Simple question, when someone who has no idea what SharePoint is, how do you explain it to them? It is so simple, but so complicated.
Do you use the 6 pillars?
I know the conversation has been dormant for a while but I thought I’d contribute since I only joined the site yesterday.
First off, I never try explain all of SharePoint in one discussion. Second, I don’t start by talking about SharePoint, instead I talk about the business problems that SharePoint can address out of the box.
So my starting point is actually to find out if the (potential) customer is aware of the collaboration challenges caused by using email and shared folders and then I talk about how team sites with search, lists and libraries can address those problems. If they are still interested, then I bring out the SharePoint “wheel” 🙂
PS: the Lynda video posted by Vlad is excellent 🙂
