Joe implements SharePoint in his company using a seven step approach: 1) Understand business needs, 2) Share alignment and expectations, 3) Measure to improve return, 4) Use governance and teamwork, 5) Take an iterative approach, 6) Promote user adoption, and 7) Manage capabilities and priorities. Key aspects include mapping needs to technology, managing perceptions of stakeholders, prioritizing initiatives, establishing governance processes, and supporting users. Following these steps helps the SharePoint implementation grow over time by expanding functionality and gaining more user dependency. Ongoing management of capabilities and user support is important to maintain success.
This presentation was presented at SharePoint Saturday Boston. It's goal is to cover all the non technical aspects of a successful SharePoint implementation. Stories were shared around the presentation as well as specific scenarios to help illustrate key points. That material is not included in the presentation as often it depends upon the audiences interaction.
This presentation covers everything non technical required in a successful SharePoint implementation. From achieving successful buy in to actually supporting and dealing with the new work that comes from such an implementation and everything in between (user adoption, governance, etc)
This presentation has gone through minor revisions and as of March 2010 this is the latest version.
The Seven Most Important (Non Technical) Factors for Sharepoint SuccessRichard Harbridge
Attached is the slidedeck that was used during my session at SharePoint Saturday DC.
The stories, examples, scenarios, and wonderful input the audience shared (before, and after as well) is not contained within the slide deck, but is certainly worth mentioning here.
This was my presentation at SharePoint Saturday on Achieving Effective Buy In, Maintaining it, How to Execute Effective Governance, and Implementation Strategies/User Adoption.
SharePoint Intelligence Real World Business Workflow With Share Point Designe...Ivan Sanders
This session introduces the basics of SharePoint Designer 2010 workflows. When you understand the building blocks of workflow actions, conditions, and steps you can quickly add workflows to automate processes and help improve your organization’s productivity and efficiency.
This presentation was presented at SharePoint Saturday Boston. It's goal is to cover all the non technical aspects of a successful SharePoint implementation. Stories were shared around the presentation as well as specific scenarios to help illustrate key points. That material is not included in the presentation as often it depends upon the audiences interaction.
This presentation covers everything non technical required in a successful SharePoint implementation. From achieving successful buy in to actually supporting and dealing with the new work that comes from such an implementation and everything in between (user adoption, governance, etc)
This presentation has gone through minor revisions and as of March 2010 this is the latest version.
The Seven Most Important (Non Technical) Factors for Sharepoint SuccessRichard Harbridge
Attached is the slidedeck that was used during my session at SharePoint Saturday DC.
The stories, examples, scenarios, and wonderful input the audience shared (before, and after as well) is not contained within the slide deck, but is certainly worth mentioning here.
This was my presentation at SharePoint Saturday on Achieving Effective Buy In, Maintaining it, How to Execute Effective Governance, and Implementation Strategies/User Adoption.
SharePoint Intelligence Real World Business Workflow With Share Point Designe...Ivan Sanders
This session introduces the basics of SharePoint Designer 2010 workflows. When you understand the building blocks of workflow actions, conditions, and steps you can quickly add workflows to automate processes and help improve your organization’s productivity and efficiency.
Boost SharePoint with no-code forms and mobile apps
Mobile app and form development have been under-served in SharePoint for years. It has been an exclusive niche for developers and third party vendors, until now... Check out PowerApps, the latest offering by Microsoft, aimed for the Power Users community to deliver business-driven applications using little to no code.
Using PowerApps, you can easily surface SharePoint & OneDrive For Business data and allow end users to work with your organizational info in desktop and mobile devices. See what it takes to be a PowerApps “developer” and what your organizations would need to get started.
Are you new to SharePoint and don’t know where to start? Perhaps you’re using SharePoint, but only for storing documents and making announcements?
Have you connected to your back-end systems? Is it time to deploy workflow and electronic forms? When’s the right time?
A well-planned SharePoint roadmap defines the business goals, timeline, strategy and vision for your collaboration initiative. It makes sure your project gets funded. It will ensure you’re investing in the right areas with a framework for success.
View the presentation, delivered at the SharePoint TechKNOWLEDGEy 2010 event in Detroit. And for more information on this or other SharePoint topics, visit www.cdh.com or our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com.
Workflow allow you to automate your business processes
SharePoint Workflow
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SharePoint Designer 2013
Develop Workflow using SharePoint Designer
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Business Intelligence, Portals, Dashboards and Operational Matrix with ShareP...Optimus BT
Key areas of growth in Business Intelligence with SharePoint | Optimus BT
The business environment has driven organizations to view BI as more than technology with strategy, end user adoption, collaboration, real time predictions, pervasive deployments, and mobile adoptions that allows for intelligent business decision making process while keeping cost and IT expertise at the forefront.
