Many companies have become more entrenched against the use of My Sites for fear that proprietary information will be leaked; employees will spend their time chatting instead of working; or there will be legal consequences for inappropriate information being exchanged or shared.
Using a Leadership Development example, we will focus on how My Sites can provide a competitive edge through resource location, knowledge sharing, and business process improvement. You will also learn how with “directed play” these connections can be used to enhance the training evolution.
Join us for this TrainingIndustry.com webinar, sponsored by GP Strategies, and at the end of the session you will see that SharePoint and its social networking features within the platform are actually powerful tools that can and should be utilized to your organization’s advantage.
Lessons:
•My Sites can be a vital tool in curriculum development toolbox
•Social networking isn't a choice any longer— it’s how we learn today
•In order to succeed, your company has to be connected internally
The world of corporate learning is moving toward the 70+20+10% model. This suggests about 70% of learning happens on the job, 20% via feedback from colleagues and peers and 10% in formal training. SharePoint is one of the key enablers of this move, with its widespread use for blogging, wikis and document repositories. Assessments (quizzes, surveys, tests and exams) are a critical part of learning—helping diagnose what you need to learn, giving feedback on learning, measuring and reinforcing what you have learned. Assessments are also useful in SharePoint for those using it for more formal training and also to keep track of compliance with regulations within SharePoint.
Office 365 for education provides a family of academic plans including Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync. Warwickshire Council plans to migrate 80,000 students and staff to Office 365 to replace an expiring SharePoint 2007 learning platform. E-ACT Academies Group uses separate Office 365 tenancies for each of its 9 schools linked to a central portal. Shireland Collegiate Academy is migrating 1.2TB of Exchange 2003 and SharePoint 2007 data to Office 365 without installing software locally.
10 Best SharePoint Features You’ve Never Used (But Should)Christian Buckley
An asset library is a special document library in SharePoint designed specifically for storing and managing digital assets like images, audio files, videos, and other multimedia content. Some key features of an asset library include:
- Organizing assets into folders for easier management and retrieval.
- Metadata columns to describe and tag assets for improved searching and filtering.
- Check-out/check-in functionality to prevent concurrent editing of assets.
- Image renditions to generate different sized versions of images for different uses.
- Slide libraries for storing and playing image slideshows.
- Media web parts to embed and playback audio/video files on pages.
Using an asset library allows digital assets to be centrally
In this webinar, Toby Ward, President and CEO of Prescient Digital Media, and Tamer El Shazli, VP, Technology + SharePoint Lead, Social Business Interactive, discuss the pros, cons, and overall capabilities of SharePoint 2013, and see how it stacks up to the competition.
Why Is SharePoint Still So Hard? by Michal Pisarek - SPTechConSPTechCon
The document discusses why SharePoint projects often fail. It identifies key reasons as a lack of focus on people over technology, poor resources like experts claiming expertise beyond their skills, and a lack of clear vision and alignment in organizations. It emphasizes that SharePoint is about changing how people work, not just giving them new tools, and that successful implementations require understanding users and change management.
Columbus Brown II gave a presentation on developing memorable SharePoint training that will not be forgotten. The presentation emphasized that traditional classroom training is often not enough for end users and site owners. It discussed the business value of a properly implemented SharePoint and getting organizations ready for the 2020 workplace. The presentation provided ideas for developing training curriculum and ways to build learning communities within an organization to foster continued learning about SharePoint.
1. Amar Shah provides an end user training solution called ShowMe SharePoint that delivers just-in-time training videos within the SharePoint application to improve user adoption and lower training costs.
2. ShowMe SharePoint includes a library of over 120 training videos on common SharePoint tasks that can be launched directly from within SharePoint. It also allows customization of videos and integration with third party applications.
3. The solution aims to replace expensive classroom training by providing practical, easy to use on-the-job training that is context sensitive and up-to-date in order to increase user productivity and ROI on SharePoint deployments.
The world of corporate learning is moving toward the 70+20+10% model. This suggests about 70% of learning happens on the job, 20% via feedback from colleagues and peers and 10% in formal training. SharePoint is one of the key enablers of this move, with its widespread use for blogging, wikis and document repositories. Assessments (quizzes, surveys, tests and exams) are a critical part of learning—helping diagnose what you need to learn, giving feedback on learning, measuring and reinforcing what you have learned. Assessments are also useful in SharePoint for those using it for more formal training and also to keep track of compliance with regulations within SharePoint.
Office 365 for education provides a family of academic plans including Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync. Warwickshire Council plans to migrate 80,000 students and staff to Office 365 to replace an expiring SharePoint 2007 learning platform. E-ACT Academies Group uses separate Office 365 tenancies for each of its 9 schools linked to a central portal. Shireland Collegiate Academy is migrating 1.2TB of Exchange 2003 and SharePoint 2007 data to Office 365 without installing software locally.
10 Best SharePoint Features You’ve Never Used (But Should)Christian Buckley
An asset library is a special document library in SharePoint designed specifically for storing and managing digital assets like images, audio files, videos, and other multimedia content. Some key features of an asset library include:
- Organizing assets into folders for easier management and retrieval.
- Metadata columns to describe and tag assets for improved searching and filtering.
- Check-out/check-in functionality to prevent concurrent editing of assets.
- Image renditions to generate different sized versions of images for different uses.
- Slide libraries for storing and playing image slideshows.
- Media web parts to embed and playback audio/video files on pages.
Using an asset library allows digital assets to be centrally
In this webinar, Toby Ward, President and CEO of Prescient Digital Media, and Tamer El Shazli, VP, Technology + SharePoint Lead, Social Business Interactive, discuss the pros, cons, and overall capabilities of SharePoint 2013, and see how it stacks up to the competition.
Why Is SharePoint Still So Hard? by Michal Pisarek - SPTechConSPTechCon
The document discusses why SharePoint projects often fail. It identifies key reasons as a lack of focus on people over technology, poor resources like experts claiming expertise beyond their skills, and a lack of clear vision and alignment in organizations. It emphasizes that SharePoint is about changing how people work, not just giving them new tools, and that successful implementations require understanding users and change management.
