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How to Gain Buy-in from Your Collaboration Tool Users
Commack, N.Y. – June 7, 2007 – Author and consultant Susan Hanley will discuss the best practices for implementing portals at a free seminar co-sponsored by Microsoft and Invision, on Friday, June 15, at the Microsoft offices in New York City. At this seminar, attendees will learn about the best methods for gaining support and buy-in from users to achieve a successful roll-out of a SharePoint collaboration portal.
Ms. Hanley will present ways to ensure successful organization-wide adoption of Microsoft’s latest and most robust version of SharePoint during her talk titled “If you build a SharePoint portal, will users come?”
Also presenting will be Jane Koh, Information Worker specialist at Microsoft. Ms. Koh will demonstrate the new and exciting features found in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS).
Microsoft SharePoint helps streamline collaboration, shared processes, content management, enterprise search, and data sharing. Whether you are working across departments, companies, or great distances, SharePoint lets you easily share information with others in your organization. SharePoint Server 2007 supports all intranet, extranet, and Web applications within a single platform, and is easily integrated into your existing systems.
“The use of SharePoint cannot be mandated in the same way that a new accounting or email system can be,” said author, portal and collaboration expert Susan Hanley. “Users have other options for gathering information and accomplishing their tasks. Practical experience demonstrates that technology only has a small impact on the success of a new portal in an organization. A comprehensive strategy that addresses the needs of the whole organization — technology, processes and people — has a much greater chance of success.”
According to Tyler Roye, president and CEO of Invision, “There is a huge opportunity for companies and organizations to increase their productivity with a Microsoft SharePoint portal. There’s no doubt that the age of Web 2.0 is upon us, and users love wikis, blogs and portals. But that’s not a guarantee of success. The challenge is to implement your portal with the right combination of software tools, technology experts, and organizational planning to achieve a return on the investment. We’re pleased to present a world-class expert like Susan Hanley at this event to address the issue of what to do before, during and after implementation.”
Invision, a leading managed service provider in the New York metro area, has a team of Microsoft SharePoint experts available to assist clients with end-to-end development and implementation of a successful SharePoint solution. Invision offers consulting and development services, as well as hosting of the SharePoint application in its SAS 70 Type II compliant data center.
This free seminar will take place on June 15, 2007, at Microsoft’s New York City offices (1290 Avenue of the Americas). Sign-in and breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m. and the event will conclude at 11:00 a.m. Five lucky attendees will receive a signed copy of Susan Hanley’s latest book, Essential SharePoint 2007: Delivering High Impact Collaboration. Pre-registration is required for attendance. To register, visit http://www.invision.com/register.
About Susan Hanley
Susan Hanley is a recognized expert in the design, development and implementation of successful portal solutions, with a specialization in Microsoft SharePoint. She is a frequent writer and speaker on the topic of building effective collaborative portals as well as building communities of practice and measuring the value of knowledge management. To learn more, visit http://www.susanhanley.com/.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Learn more at www.microsoft.com.
About Invision
Invision is a Managed Service Provider offering managed hosting, WAN, LAN, security, application, Web and eBusiness development. Founded in 1995, Invision is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, an IBM Business Partner, and a Cisco Premier Partner with specialization in security. For more information, please contact Invision at 631-543-1000, or visit http://www.invision.com.
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