This presentation provides an overview of current state of Business Intelligence, portals and dashboards has been deployed enterprise wide, challenges in the existing deployments and how Business Intelligence can be scaled up to the end users in terms of cross organizational collaboration, business initiatives, data availability, user acceptance and data source integration. Even more, this presentation talks about the trends that drive BI which includes but not limited to predictive & real time analysis, Mobile Business Intelligence and Social BI within the process framework, Social Media Analytics, Self Service BI. Towards the later part of the presentation we talk about the vision of a BI solution to meet business initiatives, and how SharePoint 2010 will be a clear winner in terms of how various platforms stack up. There are few real implementation screens illustrated towards the end w.r.t Sales, financial and decision making portal dashboards.
Optimus BT provides end to end SharePoint Business Intelligence Software Consulting and solution implementation services. Using SQL server integration capabilities and SharePoint excel services our BI solutions bring analytics from data warehouse systems into an intuitive dashboard which helps real time reporting with self service tools. Learn more @ www.optimusbt.com/sharepoint_business_intelligence
10 Reasons to Avoid Folders in SharePoint 2013/2010Bobby Chang
Maximize your SharePoint investment and find out why you need to avoid folders and start leveraging the Enterprise Content Management features in SharePoint 2013 and 2010. (For new perspectives in SharePoint modern document library, check out http://www.slideshare.net/bobbyschang/to-folder-or-not-sharepoint).
This presentation outlines the shortcomings of folders and explore such alternatives as Custom Columns, Views, Key Filters, Managed Metadata, Content Type, and Document Set.
View a recording of the session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tDmGhIljmQ
10 Best SharePoint Features You’ve Never Used (But Should)Christian Buckley
A walk through of the advances made in the SharePoint 2010 platform from earlier versions, as well as a list of 10 out of the box features that most end users are not using, but should. From a webinar given on 6-5-2012
Don't be deceived by the simplified experience of managing SharePoint permissions! What appears to be harmless could tailspin to a giant mess, requiring massive cleanup. This presentation walks through real-world scenarios and pitfalls of permissions administrations, so you could learn from the mistakes of others and not end up digging yourself into a SharePoint permissions hole.
View a recording of the session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Poh4zxHTNvw
Slide from my webinar. A walkthru of the Top 10 productivity features in SharePoint 2013. I explain why a productivity focus is important, and compelling reasons to move to SP2013.
Deep Dive into SharePoint Topologies and Server Architecture for SharePoint 2013K.Mohamed Faizal
Come and understand different type of SharePoint Topologies and learn how to design for SharePoint architecture that serve for Intranet, Websites, Office Web Apps Server, App management, wide-area networks, monitoring, newsfeeds, distributed cache, high availability, and disaster recovery.
Best Practices in Gathering Requirements for SharePoint ProjectsDux Raymond Sy
Poor requirements can be attributed to failed SharePoint implementations. The key to successful SharePoint implementation is properly developing requirements. A lot of people know that this is important, however, only a handful of folks truly understand what it takes to do this right.
In this presentation participants will be able to identify:
- The key components of requirements gathering process
- Why requirements traceability is paramount in defining ROI in SharePoint projects
- Why having a well defined business case is necessary to effectively initiate requirements gathering
Presented at the Atlanta SharePoint Users Group Meeting on August 17, 2009
Avoiding Failed Deployments Part 2 Interactive Discussion by Joel OlesonJoel Oleson
I had so much content I couldn't include in my keynote and so much I wanted to talk about. I put together a second deck to cover those further details around team forming, process to become a SharePoint Rockstar, and so on. The pictures helped encourage more stories and pull out customer experiences. (Best experienced with Joel)
Crafting Your Accounting Innovation StrategyAggregage
Tired of everyone telling you that you need to modernize your accounting operations, but not telling you how to actually do it? Attend this non-technical, but technology-focused session to actually work through creating an innovation strategy and developing a plan for modernizing the way you provide accounting services with the latest accounting technologies.
Learn to revamp your firm or finance department’s service offerings to reduce cost and reduce your staff’s workload, while allowing your staff to focus on more value-added areas like financial planning & analysis and decision support. While automation technologies come with some cost, they greatly reduce manual labor and risk of error when integrated well. By providing more holistic services to your “clients”, you can help them improve their overall performance and better position yourself to be a trusted advisor.