Columbus Brown II gave a presentation on developing memorable SharePoint training that will not be forgotten. The presentation emphasized that traditional classroom training is often not enough for end users and site owners. It discussed the business value of a properly implemented SharePoint and getting organizations ready for the 2020 workplace. The presentation provided ideas for developing training curriculum and ways to build learning communities within an organization to foster continued learning about SharePoint.
1. Amar Shah provides an end user training solution called ShowMe SharePoint that delivers just-in-time training videos within the SharePoint application to improve user adoption and lower training costs.
2. ShowMe SharePoint includes a library of over 120 training videos on common SharePoint tasks that can be launched directly from within SharePoint. It also allows customization of videos and integration with third party applications.
3. The solution aims to replace expensive classroom training by providing practical, easy to use on-the-job training that is context sensitive and up-to-date in order to increase user productivity and ROI on SharePoint deployments.
How do organizations successfully migrate or upgrade SharePoint to SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, & Modern SharePoint From Classic SharePoint Or Legacy Versions Of SharePoint Server?
In this session, MVP and expert Richard Harbridge will discuss what important considerations should be understood and planned before an upgrade/migration, what approaches have successfully worked for other companies, and practical guidance on how best to succeed with your modernization or migration project.
Planning Your Migration to SharePoint Online #SPBiz60Christian Buckley
Session from SPBiz.com online event on June 18th, 2015. It’s always best to begin with a plan, and this session will provide a framework for developing your own migration plan. While tools will help automate some aspects of the content move, much of the complexity of a SharePoint migration happens before a tool is installed. This session will help analysts, project managers and admin of SharePoint to reduce migration time and increase success.
ARMA Vancouver (in partnership with ARMA VI) invited Bruce Miller from RIMtech to give his 2 day “Managing Electronic Records with SharePoint” workshop.
Bruce Smith recaps some of the key messages about managing an EDRMS project, the roles of IT and RM, metrics for measuring progress, and 3rd party tools to add recordkeeping capabilities to SharePoint.
Bruce Norman Smith has been a SharePoint champion at Environment Canada and the Medical Council of Canada. A Master’s degree in Library and Information Studies (MLIS, McGill ‘08) provides Bruce with graduate level training in business process analysis, database design, xml metadata development, and IM theory & methods. Bruce’s talent for bridging the gaps between business needs, RM and Archival requirements & technical best practices ensures your entire organization can benefit from a SharePoint implementation. His current focus is on mastering the infrastructure and services that support a rock solid ECM solution.
Bruce's blog site is: http://seek.itgroove.net/
With the beta of Microsoft SharePoint freshly released in July, and the final version expected towards the end of year, now is the time to be looking at the new version of SharePoint: Microsoft SharePoint 2013.
Robert Stewart, Intergen’s a Solution Specialist for the Innovation, Strategy and Solutions Team spoke to attendees about Microsoft SharePoint 2013 - taking a look at where we’ve come from and what SharePoint is like today.
SharePoint 2013 is more than a refresh – it contains numerous features that will help improve collaboration and productivity for organisations of all sizes, embracing social media, mobility and search in new ways, while building on the solid platform established by earlier versions.
The document compares Open Source CMS and SharePoint for developing websites. Open Source CMS are better suited for external websites due to lower costs, easier deployment and use, and better performance. SharePoint is better suited for internal/intranet sites due to its document management and collaboration features. While both can be used together, Open Source CMS is generally considered a better option for external websites compared to SharePoint due to its advantages in areas like cost and ease of use.
SharePoint provides powerful collaboration, content management, and search capabilities. It can be used for tasks like document management, workflows, and social networking within an organization. SharePoint offers benefits like scalability, flexibility, integration with Office 365 and other systems, and tools for customization and development.
SharePoint 2010 allows users to tag list items, documents, pages, and external pages to help organize information using a flexible taxonomy system. Tags can be added to anything with a URL to help categorize and find content. Users can tag list items, documents, and SharePoint pages to add keywords and notes for categorization purposes.
Whitepaper essential share point 2016 walkthrough | HUBFLYHubfly
With HubFly business productivity apps for SharePoint, your business can get more efficient. SharePoint alredy has robust features for content management & work collaboration.In this whitepaper, let us walk you through the essential SharePoint navigation and discuss Admin features & HubFly powered business productivity apps. If you are new to SharePoint, you will value this whitepaper.
Kathy Hughes gave a presentation to business stakeholders on preparing for SharePoint 2010. She discussed the key business benefits of upgrading, important new features in SharePoint 2010, and considerations for the upgrade process such as customizations, client software, and testing. She also covered licensing options and potential upgrade paths. The presentation aimed to help stakeholders understand how SharePoint 2010 can benefit their organization and facilitate planning their upgrade.
Calinda Software provides collaboration solutions to make enterprise collaboration more productive. Their flagship products, MailSpace and MindUp, capture email conversations and attachments in SharePoint to foster adoption of collaboration tools. SocialFactor adds conversational capabilities to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to boost interactions in the social network and allow including internal and external participants via email. The solutions help optimize collaboration, decision making and reporting across organizations.
Key features to move Yammer users from casual to power users. Yammer adoption continues to rapidly expand, but like any other collaboration platform, most people understand the basic capabilities yet fail to dig down into the "power user" capabilities that help any user to move from causal use to high-productivity. This session walks through 15 tips and tricks to help participants get the most out of the Yammer platform.
SharePoint is a platform for organizing, sharing, and collaborating on content. It allows users to create websites for sharing information and working together. The document describes setting up a SharePoint portal for a company called LemonIT to provide intranet services like common workspaces, calendars, discussions, and sharing of text and graphics. Key features of SharePoint discussed include sites, communities, content management, search, insights, and customization capabilities.
Presentation to the 15 October 2009 SharePoint Conference organised by TFPL.
The presentation looks at the different ways that Higher Education Institutions have used SharePoint, and showcases a diverse range of viewpoints on SharePoint from people in the sector.
The presentation includes some unpublished quotes from Northumbria University's research project into the Usage of SharePoint in Higher Education.
El documento presenta un juego interactivo sobre las formas en que se encuentra el agua de forma natural y cotidiana. El jugador debe elegir la respuesta correcta entre las opciones dadas a 5 preguntas sobre si el agua se encuentra en estado líquido, sólido, gaseoso o imaginario en diferentes contextos.
The document discusses several key aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization, including:
- The Egyptians built massive pyramid structures as burial places for pharaohs on the Nile River delta.
