Tulsa SharePoint Interest Group Monthly Meeting

When: Monday April 13th @ 6:00 PM

Where: TCC (Tulsa Community College) Northeast Campus, 3727 East Apache     Tulsa, Ok 74115

Speakers: Sheri Alexander, Eric Gesinski, Dennis Bottjer

Cost: Free

Topics:

1) Shari - Geek Speak: How Geeks Can Communicate with the Rest of the Business World

2) Eric - Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tips for SharePoint.

3) Dennis - Avoiding Common SharePoint Mistakes


Geek Speak: How Geeks Can Communicate with the Rest of the Business World


Business Presentation Strategist Shari' Alexander is going to share with use the secrets behind successful presentations. She will help you become more persuasive and influential in your communications and, more importantly, show you how to create a technical presentation that doesn't make your listeners' heads hurt. Come and learn the speaking skills that will help you make a positive impression on your clients and supervisors.



Shari's Biography:

Shari Alexander is the founder and president of Presenting Matters, LLC, a business presentation consulting firm. She has worked with executives, international speakers, along with other organizations and individuals that want results-driven business presentations.

Shari started out as an actress at a young age. She carried her passion to college, where she was a theatre major. She later gained extra training at the University of London and studied under directors from the Globe Theatre. She then ventured into an actor's life. It was then that she soon realized the term "starving actor" was meant to be taken literally. Shari founded Presenting Matters when she discovered her unique ability to combine her theatrical background with a marketing perspective and influential communications. This is how she has helped so many organizations increase revenues, productivity, and employee morale. She is now a professional speaker, corporate communications consultant, and speech and presentation coach.

Shari has been named the 2007 Emerging High Impact Professional Speaker by the National Speakers Association-OK and one of the 2008 Tulsa Top 40 Under 40. Her articles on effective presentations and communication have been published internationally. Her clients have included an front-line sales associates and entrepreneurs to Emmy Award Winning executive and an ESPN announcer.


Topic: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tips for SharePoint


The popularity of SharePoint is increasing by leaps and bounds. SharePoint is no longer thought of as a fancy file share buy a viable Web Content Management Platform. As such, public facing SharePoint sites must rank well within popular search engines such as Google. This presentation explores some concepts and strategies for making SharePoint sites more attractive to SharePoint Sites.



Eric's Biography:



Eric Gesinski began his information technology education by learning how to program in Basic at age 8. His first job was doing programming for a technical programming services company, at age 16. He progressed from there by earning a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Tulsa.