Yes! We are finally doing this. This will be the premier SharePoint Conference targeted specially towards a New Zealand audience. Currently we have tentatively set the dates to be 2nd and 3rd of July 2009. To make this event a success we need your help and participation. Please go to the New Zealand Community SharePoint Conference web site and register your interest for the event. This will help us to make sure that we can plan accordingly. Already we have had some great International Speakers register their interest and we will work with the community to give you the best ever conference relating to all things SharePoint. The New Zealand Community SharePoint Conference 2009 will be held in Wellington, New Zealand. Attendees register your interest for the event Register and Submit your sessions if you are a speaker If you want ...[Read More]

Wow! What a great turn out! First of all I have to thank Gerard, Shane and co for organising the event which had a great turn out. Apologies for this late post but the last few days has been very hectic. And thanks for all the feedback. We will definitely try and get more sessions and speakers to visit Napier in the near future. Check out the New Zealand SharePoint user groups web site for updates. We are planning to do a nation wide user group Tour in April and we'll keep you updated on what will be part of the tour topics. As I promised here are some of the links to the resources that I mentioned during the presentation. I've listed them according to the audience. End Users and Business Users Collaboration Selection Guide Collaborating with SharePoint Server 2007 Overview SharePoint Server 2007 Sites and Workspaces Selecti ...[Read More]

I posted about Michael's book Seamless Teamwork back in November. on 19th of February 2009 Michael is holding a webinar on improving your existing investment in SharePoint. In this webinar, you will learn 7 key strategies that you can implement today to: Drive effective collaboration, innovation and new business processes using SharePoint Expand SharePoint into new areas including document management, project management and email management Apply new tools and technologies such as wikis, blogs and RSS feeds to maximize communication and team collaboration Implement effective strategies and solutions to increase user adoption and improve the SharePoint user experience If you are a CIO, CKO, Line of Business Manager, IT Manager or SharePoint Administrator responsible for ensuring your organization is achieving maximum benefit ...[Read More]

Been a while since I made a post about how our local SharePoint Community was shaping out. Over the last few years the community has grown from strength to strength. A testament to this is the new SharePoint User Group which will be inaugurated on February 12th 2009 in Napier, Hawkes Bay in the North Island. Now that's 4 SharePoint specific user groups alone in the North Island with Hawkes Bay joining the well established Wellington, Bay of Plenty and Auckland User Groups. Napier SharePoint User Group So I am off to visit and speak at the inaugural Napier, Hawkes Bay event on 12th February 2009 and please do come and say hello if you are in that part of the country and is a SharePoint enthusiast/developer or has a knack to know what the heck SharePoint is. Many thanks to Gerard from the .Net User group for organising this event. I ...[Read More]