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sadalit
I'm a Microsoft SharePoint consultant with a Knowledge Management focus.
Interests: knowledge management, process improvement, social media, social computing, social networking, usability, web 2.0 and enterprise 2.0 technologies
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Nikki, thank you for your comment, it made my day!
Commented May 13, 2013 on How to make the SharePoint I Need To web part sort alphabetically at A Matter Of Degree
How to make the SharePoint I Need To web part sort alphabetically
If you have implemented the I Need To… web part on a SharePoint page, either using the Sites list or your own list of links, you may find that the topics appear in the web part in the order they were created, and there is no GUI-based way to control this order. My colleague Florin discovered thi...
Going public about my momentous and exciting role change
Posted Feb 28, 2013 at A Matter Of Degree
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Follow-up to the Inaugural Boston Women in SharePoint Chapter Meeting
Posted Feb 13, 2013 at A Matter Of Degree
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Recent Notes on Women in SharePoint / Women in Tech / Women in Leadership
Posted Feb 11, 2013 at A Matter Of Degree
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Key Takeaways - SharePoint Conference 2012 - Day 1 - #SPC12
Posted Nov 13, 2012 at A Matter Of Degree
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Key Takeaways - SharePoint Conference 2012 - Day 0 - #SPC12
Posted Nov 12, 2012 at A Matter Of Degree
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Who Loves Them Some SharePoint Maturity? Recent Data from the SharePoint Maturity Model Shows Who
Posted Oct 15, 2012 at A Matter Of Degree
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Annual Budget for SharePoint Most Affects Readiness Competencies
Posted Jul 22, 2012 at A Matter Of Degree
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Toward A Better Content Experience with Office 15 and SharePoint 2013 - Part 1
Posted Jul 17, 2012 at A Matter Of Degree
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@Demondhatter, thank you very much for posting this information! Yet another of the ways we can trick SharePoint into doing what we want it to do.
Commented Jun 19, 2012 on How to make "This Site" the default SharePoint search scope at A Matter Of Degree
How to make "This Site" the default SharePoint search scope
A client recently asked how to make "This Site" the default SharePoint search scope from the simple search box on all pages. "This site" does not appear as an option when you try to manage this via the GUI (Site Actions | Site Settings | Site Collection Administration section / Search Scopes), ...
Hi Liz,
Before you develop your own, did you see Daniel McPherson's post on EndUserSharePoint2010.com? http://www.endusersharepoint.com/EUSP2010/2010/07/20/driving-user-adoption%E2%80%A6socially-sharepoint-and-badges/
Is the NewsGator solution out of the realm of the possible for your organization?
Also - I have heard that the next version of SharePoint may include some functionality that would do this.
Commented May 14, 2012 on Merit Badges For The Corporate Intranet To Incentivize Adoption at A Matter Of Degree
Merit Badges For The Corporate Intranet To Incentivize Adoption
I've been thinking about the badges that a few social sites are using as incentives to their user communities - specifically foursquare and, more recently, Blip. So many people I talk to are looking for ways to encourage adoption of their enterprise intranets, knowledge bases, and collaborative...
Tenille, thanks for your comment! This sounds like a job for jquery. Let me point you to Marc Anderson, who is a SharePoint MVP and develops a great deal using jquery - his blog might be a good resource to you (http://sympmarc.com/). There are many other sharepoint/jquery resources on the web as well, but Marc's site is a great place to start.
Commented May 4, 2012 on Clickable world map for SharePoint to navigate global office locations at A Matter Of Degree
Clickable world map for SharePoint to navigate global office locations
Inspired by End User SharePoint's Clickable Image Map of the United States, I made a world map version for my clients with offices around the globe. I generally work with my clients to create a site or page for each of their office locations that includes local news, weather, and information,...
Live from SharePoint Saturday Boston - User-Focused Sessions
I'm at SharePoint Saturday Boston today and am noticing a particular trend - in the sessions I'm attending, from Beginner-level content management or Advanced-level automated site provisioning (and everything in between), the speaker's message to the audience includes this: CONSIDER... Continue reading
Posted Apr 28, 2012 at A Matter Of Degree
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Making the Functional Beautiful
I'm having one of those idealistic momen... Continue reading
Posted Apr 17, 2012 at A Matter Of Degree
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Sound advice Christian. I would add, start keeping track of your customizations now, no matter what version you're on currently and even if you don't plan to upgrade for a year or more. Sometimes it can take a while to pull all this information together, and to figure out how to keep it current as your implementation evolves.