- They developed hieroglyphic writing, using pictures to represent ideas and sounds, often on papyrus reeds.
- Religious beliefs focused on the afterlife, shown through mummification and tomb/temple construction.
This document provides instructions for participants of the ATD Training Certificate Program. It outlines two components for participants to review before the workshop: 1) a self-assessment to complete to evaluate their current training skills, and 2) an article on best practices and common mistakes for new trainers. Participants are asked to bring their completed self-assessment to the workshop.
How do organizations successfully migrate or upgrade SharePoint to SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, & Modern SharePoint From Classic SharePoint Or Legacy Versions Of SharePoint Server?
In this session, MVP and expert Richard Harbridge will discuss what important considerations should be understood and planned before an upgrade/migration, what approaches have successfully worked for other companies, and practical guidance on how best to succeed with your modernization or migration project.
Planning Your Migration to SharePoint Online #SPBiz60Christian Buckley
Session from SPBiz.com online event on June 18th, 2015. It’s always best to begin with a plan, and this session will provide a framework for developing your own migration plan. While tools will help automate some aspects of the content move, much of the complexity of a SharePoint migration happens before a tool is installed. This session will help analysts, project managers and admin of SharePoint to reduce migration time and increase success.
ARMA Vancouver (in partnership with ARMA VI) invited Bruce Miller from RIMtech to give his 2 day “Managing Electronic Records with SharePoint” workshop.
Bruce Smith recaps some of the key messages about managing an EDRMS project, the roles of IT and RM, metrics for measuring progress, and 3rd party tools to add recordkeeping capabilities to SharePoint.
Bruce Norman Smith has been a SharePoint champion at Environment Canada and the Medical Council of Canada. A Master’s degree in Library and Information Studies (MLIS, McGill ‘08) provides Bruce with graduate level training in business process analysis, database design, xml metadata development, and IM theory & methods. Bruce’s talent for bridging the gaps between business needs, RM and Archival requirements & technical best practices ensures your entire organization can benefit from a SharePoint implementation. His current focus is on mastering the infrastructure and services that support a rock solid ECM solution.
Bruce's blog site is: http://seek.itgroove.net/
With the beta of Microsoft SharePoint freshly released in July, and the final version expected towards the end of year, now is the time to be looking at the new version of SharePoint: Microsoft SharePoint 2013.
Robert Stewart, Intergen’s a Solution Specialist for the Innovation, Strategy and Solutions Team spoke to attendees about Microsoft SharePoint 2013 - taking a look at where we’ve come from and what SharePoint is like today.
SharePoint 2013 is more than a refresh – it contains numerous features that will help improve collaboration and productivity for organisations of all sizes, embracing social media, mobility and search in new ways, while building on the solid platform established by earlier versions.
The document compares Open Source CMS and SharePoint for developing websites. Open Source CMS are better suited for external websites due to lower costs, easier deployment and use, and better performance. SharePoint is better suited for internal/intranet sites due to its document management and collaboration features. While both can be used together, Open Source CMS is generally considered a better option for external websites compared to SharePoint due to its advantages in areas like cost and ease of use.
SharePoint provides powerful collaboration, content management, and search capabilities. It can be used for tasks like document management, workflows, and social networking within an organization. SharePoint offers benefits like scalability, flexibility, integration with Office 365 and other systems, and tools for customization and development.
SharePoint 2010 allows users to tag list items, documents, pages, and external pages to help organize information using a flexible taxonomy system. Tags can be added to anything with a URL to help categorize and find content. Users can tag list items, documents, and SharePoint pages to add keywords and notes for categorization purposes.
Whitepaper essential share point 2016 walkthrough | HUBFLYHubfly
With HubFly business productivity apps for SharePoint, your business can get more efficient. SharePoint alredy has robust features for content management & work collaboration.In this whitepaper, let us walk you through the essential SharePoint navigation and discuss Admin features & HubFly powered business productivity apps. If you are new to SharePoint, you will value this whitepaper.
Kathy Hughes gave a presentation to business stakeholders on preparing for SharePoint 2010. She discussed the key business benefits of upgrading, important new features in SharePoint 2010, and considerations for the upgrade process such as customizations, client software, and testing. She also covered licensing options and potential upgrade paths. The presentation aimed to help stakeholders understand how SharePoint 2010 can benefit their organization and facilitate planning their upgrade.
Calinda Software provides collaboration solutions to make enterprise collaboration more productive. Their flagship products, MailSpace and MindUp, capture email conversations and attachments in SharePoint to foster adoption of collaboration tools. SocialFactor adds conversational capabilities to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to boost interactions in the social network and allow including internal and external participants via email. The solutions help optimize collaboration, decision making and reporting across organizations.
Key features to move Yammer users from casual to power users. Yammer adoption continues to rapidly expand, but like any other collaboration platform, most people understand the basic capabilities yet fail to dig down into the "power user" capabilities that help any user to move from causal use to high-productivity. This session walks through 15 tips and tricks to help participants get the most out of the Yammer platform.
SharePoint is a platform for organizing, sharing, and collaborating on content. It allows users to create websites for sharing information and working together. The document describes setting up a SharePoint portal for a company called LemonIT to provide intranet services like common workspaces, calendars, discussions, and sharing of text and graphics. Key features of SharePoint discussed include sites, communities, content management, search, insights, and customization capabilities.
Presentation to the 15 October 2009 SharePoint Conference organised by TFPL.
The presentation looks at the different ways that Higher Education Institutions have used SharePoint, and showcases a diverse range of viewpoints on SharePoint from people in the sector.
The presentation includes some unpublished quotes from Northumbria University's research project into the Usage of SharePoint in Higher Education.
El documento presenta un juego interactivo sobre las formas en que se encuentra el agua de forma natural y cotidiana. El jugador debe elegir la respuesta correcta entre las opciones dadas a 5 preguntas sobre si el agua se encuentra en estado líquido, sólido, gaseoso o imaginario en diferentes contextos.
The document discusses several key aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization, including:
- The Egyptians built massive pyramid structures as burial places for pharaohs on the Nile River delta.
- They developed hieroglyphic writing, using pictures to represent ideas and sounds, often on papyrus reeds.
