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Executive Insights Merges Decision Makers with SharePoint Best Practices and Case Studies (Review)

October 8th marked the 1st Executive Insights event in what could become the catalyst for content delivery geared toward the Executive-level for organizations looking to invest in SharePoint.

What is Executive Insights?

A invitation-only breakfast roundtable for key decision makers and executives that was held at the Tysons Corner Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

The event came to fruition because of the challenge of securing long term buy-in at the Executive level when deploying or integrating technologies into the SharePoint platform.

There are many factors that lead to this result centering mostly around the fact that many Execs generally have limited education and insight on the benefits vs. the time and materials needed to deliver success for a SharePoint implementation when compared to other roles and responsibilities within a SharePoint delivery. The purpose of this event was to bring those issues to the forefront via straightforward discussion of SharePoint deployments via case studies from sectors varying from the military to healthcare implementations.

Sessions:

Arpan Shah: Elevating Business Value with Microsoft Work Management Solution

Marie-Michelle Strah, PhD: Case Study: Business Process Re-Engineering and Improved Healthcare Outcomes

Joe Snyder, Case Study: Delivering QA Process Improvement and Savings

Matt Fritts, MPH - Case Study: Healing a Case of Ineffective Process, Document and Project Management

Bill English: Top 10 Best Practices to Ensure SharePoint Success (Screencast Recording)

Dux Raymond Sy, PMP: Panel Discussion featuring all speakers

Key Take-aways from Executive Insights

This event displays the maturity and continued growth of the SharePoint industry by delivering events w/ content that is targeted towards specific sectors of the SharePoint community
The Decision maker's perspective is vital to the success and long-term adoption of SharePoint
The success of this event indicates that there is a demand for events needs to be an increase of events targeted towards managers
The format of case studies filled with facts/analysis vs. product demonstration proved to be an effective delivery format for the Managers in attendance.

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Social Media follow-up

Twitter has quickly become the most effective means of follow-up for SharePoint professionals.

Below are the Twitter profiles of all attendees referenced under the #eidc hashtag

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