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Some fabulous advice from Christian on how to approach SharePoint projects.  Read more​.​

Christian Buckley2012/04/162012/05/05BeginnerVersion AgnosticPlanning
  

Check out my Pinterest profile for 8 categories of SharePoint stuff and general tips to make you the great person you want to be!...  Read more​.​

Veronique Palmer2012/03/092012/03/23BeginnerVersion AgnosticFun
  

​Interesting article from Dan on SharePoint governance. Good for IT departments ... Read more.

Dan Holme2012/02/152012/02/24IntermediateVersion AgnosticGovernance
  

Great blog on all the considerations to have in mind when putting a SharePoint budget together.  Read more​.​

Salem Consulting2011/06/022012/02/16AdvancedVersion AgnosticPlanning
  

This is more aimed at IT Pros, but it is a wake up call for anyone using SharePoint.  Let's not have a WikiLeaks on our hands. Read more​.​

Mathew J Schwartz2012/01/312012/02/11IT ProVersion AgnosticPermissions
  

​Learn how to make your Enterprise Search page more user friendly.  Read more​.

Matthew McDermott2012/01/112012/01/27Advanced2010 EnterpriseSearch
  

A great article that outlines when not to use SharePoint or what will ensure its failure.  Read more​.​

Peter Sejerson2011/08/092012/01/21BeginnerVersion AgnosticPlanning
  

I am pleased to announce that I was re-awarded MVP for 2012!!  Continuing to serve you in the new year!​

Veronique Palmer2012/01/132012/01/20BeginnerNot ApplicableGeneral
  

​A brilliant case study on a decentralised intranet - by the people for the people.  Read more​.

Joel Oleson2011/12/122011/12/31BeginnerVersion AgnosticGovernance
  

A great article by Wendy to jazz up your act.​

Wendy Neal2011/12/122011/12/31IntermediateVersion AgnosticSite Design
  

Do your users ask you what information / document management features there are in SharePoint 2010?  Here's a handy one-pager for you to hand out.  ​(Stored under Documents from LC - Posters).

Veronique Palmer2011/11/252011/12/03Intermediate2010 AllKnowledge Management
  

Handy blog post​ on what to use when.​

Russ Norton2011/11/222011/11/29IntermediateVersion AgnosticLists
  

Is your intranet a killer app?  Or over-governed into extinction?  Read on​.​

CMS Wire2011/11/212011/11/28BeginnerVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  

​You've heard of IQ and EQ right?  But what about CI?  Are you ready to collaborate?  Read on.

CMS Wire2011/11/212011/11/28BeginnerVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  

Part 1​ in a series on how to build and internal training centre.​

Gregory Fick2011/11/162011/11/24IntermediateVersion AgnosticTraining
  

​You can't just say anything anymore.  Read up these great guidelines ​for keeping it clean.

Memeburn - Sarah Britton2011/11/182011/11/25BeginnerVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

​There's one in every crowd they say, here's how to use technology​ as a go-between.

2011/11/182011/11/25Intermediate2007 AllFun
  

​Great example of how flattening a permissions structure and using wikis encouraged collaboration.  Read more.​

Kerri Abraham2011/09/142011/09/22IntermediateVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  

​Read more!​

Veronique Palmer2011/08/252011/08/31BeginnerVersion AgnosticFun
  

Check out the new section on SharePoint success stories.  Hopefully they will inspire you.  If you have a story you'd like to share, please email it to me​ at any time.​

Veronique Palmer2011/08/012011/08/13BeginnerVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  

A great whitepaper show casing Microsoft's governancre strategy to reduce site sprawl and dormancy.​

Microsoft2011/06/302011/07/30Intermediate2010 EnterpriseGovernance
  

​Need some SharePoint 2010 user adoption ideas?  Visit I Use SharePoint.com, where you will also find Lets Collaborate listed. 

Veronique Palmer2011/07/192011/07/26Beginner2010 AllUser Adoption
  

Yep - the hardest part is over - made the first 2 years!  Only thanks to all of you, my clients, community, friends and family supporting me.  Thank you.  Here's to the next 5!