This session will empower you to:
• Understand how to select your accounting apps and develop your innovation strategy
• Develop your “intraprise architecture” and use it to visualize the changes to your firm’s or accounting department’s operations
• Obtain insight into the skills and knowledge you will need to build in your staff to maintain your team’s relevance and improve the services you provide
Establishing a Collaboration Roadmap - SPFestSeattleDrew Madelung
Are you at the crossroads for your current SharePoint deployment or are you just starting to see if a SharePoint or Office 365 collaboration solution is right for you? Do you know where Microsoft is going next and how you plan to get there?
This session will go through some reasons that collaboration projects fail and then provide proven processes and strategies for putting together a plan that will set up your next collaboration solution for success. Real life scenarios and the tools that were used during the roadmap building process will be demonstrated. This session will provide you with the tools and information you need to perform a roadmapping process in your company.
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft VivaRichard Harbridge
With so many Viva capabilities available to organizations, it can be a challenge knowing which should be piloted together or what patterns and practices work best when piloting Viva Connections, Viva Learning, Viva Topics, Viva Goals, Viva Insights, Viva Pulse, Viva Amplify, and more. How do organizations get started successfully, overcome challenges in piloting and rolling out these experiences, and eventually scale to organization-wide deployments?
Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the lessons learned and proven approaches with Microsoft Viva. Together you will explore unique and vital challenges with Viva deployments, such as challenges with multiple tenants or multiple organizations in one tenant or challenges with experiences designed for scale – determining if an organization is large enough or has enough content for a great experience with Viva Topics and more.
Preparing, Piloting & Paths to Success with Microsoft CopilotRichard Harbridge
Preparing, Piloting & Paths to Success with Microsoft Copilot
In the modern post generative AI era, leveraging innovative tools is crucial for enhancing productivity and improving performance. This workshop will explore how to get the most out of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Viva Copilot and Microsoft Copilot experiences. Join Microsoft MVP and industry expert Richard Harbridge as we delve into challenges surrounding its adoption including initial preparation, user training, support, governance and integration into existing workflows. We will start with an overview highlighting the critical to understand elements that make Copilot so impactful in organizations today along with plenty of data and industry insights. As we transition into guidance around piloting Microsoft 365 Copilot, participants will explore its robust features through rich examples. Engaging with real-world scenarios will unveil common hurdles and provide a clear roadmap towards optimizing Microsoft 365 Copilot for your organizational needs.
Bridging The Gap: How AI Is Transforming Both Customer Experience & Employee ...Richard Harbridge
In the post-pandemic and hybrid world, the importance of effective conversations in both customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) has surged.
Historically, voice data has primarily enhanced customer support, but with the integration of advanced recording, transcription, and AI-driven tools, there's a newfound potential to elevate all employee interactions.
AI copilot agents stand at the forefront of this transformation, offering streamlined customer interactions, real-time insights for support agents, and organizational agility. The transition from chat to voice calls presents both an opportunity and a challenge.
While analytics have been a mainstay in , their application in remains largely untapped. This disparity offers organizations a chance to holistically understand operations and create a seamless synergy between CX and EX.
However, the utilization of AI and analytics brings forth challenges, especially concerning data anonymization and de-anonymization in the context of employee data. As privacy norms evolve, organizations must tread carefully, balancing the promise of AI with ethical considerations.
Join industry experts , Chief Executive Officer of and Chief Technology Officer at as they share insights, best practices and lessons learned that can help your organization navigate forward faster with AI.
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & TomorrowRichard Harbridge
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical.
Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees.
Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee experiences, how Microsoft 365 is changing, and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Mastering Microsoft 365: The Winning Trio Of Automation, Governance & AdoptionRichard Harbridge
Mastering Microsoft 365: The Winning Trio of Automation, Governance, and Adoption
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, mastering Microsoft 365 is no longer just a luxury—it's a necessity. Join us for an enlightening webinar presented by Microsoft MVP and renowned industry expert, Richard Harbridge, as we delve deep into how automation, governance and adoption can not only improve the management, but the employee experience of Microsoft 365.
What we'll cover:
Governance and Lifecycle Mastery: Understand the critical nuances of the governance and lifecycle of SharePoint sites and teams. Navigate the complexities with ease and ensure your organization's digital assets are managed effectively and securely.
Tackling Sprawl: With the proliferation of digital tools and platforms, sprawl has become a pressing concern. Learn actionable strategies to manage and mitigate sprawl, ensuring your digital ecosystem remains organized and efficient improving both the management and employee experience.
The Power of Automation: Discover how automation and programmatic improvements not only streamline operations but also lead to proactive management. Unleash the potential of Microsoft 365 by leveraging automation to its fullest.
