The 2009 date has been set for January 24, 2009 from 8:00 - 4:30 at New Horizons of MN.
Details are being finalized and as soon as the registration page is open, we will post the information here
SharePoint Camps are about the SharePoint community at large. They are meant to be a place for developers, administrators and any SharePoint user to come and learn from their peers. Topics are always based on community interest and never determined by anyone other than the community.
Registration link: http://www.nhmn.com/Courses/CrsDetail.aspx?C=NHTCSPCamp2
Annual Holiday Networking Event
Where: Eagan Community Center
When: Tuesday, December 9, 2008,
Special Time: 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Sue Lindgren, YESS!
Registration Link: http://www.ctamn.org/cde.cfm?event=219036
Are you as effective as you could be? Do you know what is holding you back or getting in your way so you can be effective? What is Emotional Intelligence?
Event Notes:
• Afternoon Event
(3 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
• Plenty of Networking Delight
• Appetizers
• Cash Bar (registration includes one drink ticket)
• Speaker
We are excited to bring back Sue Lindgren by popular demand! She will show you specifically where you can improve working the “people side” of your business and how you can dramatically affect performance and profitability… perhaps even job security. The information in this program is extremely powerful. As a leader, manager, co-worker or in any role you will find valuable tools you can use to increase your effectiveness in the workplace.
Have you ever been frustrated with the people you work with? Have you ever dreaded a meeting because it was boring, non-essential or a complete waste of time? Do you know the primary cause of project failure and how it affects your bottom-line? Do you know the value of emotionally intelligent leadership and the price you pay if your leaders aren’t highly competent this way?
New feature for December: Buy a table!
Buy a full table of 8 for the CTA December Afternoon Holiday Networking Event at the reduced rate of $200. Bring a table of your colleagues, your customers, your friends! What a great way to have an inexpensive holiday outing, have some fun, learn great information from Sue Lindgren and network with others. Purchasing a Table is only available by using this form.
Your days are full. Your people are busy. Your business demands the best of you. The question is, are you effective? Are your people? Is your business? With all the demands in your job, business and life today, it’s critical that you focus on what’s most imperative to your success and fulfillment. Unfortunately, by ourselves, we can rarely see what's holding us back or getting in the way.
Sue and her company have invested thousands in a conclusive research project targeting specific areas where most managers and leaders miss the mark. They’ve taken this research and designed a comprehensive program that she will give us a taste.
Here's just a portion of what you'll learn:
• The 14 skills a leader and manager must cultivate in order to succeed
• The greatest contributor to your rising healthcare costs
• Where 90% of a manager’s time is wasted
• The most undervalued component in business today
• The top 3 reasons careers are derailed
• How to define coaching’s role in business and what kind of coaching fits your needs
You're invited. Register at www.sharepointmn.com
Please join us on Wednesday, December 10, for another opportunity to collaborate with experts on methods used to maximize the potential of the Microsoft Office SharePoint platform. Previous MNSPUG presenters will team to facilitate an open forum around the platform. Be sure to bring your questions and experience to participate in this dynamic discussion. Several subject areas within the SharePoint platform will be covered, including:
• Planning
• Development
• Delivery
• Tips and Tricks
• Governance
• and more!
SharePoint Open Forum
We’re bringing the PDC to you! For just $99 you’ll get the best of the PDC in your own backyard and hear all of the exciting announcements around the Azure Services Platform and Windows 7. Other sessions include the latest developments in .NET, Silverlight, Surface, Parallel Programming, Live Mesh, and more.
Register today to stay current in an ever-competitive job market, enhance your skills and gain access to the next generation of tools and technology.
Speakers include:
Shannon Braun, Scott Colestock, Jason Bock, Matt Milner, Robert Boedigheimer, Bill Maurer, Mike Benkovich and Rocky Lhotka.
New Horizons of MN will be a Gold Sponsor at this event! Stop by our table for information on the latest in Developer Training!