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Veronique Palmer2011/07/162011/07/23BeginnerNot ApplicableFun
  

Great article on SharePoint governance. .... read more​.​

Lynn Warneke2011/07/052011/07/30BeginnerVersion AgnosticGovernance
  

Outstanding article on leading change and SharePoint usr adoption.  ... read more​.​

Kerri Abraham2011/07/062011/07/21BeginnerVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  

Read about the power of the social side of SharePoint!  My Sites are not to be feared, they are to be embraced​.

Mark Fidelman2011/06/302011/07/09Intermediate2010 AllROI
  

Are you busy upgrading to SharePoint 2010 from SharePoint 2007?  Do you know what's new? Check out the 1 Day Upgrade Course​ available, (scroll down in the page).

Veronique Palmer2011/06/282011/07/05Intermediate2010 StandardTraining
  

Microsoft has given us a fabulous new toolset​ to help with your SharePoint 2010 user adoption plan.​

Veronique Palmer2011/06/222011/06/29Beginner2010 AllUser Adoption
  

Stunning article​ on the value of the SharePoint community!​

CMS Wire2011/06/142011/06/23BeginnerVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

I will be posting a bunch of SharePoint 2010 tutorials to my new TV channel.  Check out LetsCollaborateZA!​

Veronique Palmer2011/06/132011/06/30Beginner2010 StandardTraining
  

Looking for examples of metadata for your libraries?  Here is some that I use all the time. You can find it in the Resource Centre under Docs by Lets Collaborate​, under Information.

Veronique Palmer2011/06/132011/06/21BeginnerVersion AgnosticDocument Libraries
  

IW - Technical - My Sites

SBW - Business - Taxonomy​

Register on IW​.

Veronique Palmer2011/06/122011/06/14IntermediateVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

​Why not try out for the Microsoft Community Contributor Award​ instead?

Veronique Palmer2011/05/252011/06/08AdvancedVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

​The annual intranet governance survey is open.  22 countries participated last year. ...Read more​.

Anne Mitchell2011/05/232011/06/04BeginnerVersion AgnosticGovernance
  

​Is collaboration the fastes and most effective way to get results? ... read more​.

Harvard Business Review - Ron Ashkenas2011/05/242011/05/31BeginnerNot ApplicableUser Adoption
  

Learn how to edit, create and deactivate Site Pages.  Download the PDF.​  It's stored under the Tutorial section of the Resource Centre.

Veronique Palmer2011/05/212011/06/04Beginner2010 AllSite Pages
  

Download some screendumps here​.​

Intranet Benchmarking Forum2011/05/182011/06/02BeginnerVersion AgnosticSite Design
  

​What do you do when the very technology that's supposed to encourage collaboration ends up creating strife and undermining collaboration? ... read more​.

Michael Sampson2011/05/102011/06/04BeginnerVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  

Block SharePoint Designer!  That's the knee jerk reaction.  But there are cases when it is very useful to power users. ...read more​.​

Kerri Abraham2011/05/172011/05/24AdvancedVersion AgnosticSharePoint Designer
  

Handy list of what you can use depending on whether you have SharePoint 2010 Foundation, Standard or Enterprise​.  ...read more​.

Ari Bakker2010/06/292011/05/20Beginner2010 AllWeb Parts
  

A first for South Africa - a pure SharePoint business conference brought you by The Eventful Group! ... read more​.​

Veronique Palmer2011/05/142012/02/27BeginnerVersion AgnosticTraining
  
Do you need to roll out SharePoint to your company but don't know how?  Try my workshop - it will equip you to do just that! … read more.
Veronique Palmer2011/05/092011/06/01BeginnerVersion AgnosticGovernance
  

Download handy shortcuts for use in SharePoint and Office.  ​

Veronique Palmer2011/04/172011/04/24BeginnerVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

​BMP, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG - it can all get a bit confusing.  Great article on pros and cons of each. ...read more​.

Microsoft, KB2534497 2011/04/102011/05/01BeginnerVersion AgnosticSite Design
  

​Is your company using SharePoint to the fullest? Probably not. According to Microsoft there are three phases of SharePoint​ ...read more​.

CIO - Shane O'Neill2011/04/042011/04/14BeginnerVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  
20 000 new users every day for the last 5 years, that's 7.3 million new years annually. ...read more​.
Mary Jo Foley2011/03/242011/04/17BeginnerVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

​An explanation of all the terms associated with MMS.  While this is an introduction, it is for advanced users only. ...Read more​.