The Symbiotic Relationship of Governance and Adoption: Dive into the intricate relationship between governance and adoption. Understand how a robust governance framework can bolster adoption rates and how fostering adoption can, in turn, reinforce governance.
In a world where efficiency, security, and adaptability are paramount, mastering Microsoft 365 can set your organization leagues ahead of the competition. Equip yourself with the knowledge and strategies to make the most of this powerful suite and drive your organization towards unparalleled success.
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft VivaRichard Harbridge
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft Viva
With so many Viva capabilities available to organizations, it can be a challenge knowing which should be piloted together or what patterns and practices work best when piloting Viva Connections, Viva Learning, Viva Topics, Viva Goals, Viva Insights, Viva Pulse, Viva Amplify, and more. How do organizations get started successfully, overcome challenges in piloting and rolling out these experiences, and eventually scale to organization-wide deploymentsJoin internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the lessons learned and proven approaches with Microsoft Viva. Together you will explore unique and vital challenges with Viva deployments, such as challenges with multiple tenants or multiple organizations in one tenant or challenges with experiences designed for scale - determining if an org is large enough or has enough content for a great experience with Viva Topics and more.
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & Tomorrow SH...Richard Harbridge
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees.
Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee experiences, how Microsoft 365 is changing, and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Elevate Your Microsoft 365 Experience The Winning Trio Of AI, Analytics & Aut...Richard Harbridge
Let Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge guide you through the exciting world of AI, analytics, and automation in Microsoft 365.
Uncover the innovative ways organizations are optimizing collaboration, communication, and management for employees, leaders, and managers, all while empowering your organization to thrive in an ever-evolving digital landscape.
Elevate Your Microsoft 365 Experience The Winning Trio Of AI, Analytics & Rec...Richard Harbridge
Redefine and elevate your SaaS experience.
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms are no longer just about providing tools; they're about enhancing user experiences, driving efficiency, and ensuring that businesses stay ahead of the curve. Enter the transformative trio: AI, Analytics, and Recommendations. This session delves deep into the synergistic relationship between these three pillars, illustrating how they can be harnessed to elevate your SaaS experience to unprecedented heights.
Join Richard Harbridge, Microsoft MVP and leading industry expert as he shares best practices and real-world examples from Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Viva that advance your SaaS experience.
Together attendees will gain insights into:
Analytics - Understand your user behavior, workflow efficiencies, and areas of improvement. Dive into how Microsoft 365's robust analytics can offer actionable insights to optimize your business processes.
AI - Beyond just data, discover how AI can be a game-changer in action management. Learn how Microsoft's AI capabilities not only predict but proactively address challenges, ensuring a seamless and enhanced user experience.
Recommendations - Personalization is key in today's SaaS world. Explore how Microsoft 365 tailors recommendations based on user behavior, ensuring that each interaction is relevant, timely, and actionable.
By the end of this session, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and inspiration to leverage the power of AI, analytics, and recommendations, transforming their SaaS platforms from mere tools to dynamic, adaptive, and optimized experiences. Join us for this first session of this series and embark on a journey to redefine and elevate your SaaS experience.
Metaverse & The Employee Experience: What You Need To KnowRichard Harbridge
Back in the day we would use 'who installed a browser' that wasn't the default as an 'indirect signal' that denoted a level of individual interest in improving their digital productivity or experience. Nowadays we are swimming in indirect signals - from who organizes the most meetings (named if you use Audit log etc) to dynamics around networking (Viva Insights) to who uses Teams Apps (another great indirect signal of expanding productivity/investing in digital experiences).
What still works best though is direct signals like comments, nominations, champion programs (yearly and NON MANAGER & NON IT focused) and more that help identify people and map them/amplify their visibility as potential super collaborators, those with high amounts of digital debt and those who would better benefit from greater digital fitness or digital experience investments.
Elevate Your Microsoft 365 Experience The Winning Trio Of AI, Analytics & Aut...Richard Harbridge
Let Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge guide you through the exciting world of AI, analytics, and automation in Microsoft 365.Uncover the innovative ways organizations are optimizing collaboration, communication, and management for employees, leaders, and managers.In this session, you will learn to:• Enhance your organization's potential by learning how to pinpoint areas of focus, tackle risks, and automate tasks for a more productive and efficient workflow.• Delve into the practical applications and benefits of these technologies, from streamlining repetitive tasks to uncovering valuable insights for informed decision-making.• Gain a comprehensive understanding of how to successfully integrate AI, analytics, and automation into your Microsoft 365 environment, empowering your organization to thrive in an ever-evolving digital landscape.
