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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On
September 23, ASUG (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s
SAP User Group) WF/BPM SIG sponsored a survey for all and sundry, near and
far. Our goal was to discover how effective webcasts are, how to make
them better, and uncover what 'our' users really want to see in terms of
distance and face-to-face learning.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>We had 78
respondents, which is not so much, given the widespread distribution of the
link, but still, for year-round communication and conference planning, it's
much better than sitting around by ourselves dreaming stuff up. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Our
respondents were from a variety of industries, geographies, and experience
levels. Their SAP releases were just as varied. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Not too
surprisingly, a lot of respondents wanted to know how to transition their
Workflow skills into BPM and Guided Procedures. There were also questions
such as:<br>
"How do all the tools tie together: BPM, CAF, CE, PI" I
couldn't have said it better myself!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As for
what educational topics people were interested in - whether face-to-face or
distance learning - Technical Topics (which I interpret to mean such things as
Agent Determination, Event Management, using newer tools available in the
Netweaver 7.0 stack) slightly outpaced BPM, followed very closely by Customer
Case Studies. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Anyway,
you can read the results for yourself, the unvarnished truth from the
survey web site <a href="http://ws.asug.com/ss/wswebtop.dll/WSPubReport"
target="_blank">URL</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On
another (and very important note!) the Call For Speakers for the 2009 ASUG
Annual Conference is open. This conference is co-located with Sapphire,
May 11 - 14, in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Orlando</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Florida</st1:State></st1:place>. You do not need to be an ASUG
member to present!<br>
<br>
Please feel free to visit the<a href="http://www.asugannualconference.com/">
ASUG Event web site</a> for more information. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I look
forward to hearing your feedback, about the survey, about speaking at ASUG
(always a rich and rewarding experience), or even how I can get that dang PPT
up to the SDN web site.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks,
as always, for listening. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sue<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>----</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Susan R. Keohan</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>SAP Workflow Specialist</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Enterprise</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Applications</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Information Services Department</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>MIT <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City>
Laboratory</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>244 Wood Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, LI-200</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Lexington</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>. 02420</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>781-981-3561</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>keohan@LL.MIT.EDU</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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