Pat Miller2010/06/222011/03/25Advanced2010 EnterpriseManaged Metadata
  

​It has always fascinated me that two people can have a similar education, background, family/spiritual support, and technical skills and yet can have VERY different incomes, attitudes, and identities in business. What is the secret of success (Or failure)? Can it be taught, or is it luck? ...read more​.

Mission Critical Systems2011/03/12BeginnerNot ApplicableGeneral
  

​When introducing new technology to your workplace, it's important to include a healthy dose of hands-on, interactive training for your employees. ...read more​.

Mission Critical Systems2011/02/182011/03/12BeginnerNot ApplicableTraining
  

​The number one reason I see out in the trenches for failed implementations of SharePoint as a collaboration platform isn’t picking the wrong technology or architecting it poorly ... read more​.

CMW Wire - Joe Shepley2011/03/022011/03/09BeginnerVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  

Check out all the photos​ from SharePoint Saturday Johannesburg (#SPSJHB).​

Veronique Palmer2011/02/272011/03/03BeginnerNot ApplicableFun
  

Lets Collaborate is proud to bring the first SharePoint Saturday to Johannesburg.  Everything is ready for you.  See you there!

Veronique Palmer2011/02/252011/02/26BeginnerVersion AgnosticFun
  

Check out a sample governance wiki.  Better than doing it by document.​

Veronique Palmer2011/02/132011/02/24IntermediateVersion AgnosticGovernance
  

The slidedecks from my sessions on Managing SharePoint Business Governance and Effective End User Training have been uploaded to All Downloads in the Resource Centre, as wll as Slideshare​.​

Veronique Palmer2011/02/012011/02/15BeginnerVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

Read ​what the industry specialists answered to this questions on Focus, including my answer.

Focus Question2011/01/132011/01/31BeginnerVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  

The training and consulting prices for 2011 are available.  ...read more​.​

Veronique Palmer2011/01/092011/01/31BeginnerVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

Microsoft has a program called MVP.  It is awarded to non-Microsoft individuals around the world who show excellence in community work.  It is awarded to less than 5000 every year out of hundreds of millions of Microsoft technology users.  ...read more​.  SharePoint has only 215 MVP's worldwide - and Veronique is now the only SharePoint MVP in Southern Africa​.

Veronique Palmer2011/01/012011/01/30IT ProVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

Download the poster​ for the default site elements on Foundation.​

Veronique Palmer2011/01/012011/01/20Beginner2010 Foundation (4.0)Site Pages
  

SharePoint Saturday is finally coming to Jhb.  This is a free event. ...read more​.​

Veronique Palmer2010/12/232011/02/26BeginnerVersion AgnosticTraining
  

​Site design is always a challenge, here are some handy tips​.

John Saddington2010/12/202010/12/31BeginnerVersion AgnosticSite Design
  

​Very cool graphic showing Twitter vs Facebook users. ...read more​.

Digital Surgeons2010/12/232010/12/31BeginnerNot ApplicableBI
  

Admit it - your intranet sites look like they were built in 1999 with big fonts, bigger graphics, static and outdated links & content, and absolutely no organization of the information and navigation presented to the end user.​ ... read more​.

AIIM - Rich Blank2010/12/102011/01/05BeginnerVersion AgnosticGovernance
  

​Most SharePoint consultants interact with a vast range of clients and I often find that organizations simply have no idea what SharePoint is, what it can do and most of all how they can apply it to solve their business issues. ... read more​.

NBSP - Michal Pisarek2010/12/142010/12/31BeginnerVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

There's a new addition to the monthly IW events at Microsoft - SBW's.  Join like minded business users to discuss non technical issues in implementing and managing SharePoint. ...read more​.​

Veronique Palmer2010/12/162011/01/11BeginnerVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  

Download a snowy web part to celebrate the silly season. ... read more​.​

Amrein Engineering2010/12/132010/12/25IT ProVersion AgnosticFun
  

SharePoint teams get performance reviews around lots of critical success factors. Governance ain't one of them. ... read more​.​

AIIM - Marc Solomon2010/12/082010/12/23IntermediateVersion AgnosticGovernance
  
A cool series of 8 things you need to know like social networking, content management, SharePoint, etc ... read more​.
AIIM - John Mancini2010/12/092010/12/23BeginnerVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

​A great summary of all the sessions attended by Michael Sampson. ...read more​.