- Religious beliefs focused on the afterlife, shown through mummification and tomb/temple construction.
This document provides instructions for participants of the ATD Training Certificate Program. It outlines two components for participants to review before the workshop: 1) a self-assessment to complete to evaluate their current training skills, and 2) an article on best practices and common mistakes for new trainers. Participants are asked to bring their completed self-assessment to the workshop.
O documento conta a história de um pai rico que leva o filho para passar um dia na casa de uma família pobre no interior para mostrar a ele como as pessoas podem ser pobres. No final, o filho explica ao pai que na verdade são eles que são os mais pobres espiritualmente, já que a família pobre valoriza mais os bens imateriais e a fé. A lição é que a felicidade depende mais do que se valoriza internamente do que dos bens materiais.
This document discusses approaches to conducting educational research on limited budgets and timeframes. It presents three hypothetical scenarios involving online course enrollment, classroom response systems, and blended learning pilots. For each scenario, it prompts the reader to identify what research questions they would want to answer and how they could conduct the research with available resources. It then discusses establishing "gold standard" methodologies as the ideal but acknowledges that research is often needed "on a dime" with fewer resources. The document challenges the reader to adapt typical qualitative and quantitative research methods to be lower-cost and faster while still providing meaningful insights.
Learning outcomes are statements that specify what learners will know or be able to do as a result of a learning activity. Outcomes are usually expressed as knowledge, skills, or attitudes.
The document discusses different types and purposes of assessment. It describes formative assessment as evaluating student learning through low-stakes techniques during instruction to provide feedback, while summative assessment evaluates learning through high-stakes tests at the end using benchmarks. Specific assessment methods are outlined for both formative and summative, including examples like quizzes, exams, reflections, and projects. The benefits and tools of various assessment strategies are also covered.
This document provides information about On-the-Job Training (OJT) programs. It explains that OJTs are contracts between employers and Worksource where individuals receive 1 to 6 months of paid training. Employers are reimbursed up to 50% of wages during training. To qualify for an OJT, individuals must be Oregon residents, unemployed, and registered for selective service if male. The document encourages pursuing the Talent Link program and National Career Readiness Certificate to increase eligibility for OJT opportunities. It provides instructions on searching for available OJT positions online through the iMatchskills website.
The document provides tips for writing a resume and preparing for a job interview, including how to identify one's strengths and qualifications, research the job requirements and company, anticipate common interview questions, and ensure proper grooming and attire. It also outlines the main components of a resume like contact information, career objective, work history, education, and references. Personal grooming habits and appropriate workplace attire are also discussed.
Training is defined as learning provided to improve current job performance. The purpose of training is to help people learn skills needed for specific purposes like achieving goals, carrying out tasks, or preparing for new roles. Effective training programs (A) effect change by increasing knowledge or improving skills, (B) are designed to achieve specific, measurable goals like improving a skill, and (C) actively engage learners in the learning process.
The document outlines the ADDIE model for developing an on-the-job training program. The 5 phases of the ADDIE model are: 1) Analyze the training needs, objectives, and resources; 2) Design the training program outline and materials; 3) Develop the full training materials and instructions; 4) Implement the training by instructing employees; 5) Evaluate the training effectiveness and employees' mastery of the material. The document provides details on activities and considerations for each phase of the ADDIE model in developing and delivering a successful on-the-job training program.
El documento describe la estructura del hecho religioso y la actitud religiosa del ser humano. La estructura incluye el misterio (una realidad trascendente e inefable), el ámbito de lo sagrado, y las mediaciones objetivas y subjetivas entre el ser humano y el misterio. La actitud religiosa implica el reconocimiento de Dios a través de las mediaciones, buscando la salvación en el misterio de forma racional, emocional y social. El hecho religioso es específico al ser humano y significa entrar
The lesson planning process involves selecting learning outcomes, choosing assessment procedures and feedback responses, and selecting and organizing teaching resources and strategies to meet the identified learning outcomes.
The top do's and don'ts in a job search. Times have changed in a job search....Greg David
The Top Things to Do and Not Do in a Job Search by Greg David of Laka & Company. How to achieve the best results, while avoiding the typical mistakes in a job search. Times have changed in a job search. Are your job search skills still relevant and current? More than 95% of professionals fail to be relevant and current. They may not have directly caused their unemployment, yet they virtually create it’s lengthy and painful timeline due to poor and outdated mindset, philosophy, strategy, activities, and lack of clarity as to what essential things to do, and stop doing that create job search failure in this new labor market models and cycles.
A PowerPoint® presentation using information from the Needs Analysis. I offer a recommendation of a delivery methodology and:
• Provide a definition of a delivery method and how it would be applied for the project
• Examine the Pros and cons of a different delivery method
• Demonstrate a recommendation of the delivery method you chose
Como la Venta de Productos Naturales en Chile Podrias ConfundirOrganiCosas
Desde: http://www.organicosas.com/que-son-los-productos-naturales-y-porque-el-concepto-se-confunde/
Según el diccionario natural se define, en parte, como: “Hecho con verdad, sin artificio, mezcla ni composición alguna”.
Se deduciría por lo tanto, que un producto natural sería un compuesto: “Hecho con verdad, sin artificio, mezcla ni composición alguna” sin embargo, hoy por hoy, esto difiere mucho de ser así.
Pero entonces, ¿Cómo se define a un producto natural? Según la traducción realizada desde Wikipidia:
“Un producto natural es un compuesto químico o sustancia producida por un organismo vivo - encontrado en la naturaleza que tiene generalmente una actividad farmacológica o biológica para su uso en el descubrimiento de fármacos farmacéuticos y drogas de diseño. Los productos naturales pueden ser extraídos de los tejidos de las plantas terrestres, organismos marinos o caldos de fermentación de microrganismos”.
Se considera, incluso a un producto como natural si fue preparado por síntesis total que involucra la síntesis química completa de las moléculas.
En resumen, se le llama producto natural a un compuesto producido por un organismo viviente proveniente de la naturaleza que pasa por un proceso químico para convertirse en algo que se aleja bastante de lo que realmente significa el termino natural.
Existen productos que presumen de ser 100% naturales cuando en verdad sus componentes han sido sintetizados al máximo convirtiéndolos en algo muy alejado al real concepto de natural.
