Here’s the underlying thinking for my talk at BrightStar’s 6th Annual Information Management Summit in Wellington on April 14-15, 2008. My talk was on the subject The Key to Collaboration without Chaos, at 11am on Tuesday 15th. 1. Introduction 2. The Concept of Collaboration 3. The Changing Locus […]
On March 25, I will be presenting on SharePoint for collaboration at the next meeting of the Christchurch SharePoint User Group Meeting. “In this session, Michael Sampson will be discussing Microsoft’s claims that SharePoint can be used for team collaboration. He has developed his own framework to assess […]
Jamie Brook, a Senior .NET Developer at the Christchurch office of HP addressed the Christchurch SharePoint User Group meeting tonight, on the topic of the Business Data Catalog (BDC) within SharePoint 2007. There are 18 people here. This will be an introductory session, and will avoid going into […]
Eric is back home after two weeks in Manila, with a week of that presenting at the Beyond Planning: eProductivity conference. I am yet to debrief with him on how it went, but I wanted to share something that we did in getting ready. He had about 30 […]
The third (and final for this year) SharePoint User Group in Christchurch was jointly presented by Jonathan Stuckey (Microsoft) and Mark Orange (Intergen). Jonathan started off. An internal project at Microsoft New Zealand has focused on the compliance requirements faced by New Zealand organizations, especially with the Public […]
To say there is a lot to do for Eric’s Beyond Planning: eProductivity conference starting on Saturday in the Philippines is an understatement! One of the sessions in three of the tracks that Eric is presenting is about productivity tips. Eric has enlisted the help of Bruce Elgort […]
Eric and I are working through the content for the Beyond Planning – eProductivity Conference in Manila later this month. He’s really on to it though, which means he is catching all my little additions … eg, in this one, I thought that slide 4 was positioned just […]
One of the projects that I’m deeply engaged with at the moment is acting as Conference Chair for Eric’s upcoming Beyond Planning: ePRODUCTIVITY — Information, Communication and Action Tools to get things done conference in Manila, The Philippines in a couple of weeks (November 24-30). “For five days […]
When we see someone who has overcome great odds, we feel many things, and often “inspired”. Inspiration is a critical topic for leaders to address. The subject is complex, broad and deep. There are four big questions to address. Question #1. How big a deal is inspiration? Various […]
Bill Hybels interviewed Jimmy Carter. “Why did you run for President?” To expand my sphere of influence and better use my God-given talents. “What’s your leadership style?” I’m an engineer. I am very meticuluos in organization. “Did you find it hard to go from the navy, to business, […]
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