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cleanx · 06-29-2007, 11:14 AM

i need to make a presentation to a bunch of my co-workers my boss wants me to explain
sql server, .net, itil, exchange, oracle and sharepoint
with a easy explanation.
i gave a test run with what i had.. they turned it down saying it was too "technical"
can i get some help here?
thanks

Silvy · 06-29-2007, 11:22 AM

Please clarify a bit.

What point are you trying to get across? Will your coworkers be working with those packages?

Jinn · 06-29-2007, 11:25 AM

Yea, maybe you should clarify with your boss what the audience intends to DO with these things. If you start laying out the architecture of Sharepoint Portal Server and the 3.0 SPS, then talk about relational databases and SQL, you're going to bore (and confuse) the shit out of someone who just needs to upload their Word docs to a preconfigured Sharepoint Server.

Are they end users? Administrators? Mid-level technical staff? What will they be doing, 80% of the time? Focus on that.

lankrypt0 · 06-29-2007, 11:49 AM

I have to do these kinds of presentations all the time. Really the best thing I can suggest is some of those built in "pretty" images and some arrows to show the flow of data between the users and the various programs. For example

User -> GUI Frontend -> Database -> OtherDatabase -> etc

That way you can talk more to the items and not rely on visuals.
"So you will be presented with a nice front end with some mandatory fields. After filling out the form, it will be sent to XXX to clean the data and then sent to YYY database for storage. Program ZZZ has read only access to YYY database and provides information for our HR system"

Something along those lines. You want a basic presentation that you can elaborate on.

cleanx · 06-29-2007, 01:45 PM

they are more like branch administrators(front desk personal)
they answer the phones..its just as of late alot of them are asking questions so there boss went to my boss and asked us to make them a presentation
I made some power point slides, gave to her..she didnt understand any of it
, so i need to dumb it down..its a waste of time..

Nimetic · 07-07-2007, 03:58 PM

That's lots of different things. What's the common thread?

Why itil and .net and Oracle in the one presentation?

But I can empathise. Agree with a previous poster, just give them a block diagram with arrows. That's all they can handle.

Diagrams take ages to prepare, but I've found that you can create a nice one with shading/colours etc, then simply rearrange it to suit many situations. : >

06-29-2007, 11:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
cleanx Crazy Location: chatsworth, california san fernando valley	easy explanations? i need to make a presentation to a bunch of my co-workers my boss wants me to explain sql server, .net, itil, exchange, oracle and sharepoint with a easy explanation. i gave a test run with what i had.. they turned it down saying it was too "technical" can i get some help here? thanks __________________ The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools." -Thucydides

06-29-2007, 11:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Silvy paranoid Location: The Netherlands	Please clarify a bit. What point are you trying to get across? Will your coworkers be working with those packages? __________________ "Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. " - Murphy MacManus (Boondock Saints)

06-29-2007, 11:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	Yea, maybe you should clarify with your boss what the audience intends to DO with these things. If you start laying out the architecture of Sharepoint Portal Server and the 3.0 SPS, then talk about relational databases and SQL, you're going to bore (and confuse) the shit out of someone who just needs to upload their Word docs to a preconfigured Sharepoint Server. Are they end users? Administrators? Mid-level technical staff? What will they be doing, 80% of the time? Focus on that. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

06-29-2007, 11:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
lankrypt0 Crazy Location: Aberdeen, NJ	I have to do these kinds of presentations all the time. Really the best thing I can suggest is some of those built in "pretty" images and some arrows to show the flow of data between the users and the various programs. For example User -> GUI Frontend -> Database -> OtherDatabase -> etc That way you can talk more to the items and not rely on visuals. "So you will be presented with a nice front end with some mandatory fields. After filling out the form, it will be sent to XXX to clean the data and then sent to YYY database for storage. Program ZZZ has read only access to YYY database and provides information for our HR system" Something along those lines. You want a basic presentation that you can elaborate on. Last edited by lankrypt0; 06-29-2007 at 12:04 PM..

06-29-2007, 01:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
cleanx Crazy Location: chatsworth, california san fernando valley	they are more like branch administrators(front desk personal) they answer the phones..its just as of late alot of them are asking questions so there boss went to my boss and asked us to make them a presentation I made some power point slides, gave to her..she didnt understand any of it , so i need to dumb it down..its a waste of time.. __________________ The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools." -Thucydides

07-07-2007, 03:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
Nimetic Junkie Location: Melbourne, Australia	That's lots of different things. What's the common thread? Why itil and .net and Oracle in the one presentation? But I can empathise. Agree with a previous poster, just give them a block diagram with arrows. That's all they can handle. Diagrams take ages to prepare, but I've found that you can create a nice one with shading/colours etc, then simply rearrange it to suit many situations. : >