Si usted anhela productos realmente naturales puede empezar por investigar sobre el real significado de este concepto del mismo modo, investigar el origen de los productos que está comprando y leer cuidadosamente las etiquetas.
The document discusses various training methods, including on-the-job training, coaching, mentoring, job rotation, job instruction technique, and off-the-job training such as sensitivity training, transactional analysis, lectures, and games/simulations. On-the-job training involves less experienced employees learning from more experienced colleagues, coaches provide one-on-one feedback and guidance, and mentoring focuses on developing attitudes for management-level employees. Other methods like job rotation, instruction techniques, and off-the-job activities help broaden skills in different areas.
On the Future of Libraries: How? not What? (Skills Assessment) - METRO - 13_0115jeffreylancaster
Presentation to METRO Annual Meeting on January 15, 2013 - "Using Formative Skills Assessment to Drive Staff Training Decisions and Organizational Change"
Knowledge in 140 Characters: Using the Social Web for Professional GrowthMarcy Phelps
This document summarizes a presentation about using social media for professional growth and development. It discusses creating a personalized learning network using tools like Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, and RSS feeds to gather and share knowledge. It emphasizes making social media learning strategic, sharing what you learn, and finding ways to have fun with the process.
Dcu Undergrad presentation feb 11th 2013Liam Walsh
This document discusses using social media, specifically LinkedIn, to build a professional brand and network as a student. It recommends students create online profiles on LinkedIn with a professional photo, headline, keyword-rich summary, and recommendations. Students should also include academic details like publications, patents and awards. The document emphasizes that LinkedIn is an important professional network for career opportunities, not just jobs, and provides tips for growing a network and making connections on LinkedIn.
Here\'s a presentation that I gave to Pivotal Advisors\' Sales Leader Group. It showed how they could up their sales team\'s game with purposeful LinkedIn usage.
This document introduces social business and collaborative business intelligence. It discusses how IBM Connections allows sharing of information, insights, and engagement to align business execution. Connections provides profiles, communities, files and activities to connect people and expertise. It also demonstrates how collaborative BI through Connections can help address business problems by establishing common perspectives, capturing stakeholder input, engaging teams, and aligning actions to plans and strategies. The presentation aims to show how social collaboration extends discussions and refines ideas, data, and information.
This document outlines an agenda and presentation on using LinkedIn for professional and business purposes. The event will include an arrival time, presentation beginning and ending times, a hands-on portion, and break periods. The presentation will cover optimizing LinkedIn profiles, building connections, using additional LinkedIn features and applications, and social media marketing strategies. The goal is to help attendees understand how to use LinkedIn to be found online, engage with others, and further their careers and businesses.
The document summarizes best practices for using LinkedIn effectively. It describes LinkedIn as the world's largest professional network and outlines how to complete a strong profile, including customizing the headline and URL, writing a compelling summary, and asking for recommendations. It also provides tips for networking, using groups, and exploring LinkedIn applications to help maximize its benefits.
Beverly Macy presented on career management and job fairs. She discussed how the talent economy has changed and professionals must adapt by building their personal brand on platforms like LinkedIn. Her presentation covered creating a polished LinkedIn profile to be found by potential employers and clients, using search and groups to develop business connections, and generating leads through participating in discussions and sharing relevant content. The goal is for attendees to embrace new approaches to empower their personal brand and lead the way in this evolving job market.
This document provides 5 tips for nonprofits to leverage LinkedIn: 1) Build your nonprofit's brand on your profile page. 2) Grow your community using your Company page. 3) Find free talent like volunteers and board members using advanced search. 4) Share knowledge and insights through LinkedIn Today and Groups. 5) Fill structural holes in your network by connecting people using InMap. It also discusses how LinkedIn can help nonprofits connect talent to opportunities to make a positive impact.
The document provides tips and strategies for becoming a LinkedIn pro, including completing your profile, connecting with others, creating and sharing engaging content, using apps that integrate with LinkedIn, and taking advantage of features like checking your profile views. It discusses LinkedIn's redesign and new features, emphasizing building your personal brand and using LinkedIn for professional networking and marketing purposes.
Beverly Macy presented on using LinkedIn and personal branding for career success in the modern job market. She discussed how employers now look for passive candidates and rely on social media to find talent, requiring job seekers to establish an online personal brand. Her presentation provided tips on creating a polished LinkedIn profile, engaging with groups, gaining recommendations, searching for connections, and generating leads through LinkedIn to help attendees adapt to the current "talent economy".
Accelerate Your B.L.O.G., Part 2: Laying the Foundation for SuccessStoney deGeyter
This document provides guidance on laying the foundation for a successful blog. It emphasizes the importance of understanding why you exist as a business, who your target personas are, and establishing goals and benchmarks before beginning to blog. It also covers choosing the right tools, creating an editorial calendar, optimizing content for search engines, and socializing content across various channels. The overall message is that blogging requires planning like a publisher to develop high-quality, findable content and build an engaged community over the long run.
The document summarizes best practices for using LinkedIn as a professional networking tool. It discusses completing your profile with a headline, summary, work history, customizing your URL, asking for recommendations, and growing your network. It also covers using groups, applications, and completing a company page. The workshop aimed to help attendees get the most out of LinkedIn for networking, jobs, and building their professional brand.
This document provides tips and best practices for using LinkedIn effectively. It discusses completing your profile with a headline, summary, work history, and recommendations. It also recommends growing your network by connecting with others, using groups, and exploring LinkedIn applications. The document emphasizes quality over quantity and maintaining a professional presence on LinkedIn.
http://www.pragmaticlearning.in
A quick presentation about the offerings by Pragmatic Learning.
For questions and queries, please call Raj at +91 - 971 724 0021
http://www.pragmaticlearning.in
A quick presentation that presents the offerings by Pragmatic Learning.
Please call Raj on +91 - 971 724 0021 for queries and further information
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Don’t let your training fall off of a cliff
1. DON’T LET YOUR TRAINING FALL OFF OF A CLIFF
Use SharePoint’s
My Sites to Extend
the Experience
Presented by
Jonathan Lightfoot
2. CURRENTLY, MOST FORMAL LEARNING ENDS WHEN THE CLASS FINISHES
Pass the Assessment On the job, aka
Complete Training real life
Complete Pre-work
Sign up for Training
Discover Need
2
3. MY SITES BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN LEARNING AND THE JOB
SHAREPOINT MY SITES
Formal Training On the job, aka real life
Close the gap with human to human interaction.