Michael Sampson2010/11/302010/12/15BeginnerVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

​ In the labs, attendees were awed by the power of content types. They loved them. They saw the enormous benefit. But something happened the moment they went back to their workstations. Nothing. They seem to lose interest. Why? ...read more​.

PatCharles Iovanella (EUSP)2010/11/292010/12/15AdvancedVersion AgnosticContent Types
  

Check out the new section called User Groups.  Listing of technology and business groups in South Africa.​

Veronique Palmer2010/11/202010/12/01BeginnerNot ApplicableGeneral
  

​38% lack of understanding how to use analytics to improve the business; 34% lack of bandwidth; 28% lack of skills; 23% existing culture doesn't encourage sharing of information! ... read more​.

Thomas Wailgum - CIO2010/11/112010/11/20BeginnerVersion AgnosticBI
  

​GREAT document on how to get involved in SharePoint.  Useful tips and tricks, and where to start. ...read more​

Christian Buckley2010/11/112010/11/20BeginnerVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

​Collaboration might not be as effective as some individual work for the generation and selection of a few high quality ideas....read more​.

Lokesh Data - All Collaboration2010/05/102010/11/11BeginnerVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  

​When the survey report was released earlier this week, it received lots of interest across the SharePoint community. People were quick to pull out statistics from the survey and apply their own spin to them. ... read more​.

Derek E Weeks - Global 3602010/09/302010/11/07BeginnerVersion AgnosticKnowledge Management
  

Ok so this has nothing to do with SharePoint, but it's a really cool phenomenon.  Check all the pics​ on Facebook!​

Veronique Palmer2010/11/012010/11/11BeginnerNot ApplicableFun
  

​Great whitepaper on user adoption.  Click here to download from my document library.

Microsoft2010/10/102010/10/31Intermediate2010 AllGovernance
  

There are many hidden “soft costs” within business activities, which are probably not measured in most organizations today. A good use case for measuring ROI of SharePoint is a set of business activities around managing IT contractors. ...read more​.

Rich Blank2010/10/072010/10/21IntermediateVersion AgnosticROI
  

It doesn't have to be all or nothing, you had me at "hello", and for the skeptics out there. ...read more​.

Dux Raymond Sy, Mike Taylor2010/09/302010/10/21BeginnerVersion AgnosticROI
  

​Click here​ to view a poster demonstrating the difference between inherited and unique permissions in SharePoint 2007.

Veronique Palmer2010/10/132010/10/23Intermediate2007 AllPermissions
  

​Enterprise 2.0 won’t succeed if it’s a solution looking for a problem. For it to succeed, there has to be a real, defined and recognized problem to solve. ...read more​

Ethan Yarbrough - AIIM2010/09/282010/10/19IntermediateVersion AgnosticROI
  

​Seriously, your job is SharePoint, or something that caused you to select SharePoint as a solution, but their job is accounts payable, or engineering, or human resources ...read more​

AIIM - SharePoint - Daniel Antion2010/09/282010/10/05BeginnerVersion AgnosticPlanning
  

​Then we hear from executives and decision makers that evangelizing the technology sounds great, but all the benefits are “soft” and too hard to measure.  Okay, so why not measure "soft costs"? ... read more​

AIIM - SharePoint - Rich Blank2010/09/242010/10/05AdvancedVersion AgnosticROI
  

​Ever time communications tools and information are made more accessible in the correct context, they provide a tangible time and cost savings. ...read more​

AIIM - Enterprise 2.0 - John Brunswick2010/09/252010/10/03IntermediateVersion AgnosticSite Design
  

​A very cool article comparing corporate governance to the 5 elements of nature.  Replace the word Economy with SharePoint and see the relevance. ...read more​

Rajesh Kannan - Active Garage2009/08/252010/10/05BeginnerVersion AgnosticGovernance
  

There is a new section in the Resource Centre called SharePoint Governance.  This section will grow over time to assist you in developing governance plans and the management thereof that work.​

Veronique Palmer2010/09/262010/10/05IntermediateVersion AgnosticGovernance
  

A summary of the sessions I attended from BPC and SharePoint Saturday Baltimore in Aug 2010.  Click here to download​.