For more information: http://www.msdndevcon.com/Pages/Minneapolis.aspx
Topic: Migrating a Data Aware WPF Application to Silverlight 2.0
Presenter: Mike Benkovich, Microsoft
Date: 11/18/2008
Time: 12pm - 2 pm
Website: http://www.ilmservice.com/silverlight/
Abstract:
One of the great things about WPF and Silverlight is that they’re both built on top of XAML and with Silverlight 2.0 you can leverage the latest data manipulation capabilities of LINQ. In this session we’ll take a look at a basic WPF application that pulls data from a web service. We will explore VB.NET’s XML Literals as we work with the information. Then we will take that application and migrate it to Silverlight 2.0 and show how the security model and communications mechanisms impact the way we design and build applications.
About The Speaker
Energy, laughter and a contagious passion for coding - Mike brings it all to the podium. Mike has worked in a variety of roles including architect, project manager, developer and technical writer. The coolest part of his job? Running into people who are still using (and liking) his software applications. Mike is a published author with WROX Press and APress Books, writing primarily about getting the most from your SQL Server database. Since appearing in Microsoft's DevCast in 1994, Mike has presented technical information at seminars, conferences and corporate boardrooms across America.
Pizzas and sodas are provided. We will also raffle-off books and games.
Location
Microsoft Office
8300 Norman Center Drive
Suite 950
Bloomington
MN 55437
MIMA POWER BREAKFAST
If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and content is king, Wednesday's event is quite literally going to be THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY OF KINGS. Huzzah!
How fitting that Ginny Redish, the reigning queen of content, will be at the helm. If you're so much as planning to write one subject line in the next two decades, don't miss Ginny Redish. Seriously. She's awesome.
Topic: WEB CONTENT
Join the acclaimed author of Letting Go of the Words for a morning session devoted entirely to content. You'll learn how to craft the kind of web copy, subject lines and link text that win users and influence clickthroughs.
When: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8 am Presentation
9 am Networking
Where:
Nicollet Island Pavilion
40 Power Street
Minneapolis, MN 55108
Map
Cost:
Pre-registration Fees
Members - FREE
Student Members - FREE
Non-Members - $40
Walk-in Registration Fees:
Members = $20
Student Members = $20
Non-members = $45
website: www.mima.org
I'm going to be launching another blog site on Monday and need your help! Please complete the blank in the sentence above to be included in the launching of the website. Email your responses to me at: bfavilla@nhmn.com
Thanks!
Where: New Horizons (4510 West 77th St. Edina, MN 55435)
When: Tuesday, November 11th at 6:00 PM
Website: www.twincitiesdevelopersguild.com
Session: Learn about how the Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP), Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control Containers help you get your system under test more effectively and how it can help you decouple your code. You will also be introduced to a small subset of dependency breaking techniques that will help you break ground into setting your system up for maintainability. This session is intended to be very audience interactive so that it can help the audience break into the world of dependency inversion and introduce methods that will help you gain confidence when you need to make a change in your code base.
Bio: Donn Felker is a Senior Consultant with Magenic. He has over 8 years of professional experience in various markets that include – entertainment, health, retail, insurance, financial, and real estate. He is a MCTS in Web Client Development for .NET 2.0 and 3.5 and is also a certified Scrum Master. He is the founder and coordinator of the Twin Cities Give Camp (www.twincitiesgivecamp.org), a writer, presenter and consultant on various topics ranging from architecture, development in general, agile practices and patterns & practices. He is an active member in many open source projects on Codeplex as well ranging from development patterns to Team Foundation Server deployment methodologies.
PivotTables: Build, manipulate and chart data
http://www.nhmn.com/Courses/CrsDetail.aspx?C=NHEUEXCPivTbl
When: December 12, 2008
Time: 12:30 - 4:00
Where: New Horizons of MN, 4510 W 77th St Suite 210, Edina MN 55435
Overview: In this hands-on seminar you will learn to understand, build, manipulate and chart data using PivotTables. It is common place in many business roles to be able to effectively and efficiently move through large amounts of data. This can be a cumbersome and intimidating process. However, with the use of PivotTables, this task becomes much more manageable. On top of being able to maneuver within data, you will also be able to manipulate, sort, filter and create calculations to gain insight into your data that previously wasn't as obvious.
Seminar Price - $195.00
Topics
Lesson 1: What is a Pivot Table?