3
5. LEARNING INTEGRATION
Learning will be fully integrated into business processes in 5 years.
RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN
PRODUCTION
RESOURCES
TRAINING
SALES OPERATIONS
MARKETING
5
6. POLL QUESTION
Does your organization have SharePoint Installed?
Yes
No
I don’t know
6
7. A MAJORITY OF ORGANIZATIONS STILL UNDERUTILIZED SHAREPOINT
• More than 65,000 organizations have SharePoint licenses
• Most organizations primarily use it for content management
7
8. POLL QUESTION
What is the largest area for which SharePoint is used at your organization?
Collaboration platform
Content management
Reporting platform
Development platform
Internet and/or intranet platform
All of the above
We don’t use SharePoint
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9. SHAREPOINT IS A UNITER, NOT A DIVIDER
› Training Plan
LMS
› Course Surveys
LCMS
› Books
› Courses
INTERNET › Blogs
RESOURCES › Web sites
SHAREPOINT LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT PORTAL
SHAREPOINT
› Project Sites (Scenario Based)
OUT OF THE BOX › Books
› Links to resources › Physical Resources › Courses
› Activities
› Surveys
› Discussion Board
› Announcements
› L&D Blog
› Personal Profile
› MySites › Newsfeeds
› Content › Shared Documents
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10. UTILIZING MYSITES
Savvy companies are using My Sites to Surface Knowledge that exists within the
organization.
- Personal Profile
MySites - Newsfeeds
- Content Shared Documents
10
11. POLL QUESTION
Have you customized or updated your My Site Profile?
Yes
No
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12. MY SITES: GUESS WHAT? IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU!
• A central location to view and manage:
• Documents
• Tasks
• Links
• Calendar
• Colleagues
• Everything personal
• A way for other users to learn about you
• A place for content providers to target information to you
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14. SOME PROFILES ARE MORE HELPFUL THAN OTHERS
Complete contact info
List areas of expertise
Updated organization
chart
Completed bio
Recent activities listed
14
15. POLL QUESTION
Are you confident that you could accurately locate people resources at your
organization through a My Site People Search?
Yes
No
15
17. DISCUSSION BOARDS ARE THE GO-TO PLACE FOR GETTING ANSWERS
Ask questions.
Showcase knowledge.
Inspire thought.
17
18. BLOGS ARE THE BREEDING GROUND FOR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Everyone.
Community comments.
18
19. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Leadership Development is just one example of how SharePoint and My sites can
enhance a curriculum or training program.
› Training Plan
LMS
› Course Surveys
LCMS
› Books
› Courses
INTERNET › Blogs
RESOURCES › Web sites
SHAREPOINT LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT PORTAL
› Project Sites (Scenario Based)
› Books
› Links to resources › Physical Resources › Courses
› Surveys
› Activities
SHAREPOINT › Discussion Board
OUT OF THE BOX
› Announcements
› L&D Blog
› Personal Profile
› MySites › Newsfeeds
› Content › Shared Documents
19
21. SO YOU WANT TO GET STARTED
Investigate the SharePoint environment at your organization
• Version
• Governance
• Tips
• Best practices
21
22. SO YOU WANT TO GET STARTED
Take advantage of available resources
• GP Strategies
• Microsoft SharePoint Web Site – http://SharePoint.Microsoft.com
• http://www.NothingButSharePoint.com
22
23. LET’S CONTINUE TALKING
Johnathan Lightfoot
Principal SharePoint Architect
jlightfoot@gpstrategies.com
410-540-5324 office
410-370-9569 mobile
Linkedin.com/in/johnathanlightfoot @exnav29
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Hi My name is Johnathan Lightfoot with GP Strategies I will be presenting today’s presentation Don’t Let Your Training Fall Off of a Cliff. This is scheduled to be an hour presentation with the first 45 minutes set for the presentation and the remaining 15 minutes as a question and answer section. If you have any questions please follow Tim’s instructions for submitting those questions. Also as Tim said throughout the presentation we will have several poll questions that we would appreciate your assistance with in answering when we get to those sections.Let’s get started….
If you look at how the majority of learning activities are conducted you will see a trend. That being of:A need for training is discovered. (click)Training is coordinated and made available for sign ups. (click)The Learner completes any pre-work that may be required for the training activity. (click)Training is held and the trainees complete the training. (click)The assessments for the learning activity are completed. (click)And then…..what? The learner is sent back to their office space with no active follow up prepared for them. (click)The current state of training activities is that the learner falls off of the cliff after the formal training session ends. There is no follow up for them to be able to turn to when the real world does not match the training world they have left.
