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What is “Podcasting Kit for SharePoint”?

Podcasting Kit for SharePoint® (PKS) is an accelerator for social media, using podcasting and social networks to deliver the next generation knowledge management solution to Microsoft customers.

Built on top of Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and Silverlight 2, PKS delivers an integrated experience with a wide variety of devices including PC, Zune™, Windows Mobile phones and other podcast capable devices.

Solution Scenarios Communications

Corporate Communications: Stay in touch with your executives Multimedia Newsletters: Stay in touch with your colleagues

Training / eLearning 2.0 Give your employees the freedom to learn relevant information on-demand-

anytime, anywhere Allow your employees to share and learn from others

Partner Relationships Advertise and drive awareness about your partner relationships internally

Innovation Ask your most innovative people to find creative ways to share great ideas

through audio and video podcasting

Digital Marketing / Advertisement Directly reach out to your customers and create a social networking community

that will generate interest

Lectures / Courses Easily share, consume and publish lectures and trainings in one centralized

location Create a virtual classroom discussion via commenting and instant messaging

Community Building Stay connected with what’s new in the community to keep up-to-date Generate a team oriented environment

Feature Highlights

Listen and watch audio/video podcasts, anywhere on your PC or mobile device (Zune, SmartPhone, or any podcasting device)

Share content by producing your own audio/video podcasts and publish them on PKS on your own.

Connect and engage with podcasters via your integrated instant messaging program Find the most relevant content using the five star rating system, tag cloud, search

engine and provide your feedback via comments. Get automatic podcast updates by subscribing to RSS feeds fully compatible with

Zune and other podcasting devices Simple RSS feed based on a defined podcast series Simple RSS feed based on a person Dynamic RSS feed based on search results

Play podcasts in real-time using Microsoft® Silverlight™ and progressive playback

Retrieve instant ROI and metrics with the ability to track the number of podcasts downloaded and/or viewed, instant feedback via rating system and comments, and subscribers via the RSS feed

Access the richness of SharePoint to extend the solution: workflows, community

sub-sites, access rights, editorial and more Customize your own PKS User Experience

Homepage

PODCAST SELECTION- IM Integration, Presence- Filters- Search results- Subscribe (Podcast RSS)

NAVIGATION- Channels- Filters

SEARCH

EDITORIAL- News- Top podcasts- Technical updates- Community highlights

TAG CLOUD

Strategy ConsultingStrategy Consultingexplained…explained…

Podcast PageInformation is content, people and their perspectives

PODCAST DETAILS- Silverlight playback- Description- Rating- Social actions- Tags- Statistics

COLLATERALS- Transcriptions- Slides

COMMENTS

PODCASTERDETAILS- Bio- Picture- Contact- IM integration - Presence- Average rating

Podcaster PageKnowledge is connecting with others

PODCASTS- Filters- Subscribe (Podcast RSS)

PODCASTER DETAILS- Bio- Picture- Contact- Presence- IM Integration- Average rating- Statistics- Points- RSS

Podcasting Kit for SharePointalso known as “Academy Mobile” inside Microsoft

• 2123 podcasts

• 3125 accounts (i.e podcasters)

• 3753 unique visitors in May 08

• 1800 hits avg a day

• 80k+ downloads since July 07.

Podcasting Kit for SharePoint… is FREE*

• It is an open source set of integrated components and custom User Experience delivering a rich podcasting experience

• It’s FREE, delivered as-is with the source code• It is not supported by Microsoft• It is supported by the community, customers,

partners• It is available on the Microsoft open-source web

site: www.codeplex.com/pks. Find the list of participating partners at this location as well.

• *Requires Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2007 to run

Other companies and institutions currently trying out PKS

• 3Sharp• Accenture• Air Products and

Chemicals, Inc• Boston University• Bowie State

University• British Telecom• Cherokee County

School District• Cognizant Technology

Solutions

• Kentucky Community Technical College System

• Lowe’s Companies• PICA GmbH• Polk County School

District• Regione del Veneto• Solanite Consulting

Inc• Toronto Catholic

School District Board

Current list of partners providing support for PKS

• 3Sharp: – As the primary developers of the Podcasting Kit for SharePoint, 3Sharp has very deep

insight into how to get to value quickly, both from the kit’s extensive out-of-the-box capabilities and from customizations and additions. 3Sharp company’s objective is to build and implement solutions that help customers get more out of the tools they already know and use, including SharePoint and the Office client applications. Visit them at www.3Sharp.com

• Accenture:– is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company.

Accenture participated in the PKS pilot program, along with several of their clients. Accenture is leveraging and extending SharePoint and the PKS to offer Web 2.0 based learning and collaboration solutions to clients. In addition to technology implementation, we help clients drive measurable business value by addressing the strategy, people and process components that are necessary to achieve high performance.

• Nintex:– Nintex is a leading innovator of exciting software products that extend Microsoft

technology. Nintex is focusing on building software which bridges the gap between what can be delivered by Microsoft today and common functionality requested by customers. This PKS partnership has enabled Nintex to leverage a platform that will add increasing value to customers and partners. Visit them at www.nintex.com

Peter Butler, British Telecom Group

Peter Butler is Head of Learning, BT Group and chairs BT’s Learning Council, the purpose of which is to maximise the ability of individuals, teams and the organisation as a whole to grow and transform in pursuit of the company’s strategic goals and objectives.

“British Telecom is very excited to be an early adopter of the PKS. With Accenture’s help, we are launching a pilot project to help 4,500 program and project managers collaborate and share information. We believe these new technologies will be an important enabler to sharing knowledge, experience and ideas across our business units and in helping our employees reach an even higher level of performance.”

Tom Hoglund, Accenture

Tom is a Partner in Accenture’s Talent & Organization Performance service line. He focuses on helping employees perform at a higher level through leveraging the tools of knowledge management, employee portals, collaboration and learning. Tom has a global leadership role for Accenture’s practice in these areas. He has 25 years of consulting experience and has led numerous projects that have delivered millions of dollars of benefits to clients and have touched hundreds of thousands of employees.

“Corporate and public sector learning organizations have traditionally only addressed 20% of how employees learn. The PKS, combined with Accenture’s learning and collaboration experience, enables our clients to facilitate and accelerate learning, exactly when and where it is needed, independent of location or device. That’s a huge advantage.”