Lesson 2: PivotTable Pit Falls
Lesson 3: Pivot the PivotTable
Lesson 4: Group by Weeks
Lesson 5: Group by Time Period
Lesson 6: Drill Down to View Raw Data Behind PivotTable
Lesson 7: Use the Page Field to Separate Data on Individual Sheets
Lesson 8: Modify Summary Information
Lesson 9: Add an Additional Summary Field
Lesson 10: Calculate Percent Difference From
Lesson 11: Use a Calculation/Formula on the PivotTable
Lesson 12: Hide Subtotals
Appendix: The PivotTable Options Dialog Box
Registration link: http://www.nhmn.com/Courses/CrsRegister.aspx?SK=0036611
When you register, put that you heard about this course through other: Blog site
The upcoming IAMCP breakfast meeting is Friday, November 21st, 2008. This meeting is guaranteed to help you drive revenue as a partner! If you have already RSVP'd, thank you for your response! If you have yet to RSVP for Friday's event, please go to the website directly at www.iamcp.com and register to attend. We will be providing a light breakfast (bagels, donuts and coffee) and need to know how many will be in attendance to plan accordingly. We look forward to seeing you there.
This month plan to meet John LaLonde from Microsoft. Also enjoy our guest speaker David Mann speaking on, “How to Say What You Mean and Get People to Listen”
You know what you're talking about. You're an expert. You're trustworthy and sincere. So why doesn't your staff or your clients always do what you need them to do? It could be because they don't understand the way you communicate. Actor and communication coach David Mann will outline useful methods of making key points clearly and concisely, telling a memorable story, working the room, translating technical jargon into everyday speech, and listening to your listener. Whether you're using a word-for-word script or a bullet point outline, whether you're the CEO or on the front-line sales staff, the goal is always to get the message across with clarity, compassion, and confidence. This talk will help you see ways you can do that. David Mann is a communication expert who has spent his career mastering the business of speaking, adapting theatre techniques to the demands of business.
Meeting details:
Location: 800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 2700
US Bancorp building between Target and Macy’s
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Time: 8:00am-10:00am
Agenda: 8:00 am – Coffee and Donuts/ Bagels
8:10 am - A message from our President- Ken Meyer
8:20 am - A message from our Membership Chairperson- Kathy Northamer
8:30 am – John LaLonde, Microsoft
8:45 am – Brandy Favilla intro of Guest David Mann
8:50am – Guest Speaker - David Mann
9:30 - Networking
Should you have any specific questions, please call me at 612-359-4960.
Thank you and I look forward to seeing you at the meeting!
Yours truly,
Kathy Northamer
Robert Half International
Membership Chair
Minneapolis/St. Paul Chapter
www.iamcp.com
Don’t forget that our monthly meeting will take place this Wednesday, November 5. Details are below. To register check out our new Web site at www.nwaitp.org.
We meet at the Outback Steakhouse on I-494 in Bloomington west of the Mall of America.
Wednesday evening, November 5, 2008
Please note the date change!
Topic: Re-inventing IT and the IT Professional
For the past fifty years company owners and their executive teams have invested in information technology with the goal of making their organizations more effective. Only a very, few have achieved their goal. Many have claimed success but when asked to compare their results with their expectation openly admit their claims of success where more for social and political reasons versus achieving their goal of creating an effective organization. Now is the time to re-invent the IT organization and the IT professionals.
The presentation will focus on the new roles and responsibilities of IT and the IT professional, the root problems of many of today’s IT organizations, and how organizations are correcting these problems. The presentation will draw from Mr. Eian’s experiences as a corporate executive and a management consultant.
Speaker: Nicholas R. Eian
Nick Eian is the founder and CEO of Endurant Business Solutions. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, the Executive Development Program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and the Human Resource Executive Program of the University of Michigan.
Endurant is a management consultant company specializing in organization effectiveness and change. Its core competencies are the design and development of adaptable organizations and Re-inventing IT. Mr. Eian has led the design and implementation of change in many of Minnesota’s finest corporations.
Location:
Outback Steakhouse meeting rooms off Interstate 494 by the Mall of America (1321 E. 78th St., Bloomington MN 55425)
Agenda:
5:00 PM Registration and appetizer buffet
5:30 PM Welcome and Round Table Discussion time
5:45 PM Program
6:30 PM Adjourn
Cost:
$ 15 for AITP and MnIPS Members
$ 25 for Guests
$ 10 for Students
To register:
Please go to www.nwaitp.org to make your reservation.
