think that the word "SharePoint"  is a dangerous word to use when talking about and building support among business stakeholders for a new collaboration toolset, intranet, extranet, portal, knowledge management system, or digital workplace.  But, if you are defining your project in terms if SharePoint, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. MORE >>

I had a great conversation last week that sparked an early stage idea for what I think would be a wonderful way for learning and development organizations to leverage SharePoint better. You can find more on this by going to the LearnTrends – SharePoint in Corporate Learning Recordings. technologies and share with the group. MORE >>

Many organizations have invested in Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 as strategic infrastructure for content management and collaboration. Atlassian, NewsGator) whose products integrated into SharePoint in ways that alleviated some of the worst functionality (e.g., Sometimes SharePoint will make sense, sometimes it will not. MORE >>

This week, I was fortunate to attend Microsoft's SharePoint Conference (SPC) in Anaheim, CA, and to meet and learn from some of the most talented SharePoint people in the world.  There were approximately 7,500 users in attendance, many of them passionate advocates for SharePoint.   . MORE >>

SharePoint is many things, but it misses the critical element of social media which is networked connection between people and ideas, easy discoverability, makes visible and allows people to act on weak ties, and support for other network-like interactions rather than closed group performance. SharePoint is a silo builder, not buster. MORE >>