Registration open for Boston Area SharePoint Users Group on 8/10/11

Registration is now open for the August 10th, 2011 meeting of the Boston Area SharePoint Users Group, at the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center (NERD) in Cambridge, MA.

August 10th, 2011 Meeting Information

PRESENTER

The presenter for our next meeting Paul Schaeflein of Schaeflein Consulting. He will be presenting "I need to make SharePoint look like that!"

AUDIENCE: Developer (Level 200)

SESSION ABSTRACT
How do we deploy custom branding to SharePoint? We will start with the assets provided by our designer and fit them into a predictable, repeatable process. We will also discuss techniques to enforce the brand, enhance the navigation and put some professional touches to the solution

ABOUT PAUL
Paul Schaeflein (MVP, MCPD) is a solution architect/developer with experience in all versions of the SharePoint platform. Paul is a top-rated speaker, having presented at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference and TechEd conferences, as well as user groups. Paul has more than two decades experience in architecting, designing and developing software solutions. This experience covers a vast range of technologies, languages and industries. Having developed many line-of-business applications, Paul has a firm grasp on the challenges that corporate developers face when integrating them into a corporate portal.

MEETING SPONSOR – Rackspace

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SUSTENANCE
Food and beverages will be provided at the event!

RAFFLE PRIZES
We will be handing out raffle tickets at the BASPUG meetings.

• Black Blade Associates will be raffling off a license, valued at $2000 for their SharePoint Zip product.
• Lightning Tools will also be raffling off a license for their BCS MetaMan (or other) product.
• CubisOne will be raffling off a license for their SharePoint Power Pack iChat product ($1000 value)
• We also have books, T-Shirts, and more!

LOCATION
We will be meeting at the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center (NERD) at One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA.

LINKED IN
Join our group on LinkedIn today to connect with the rest of the BASPUG members, and spread the word!

FACEBOOK

We are also on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Boston-Area-SharePoint-User-Group/113652405354617

TWITTER
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