Topic: Contact Center Applications
Where: Eagan Community Center
When: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Panelists: Tom Falkowski, Director, Patient Access, Allina Hospitals & Clinics; Deb Gabriel, Lead, Consumer Experience, Carol. The Care Marketplace; Tim Husted, Director of Workload and Resource Management, Carlson Wagonlit Travel; Michael Sanderson, Director of Contact Center Services, UnitedHealth Technologies; Joe Schwartz, Senior Workforce Manager, Fingerhut
The alphabet soup of Contact Center technology:
Where do they fit? What do they mean?
How do you manage them all?
Sign up and sort out the soup!
Morning Learning Session
The Benefits of a Hosted Contact Center Solution
There will be a morning learning session presented by Qwest from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Presenter
Julie Postma, Regional Midwest Sales Manager, Qwest Hosted Contact Center Solutions, Qwest Communications
Find details and morning session registration HERE
Registration Link: http://www.ctamn.org/cde.cfm?event=234145
Topic: Workflow
When: Thursday, November 6, 2008
Registration: 8:30 - 9:00 AM
Event: 9:00 - 11:00 AM
Networking/Q&A: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Where: Northland Center
3500 American Blvd West, Conf Room B (on concourse level of bldg)
Bloomington, MN 55417
Summary: On Thursday, November 6th, come learn what Dynamics CRM 4.0 offers in terms of workflow using the new Windows Workflow Foundation!
We'll be covering various new ways the new workflow engine enables greater power and flexibility. These are just a few of the things we'll cover:
- This isn't your parent's workflow engine, see what's new in 4.0
- Using Stages to manage business processes
- Creating an Audit Trail
- Creating field Level Security (sort of)
- Extending the Workflow Engine with .NET
- Using a Wait Condition
- Clearing Fields
- Other things that are done differently in 4.0
Registration:
https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=132737
Contact Information:
If you would like more information about this event or about the Minnesota CRM User Group, please contact marketing@inetium.com.
This morning I attended our weekly TechMasters meeting and, as always, I leave that meeting very inspired. The goal of the group is to help members improve their public speaking skills, both in prepared speeches as well as impromptu. We have 15 members as of today (after just 5 weeks of meetings), and we need 20 to official charter. I personally joined the group to improve my impromptu speaking. I was a trainer for years, and have since moved into other roles, and the old saying is very true... "If you don't use it, you lose it".
Techmasters Word of the day: Loquacious - full of excessive talk. Who will be the most loquacious on Twitter about the polls today
If you are unfamilar with TechMasters, I'll give you some background.
Have you ever been asked to give a presentation on a technical topic? You know you are the expert on the subject matter, but you were hesitant to get in front of a group?
TechMasters is just the group for you! Join this network of peers to help build your presentation skills by practicing your speaking skills weekly. Each meeting will give participants the opportunity to speak, whether it be an impromptu speech or a prepared speech.
TechMasters provides the tools that enable us to become effective communicators and leaders. TechMasters will help you
· Give better technical presentations
· Hone your management skills
· Effectively develop and present ideas
· Offer constructive criticism
· Accept criticism more objectively
· Improve impromptu speaking
The Weekly Roles and Descriptions:
Toastmaster: This person acts as the host of the meeting; this person introduces all of the meeting participants and speakers.
Court Jester: This person kicks the meeting off with a humorous story/joke to set the mood for the meeting.
Timer: As with all speeches, there is usually a time element that we must fit within, so the timer keeps track of all speeches during the meeting and then gives a report at the end.
Grammarian: This person is responsible for the "Word of the Day". He tracks it's usage by all members during the meeting as well as all "Ah's" and "Um's" during the presentations. The grammarian is also listening for "Word Plays" during all of the speeches and presents the "Best Word Picture" award at the end of the meeting.
Tabletopics: The most fun role of the meeting (In my opinion), you get to create the theme of the impromptu meetings and ask the questions to the attendees to present on your topic for 1 minute. (being called upon to give the impromptu speech, scares me to death!)
3 Speakers: These are the prepared speeches
General Eval: This person gives a general evaluation of all of the presenters during the meeting as well as hosts the "voting" for the best prepared speaker as well as the best evaluator and gives the awards.
