Are You the “SharePoint guy/gal”? If you think you are or want to understand what I mean and how this might relate to you, read on please… The person responsible for the SharePoint initiatives to be successful in the organization is the one called the SharePoint guy/gal. This is the person who empowers herself and the other power users and SharePoint evangelists in the organization to take better advantage of the SharePoint platform. This SharePoint guru does not necessarily possess the development or IT architecture knowledge. However, this person has been tapped as the person responsible for this thing called […]

SharePoint Fest rocks! I found that out when I first presented at the Chicago conference last year. Things that impressed me the most: Focus on the locality (lots of Chicagoland based folks attended) Great content and speakers Nicely organized This conference was professionally arranged and executed. There were no networking or scheduling issues that I noticed and I heard great comments from attendees afterwards. This conference was successful in providing great content to the folks who were just not satisfied enough with the content at SharePoint Saturdays and local user groups (no offense to either since they both do the […]

The point of this post is to offer you thoughts on how you can gain SharePoint experience and eventually land a SharePoint related job hopefully. This post does not dive into gaining SharePoint knowledge. Check out the other post on SharePoint resources on the web for ideas on learning SharePoint online. Find out if a local non-profit organization in your area is starting with SharePoint. Help them out at a low salary or volunteer for free Become part of SharePoint User Groups in your area. Offer to help out and become more active in learning and even presenting your knowledge. […]