Commented Mar 3, 2012 on The Wave15 SharePoint Adoption Lifecycle at buckleyPLANET
The Wave15 SharePoint Adoption Lifecycle
There are tremors being felt across Redmond, Washington. As we prepare this year for major releases from the Microsoft Windows, Office, and SharePoint teams, waves of partners, customers, and employees from the various regions are beginning to converge on Redmond to learn more on what is coming....
SharePoint Maturity Self-Assessment App is Live!
Posted Feb 27, 2012 at A Matter Of Degree
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Kerri, great point about the efficiency gains - I believe that's what Mike was trying to emphasize as well. I agree that using SharePoint as a central platform for getting work done has all the benefits you describe. I'd like to see more organizations continuously improve on this foundation and collaborate even more effectively. Thank you so much for your comment!
Commented Feb 14, 2012 on You're not collaborating. You're just publishing. at A Matter Of Degree
You're not collaborating. You're just publishing.
In my work implementing SharePoint at organizations of many different kinds and sizes, I've seen a trend that I wanted to share, with the hope of starting a conversation about how we can improve the way we all collaborate. Here's the background: A company will have an initiative around collabora...
Mike, thanks for your comment! I'm definitely not recommending that good collaboration must be synchronous (or, for that matter, asynchronous). The questions I propose are designed to be asked in any kind of collaborative environment.
I am, however, surprised to hear you defend the tools as collaboration. I see this as part of the problem - companies stand up these great new tools and think they're all set, when the methods have yet to be applied.
Commented Feb 13, 2012 on You're not collaborating. You're just publishing. at A Matter Of Degree
You're not collaborating. You're just publishing.
In my work implementing SharePoint at organizations of many different kinds and sizes, I've seen a trend that I wanted to share, with the hope of starting a conversation about how we can improve the way we all collaborate. Here's the background: A company will have an initiative around collabora...
Chris, thank you for this comment. I've had the good luck to work with teams who were more about collab than compete, but I know this is not true everywhere. Competition can produce good results too, so I don't want to discount it as an entirely negative driver, but I totally agree with you that the incentives need to be there if the organization is really dedicated to getting their good results through collaboration. Any specific suggestions for turning that competitively-driven ship around?
Commented Feb 13, 2012 on You're not collaborating. You're just publishing. at A Matter Of Degree
You're not collaborating. You're just publishing.
In my work implementing SharePoint at organizations of many different kinds and sizes, I've seen a trend that I wanted to share, with the hope of starting a conversation about how we can improve the way we all collaborate. Here's the background: A company will have an initiative around collabora...
You're not collaborating. You're just publishing.
Posted Feb 12, 2012 at A Matter Of Degree
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FREE Ontolica Actionable Search Result Webpart for SharePoint
Posted Jan 24, 2012 at A Matter Of Degree
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Brian, thank you for submitting this workaround!
Commented Jan 5, 2012 on content editor web part converts relative links to absolute links at A Matter Of Degree
content editor web part converts relative links to absolute links
One of my clients recently brought up this issue: They are a nationwide organization and wanted their intranet set up with alternative access mapping such that folks inside the headquarters use one URL to access their site, and folks in remote locations use a verified address (https://) to acce...
Every 60 Seconds on the Internet - The Tradeoffs
Posted Jan 1, 2012 at A Matter Of Degree
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Michael, I'm psyched that you picked up on this and dug in with some counterpoint and questions! Very interesting, your point #3 - I will have to put on that lens and see if it is true for most other scenarios. I bet it is - though for me the Adoption concept is still the main offender!
Commented Dec 14, 2011 on Adoption Doesn't Exist at Michael Sampson on Making Collaboration Work
Adoption Doesn't Exist
Sadie argues that adoption is like the color white - it doesn't exist: "Adoption" doesn’t exist. At least, not the way most people think about it. It’s not an entity or a competency on its own. It’s not a feature or an endpoint with a well-defined set of characteristics. It’s not an improvement o...
SharePoint Maturity chapter in O'Reilly's upcoming "SharePoint 2010 At Work"
Posted Dec 14, 2011 at A Matter Of Degree
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