3 Evaluators: Each of the evaluators gives an evaluation of the prepared speeches and gives strengths and weaknesses to the speakers to improve.
Well, that's it in a nutshell. It's alot of fun and I hope if you are in the Twin Cities area you will join us every Tuesday morning at 7:30am at
New Horizons of MN facility.
Facebook Address:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25823523812
Go to www.facebook.com and search groups for “techmasters”
I am thinking of putting together a 2 hour seminar titled "Using Social Media to Promote your Business". The seminar would show using sites such as Twitter, blogging, facebook and LinkedIn to promote your business.
What do you think? Please email me (bfavilla@nhmn.com) with your thoughts. What would you want to see in this type of seminar? Is there demand? Would you attend? Do you know great resources to provide to people as examples?
Minneapolis, MN November 20, 2008 9:00am – 11:45 am
www.arcready.com
Professional Patterns On The Job
You're smart. You deliver. What more could your company want from you? Why don’t they come to you for the big technical decisions? Why won’t they listen to your proposals? It seems like everyone has an agenda and they’re doing everything they can to kill your great ideas. To be effective architects we must also be leaders and influencers who bring more than our technical pedigrees to a organization.
Join us this quarter as we focus on the soft skills that architects need to master. Learning these skills will boost your emotional intelligence and help you become a more professional, well rounded contributor. You’ll gain insight into the architect’s role as leader and business professional and learn how to leverage your position to become a positive force within your organization.
Session 1: Mastering the Soft Skills
In this session, we’ll discuss key interpersonal skills and how they can affect your projects and career. We cover how to positively connect with humans, how to learn about the business you support, and how to transcend your technical role and maximize your connections with all members of your organization.
Session 2: Organizational Dynamics
This session examines the dynamic nature of large organizations – their structures, decision making processes, and political landscapes. We’ll discuss the goals of key business and technical decision makers and their influence on architects and software projects. We’ll conclude with some strategies for maximizing the soft skills from Session 1 to ensure successful outcomes for your projects and career.
Thursday, November 6th, 2008. 5PM-7PM Sign Up Now
What's this XNA thing I keep hearing about?
Presenter:Chris Williams
Abstract:
This session will cover what XNA is (and isn't) along with what's needed to develop with both XNA 2.0 and the 3.0 CTP. We will also cover key differences between the two versions along with the features and limitations of each. Target platforms of Windows, XBox and Zune will be discussed. We'll go through some demos and take a look at some code, identifying key aspects of the XNA Framework and game development.
Speaker
Chris Williams is a Technology Evangelist for Magenic. He is the founder of several .NET User Groups on the east coast, and most recently the Twin Cities XNA User Group and Twin Cities Developers Guild, both in Minneapolis, MN. He is a rabid blogger at BlogusMaximus.net, author of the popular NINE Questions series and owner of the VB Community site www.ILoveVB.net. His most recent project is the Charity Fragathon, a fundraiser event for Children's Hospital.
The Twin Cities' premier tech demo and networking event is happening again on November 12. This time, we've rented Intermedia Arts, Uptown's coolest art gallery/performance space. This means the demos will be in a REAL THEATER! Also, we'll have kegs of really good beer.
What: 6-10 demos of local tech projects and startups
When: Demos start at 7pm
Where: Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408 (map: http://tinyurl.com/68jptu)
Who: Everyone is invited! Please RSVP at http://minnedemo.org
Cost: FREE!
* Demos *
The rules are simple: 7 minutes. Real, working software. NO POWERPOINT!
We currently have demos booked for:
1. Periscope - Basecamp? iGoogle? Periscope: Basecamp control in your iGoogle (Ivan Stegic) 2. Tumblon - a site for parents of young children that tracks child development and helps share it with friends and family (Jon Dahl) 3. TeamTreks Toolkit - A teacher toolkit for the educational game Glacier Bay that focuses on leadership and literacy skills for 4th through 7th graders (Mike Palmquist) 4. SuddenDeals.com - Twin Cities? only live entertainment/discount network that connects shoppers and merchants in real-time using mobile SMS text messaging. (Julian Reytel) 5. OnePlace - online collaboration and work management app lets you ?Do More in All Facets of Your Life,? by providing team collaboration, project management, and personal productivity, all in a single place online.
