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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4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

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

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

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

12. “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

13. 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

14. Demo

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

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

17. 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

18. 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

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

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

22. Clean-Up Items Fill out your evaluation forms!
Visit the Dugout for a sneak peak of SharePoint 2013 and Networking.
See you back at Home Plate for the Closing and Raffles!!