Ideas & Inspiration: Getting Started & Driving Success With Power Platform At...Richard Harbridge
Understanding the many capabilities of the Microsoft Power Platform is essential for any technology leader in today's world. Yet, the more significant challenge for many business leaders is understanding how they can drive meaningful impact in their own business based on these technologies.Power Platform makes incredible things possible at a fraction of the cost. Still, the focus often is on the plumbing or ways Power Platform supports that future state instead of envisioning future states powered by them. This session will focus on the best strategies to leverage when building business momentum around the Microsoft Power Platform. We will explore how organizations inspire and grow their usage of these tools and ideas/examples of Power Platform solutions that drive success for other customers.Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Employee Experience, as he shares insight on how to better plan for, prepare for and benefit from the future of the Microsoft Power Platform.
Smarter, Not Harder How AI Is Changing Employee Experience - Reworked Connect...Richard Harbridge
Over the past few years, rapid changes have disrupted how companies lead, enable, empower, and engage around employee experience. Leaders in communications and human resources are all tackling new challenges in connecting with employees and may be overwhelmed with increased communication and collaboration volume, velocity, and variety. To help combat this challenge, rapid innovations in automation and artificial intelligence technology have created new tools for employees and leaders to use and master.
In this masterclass session, Richard Harbridge - a Microsoft MVP and leading industry expert on employee experience - will share insights on how automation and AI technology are revolutionizing employee experience strategies. You’ll learn about the latest trends in AI and employee experience, including the implications of OpenAI for employee experience strategies. You’ll also discover how emerging tech innovations like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and more are changing the playing field forever.
Whether you’re a leader in communications, technology, or human resources, this masterclass will provide valuable insights and tools to help you empower and enable your employees more effectively and prepare for the future of work. Join us as we explore proven employee experience strategies to help you stay ahead of the curve.
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future Workplace
The future workplace needs to take into account how the employee experience landscape is changing and the importance of digital experiences throughout the employee journey. The employee experience journey starts before the employee is hired and lasts after they depart. Focusing on the employee experience can feel like a daunting task when reviewing the many different stages of an employee’s journey, but we know understanding and improving these stages can lead to a much more positive employee experience, and maximize the retention, impact, engagement, and performance of the employee.
Smarter, Not Harder How AI Is Changing Communication - Ragan EventsRichard Harbridge
These past few years have accelerated changes and disrupted how companies lead, enable, empower, and engage around communications. Leaders in communications and human resources are all tackling new challenges in connecting with employees and may be overwhelmed with increased communication volume, velocity, and variety. To help combat this challenge, rapid innovations in automation and artificial intelligence technology have created new tools for communicators to use and master, but becoming an early adopter of emerging tech is not without its risks. Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and leading industry expert on employee experience, as he shares insights on the implications of OpenAI for communications strategies, the tech innovations to prepare for today, and how ChatGPT is already changing the playing field forever. * This session description was not written by ChatGPT.
Enhancing Microsoft Teams To Build A Better Digital WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
Today, many organizations have brought the Intranet, or the digital hub of their digital workplace, into Microsoft Teams via Viva Connections. But what else are organizations doing to enhance further, improve upon, and embrace Teams as a hub for not just teamwork, but also corporate communication, social collaboration, networking, and more?
Join Microsoft MVP and 2toLead CTO Richard Harbridge as he shares the unique opportunity Teams apps and solutions provide. Be prepared to explore examples, patterns, and practices for how lines of business in any organization can leverage, extend and integrate Teams to create business-oriented solutions.