(Steve Kickert)
6. Zanby - a powerful Enterprise 2.0 platform that consolidates and manages communication, content and activities across enterprises of all sizes through a unique group architecture. (Chris Dykstra)
We are looking for a few more demos. Please contact Luke Francl
(look@recursion.org) if you are interested in presenting.
* Sponsors *
MinneDemo is made possible by our generous sponsors.
Split Rock Partners - http://splitrock.com New Counsel - http://newcounsel.com ipHouse - http://iphouse.com Sierra Bravo - http://www.sierra-bravo.com
Interested in sponsoring MinneDemo? Contact Ben Edwards (ben@alttext.com).
P.S.: We depend on YOU to spread the word about MinneDemo. Please forward this email to the interesting people you know who should be there.
Please join us for a DBA SIGs Live Meeting on October 22, 2008 at noon EDT
titled "Automating Common DBA Tasks".
Meeting Abstract
Database Administrators often spend hours each day doing the same repetitive tasks; checking Error Logs, Backups, Drive Space, Agent History, Job Logs, and other common "checklist" items. Learn how to easily automate these common tasks in SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008 using the tools that are already available in the Operating System and SQL Server.
Presenter Bio
Jonathan Kehayias is a MCITP Database Administrator, MCITP Database Developer, and SQL Server MVP who got started with SQL Server in early 2004 as a database developer and report writer for Infinite Energy Inc. After two and a half years working in TSQL, in late 2006 he transferred to the role of SQL Database Administrator for OSI Restaurant Partners in Tampa, FL. He has experience in consolidating and upgrading SQL Environments, running SQL Server in virtualized environments, and performance tuning TSQL code. He can often be found on the MSDN SQL Server Forums, or at the local Tampa SQL Server User Group meetings.
Meeting Details
Audio
Toll-free: +1 (866) 231-6479
Participant code: 2775795
Video
1) Copy this address and paste it into your web browser: Meeting URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join
2) Copy and paste the required information:
Meeting ID: DBA SIG
Location: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups
Please mute your line once you dial-in to the audio portion of the meeting.
FIRST TIME USERS:
To save time before the meeting, check your system to make sure it is ready to use Microsoft Office Live Meeting.
COMMON COURTESY:
Please mute your phones unless you want to ask a question. Please do not put your phone on hold; if you need to leave the meeting temporarily, please hang up and call back when you return.
Remember to save the date for this great meeting!
Also, if you haven't registered for the PASS Community Summit 2008, do not wait any longer! With just 4 weeks to go and an action-packed agenda, register now!
Date: October 30
Time: 9am - 12:00am
Location: New Horizons of MN 4510 W 77th St Suite 210 Edina MN 55435
Registration Link: http://www.nhmn.com/Courses/CrsDetail.aspx?C=NHSP07Forms
Course Overview
This is a joint seminar with New Horizons of MN and Inetium. This session will cover SharePoint 2007's workflow and digital form capabilities. With the addition of workflow in SharePoint 2007, users now have the ability to manage and track multiple processes within their organization. This session will include many demonstrations of how to get started using workflow and digital forms in SharePoint 2007.
This seminar is available live on the web using VoIP (PC audio). Telephone audio is not available.
We strongly encourage remote students to provide their own headset or microphone should they want to verbally ask questions. Text-based questions are available.
Headsets can be purchased through New Horizons of Minnesota at a rate of $25 which includes USPS shipping for 5 days prior to the event (continental U.S. only). Please comment in the notes area of the registration form to confirm your need for a headset.
Date: December 2
Time: 9am - 12:00am
Location: New Horizons of MN 4510 W 77th St Suite 210 Edina MN 55435
Registration Link: http://www.nhmn.com/Courses/CrsDetail.aspx?C=NHSP07ECM
Objectives
This a joint session presented by New Horizons of MN and Inetium that will explore the various content management capabilities of SharePoint 2007 for managing documents, records and web content. This session will include a number of demonstrations and tips on how to get started using SharePoint for content management.
Audience
SharePoint Administrators and Power Users
Topics
- Document Management
- Content Types
- Version Control
- Metadata
- Records Management
- Records Repository
- Policies
- Web Content Management
- Publishing
- Workflow templates
This is a joint seminar with New Horizons of MN and Inetium.
