Applied Knowledge Group- Summer 2009 Newsletter
Join AKG for A SharePoint Seminar  
AKG continues to present its popular free seminar sessions, but this year we've added some new topics in response to client requests. These events feature lively, interactive discussion on a variety of topics related to the effective implementation and adoption of SharePoint. Our speakers and consultants are also available for discussion after the presentation. Our next event is Thursday, September 10, 2009:
Leverage your SharePoint Implementation as a Business Intelligence & Knowledge Management Platform
AKG September 10th Seminar
Seminar
1:30pm - 4:30pm
  
Networking Reception
Hors d'Oeuvres & Refreshments
4:30pm- 6:30pm
 
 
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Registration is free, but class size is limited. more about the Seminar...
They Said It! 
"Communities of practice are a natural part of organizational life. They will develop on their own and many will flourish, whether or not the organization recognizes them. Their health depends primarily on the voluntary engagement of their members and on the emergence of internal leadership."
-Etienne Wenger
Hands-on MySites
Workshop Available
AKG's hands-on MySites workshop is designed to provide instruction as well as discussion of the concepts around effectively building and using SharePoint MySites. It also includes training on customizing a MySite, comprised of creating lists, adding web parts, and tailoring libraries for use in the MySite. read on...
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Kathy Gessner- Senior Collaborative ConsultantEffectively Using SharePoint MySites
By Kathy Gessner
SharePoint MySites can add another dimension to your SharePoint environment, if planned out and communicated correctly. Among other features, MySites offers your organization a way to target specific audiences and roles within your environment and deliver the right information at the right time. Sadly though, in many organizations, using the MySites functionality is often an afterthought and not a well executed part of the collaboration and user adoption strategy. read on...
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The Next Level -Advanced SharePoint Options
By Charnece Lundy

Link your SharePoint and Outlook Calendars

The beauty of SharePoint lies in its amazing flexibility and scalability. In its basic form SharePoint is easy to learn, and new users feel comfortable quickly. But SharePoint does not have to stop at plain vanilla. Advanced users with Web Designer or Site Owner rights can take their SharePoint worksites "to the next level" by going beyond the basics. Use Connect Your SharePoint 2007 Calendar to Your Outlook 2007 Calendar to improve your SharePoint experience. _________________________________
Building People-Centric Dashboards 
By Todd Van Haaren 
Today we have dozens of systems tracking all kinds of enterprise information. There are a variety of transformation and change initiatives around defining what we should measure to improve performance. And, of course, for government agencies there are scorecards, scorecards and mandatory scorecards to report on.

It seems obvious, but as we've learned in practice, the idea of a Dashboard means different things to different people. The idea of a dashboard itself is easy for a top leader to imagine and plays on the desire to be able to see the overall health of his or her enterprise.
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SharePoint Quick Tip
Connect a SharePoint 2007 Calendar to Outlook
Did you know that with Outlook 2007 and MOSS 2007 when you connect a SharePoint calendar to Outlook, the SharePoint calendar will display side-by-side to your Outlook calendar and it will overlay with your Outlook calendar too?
This makes it easy for you to:
1. Compare schedules
2. Copy important events from SharePoint onto your Outlook calendar
3. Delete a SharePoint Calendar from Outlook
You can copy events from one Calendar to another. It is important to note, that if the event is modified in one calendar, the copied events will not be updated. 
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