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Wellbeing With M...Richard Harbridge
85% of leaders say the shift to hybrid work has made it challenging to have confidence that employees are productive. 92% of employees have identified enhancing the employee experience as an essential priority.New challenges are always presented to HR from all sides, and we’re here to help you target critical areas of the employee experience at our free event.Whether you’re looking for strategic guidance or help to achieve technical excellence, our event is full of sessions from world-renowned thought leaders.On February 10th, from 10 AM to 4 PM, learn to avoid new and old challenges, build on existing success, and leverage the latest technology to facilitate your efforts. One lucky winner will walk away with a free $15,000 POC!2toLead CTO and 7X Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge and 2toLead CEO and 13X Microsoft MVP Kanwal Khipple will lead the event.Together, they helped over 200 digital workplaces globally, plan for and increase the employee experience, keynoted conferences, published books, and published blogs for some major publications like Forbes.Join specialized sessions (business or deep dive tech breakouts) designed for HR leaders or the technical team that supports the digital employee experience.The business and general sessions aim to provide insight into the apparent and hidden value of tackling onboarding, retention, and well-being.The optional tech deep dive breakout sessions aims to walk through how to use and implement Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva to improve onboarding, retention, and well-being.Walk away from the event with a greater understanding of the following:- How to identify the most critical areas of the employee experience- How to improve the onboarding experience before and during the process- Building experiences to enable better onboarding- Measure for success- Creating digital employee experiences that help retain top talent- How to track employee well-being- And much more
Getting Started & Driving Success With Power Platform At ScaleRichard Harbridge
Understanding the many capabilities of the Microsoft Power Platform is essential for any technology leader in today's world. Yet, the more significant challenge for many business leaders is understanding how they can drive meaningful impact in their own business based on these technologies.Power Platform makes incredible things possible at a fraction of the cost. Still, the focus often is on the plumbing or ways Power Platform supports that future state instead of envisioning future states powered by them. This session will focus on the best strategies to leverage when building business momentum around the Microsoft Power Platform. We will explore how organizations inspire and grow their usage of these tools and ideas/examples of Power Platform solutions that drive success for other customers.Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Employee Experience, as he shares insight on how to better plan for, prepare for and benefit from the future of the Microsoft Power Platform.
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Well-beingRichard Harbridge
85% of leaders say the shift to hybrid work has made it challenging to have confidence that employees are productive. 92% of employees have identified enhancing the employee experience as an essential priority.New challenges are always presented to HR from all sides, and we’re here to help you target critical areas of the employee experience at our free event.Whether you’re looking for strategic guidance or help to achieve technical excellence, our event is full of sessions from world-renowned thought leaders.On February 10th, from 10 AM to 4 PM, learn to avoid new and old challenges, build on existing success, and leverage the latest technology to facilitate your efforts. One lucky winner will walk away with a free $15,000 POC!2toLead CTO and 7X Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge and 2toLead CEO and 13X Microsoft MVP Kanwal Khipple will lead the event.Together, they helped over 200 digital workplaces globally, plan for and increase the employee experience, keynoted conferences, published books, and published blogs for some major publications like Forbes.Join specialized sessions (business or deep dive tech breakouts) designed for HR leaders or the technical team that supports the digital employee experience.The business and general sessions aim to provide insight into the apparent and hidden value of tackling onboarding, retention, and well-being.The optional tech deep dive breakout sessions aims to walk through how to use and implement Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva to improve onboarding, retention, and well-being.Walk away from the event with a greater understanding of the following:- How to identify the most critical areas of the employee experience- How to improve the onboarding experience before and during the process- Building experiences to enable better onboarding- Measure for success- Creating digital employee experiences that help retain top talent- How to track employee well-being- And much more
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft VivaRichard Harbridge
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience: Today & Tomorrow
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Organizations need new and innovative approaches and solutions as work and the workforce change. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees. The question often hard to answer is, what is the best way to meet that growing need, especially in a way that meets it faster, with less cost and risk?Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee communication, employee collaboration, and employee management, how Microsoft 365 is changing these digital employee experiences and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
20. Map the needs of the
organization to the right
technology…
21. This is important as Microsoft
alone has a quite a few…
• Dynamics CRM
• Dynamics ERP
• Dynamics AX
• Dynamics GP
• Dynamics NAV
• Dynamics SL
Exchange
Lync
22. SharePoint is not a Silver Bullet…
SharePoint is not a Silver Bullet at NothingButSharePoint.com
23. Even SharePoint has multiple
options
Online
On
Site
Foundation
Standard
EnterpriseEnterprise
Standard
2010
2013
Foundation
40. The Main Point of Implementing SharePoint:
SharePoint eventually allows Business Users to
develop and implement business solutions that
use technology without IT’s direct involvement.
SharePoint and IT
41. When I Say “SharePoint
Integration” You Probably Think
Of This...
Secondary (But Important) Points:
SharePoint’s integration with technologies you
already use and it’s extendibility are invaluable.
SharePoint and IT
Exchange
Lync
42. The Reality:
IT struggles with supporting another technology.
SharePoint and IT
49. Add Value (Decision Makers)
The Biggest Point to Share is:
SharePoint can help achieve business objectives by
improving productivity, reducing waste, etc.
The Reality:
Business Objectives are often not specific enough to be
achievable.
It takes time and investment to reach the
point all managers and executives want.
