The SharePoint Hippy & the Channel Islands SharePoint User Group

Are you a SharePoint Hippy

Myself and Andrew Woodward had an awesome 24hours whirlwind expedition down to the Channel Islands, Jersey, for their 1st official SharePoint User Group. While waiting for our flight to Jersey (via Guernsey apparently!) and influenced by something that Paul Culmsee mentions in his new … Continue reading

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The SharePoint Times They Are A-Changin’

Sat in bed recuperating after an operation, I stumbled across an album on Spotify that I used to listen to loads on vinyl when I was a student… Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan At Budokan Listening to the lyrics, it … Continue reading

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Video: The Simple Value of SharePoint

Benefit of SharePoint Infographic

Just before Christmas I uploaded a short video/animation that shows the simple value of sharepoint.  Based on feedback I’ve updated this to include a voice over that I hope really adds value… would love your feedback and if you think … Continue reading

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Video: The 5 Pillars of SharePoint Governance

5 Pillars of Governance Doodle

We briefly talked about the 5 Pillars of SharePoint Governance in our post ‘Governance 3.0‘. In this video post, we explain the 5 pillars in more detail and present you with a great visualisation you can use to articulate the 5 … Continue reading

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Building Trust as you roll out SharePoint

Hopes and Fears

One of the big challenges with rolling out anything that changes the way people work is getting people to accept it and make the transition.  This post isn’t looking at the wider subject of user adoption strategies but covers a … Continue reading

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Maximise SharePoint Value using the “Start Your Day” Game

Start Your SharePoint Day

Background I recently ran a very quick overview presentation (find it on SlideShare) of Innovation Games to the East Anglia SharePoint User Group. The aim of the 1 hour session was to give a little insight into where SharePoint project challenges … Continue reading

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Cartoon: SharePoint Stakeholder Fog of Despair!

SharePoint Stakeholder Fog of Despair

We all have those SharePoint projects where life would be great if the client stakeholders stopped arguing with each other and actually got on with delivering value for their organisation… Take some solace in the fact that you are not … Continue reading

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UK Gov Camp 2012 – A Graphic Recording

Ant Sketchnoting at UK Gov Camp 2012

Gov Camp 2012 kindly hosted by Microsoft UK was as awesome as ever. I had a great time, met with inspiring people, learnt lots and added a new dimension to my experience this time by creating sketchnotes (graphic recordings) of every … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Estimates

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This cartoon was from Paul Culmsee and supports his blog series on estimating and this one on Charlie Sheen (trust me you will enjoy).  

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Speaking at Channel Islands 1st SharePoint User Group

Very pleased to say that we have been asked to support the 1st Channel Islands SharePoint User Group meeting on Feb 9th. Gus Fraser (@gusfraser) recently made the move to Jersey and being active in the SharePoint community has worked … Continue reading

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