Outlining the importance of simplifying the user interface into SharePoint through taxonomy, workflow, forms, and social -- with heavy emphasis on social features. By simplifying and streamlining the interface into SharePoint, users will be more productive, and, therefore, the organization will derive more business value out of their investments.

3. Christian Buckley,
Director of Product Evangelism at Axceler
• Microsoft MVP for SharePoint Server
• Prior to Axceler, worked for Microsoft, part of the Microsoft
Managed Services team (now Office365-Dedicated) and worked
as a consultant in the areas of software, supply chain, grid
technology, and collaboration
• Co-founded and sold a software company to Rational Software.
At E2open, helped design, build, and deploy a SharePoint-like
collaboration platform (Collaboration Manager), onboarding
numerous high-tech manufacturing companies, including
Hitachi, Matsushita, Cisco, and Seagate
• Co-authored ‘Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Creating and
Implementing Real-World Projects’ link (MS Press, March 2012)
and 3 books on software configuration management.
• Twitter: @buckleyplanet Blog: buckleyplanet.com Email: cbuck@axceler.com

4. Published 2012 by Microsoft Press
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Tackle 10 common business problems with
proven SharePoint solutions:
• Set up a help desk solution to track service requests
• Build a modest project management system
• Design a scheduling system to manage resources
• Create a site to support geographically dispersed teams
• Implement a course registration system
• Build a learning center with training classes and
resources
• Design a team blog platform to review content
• Create a process to coordinate RFP responses
• Set up a FAQ system to help users find answers quickly
• Implement a cost-effective contact management system

5. Improving Collaboration since 2007
• Mission: To enable enterprises to simplify, optimize, and
secure their collaborative platforms
• Delivered award-winning administration and migration
software since 1994, for SharePoint since 2007
• Over 3,000 global customers
Dramatically improve the management
of SharePoint
• Innovative products that improve security, scalability,
reliability, “deployability”
• Making IT more effective and efficient and lower the total
cost of ownership
Focus on solving specific SharePoint
problems (Administration & Migration)
• Coach enterprises on SharePoint best practices
• Give administrators the most innovative tools available
• Anticipate customers’ needs
• Deliver best of breed offerings
• Stay in lock step with SharePoint development and market trends

7. How productive are your
end users on SharePoint?

8. Email Cell Twitter Blog
cbuck@echotechnology.com 425.246.2823 @buckleyplanet http://buckleyplanet.net

11. integrated and
seamless
moving between work streams

14. What are you doing to make
your end users productive?

18. What is metadata?

20. Users
My Site
Corporate Departments Teams
Empowerment
Email Cell Twitter Blog
cbuck@echotechnology.com 425.246.2823 @buckleyplanet http://buckleyplanet.net

21. The Role of Metadata
Scott Singleton, Managed Metadata in SharePoint 2010 http://slidesha.re/hNPeAQ

22. End Users
Search
Governance
Social Media
Taxonomy Folksonomy
Metadata

32. Why SharePoint needs social

36. End user-generated
Personally applied
social

37. your own vocabulary
your intimate knowledge
correlate discovered content

38. Taxonomy Folksonomy
• Paper • Paper
• Airplane • Flight
• White • Airplane
• Toy • Design
• White
• Toy
• Origami
• Technique
• Distance

39. taxonomy
folksonomy
Opportunity to improve global search

42. Search will not improve if you are not actively managing your taxonomy

51. Get the most out of OOTB

52. Christian Buckley
cbuck@axceler.com
+1 425-246-2823
@buckleyPLANET
www.buckleyPLANET.com
and http://info.axceler.com
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Additional Resources
On The Importance of Metadata, Craig Mullins http://bit.ly/cOWp2F
Enabling Social Media through Metadata http://slidesha.re/gdjoaz
Managed Metadata in SharePoint 2010, Scott Singleton
http://slidesha.re/hNPeAQ
The Battle for Metadata in SharePoint 2010, Michal Pisarek
http://bit.ly/g7vFWN
5 Steps of a Successful SharePoint Site Transformation http://bit.ly/eB6qbN
Creating Passionate Users, Kathy Sierra http://headrush.typepad.com/