This seminar is available live on the web using VoIP (PC audio). Telephone audio is not available.
We strongly encourage remote students to provide their own headset or microphone should they want to verbally ask questions. Text-based questions are available.
Headsets can be purchased through New Horizons of Minnesota at a rate of $25 which includes USPS shipping for 5 days prior to the event (continental U.S. only). Please comment in the notes area of the registration form to confirm your need for a headset.
Date: October 23
Time: 9am - 12:00am
Location: New Horizons of MN 4510 W 77th St Suite 210 Edina MN 55435
Registration Link: http://www.nhmn.com/Courses/CrsDetail.aspx?C=NHSP07BusIntell
Seminar Overview
This session will explore the various Business Intelligence options available from Microsoft and how they integrate with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This session will include a number of demonstrations and tips on how to get started using SharePoint for business intelligence.
Topics to be covered during this session include:
- Excel Services
- KPI Lists
- Report Center
- Dashboards
- SQL Reporting Services
- SQL Analysis Services
- PerformancePoint Server 2007
This seminar is available live on the web using VoIP (PC audio). Telephone audio is not available.
We strongly encourage remote students to provide their own headset or microphone should they want to verbally ask questions. Text-based questions are available.
Headsets can be purchased through New Horizons of Minnesota at a rate of $25 which includes USPS shipping for 5 days prior to the event (continental U.S. only). Please comment in the notes area of the registration form to confirm your need for a headset.
ITIL v3 Service Management Awareness: A Lifecycle Approach
When: October 27
Where: New Horizons of MN 4510 W 77th St Suite 210 Edina MN 55435
Registration link: http://www.nhmn.com/Courses/CrsDetail.aspx?C=NHITILAwarev3
Seminar Overview
Our ITIL v3 Service Management Awareness overview provides a general introduction to IT Service Management, focusing on the lifecycle of services-birth to retirement-broken into five key phases. The phase components, Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operations and Continual Service Improvement, are introduced and discussed within the best practice framework.
Objectives
- Overview of a Lifecycle Approach to IT Service Management
- Introduction to IT Service Management
- Key ITIL v3 Concepts
- ITIL Service Management integration: Business Services; IT Services; IT Functions
- Value of Service
Lifecycle: Five Phases
- Service Strategy: Working with the business to plan appropriately for both long and short term service needs
- Design: Planning and architecting services that fall within the business's strategy
- Transition: Moving planned business initiatives to live status; retiring old services no longer of value to the business; improving services to keep the business at or above required competitive levels
- Operation: Managing the services currently utilized by the business
- Continual Service Improvement: Implemented as part of every process
Audience
This overview is appropriate for all levels and functions within the entire IT service development and provision life cycle. It is also of value to customers and end users who need to interface with the IT department.
Topic: Re-inventing IT and the IT Professional
For the past fifty years company owners and their executive teams have invested in information technology with the goal of making their organizations more effective. Only a very, few have achieved their goal. Many have claimed success but when asked to compare their results with their expectation openly admit their claims of success where more for social and political reasons versus achieving their goal of creating an effective organization. Now is the time to re-invent the IT organization and the IT professionals.
The presentation will focus on the new roles and responsibilities of IT and the IT professional, the root problems of many of today’s IT organizations, and how organizations are correcting these problems. The presentation will draw from Mr. Eian’s experiences as a corporate executive and a management consultant.
Speaker: Nicholas R. Eian
Nick Eian is the founder and CEO of Endurant Business Solutions. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, the Executive Development Program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and the Human Resource Executive Program of the University of Michigan.
Endurant is a management consultant company specializing in organization effectiveness and change. Its core competencies are the design and development of adaptable organizations and Re-inventing IT. Mr. Eian has led the design and implementation of change in many of Minnesota’s finest corporations.
Location:
Outback Steakhouse meeting rooms off Interstate 494 by the Mall of America (1321 E. 78th St., Bloomington MN 55425)
Agenda:
5:00 PM Registration and appetizer buffet
5:30 PM Welcome and Round Table Discussion time
5:45 PM Program
6:30 PM Adjourn
Cost:
$25.00 non members
$15.00 members
$15.00 students
To register:
Send me an e-mail and I will register for you
Sherie Davis (sherie.davis@endurant.com)
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