A big topic last year was SharePoint and its various uses and failures. We have had quite a flurry of training needs that came through, particularly just before the end with more interest seen in our more advanced courses. Our trainer Marc Stephenson noted the following topics of conversation in the courses
top 5 issues are:
1 Our budget for records management will be/has been cut, can I make SharePoint do the job?
2 How do I get user permissions right?
3 How can I tell if IT are making all the functionality available to me?
4 What kind of information management resources do I need to run SharePoint?
5 Do I really need to use Office 2007 to make the best use of SharePoint 2007?
Are these also issues for you? What will we see with the launch of SharePoint 2010?
I think the year will definitely see SharePoint stretching its lead as a key topic for information professionals to get to grips with, closely followed by making sense of and utlising to its best in the workplace the new social media technologies. We have added new courses to the schedule in this area looking at social media uses in knowledge management and as a tool for information professionals to make their work smarter and easier with Steve Dale and Phil Bradley leading the courses in this area. I would be interested as always to hear your comments, whether these are key areas for you or whether you find others more pressing.
Comments