email protected]



http://blogs.kma-llc.net/kma/




http://blogs.technet.com/cbortlik

http://blogs.technet.com/cbortlik










http://kmamikegil-blog.kma-llc.net/










http://blogs.kma-llc.net/goodpoint/




http://www.chrismcnulty.net/blog/default.aspx

http://www.chrismcnulty.net/blog/default.aspx


• KMA Event: 22 November – Amy Talhouk – New England SharePoint User

Group – 5 ways SharePoint can benefit

your PMO

• KMA Webinar: 14 December – Derek Cash-Peterson – “How We Did It” Extranets for

Partners and Customers – http://info.kma-llc.net/kma-

webinar-sharepoint-based-partner-portal/

In Closing…KMA Stuff

http://www.nesharepoint.com/Pages/home.aspx

http://www.nesharepoint.com/Pages/home.aspx

http://info.kma-llc.net/kma-webinar-sharepoint-based-partner-portal/















• Gilbane Conference:

30 November – 1 December

– http://gilbaneboston.com

• Microsoft Project Conference 2012

– Phoenix

– March 19-22, 2012

– http://msprojectconference.com

• SharePoint Conference 2012

– Las Vegas

– November 12-15, 2012

In Closing…Other Stuff

http://gilbaneboston.com/

http://msprojectconference.com/

http://msprojectconference.com/


THANK YOU!