Category Archives: Community

An introduction to Agile SharePoint Development

The SUGUK Big Event of 2008 took place last night and was a resounding success. I presented an introduction to Agile SharePoint Dev with zero code demos, which was a welcome relief to the audience as Todd Bleeker had just … Continue reading

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SUGUK meeting 10th July – 6 sessions

The SUGUK meeting on the 10th looks like being a fantastic event,  we have 5 SharePoint MVPs presenting, two coming in from the USA. Signup here for a night not to be missed. Start – 6.00 PM Session 1 – … Continue reading

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SUGUK Meeting – Manchester Thurs 24th April

Back in the North West by popular demand. Sign up here: http://suguk.org/forums/thread/9594.aspx – Its free as always and I heard some people will be heading to the bar afterwards so even more opportunity to chat. 1st Session : An introduction … Continue reading

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LLN another BETT Learning Gateway story

One of the main projects I have been involved with over the past year is the Leeds Learning Network.  I have blogged about some of the technologies and recently launched a Special Interest Group for SharePoint in Education on the … Continue reading

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SUGUK Jan 10th 2007 – Meeting Write up

There was a fantastic turn out for the SUGUK meeting in London last night – considering the awful weather we managed officially the biggest turnout with 106 people attending an suguk event!   Chris O’Brien took on the challenge of doing … Continue reading

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SUGUK Presentation on Search Server 2008 – 10th Jan in London

After a wonderful New Years break in Iceland I am back to work,  I would like to say refreshed but the 4 hours of daylight and ‘cultural’ drinking until 5am have had it’s toll However I am a dedicated SUGUK … Continue reading

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Microsoft Search Server 2008 – presentation in Newcastle

Today I performed my first ‘Official’ Microsoft presentation at the TechNet briefing event in Newcastle.  I got to present on the same stage as seasoned presenters James O’Neill, Steve Lamb and new Evangelist team member Andrew Fryer.   I got an … Continue reading

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SharePoint in Education – Dedicated Forum on SUGUK

To support the growing use of SharePoint in Education we have created a Special Interest forum on the UK SharePoint User Group site specifically targeted at Education.   This forum aims to cover all areas of SharePoint in Education from the Microsoft Learning Gateway, … Continue reading

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SUGUK reaches 2000 members

Wow, the UK SharePoint User Group SUGUK, has reached the 2,000 members milestone.   Well done to Nick Swan and Steve Smith for making this one of the biggest and, I’m slightly biased, best SharePoint User Groups globally. If you are not a … Continue reading

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What it’s like to be an MVP newbee!

Lawrence sent through a link to this You Tube video which shows what every newly awarded MVP goes through.  I just had to post it as this has made my day…. and from the comments I’ve had back from friends and … Continue reading

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