I propose a new way of doing things. (click)Once the training activity ends that the learner is then admitted to an informal support structure that they are able to leverage to get the follow on assistance they may need after the class ends. (click)In using the built in capabilities of a SharePoint instance the learners will have access to resources that can assist them going for3ward after the training session has ended. (click)
The word out nowadays is based around informal learning. Which is learning that occurs in a variety of places, such as at home, work, and through daily interactions and shared relationships among members of a society. It has been found to be quite effective in the transfer of knowledge but at the same this learning still must be tracked and saved so that:It can be validated as being correctIt can be shared with others going forwardIt can be built upon by future participants.In using SharePoint this can be done quite easily. (click)
In five years time Training resources will be deeply integrated into business processes. It will be a matter of fact that training resources (curriculum, course materials, simulations, case studies, etc.) will be available in federated searches of a company’s resources. No more will training be looked at as to being a place that you have to go to in order to receive the benefits it will be deeply ingrained in day to day business practices and procedures. Training resources will be located through search and I am not speaking to simply having a class show up in search results but the materials from classes will also be a part of the results. Thereby enabling the searcher to receive a Just In Time Training experience. (click)
We have a quick poll question that we would like to answer.The question is “Does your organization have SharePoint installed?” With the answers being “Yes”, “No” or “I don’t know”. This is not a question concerning if you are using SharePoint at your organization but simply do you know if it is installed.Tim while we are waiting do we have any questions that can be answered in while people are completing the poll?And what are the results of our poll?If the majority of the results say “Yes” – This is a common response a lot of organizations do have an instance of SharePoint installed in their environment.If the majority of the results say “No” – This is not surprising, in the next slide I will provide some numbers on the number of SharePoint licenses that have been deployed. That is to say that a lot of organizations do have SharePoint licenses but as you will see in a common slide many organizations are still trying to see how the platform integrates into their IT infrastructure.Let’s move on Tim. (click)
A lot of organizations have SharePoint already according to Microsoft as of October 2011 they have deployed over 125,000,000 licenses to over 65,000 organizations. (click)The organizations who have SharePoint licenses use it primarily for content management and storage. (click)It has the capability of being so much more however.The built in capabilities of the platform tied with the content that can be uploaded into SharePoint can be used to create powerful solutions that are of benefit to an organization.In the end I think of SharePoint as being an aggregating platform. (click)
We have another Poll question:“What is the largest area for which SharePoint is used at your organization?”As a Collaboration Platform, Content management, Reporting platform, Development platform, Internet and/or intranet platform, All of the above, or We don’t use SharePoint.While we are waiting for the responses to come in, Tim do we have any questions that can be answered?…Okay Tim what do the results look like?Very interesting we can see that the SharePoint platform does have a lot of uses in the various organizations of our attendees. But I find it interesting still that the majority answered that they use it for Content management.Let’s move on Tim… (click)
Often in my role here at GP Strategies people approach me wanting to know how to use SharePoint to replace a system. In the following example we will use the Leadership and Development program that we use here at GP Strategies to demonstrate this leveraging of the various platforms to provide a full training experience.While SharePoint does have a lot of flexibility it is not always best to replace an existing system. (click)Lets take a typical LMS (click)it has been designed to manage training as such it has a lot of features and functionality a part of it that are available Day One of its release. (click) Or the LCMS they are used to manage learning content. (click)And finally the Internet. (click)True one could attempt to replace these with a SharePoint solution but why go through the time, expense and aggravation of doing so? When instead SharePoint has its own capabilities that when combined with the an LMS, LCMS and the Internet you are able to build a solution that uses the best of all of the systems and ties them together for a functional solution. (click)There are sites which could be used to combine the elements of an LMS to create individual course sites for each of the courses being offered. (click)It has the capability to use links in order to connect to additional resources that may not be a part of the formal class but are still great resources to have access to for the learning experience. (click)Surveys can be used to gauge the effectiveness of a course or for soliciting input into ways that the course can be enhanced. (click)Discussion Boards can be used to collect questions that may arise around the subject matter which could be answered by coaches, trainers, mentors, subject matter experts or even other students of a course. (click)Announcements that can be targeted to specific audiences to provide pertinent information on the course or the entire domain. (click)A blog that can be used to convey the thoughts of coaches, leaders, mentors and subject matter expert. Again this is information that may not be worthwhile to have in the formal class but at the same time it is useful information that someone could use after the class ends. (click)And the My Sites of SharePoint can be used to track down talent that may be required related to the course.I want you to notice that we have not replaced any of the current systems we have simply melded them together in order to provide a more complete learning solution for our Leadership and Development program. In doing so we are using the systems to their fullest capabilities. (click)
I often receive questions around My Sites and the typical question often revolves around the topic of if they can be used for a business purpose? I typically answer the question with:Talent is often a few degrees away in most organizationsMy Sites enable people to showcase their skills and experiences to othersThe Personal Profiles are like an enhanced virtual directory. Not only can we locate contact information but we are also able to get information about the person as well.Newsfeeds can be used to see what others (experts, leaders, practitioners, etc.) are doing and working on.Instead of wading through the vast amount of information that is available now. The content that people are referring to, tagging or commenting on can be easily found. Thus alleviating the possibility of information overload. (click)
We have a poll question:Have you customized or updated you My Site Profile?Yes or No, and if you don’t use SharePoint you can answer with “No”.Tim, do we have any questions that can be answered while we wait for the responses to come in?If answers are Yes, that is very good I have to tell you that our group here today do not fall into the norm.If the answers are No, that is typical most organizations either do nto tell people how to update them, or have shied away from their use for various reasons.In the next slides you will see how the My Site profile can be used for very talent searching within an organization when they are used.Let’s move on with the presentation. (click)
My Sites are very powerful area that you can use to store artifacts that you may come across. And you are able to share this information with others if you so choose. (click)A way for other users to learn about you and your areas of expertise, current projects, and colleague relationships. One way that I have found this to be of benefit is going beyond the Job Description. I once knew a person who was an accountant for a large company that I worked for. While she was great at her job one day she told me that she was really passionate about programming and that she actually had a Master’s degree in Computer Programming and at night she loved nothing more than going home and working on home automation projects. She quickly became the person that I went to when it came to dealing with issues with the various accounting systems we had employed at the company. And she was wonderful! Now if this information was available in a My Site the rest of the organization would have been able to see this hidden talent that was available but was clouded by her title. (click)A place for content providers to target information to you based on the information that you and your organization provide in your profile, such as your title, department, and interests. With SharePoint, announcements, email messages and other content can be targeted to the audience. Instead of sending out a generic like announcement to everyone you could have a announcements directed to the people that could really benefit from it. In doing so you increase the likelihood of action being taken. (click)
Here you can see a My Site Search that was conducted on the “Lean Process Improvement” key words. Normally, one might expect that this type of search would return managers or higher level employees. But in this screenshot we can see that we have dug up a Marketing Specialist, a Strategy Consultant and a Manager. Each working in three different departments! Now if someone needed information on Lean Process Improvement they are not only going to see documents or classes listed but they are also able to see people who they can turn to in order to get information as well.How many times have you needed to learn something new and wished you could have simply been able to pick up the phone and talk to someone instead of wading through all of the static content available? (click)
