Training

SharePoint Bootcamp Tickets on Sale!

Heather Solomon — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:45:53 GMT

Want to go to Disneyland and learn about SharePoint? Our next public SharePoint Bootcamp just went on sale for May 12-16, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County Hotel in Anaheim, CA.

Say Heather, what is SharePoint Bootcamp? Several times a year SharePoint Experts hosts public classes in several different flavors for SharePoint. In Anaheim we will be hosting the Original SharePoint Bootcamp (taught by Dustin Miller), the SharePoint Development Bootcamp (taught by Todd Baginski) and the SharePoint Branding Bootcamp (hey, taught by me!). We have a laid back atmosphere, we feed you like crazy, and we give away cool stuff. :-)

If you sign up by March 1st, you can get the discounted rate of $2,500. After 3/1, the rate is $2,800. Don't delay! Classes fill up FAST. And it is a great time of year to visit the area and plenty of things to do after you max out on SharePoint during the day.

Learn more and buy tickets

SharePoint Branding Bootcamp Tickets on Sale NOW!

Heather Solomon — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:49:25 GMT

Ticket sales have opened for the next public offering of SharePoint Branding Bootcamp (taught by me) and the SharePoint Administration Bootcamp (Matt Passannante is the Admin instructor and he is fabulous!!). Get info and tickets here: http://www.sharepointbootcamp.com/schedule.htm.

SharePoint Bootcamp Schedule Posted!

Heather Solomon — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:00:04 GMT

Thanks to everyone who has patiently waited for dates for upcoming SharePoint Bootcamps. A schedule for the rest of 2007 and all of 2008 is now posted on the SharePoint Bootcamp site: Full Bootcamp Schedule.

The SharePoint Branding Bootcamp will be offered in Houston (whoo-hoo, my home town) in December 2007, and again in these lovely cities in 2008:

Anaheim, CA - April
Las Vegas, NV - July
Washington D.C. - September
Chicago, IL - November

Tickets for the Houston Bootcamp in December go on sale VERY soon! Please sign up for the SharePoint Bootcamp mailing list (we promise, no spam) at http://www.sharepointbootcamp.com/mailing_list.htm to be notified when tickets go on sale, and I will also post that info here on my blog.

Houston is not always on everyone's list of top places to visit, but trust me, we got a lot of cool stuff! Between shopping, stellar restaurants, NASA, the beach, and fantastic museum and theater districts, you will find plenty of great things to do. And did I mention the food? Seriously folks, we know how to cook here. And despite some beliefs, we are not brown and dusty with tumbleweeds, that is another part of the state. Houston is near the coast and is very green. In fact we are a lot like Orlando. Class will be held in a trendy spot in town with plenty of choices for local entertainment, live music and a great place to eat every night of the week. The weather is nice here in December, escape chillier temperatures up north and enjoy balmy 60's in the south.

Stay tuned for more info to come.

Want to go to Vegas? Upcoming SharePoint Experts training!

Heather Solomon — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:12:00 GMT

Wow, for a week this summer the Sin City will be converted into the SharePoint City! SharePoint Experts is going to the Las Vegas Hilton July 30th - August 3rd, and for the first time three SharePoint Bootcamps will be hosted in the same week:

SharePoint Branding Bootcamp taught by Heather Solomon
SharePoint Administration and Planning Bootcamp taught by Matt Passannante
SharePoint Development Bootcamp taught by Todd Baginski

You may not be familiar with Matt Passannante, but I have had the pleasure of spending a week with Matt and he is bursting with SharePoint knowledge, energy and enthusiasm. He is an absolute whiz at SharePoint administration. Todd Baginski is very well known, a SharePoint MVP, and an incredibly talented developer. In addition to Matt, Todd and I, Dustin Miller will be in and out of each class all week.

Why does all of this matter? How often can you attend a class specifically targeted to a discipline within SharePoint, but get access to experts in the other main areas of SharePoint? Each day of class will include a general session for all three Bootcamps where you can ask questions and discuss SharePoint topics with Dustin, Todd, Matt and myself. It is like attending your own private conference.

Monday through Thursday we will have daily round table sessions with set topics that all of us will attend. These are great sessions with lots of discussion, brainstorming and strategizing about how you can tackle various SharePoint pain points or challenges.

Friday's session takes a turn in format and we will be doing a Stump the Instructor session. You can ask any SharePoint question you like and between our combined knowledge (and sometimes a little web searching ) we usually come up with an answer. If you do manage to stump us, well you never know what may get handed to you for your success .

Check out Bootcamp registration, and join us in Vegas!

SharePoint Branding Class: Registration is Open!

Heather Solomon — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:29:00 GMT

Thanks to all of you who sent me feedback and comments when I announced I was going to be teaching a SharePoint Branding Bootcamp with SharePoint Experts. I am thrilled to say that starting today you can register for the first Branding Bootcamp class for SharePoint 2007!

View Information and Register

This is a full 5 days of branding and user customization for SharePoint 2007 that covers topics and techniques for both MOSS and WSS! While master pages, themes and CSS will be the main event, we are going way beyond the lipstick of a site and will also focus on customizing the Content Query Web Part (great for data query display and sub navigation systems), My Sites, accessibility, and discuss what do do about branding your application (_layouts) screens. Are you running WSSv3, and on a hosted server? No problem, we cover how to brand WSS sites hosted internally, and through a provider. Check out the full list of modules here.

If you come with your site design in hand, you can walk out at the end of the week with finished branding files ready to deploy on your servers! No worries though, bringing designs is optional. I will be providing design resources for your use so you can learn first hand how to make SharePoint look like anything but SharePoint. Our environment is fun, energetic and creative. Sign up now for this unique class!