8:00 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Chairperson's Welcome & Speed Networking

Become acquainted with your fellow conference attendees in this fun and fast-paced forum!

Jeff Willinger, Director of Social Computing, Collaboration & Intranets Rightpoint
Conference Chairperson

9:00 a.m.

Collaboration And SharePoint: What’s In It For Me?

*** SCREENSHOTS/LIVE DEMO! ***

With New Balance disparate and spread over multiple locations, having functions including R&D, design, procurement, manufacturing, IT, and distribution all over the world, the need to connect and engage employees is crucial to innovating and knowledge sharing.
In this very social and interactive session, you will learn how to:

• Implement best practices  to “get more social” with SharePoint 2010 and the 3rd party options within your organization and drive user adoption
• Understand what SharePoint looks like out of the box with best practices, and what SharePoint could look like
• Build a roadmap to bring collaboration to the enterprise
• Make your intranet easy to use and pretty to look at

Patrick Coglianese, Web Analyst
New Balance

Jeff Willinger, Director of Social Computing, Collaboration & Intranets Rightpoint
Conference Chairperson

9:30 a.m.


Transitioning Successfully From SharePoint
2010 to 2013 and Getting Your Communications
Team and Employees on Board

*** SCREENSHOTS! ***

Walk with Capital Power’s communications team on their journey to overcome the challenges of assuming ownership of a just-launched intranet on the SP 2010 platform and transitioning its editors and employees—less than a year later—to the SP 2013 platform.

In this session, you will gain insight and practical advice on how to:

• Gain control of an “ownerless” intranet
• Identify and implementing training and resources
• Determine where to focus for the highest reward when you can’t “do it all”
• Assess the must-haves and nice-to-haves
• Bridge the communications gap with IT
• Balance the benefits of the “new” with the challenges of “new”
• Mitigate the impact and disruption to employees and editors

Jennifer DeCunha, Internal and Online Communications Manager
Capital Power Corporation

10:00 a.m.

Idea Exchange: Questions, Feedback, Collaboration

10:20 a.m.

How To Set Your Strategy And Direction
When Building A SharePoint Platform

Transforming your intranet is never as easy as it first seems, and Lincoln Financial’s current effort is no exception. Learn about their previous intranet (lovingly referred to as “King Tut’s Tomb”), how they set their strategy and direction for the new structure, and the methodology they are using to get there. The new intranet will launch in November/December of this year. 

During this session you will hear some “key learnings”, including:

• Where we were the intranet world
• Where we are headed now with the migration to SharePoint
• Why SharePoint?
• How we’re doing it – overview of agile

Kate Stickel, AVP, Head of Communications
Lincoln Financial Group

Nicole Hartnett, Communications Manager
Lincoln Financial Group

10:50 a.m.

How To Drive Business Values With Your Social Intranet-What It Means For Communicators

*** LIVE DEMO! ***

You will go behind the scenes to hear how the global retailer IKEA is working with the company’s award-winning Intranet and its social networking community, Yammer to drive business results.

In this highly interactive session you will learn how to:

• Create employee engagement
• Support lean business processes
• Drive business value by applying social tools(like Yammer, Jive, or Chatter).

This session will focus on what matters most to communicators: the why, how, and what’s needed to create employee engagement, support lean business processes, and drive business value by applying social tools (like Yammer, Jive or Chatter).

Beth Gleba, Digital Workplace, Internal Digital Channels
IKEA

11:20 a.m.

Idea Exchange: Questions, Feedback, Collaboration

11:30 a.m.

How To Rebrand And Rebuild Your Intranet

*** LIVE DEMO! ***

Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources. With over 1000 staff members in more than 60 countries, employee communication is always a challenge. While there is a singular mission, there are multiple methods for achieving it.

Winrock launched a new intranet site, WinShare, in August of 2012. Phase one involved a basic intranet portal with sites for each business unit and staff profiles. Winrock intends to expand the use of SharePoint to better manage projects, proposals and other business processes.

The first major step toward utilizing SharePoint in this manner was the development of the Project Management Resource Center. The Project Management Resource Center is designed to enhance Winrock’s project management practices and facilitate management teams’ work through the project cycle by establishing procedural and training content and communicating project management standards. The site offers information, tools and links to additional sources tailored to the needs of Winrock’s international development teams around the world and in the US.

Through Winrock’s process, a live demo, and a report on user feedback, you will learn how to:

• Define the roles and responsibilities in the context of your own organization’s policies and expectations
• Provide easy to access content on contractual complexities, financial management requirements, and programmatic and reporting standards
• Help busy project teams to quickly find information they need
• Provide a comprehensive international development project management knowledge base that can be used in employee skills training

Megan Davenport (L),
Director of Communications & Public Affairs
Angie Coghlan (R),
Communications Technical Implementation Specialist
Winrock International

12:00 p.m.

Idea Exchange: Questions, Feedback, Collaboration

12:05 p.m.
Lunch On Your Own -- But Not Alone!

Join a group of your colleagues for a themed lunch with an informal discussion surrounding a SharePoint hot topic! Take this opportunity to join others in a small, interactive group setting to network and brainstorm solutions to your most pressing SharePoint concerns.

