SharePoint - Smooth Sailing: Shift Happens

Paul J. Swider is an international speaker, writer and freelance consultant. In addition he is president of the Charleston SharePoint Users Group and a contributing author of the new Professional SharePoint 2010 Development book published by Wrox Press. Paul is an accomplished entrepreneur straight from a barrier Island near Charleston; SC. Paul chases the tides and winds as an avid boater and sailor. He is grateful to escape the summer heat in Charleston and consults with some of the most successful companies in the world. 17 years of software consulting experience combined with many Microsoft certifications and speaking credentials has made Paul an authority in the SharePoint Community. Paul has trained and consulted thousands of SharePoint administrators, developers and architects. Paul has trained and consulted thousands of SharePoint administrators, developers and architects. His vast knowledge is not overshadowed by his witty entertainment when he speaks at numerous conferences and seminars worldwide. With unique creativity, Paul implements enterprise SharePoint Solutions for clients around the world. In addition, he writes and teaches about enterprise collaboration concepts with demonstrated knowledge you can only get in "the trenches". His specialties include enterprise SharePoint deployment, information architecture, SharePoint development best practices and social media integration.

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March 26, 2007

Shift Happens

Happy Monday! I celebrated my birthday over the weekend with friends at a resort in CT and returned to work this morning.

I thought some of you would find this slide show worth watching. It is 6 minutes long. A professor from Champlain College shared it with the campus community. It is interesting and certainly addresses the "quickening" of technology and the impact it will have on our ability to respond with a skilled workforce.

Watch the Shift Happens video here

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The "Humanizing" of SharePoint 2010
SharePoint 2010 provides a great infrastructure for building an application directory and profile store using SharePoint Services. In addition the profile database is the information store for people, community and data used for social application. In this advanced session for developers and architects we cover the concepts of working with profiles, importing from Active directory and supplementing the data via a custom service or third party import. The entire session will be demo based usage scenarios of the profile database, audiences, My Sites and storing data for communities.
10 Rules for a ‘Social’ revolution using SharePoint 2010
How companies are going to make the shift from 1-to-1 relationships with their partners and clients to a one-to-many relationship can be a daunting challenge. Microsoft's social computing tools are delivered as part of the collaboration infrastructure and integrated by design with Microsoft SharePoint 2010. In this session we will focus on understanding the widely accepted 10 rules for adopting Social technologies inside the corporate firewall using SharePoint 2010.
SharePoint 2010 Has New Pillars
Many of the terms formerly describing SharePoint have been changed. In this session get an overview of the new pillars and how they can be positioned while discussing the platform with your peers, employer or clients. We will explore the new six pillars - site, communities, content, search, insights and composites
15 Things Developers Must Know When Migrating to SharePoint 2010
Note Date Added 15 Things Developers Must Know When Migrating to SharePoint 2010 In this half day session we will review the top 15 things every developer should know when migrating to SharePoint 2010. Take a deep dive into the changes made to the object model, SharePoint Services, Business Connectivity Services and user interface enhancements.

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SharePoint - Smooth Sailing