Christchurch: April 2010 - Dates TBA

In this masterclass, collaboration and SharePoint expert Michael Sampson will take you through the steps required to make collaboration a success inside your organization.

Michael Sampson is a Collaboration Strategist. He helps end-user organizations in New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Europe and other places around the world improve the performance of distributed teams.

Michael holds an MCom with first class honors in telecommunications-based IT, from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and is working on his doctorate in collaborative applications and virtual teams. Michael lives in New Zealand with his glorious wife and nine children.
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Michael uses Microsoft’s SharePoint as reference and will cover the following:

Delivering business improvement using collaboration tools

Evaluating SharePoint to support collaboration

Governance structure and decision process

Engaging the business and other stakeholders

Engaging users and other adoption strategies

Collaboration quick start

All participants will receive a copy of Michael’s latest book:

Seamless Teamwork: Using SharePoint for Collaboration (Microsoft Press)

The first five registrants will also receive a copy of:

SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration (published by Michael Sampson)

If you’re an intranet manager, knowledge manger, IT decision maker or in any way already involved in or planning to be involved in using SharePoint inside the organization then you would benefit greatly from this seminar.

Even if you’re not using SharePoint but are thinking about enhancing collaboration tools and platforms within your enterprise then this seminar will give you a framework for thinking it through. Many of the points covered by Michael apply equally well to any type of collaboration tool and not just SharePoint.

Remember, this seminar is not about teaching features of SharePoint; rather it’s about using the right approaches of planning and governance to make SharePoint a success inside your organization.

"Today reinforced my ideas about Sharepoint. It is a massive beast if not governed properly. It is not perfect but it is still powerful."
Strategic Consultant, Provoke Solutions Ltd

"A knowledgeable speaker who presents with tremendous empathy."
Chief Operating Officer, Securities Commission

"Really informative and useful session - thanks."
Strategic Records Advisor, ERMA New Zealand

"Very good and clear on collaboration functions of sharepoint."
Senior Technical Delivery Manager, BNZ

REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION

Standard rate: $745+ GST pp
Group rate (3 or more): $596 + GST

All masterclass participants receive a complimentary copy of Michael Sampson's latest book "SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration"

The first 5 registrants also receive a complimentary copy of “Seamless Teamwork”.

Register your interest now for 2010 masterclass

For more information contact Sue Mardon at SmartNet, email admin@smartnet.co.nz; phone (03) 374 6753 ddi or (03) 3667 874.

SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration



Enhancing collaboration with SharePoint; the planning book for IT. More

Seamless Teamwork



SharePoint for collaboration; the doing book for business. More

Michael's Blog

Michael Sampson: Currents
Improving the Performance of Distributed Teams