1:35 p.m.

Moving To SharePoint 2013 In The Office 365 Cloud: What Corporate Communicators Need To Know

If you're thinking about upgrading to SharePoint 2013 - on-premise or in Microsoft's Office 365 Cloud, this panel discussion will cover all the bases.

Lead by Portal and collaboration expert Michael Rudnick, the session will look at what's new in SharePoint 2013, and how companies from large, global organizations to mid-sized US-based operations are using SharePoint in The Cloud.  You will learn about the benefits of moving to SharePoint 2013 and the differences between the on-prem and cloud versions.

This panel will cover topics for communication and content managers, not developers.  Bring your questions to this audience-driven discussion about the latest use of SharePoint in the Cloud.

Moderator:
Michael Rudnick, Consultant
Logical Design Solutions

Panelists:
Sanjeev Nair, SharePoint Architect
Microsoft

2:15 p.m.

Afternoon Refreshment & Networking Break

2:30 p.m.

Digest Session: Taking Advantage Of Multi-Dimensional Communication Opportunities

Thinking back to the presentations you’ve heard, and your personal experience’s, discuss with your fellow attendee’s and speakers an example of the most successful integration of new media into your intranet that you’ve experienced. What tools did you use? How did you integrate them into your Intranet successfully? Provide any tips and tricks you found along the way.

3:00 p.m.

SharePoint 2007 To SharePoint 2010: How To Survive The Transition Process While Delivering Business Benefits

*** SCREENSHOTS! ***

Hear the journey this over 700 employee law firm took when they decided to rewrite their corporate intranet from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010, and created an award-winning intranet in the process.  Throughout this process, Pillsbury faced many common challenges including inflexible functionality, style difficulties, and working effectively with their vendor.  Learn from Pillsbury’s journey and apply their lessons learned to your own intranet projects including practical advice for:

• Choosing the right consultant for your organization
• Managing the project effectively with an extremely aggressive timeline
• Taking ownership and defining key roles and responsibility
• Branding SharePoint
• Reproducing functionality in various SharePoint versions
• Getting it all done despite lack of experience

We completed our SharePoint 2010 rewrite with the help of eSentio and launched our new Intranet at the end of 2011.  At ILTA (International Legal Technology Association), Pillsbury was awarded the SharePoint Innovator Award for 2012 for the Intranet.

Ken Healy, Intranet, Extranet Development Manager
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman LLP

3:30 p.m.

Leveraging Content Strategy And Employee Engagement To Create An Intranet That Looks And Feels Editorial, Exciting And Modern

*** SCREENSHOTS! ***

Intranets are often viewed as simple repositories for files, utilities, and work tools. Or worse – boring.  In a world where content is king, you need to lead with creative and engaging material to capture an audience with less and less time on their hands to browse. To create buzz internally and to win the attention and respect of employees and leaders alike, its time to start treating intranets with an editorial eye. By creating original content and empowering employees to contribute content, you can create conversation, engagement, and a modern intranet where people actually want to spend time.

In this session, you will learn how to:

• Create a content factory / editorial calendar
• Empower employees as contributors and ambassadors for your site
• Leverage branded series, contests, and calls to action to increase your impact  
• Motivate leaders as readers, contributors and commenters… and get their buy in!
• Define and execute a Blog strategy that’s right for your audience
• Implement visual engagement and enhancement strategies within the boundaries of SharePoint
• Leverage community tools- like, comment, share, and Chatter

Plus… touch on:

• Going mobile: the first steps to creating an effective mobile content strategy to support your mobile initiatives

Cara Kamenev, Director of Internal Corporate Communications
L’OrÈal USA

4:00 p.m.

Idea Exchange: Questions, Feedback, Collaboration

4:10 p.m.

How To Transform A Traditional Corporate Intranet
Into A Branded, SharePoint/Social Network Driven
By Employee & Customer Content

*** SCREENSHOTS! ***

Teen retailer, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), had a need to refresh its intranet to be as collaborative, topical and social as its employees and customers. This session will explore the challenges of changing from a traditional corporate intranet to a branded, SharePoint/Social network driven by content from employees and customers.

Through the experiences of AEO’s Intranet journey, you will hear strategies, processes, and practical advice for successfully transforming your own Intranet into a social collaboration tool.

Specifically, you will learn:

• How to Recruit and Leverage SharePoint Ambassadors
• Strategies for Assembling the Best Transformation Team To Ensure Success
• Key Steps for Creating a Content-Rich, Social Media-Based Intranet

Richard Borden, Director – Internal Communications
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

4:40 p.m.

Idea Exchange: Questions, Feedback, Collaboration

4:45 p.m.
End of Day One Wrap Up

Jeff Willinger, Director of Social Computing, Collaboration & Intranets Rightpoint

5:00 p.m.

Networking Reception: Please Join Us!

We invite you to join us for a drink as you relax with your peers. All training attendees and speakers are welcome to join us for this special opportunity to continue networking.  Don't miss this chance to benchmark new ideas over complimentary drinks!

Sign up during the day for dinner with a group. Take advantage of New York City’s fine dining while you continue to network with your colleagues.