Veronique Palmer2010/09/112010/09/18IntermediateVersion AgnosticGeneral
  

Watch my blog for the next week for all the news from the BPC. ​

Veronique Palmer2010/08/292010/09/01BeginnerNot ApplicableGeneral
  

​To celebrate the relaunch of Lets Collaborate's website, answer these two questions and win a unique bling LC tshirt and branded vuvuzela.  

Q1 : What do I recommend SharePoint 2007 users use to make their sites look pretty?  Q2 : Where did I deliberately misspell something?

Competition closes 30 August 2010.  Prize can be posted worldwide.  First correct answer wins.  Submit your answers here​.

Veronique Palmer2010/08/172010/08/30BeginnerNot ApplicableFun
  

​Picture this scenario: Your car broke down on the way to work and you need to bring it to a mechanic. You have a choice of three different garages to get your car back on the road and get to work ...read more​

CMS Wire - Phil Green2010/08/162010/08/20IntermediateVersion AgnosticKnowledge Management
  

​The root cause of most confusing menus and links is organizational language and thinking. Take, for example, the FAQ. Over the years, I've found that most customers don't even know what an FAQ is. That certainly surprised me ...read more​

CMS Wire - Gerry McGovern2010/08/162010/08/23BeginnerVersion AgnosticSite Design
  

​One of the most important things for planning, managing and governing a SharePoint 2010 environment is to understand the boundaries and thresholds that affect performance and maintenance. Capacity Planning is extremely important ...read more​

Jason Apergis2010/06/232010/08/13IT Pro2010 AllPlanning
  

How do you get get people to use the stupid thing?!! In our visits to different schools we see so much exceptional practice and at the same time on dozens of occasions I have talked to frustrated leaders of e-learning who have put a platform in place which is not being used. ... read more​
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Mike Herrity2009/03/012009/03/05BeginnerVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  

Chuck Norris never starts an Approval workflow in SharePoint.  Chuck doesn’t need approval. ... read more​

SharePoint Comic2009/09/232009/09/28BeginnerVersion AgnosticFun
  

In order for people to use a MOSS web application, the web application must validate the person’s identity. This process is known as authentication. ...read more​

SharePoinTony2009/09/062009/09/02AdvancedVersion AgnosticPermissions
  

This blog series will address the role that SharePoint can play in Records Management within an organization and the abilities and functionality that can be leveraged from the platform. The blog consists of four posts:

1. Introduction to Records Management, and Definition of Terms (this post)
2. Records Management using Standard SharePoint Features
3. Using the DOD 5015.2 Records Management Resource Kit
4. Commonly Requested Enhancements and Features ...read more​

 

UK SharePoint2009/08/272009/09/03Advanced2007 AllPlanning
  

User Adoption continues to be a problem across many SharePoint deployments. Despite correctly configuring the infrastructure and developing and deploying a great solution that meets the needs of the users, users are often very slow and resistant to adopting SharePoint and using it effectively....read more​​

Hilton Giesnow2009/08/272009/09/01BeginnerVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  

This column I want to deliver a warning to all of you out there – do not implement SharePoint in your organization! If you ignore this warning, and implement SharePoint anyway, beware. You run the risk of any number of problems, including  .... read more​ ​

Fred Yeomans2009/08/222009/09/01BeginnerVersion AgnosticPlanning
  

Let's look at eight ways a wiki can help you readjust your valuable time to get more of your essential work done, spend less time on meetings and redundant activities, and more efficiently assemble, refine and reuse valuable information. ...read more​
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AIIM - Stewart Madder2009/08/202009/08/25BeginnerVersion AgnosticWikis
  

This is the bare bones necessities you need to cover for a successful SharePoint implementation. It isn’t pretty or well explained, but will get you started in the right direction.

  • Item/List/Site Recovery – Who is responsible? How will you back them up? Does it work?
  • Versioning – How many? At least one for backup reasons? Who manages this? ...read more
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EUSP - Ben Curry2009/08/192009/08/24AdvancedVersion AgnosticUser Adoption
  

The first question needs to be “What are my problems?” Building a SharePoint site for the sake of a SharePoint site is an expensive waste of time. If you don’t have any problems that SharePoint can solve, don’t use it. Much of the functionality can be duplicated with Microsoft Exchange, e-mail, and some creative naming conventions. ...read more

Mission Critical Systems2009/08/102009/08/15BeginnerVersion AgnosticPlanning
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