51. HR Onboarding Solutions
• Onboarding Workflow
• Onboarding Electronic Forms
• Integration with HRIS
• New Employee Site
52. Map Solutions to Objectives
Automate and
Improve HR
Employee File
Management
Automate and
Improve HR
Onboarding
Automate and
Improve Absence
Management
Centralize
Knowledge and
Resources
Provide HR Self
Service
Adjust Site
Structure
Onboarding
Workflow
Onboarding
Electronic Forms
Integration With
HRIS
New Employee Site
Document Capture
Automation
Direct Relationship Indirect Relationship
* Objectives/solutions should be more specific – Example purposes only.
55. SharePoint Solutions (Evolution)
*Super Simplified
Business
Intelligence
Driven
Business Process
Driven
Collaboration
Driven
Information
Driven
Communication Collaboration
Workflow/
Auditing
Reporting
Dashboards
56. The Outcome
Joe achieved momentum and buy in
by ensuring stakeholders have a shared
understanding of SharePoint value.
57. What to watch out for…
Joe must carefully manage expectations
and maintain the momentum.
60. Show expected cost and return over multiple time periods.
Remember to ‘discount’ values to account for cost of capital
impact and the fact $5 dollars today is worth less than $5 in
the future.
Evaluating With Discounted
Cash Flow
64. There are really only two ways
of using ROI…
1. For Prioritization
2. To Improve Return
65. The Simplest ROI Formula Ever
Estimated Value
Estimated Difficulty
Even I can
do it!
1. For Prioritization
66. Examples
I have a difficult requirement. It’s an 8 in difficulty (out of 10).
I have an easy requirement. It’s a 2 in difficulty (out of 10).
The expected value of the difficult requirement is 4 (out of 10).
The expected value of the easy requirement is 6 (out of 10).
Estimated Value
Estimated Difficulty
1. For Prioritization
68. ROI analysis often misses 'non-
financial impact’ or ‘increased
potential’
Website/Intranet Visitors
Increased
Connections
User Complaints Improved Morale Improved Skills
Improved Know-How
Innovation
Better Reputation
Employment ApplicationsClick-throughs
Comments
Positive Word of Mouth
Negative Word of Mouth
Improved Relationships
2. To Improve Return
80. Teamwork is Key
There are typically 5 teams for SharePoint Governance:
Business Strategy Team
Initiatives/Technical Strategy Team
Tactical Teams:
Tactical Operations Team
Tactical Development Team
Tactical Support Team
85. Aggregate/Reference Document or Site
(Contains all SharePoint Info – Single Point of Reference)
Objectives/Priorities
(Tech/Business)
Governance Outcomes
86. Utilized by Business Users to develop and implement business solutions that
use technology without IT’s direct involvement.
Our primary unified application delivery platform.
Our primary workflow/business process automation platform.
Our intranet and communication center for internal corporate
communications.
SharePoint will be…
Our (external) web content management platform.
Our primary document management platform.
Our contact management platform.
SharePoint will not be…
87. Objectives/Priorities
Disaster Recovery Plan
Storage and Quota Policies
Monitoring Plans
Maintenance Plans
Service Level Agreements
Security Policies
Deployment Process, Policies, and Schedule
Operations Outcomes
SharePoint
Governance
Documents
88. Objectives/Priorities
Branding Guide
SharePoint Designer Policy
Workflow Policy
Development Standards (Including OOTB vs Custom)
Development Environment Policy
Testing Requirements
Deployment Process, Policies, and Schedule
Development Outcomes
SharePoint
Standards
Online
89. Objectives/Priorities
Site Classification and Platform Classification
Site Provisioning Process/Questionnaire
User Expectations Agreement
Roles and Responsibilities
Support Agreement(s)
Training and Communication Plans
MySite Policies (Pictures)…
Support Outcomes
SharePoint
Governance
Documents
90. User Lifecycle Policy
Taxonomy Management
Social Policies
Content Standards
Legal and Compliance Policy
Search Management
Support Outcomes
SharePoint
Standards
Online
97. Why Iterative?
SharePoint is a very large platform.
It takes time to understand SharePoint.
SharePoint is great for rapid prototyping,
and for proof of concept work.
It ensures there is enough time to
review, adjust, and communicate.
100. SharePoint Can Be Intrusive
Doug Just
Signed You
Up For An
Alert!
Doug Just
Edited A
Document!
Sally Just
Edited A
Document!
You Have A
New Colleague
In SharePoint
John Just
Added You
To A Site!
Bob Deleted
A Document!
102. Multiple Tiers for Escalation
Tactical Support Team
Help Desk
Site Administrators
End Users
Learning Libraries/Online/Help
You can’t know everything.
116. Do a video like this one…
Adoption
Activities
Listing
117. High Availability, Mobility and
Accessibility also lead to better
User Adoption!