My Sites as in all things SharePoint; is only as good as the information that is provided to it. This includes: (click) - Having up to date information for ways that you can be contacted. SharePoint through the use of its User Profile Service connects to Active Directory for its updates. As such as long as Active Directory is correct your contact information will be correct. But there are additional bits of information that you may have to add such as you mobile number or any secondary email addresses that you monitor as well. (click) - Remember my story on the previous slide. If you do not list your areas of expertise (even if they are not aligned with your current job duties) people will not know that you are have this experience. (click) - I have seen the organizational information used by Project Managers in order to find out who someone reports to so they are able to connect with them to bring them on to a project. It also assists others in knowing the areas of commonality you have with them as it relates to the organization. (click) - Often times organizations collect employee resumes and store them away, with them only being accessible to a few people. If you have interesting items in your background this is not known by the organization as a whole. In using your Bio in your My Site you are able to share this information with others. In doing so someone else may find out something about your history that could be of use to them. (click) - Every day it seems that I am called upon to help out with various projects or I may embark on an area of study into a topic around the SharePoint platform. By listing my recent activities I am actually opening up a way for people to know what I am working on and looking at. And if they have a need they know that I have worked on this topic and can be someone who is available to reach out to. (click)
Out poll question now is:Are you confident that you could accurately locate people resources at your organization through a My Site People Search?The answers being Yes or No.While we are waiting, Tim, do we have any questions that can be answered?Let’s see what the results are….If the Answers are yes then answer – This is a very good showing. It shows that the organizations that are represented on this call are very much behind the use of My Site Profiles.If the Answers are not then answer – This is a typical response which would go hand in hand with our previous poll question a lot of organizations have not realized the benefits of using the My Site profiles.Let’s move on to the next slide… (click)
I have several people that I consider experts or gurus on topics. As such I try to emulate them as much as possible. I have found that I like to know what are they reading, or tools that they are using. And I tend to read what they are reading and incorporate the tools that they use in my life as well. With a My Site your Coaches, Mentors, trainers and trainees have a way of doing the same thing. Imagine a Mentor being able to have a shared place where they can post the templates that they use for accomplishing certain tasks. These have obviously worked well for them in the past. (click)In doing so they have opened up a way for trainees to be able to use these templates as well. (click)And who knows they may even be able to improve on them. (click)In the end the goal of social learning and emulation is achieved. (click)
How many times have you been approached with a question that you have answered numerous other times in the past by other people? This is a common occurrence at most organizations. By using the Discussion Boards you can have a central place for answering questions. Also, by using a Discussion board many people are able to read and respond to a question. In doing so you are leveraging the internal expertise of your organization in order to get not only correct answers but also they may bring into the conversation other issues that should be thought of. In doing so the learner is able to gain insights that may have been overlooked in the classroom setting alone. Also, the organization benefits from having a place for the building of a knowledge base that can be leveraged and used through the use of searches.
Everyone can blog on My Sites….there is no waiting for an official blog opportunityI have found in my time with organizations that there is a lot of expertise that remains untapped. Instead an organization tends to single out a select few for thought leadership. I have found that this places a lot of undue pressure on those designated few people. While at the same time leaving other topics unexplored that could be shared by everyone in the organization. With blogs you have an informal way of giving people the opportunity to share their thoughts on subjects. When these writings are shared they can be read and used by others in an organization. I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have stumbled upon a blog post by someone that I don’t know that has made me think about some aspect of my job that I would have otherwise ignored until I came across the blog post.Enable commentingWhen commenting is enabled a method of starting a discussion is opened which enables possible differing views to be explored and shared. In the end this provides additional information and topics for thought that would otherwise have not been recognized. All of this leads to the accomplishment of tasks faster and better accuracy than simply working in vacuum.
If you look at the diagram you will see that for our Leadership Development program that we have incorporated the powerful pieces of each system into one system. In doing so we have a system of informal learning that is backed and supported by formal learning. This presentation used the Leadership Development program as only an example of how these separated systems can be joined. But the same could be done for Safety, Management, Accounting, or any other Job Specific Training program.
When using the flexible nature of the SharePoint platform there are several iterations that can be done. This only a possible suggestion of how a melded solution could look to the learner:A Home link to take the person to the home page of the site from anywhere within the site.A Search Box can be incorporated for quickly locating specific information relevant to an issueA Links Section for guiding people to specific areas that are of interest to the person.Perhaps a quick Survey could be incorporated in order to gather information from the users of the site.A Hot Topics section showing the latest questions and answers surfaced from the Discussion boards.A Welcome Area for describing the purpose of the site along with information on best practices for using the site.An Announcements section for conveying relevant, audience targeted information concerning the portal and the information contained within it.A Blogs roll up section which can bubble up the recent blog posts from the various My Sites from subject matter experts, coaches, mentors, trainers and participants in the program.A Tag Cloud to show what topics or keywords are being searched for. Can be used by the trainees to see what the trends are or from the facilitators of the site to manage the content of the site.
If you would like to begin to use SharePoint to incorporate an after the classroom experience for your training activities you will have to do a little investigative work. Check Which SharePoint Version you have at your organization. This presentation was based on using SharePoint Server 2010 as such some of the functionality described in the presentation may or may not be available to you depending on your version.Find out what is the Governance Plan for your SharePoint environment. The solution discussed in this presentation may not be possible without first revisiting your Governance Plan and modifying if necessary.Take a look around to see how are other departments divisions or even other organizations are leveraging SharePoint. In the next slide I will proved a few links that you can use to refer to.What I spoke about in this presentation is not new. There are literally hundreds of organizations already doing this very thing in their environments. I know because I have been apart of implementing these solutions. As such there are several Best Practices that have already been laid out in order to get the functionality that you may be looking for with far less headaches. Also, you Intranet Management department may have several Best Practices that they use based on your environment.
There are several resources that are available to you in order to implement SharePoint solutions.We here at GP Strategies have a SharePoint Practice which does nothing but deal with SharePoint solutions. We have on staff architects, developers, designers, Project Managers and Business Analyst who understand both SharePoint and Learning environments. Feel free to call on us to leverage our experience in this very exciting field.If you are looking for information on the SharePoint platform I would first recommend Microsoft’s SharePoint site. A few years ago Microsoft decided that they would use the product themselves and have come up with a site which explains the platforms various areas very well while at the same time incorporating into it an excellent Case Study library on the ways that organizations around the world use the platform.And finally if you are looking for explanations into some of the varying ways that the platform can be modified or even used out of the box I would have to recommend the NothingButSharePoint site. It is a community driven site with input coming from regular people, developers, designers, architect, and business users on solving issues or using the platform in novel ways in order to provide solid SharePoint solutions. Also, if you have any doubt about the power of online social collaboration for solving business problems go to this site in order to allay any of your doubts.