Earley & Associates' JumpStart series are a great way to get up to speed quickly in a subject.
Each 4-part series moves through a topic progressively, beginning by introducing general issues and challenges and basic concepts, moving through to intermediate topics and then to advanced applications.
All recordings can be downloaded free (with registration)
| Creating a SharePoint Strategy |
| Making Basic SharePoint Search Work |
| SharePoint Navigation, Metadata, & Faceted Search: Approaches & Tools |
| SharePoint IA vs. The Real World |
| What is a Taxonomy & Why Do You Need One? |
| Getting Started - Taxonomy Building Blocks |
| Managing Structured Metadata & Taxonomies |
| Deploying a Taxonomy |
| Making the Business Case for Search |
| Enterprise Search Nuts & Bolts |
| Intermediate Topics in Enterprise Search |
| Advanced Search Strategies |
| Making the Case for Content Management |
| Core Content Management |
| Intermediate Topics in Content Management |
| Advanced Topics in Content Management |
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