Because SharePoint end users often are responsible for tasks completely unrelated to SharePoint, but need to successfully process computing tasks within a SharePoint work space, it makes sense to keep the presentation of technical training materials for them as simple, and as direct as possible. Few interactions could be more difficult than the effort a […]
Lots of interest in OneDrive for Business at Office 365 Summit, New York
At the Office 365 Summit in New York City, a lot of the discussion in the Adoption track focused on learning more about OneDrive for Business. Cynthia Wade, the leader of the track spent a lot of time fielding topics on OneDrive for Business. From the level of interest her audience exhibited in the topic, […]
Social Groups and SharePoint promise big returns, but require a substantial effort
SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online, Office 365 have been designed with collaboration as one of the primary out-of-the box feature sets. So organizations can benefit by implementing Yammer groups, but should plan on a lot of effort to ensure success. We’ve recently published several posts to this blog about a new set of video training […]
It make sense to incorporate risk management policies into SharePoint and/or SharePoint Online workflow architecture
Workflows designed to automate organizational processes should be designed to support approved risk management procedures. The potential for problems to arise from workflows designed without attention to these procedures is too great to proceed otherwise. Properly attending to this requirement means proposing applications of SharePoint’s out-of-the-box approval workflow not only “horizontally”, but also “vertically” within […]
Ask questions before leaping into an enterprise social effort for the best possible chance of success
Many of the same type of questions most subject matter experts recommend be asked about any plan to implement SharePoint 2013, or SharePoint Online, Office 365, should be included in any plan for an enterprise social effort, at least according to Naomi Moneypenny. Moneypenny presents these questions and her rationale for adding them into any […]
On the importance of Yammer groups and the need for formal planning to ensure their success
Two videos in a new set of video training content exclusively available to anyone with a subscription to SharePoint-Videos will likely be worth a review for any stakeholder in a plan to implement enterprise social computing via Yammer and SharePoint Online, Office 365. The title of this video tutorial set is SP 13-317 – Making […]
Yammer discussion groups may constitute an attractive option for organizations looking to migrate support communication into a more efficient medium
In a course on enterprise social computing, which is exclusively available to any/all subscribers to SharePoint-Videos, Naomi Moneypenny makes a case for Yammer groups as an alternative method organizations should explore as they consider ways of migrating support communication out of email and voice, and into a more efficient medium. Moneypenny makes numerous references to […]
An understanding of the broad benefits of social computing helps stakeholders pick best opportunities for successful implementation
Naomi Moneypenny, CTO of Synxi presents four broad benefits of social computing in a video tutorial titled Improving collective effectiveness with Social Enterprise Networks. This video tutorial is exclusively available to any/all subscribers to SharePoint-Videos. The four benefits are: Decentralize Alignment Transparency and Engagement Each of the above terms is, of course, an abstraction in […]
Can social computing help people improve their efficiency?
In a set of video tutorials just added to SharePoint-Videos, Naomi Moneypenny argues so-called enterprise social computing can contribute to a reduction in the amount of time personnel at most organizations spend searching for information, sending email messages, and other comparatively low value activities. Naomi Moneypenny is the CTO of Synxi. The title of the […]
SharePoint-Videos Adds a Set of Video Tutorials on the Necessity of Enterprise Social
Subscribers to SharePoint-Videos can now learn about Yammer and how the availability of this online service is changing what can be done with social computing within a SharePoint computing environment. All of this information is included in a set of video tutorials led by Naomi Moneypenney, CTO of Synxi, titled Making Enterprise Social Real in […]