Adoption
Activities
Listing
118. Create an Identity and Brand
Branding should make it easier to use.
Adoption
Activities
Listing
Consistency Across
User Environments
Modify
Provisioned Site
(or Templates)
Based on Need
119. Make it Fun!
Hold Contests, Scavenger Hunts, and
Other Activities
Adoption
Activities
Listing
120. Reward super users with
achievements.
Then promote the desire to get rewards.
Adoption
Activities
Listing
121. Create a SharePoint Showcase
Where users submit and show off
their SharePoint “Solutions”
Good Idea!
Adoption
Activities
Listing
133. Know your team and needs
Developers(s)
Administrators(s)
Architect(s)
Business Analyst(s)
Project Manager(s)
Site Administrator(s)
Super Users(s)
Trainer(s)
134. Cultivate new work!
It’s a good thing.
This boosts user adoption!
(More functionality and dependency over time)
144. Seven Steps For Success…
Key: Manage Your
Capabilities &
Priorities
145. Questions? Ideas? Feedback? Contact me:
Twitter: @RHarbridge
Blog: http://www.RHarbridge.com
Email: Richard@RHarbridge.com
Resources:
50+ User Adoption Activities Adoption Activities
130+ SharePoint Standards SPStandards.com
35+ Governance Documents Governance Documents
80+ Downloadable Presentations SlideShare.com/RHarbridge
A Step In The Right Direction
Thank you to all sponsors, organizers, and you for making this possible.
Editor's Notes
My dedication to you before I begin. By the end of this you will have gained 3 things. It might be new knowledge, it might be a new method but you MUST gain 3 things by the end. If you don’t my first challenge to you is to stalk me, hunt me down and make sure you get 3 things from me. Because I owe you 3 things! This is meant to help you.
Understanding the ‘Why’ & Making a Decision
Achieving Buy In and Setting Expectations
Determining and Supporting ROI
Implementing Successful Governance
Approaching and Supporting SharePoint
Improving User Adoption
Planning for New Work and Growth
Understanding the ‘Why’ & Making a Decision
Achieving Buy In and Setting Expectations
Determining and Supporting ROI
Implementing Successful Governance
Approaching and Supporting SharePoint
Improving User Adoption
Planning for New Work and Growth
Understanding the ‘Why’ & Making a Decision
Achieving Buy In and Setting Expectations
Determining and Supporting ROI
Implementing Successful Governance
Approaching and Supporting SharePoint
Improving User Adoption
Planning for New Work and Growth
Meaning to re-work slide – for HR onboarding example.
Understanding the ‘Why’ & Making a Decision
Achieving Buy In and Setting Expectations
Determining and Supporting ROI
Implementing Successful Governance
Approaching and Supporting SharePoint
Improving User Adoption
Planning for New Work and Growth
You take the estimated value and divide that by the estimated level of difficulty then times (*) it by 100 to get the percentage of ROI.
You take the estimated value and divide that by the estimated level of difficulty then times (*) it by 100 to get the percentage of ROI.
Understanding the ‘Why’ & Making a Decision
Achieving Buy In and Setting Expectations
Determining and Supporting ROI
Implementing Successful Governance
Approaching and Supporting SharePoint
Improving User Adoption
Planning for New Work and Growth
Understanding the ‘Why’ & Making a Decision
Achieving Buy In and Setting Expectations
Determining and Supporting ROI
Implementing Successful Governance
Approaching and Supporting SharePoint
Improving User Adoption
Planning for New Work and Growth
Understanding the ‘Why’ & Making a Decision
Achieving Buy In and Setting Expectations
Determining and Supporting ROI
Implementing Successful Governance
Approaching and Supporting SharePoint
Improving User Adoption
Planning for New Work and Growth
Understanding the ‘Why’ & Making a Decision
Achieving Buy In and Setting Expectations
Determining and Supporting ROI
Implementing Successful Governance
Approaching and Supporting SharePoint
Improving User Adoption
Planning for New Work and Growth
Understanding the ‘Why’ & Making a Decision
Achieving Buy In and Setting Expectations
Determining and Supporting ROI
Implementing Successful Governance
Approaching and Supporting SharePoint
Improving User Adoption
Planning for New Work and Growth
A lot of this can seem daunting and I know one of the hardest things is figuring out how to do some of the things I have shown today. If you are interested in further training or assistance please let me know.
It's our commitment to you that we will continue to hear your feedback and identify the issues. I encourage you to give us feedback during the coming months, and we will continue to deliver more and more functionality, more and more guidance to help you be successful with your application of SharePoint.
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