April 11, 2011 GRANITE Meeting Agenda

8:30 - 9:00 AM
Registration, Breakfast, Refreshments & Networking

9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Presentation: "What's New With Lotus/IBM" Update"
Presenter: Marcie Kane, IBM Collaboration Solutions

9:05 AM - 10:00 AM
Presentation: "Adoption of Lotus Connections"
Presenter: Jose Blanco, Mercury Consulting, Business Development Manager

With the buzz around Social Software we have yet to see organizations embrace these capabilities quickly. Although most marketing teams are leveraging Facebook and Twitter to promote their brands, the power of an application such as Lotus Connections and its productivity improvement benefits are now widely understood or embraced in organizations. We'll share examples of how to leverage Connections to deal with our day to day, how to manage group initiatives, share information, and distribute knowledge. In a Q&A session, technics to gain support for Connections and assure adoption will be explored.

10:00 AM - 10:05 AM

Break

10:05 AM - 11:05 PM
Presentation: "Approaches to Enhancing the User Experience"
Presenter: Mike McGarel of Collaborative Solutions Developer, Czarnowski Exhibit Services

User satisfaction is a key aspect to a successful business application. What makes a good user experience is subjective, but Mike will explore the essentials, mixing theory, common practices and code samples to help you put the pieces together in your own applications. Whether you develop for Notes classic, Domino, XPages or other platforms, this presentation has something you can use right away.

11:05 AM - 11:10 AM

Break

11:10 AM - 12:10 PM
Presentation: "IBM Messaging and Collaboration Update"
Presenter: Ed Brill, Director, Messaging and Collaboration, IBM Collaboration Solutions

A review and roadmap for Lotus Notes/Domino, LotusLive, Symphony, and other IBM social business solutions. Learn about the IBM Social Business Framework, collaborative application development tools, and hybrid cloud offerings."

12:10 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch (provided by GRANITE).

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Future Direction of GRANITE discussions and MWLUG 2011 Update.

02:00 PM - Discussion Groups / Workshop / Networking
Focused, moderated discussion groups to address topics of major interest to attendees. So bring your problems, your laptops, your questions, and let's share some solutions. We can all learn something new at every meeting.