1. “A Day in the Life of SharePoint” Explaining SharePoint to End Users and Management
Scott Shearer SharePoint Evangelist/Developer FlexPoint Technology

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3. SharePoint User Group SharePoint End Users Administrators Architects
Developers
IT Pros
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Malvern, 5:30-8 pm
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This is the local Philly SharePoint user group. We cover a range of topics for all audiences.

4. SharePoint Network
Are you an independent consultant or remote worker who deals with SharePoint, Office or Office365?
Do you sometimes feel cut off from the rest of the SharePoint world?
Do you need help with technical or business issues, or just want the chance to socialize with others?
If so, then the SharePoint Network might be for you!
This is a local group that is just getting started as an adjunct to the user group. As the slide says, it is a support and social group for independent and remote workers in the Philly area. More information is available on the website.

5. Who is Scott? SharePoint consultant for FlexPoint Technology
Done everything from System Administration to C# development to helpdesk
CPA
Former Stock Broker
Past Certifications Held: MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA, MCT, CNE
@ScottJShearer on Twitter

6. FlexPoint Technology (They paid for me to be here)
IT Consulting firm based in Reston, VA
Cloud Technologies
SharePoint consulting, development, training
US Government and commercial customers

7. Agenda “A Day in the Life of SharePoint” briefing
How do you answer the question “What is SharePoint?”
SharePoint has very broad feature set, making it hard to explain

8. How the Demo was Developed
I became expert on how to explain and demo SharePoint the “wrong way”
Through trial and error, I finally figured out what worked

9. Scott’s Observation #1
People don’t care about SharePoint – they care about solutions

10. Scott’s Observation #2 “What’s in it for me?”
When attending an IT briefing, a non-technical user wants to know:
“What’s in it for me?”

11. Scott’s Observation #3
PEOPLE HATE CHANGE AND YOU REPRESENT CHANGE

12. Scott’s Observation #4
ENTHUSIASTISM IS COMMUNICABLE!

13. “So, what do I do?” Give your End Users a reason to be interested
Simple, concrete examples of how SharePoint can:
Save time
Reduce hassles
Automate manual processes
Do not use technical terms unless absolutely necessary
Use terminology that they understand
“Action Item Tracker” vs task list

14. Demo what you want them to understand
Don’t try to explain versioning with PowerPoint alone
SLOW DOWN in your demo
SharePoint is new to you audience
Quickly clicking all around the screen serves to confuse rather than inform
Don’t talk about SharePoint Features
Talk about solutions

15. Demo

16. SharePoint Overview
Scott Shearer SharePoint Evangelist/Developer/Trainer FlexPoint Technology

17. What is SharePoint?
Lets take a look….
(SharePoint Team Site Demo)

18. Team Sites Used in demo Used for general office collaboration
Audience for the site is usually an office, team, etc.
Much of the functionality is quick and easy to configure
Common Team Site uses
Document repositories
Discussion Boards
Surveys
Meeting minutes and agendas
Tracking just about anything
Leave scheduling
Conference room scheduling
Process automation

19. Public Facing Sites “Traditional” web sites
Push information out
Intended to allow people to consume information
Audience for you public facing site is everyone except the people on your team
May require the skills of a graphic designer
Content can be updated by non-technical staff

20. Sample SharePoint “Public Facing” sites
Ferrari
Bank of England
Boy Scouts
Micro Strategies
BA Insight

21. What do you say when someone asks you “What is SharePoint?”