My speaker session has just been accepted for SharePoint Saturday Redmond 2012. I'll be speaking on "Why Social Computing Really Comes to Life in SharePoint". The event occurs on Saturday September 22, 2011. I plan to blog most of my material here first. Here is the abstract for my session:

Social computing adds a whole new dimension to collaboration platforms like SharePoint. Tagging, Following and Microblogging, when integrated successfully into SharePoint, can really bring your web applications to life. The right integration of social computing increases the impact of your business application by plugging them in to the power of teamwork.

The new social computing features Microsoft has introduced in SharePoint 2013 closely mirror and validate the approach of earlier third party social computing applications such as Neudesic Pulse.  This presentation will reveal what approach both Microsoft and Neudesic took to integrating social with SharePoint, and what makes that approach so successful.  We will look, in-depth, at high-impact applications that leverage social computing features integrated into SharePoint.

This session is not a Pulse sales pitch, nor will it simply compare-and-contrast SharePoint 2013 with Pulse. Rather, we will pinpoint the common features of both Pulse and  SP2013 that make social computing in SharePoint a synergetic relationship. We will look at the web parts, service apps and other technical elements that make this integration so successful and demonstrate how, from a solution developer's perspective, to design compelling applications that leverage those elements.

I hope to see you there!