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Marilyn Pratt

Marilyn Pratt SAP Employee
Company: SAP Labs
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Marilyn Pratt joined the SAP Community Network team in January 2005 and is presently the community evangelist for the Business Process Expert Community ( BPX). Marilyn enjoyed her years as an ABAP instructor for SAP Education and completed a Master Degree in Distance Learning. She is herself an avid learner.

BPX- Skills Focus with Jon Reed
In this BPX skills webcast, presented as part of ASUG's Business Process Expert webcast series, Jon Reed of JonERP.com reviews the keys to becoming an SAP Business Process Expert.  Oct. 8, 2008
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Process Design Slam - Shhh -Secret- Pass it on
The Business Process Expert Community presents the "Process Design Slam" at SAP TechEd '08 in Berlin. Be there for this first ever event. A perfect chance to learn more about BPM and BPX methodologies and have fun with your fellow community members! Oct. 8, 2008
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Embarrassment of Riches? or Can there be too many sessions?
What to do when there are more content offerings than time slots for the BPX day in Berlin? Have the community help make our day. Sep. 29, 2008
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SAP BPX Certified Wiki Space
A new wiki space is evolving to serve SAP BPX Certified Professionals and professionals wishing to be certified at https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SAPBPX  Sep. 26, 2008
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The Keys to Becoming a BPX- Skills Focus Webinar
SAP Mentor Jon Reed is giving an ASUG webcast presentation discussing the skills needed to become a Business Process Expert and the BPX Community is invited.  Sep. 26, 2008
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How to Repeat a Success Without Being Repetitious
Community Day in Berlin will also feature a BPX track. We have some excellent speakers and content and hands on workshops. All we need is you on October 13th.  Sep. 22, 2008
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Make Mine Carbon Neutral
Creating a community dialog around sustainability at SAP Teched '08. First steps toward community awareness.  Sep. 7, 2008
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In Pursuit of Process Excellence - 4th Webinar
When Deb Boykin last presented her insights into transforming an organization into a process-driven one for the BPX and ASUG communities, there were over 400 attendees and participants. ASUG again joins the BPX community to host Deb in explaining the pursuit of process excellence. Aug. 26, 2008
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The Essential BPX Workout Series- Webinar 3
John Harrickey of CSA International will demonstrate using BPMN to model processes, define business rules and establish composite service requirements in this free webinar.  Aug. 12, 2008
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When BPX Certification Stars Align
What we all have envisioned, worked for and announced over 2 years ago on the BPX website is finally here and it will be ready for TechEd Las Vegas 2008. A BPX certification curriculum that will service the BPX community is launching. It will include the SAP Certified Business Process Associate and SAP Certified Business Process Professional designations. Aug. 5, 2008
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Creating the Climate and Culture of Change
ASUG opens a webinar about Organizational Change Management to participants of the SAP Community Networks. Kerry Brown, SAP Global Director of OCM will now take your questions. Jul. 28, 2008
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Getting Your Ticket to TechEd Gratis (That means Free)
Creating great content to present from the SAP community perspective earns you an entry pass to TechEd. Double value: showcase your knowledge and enhance your reputation, network with other knowledge experts and learn from them as well. Show us your stuff. Earn a place at TechEd. Jul. 23, 2008
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Pursuing Process Excellence – The Essential BPX Workout
A series of BPX Webcasts and TechEd Community Day activities designed for BPX Community members and co-sponsored by ASUG invites participation of all SCN members. Experts give a good "work-out". Jul. 18, 2008
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The BPM Transformation: SAP's Journey to Process Orientation- ASUG Webcast
Mark Scavillo, Head of Process Governance, in SAP's BPM department (Business Process Organization), provides a behind-the-scenes look at the internal process side of SAP in a Webinar on June 30th, 11:00am EST. Jun. 27, 2008
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Social Responsibility as a Strategic Goal
Understanding the meaning of sustainable development and social responsibility in the context of the SAP Feeding Knowledge program. Improving knowledge and fighting hunger as a strategic goal. Jun. 9, 2008
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Sustainabilty, Web 2.0 and the Enterprise
I was invited to sit in on a rather unique panel session during Sapphire 2008 in Orlando. While definately out of my league and surrounded by sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibilty thought leaders, I did provide the service of dragging a number of the blogger community over with me to this "invitation only" session. May. 16, 2008
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Ninjas, Rocketbooms and How To Create Some Video Content
Last Summer I attended a blog conference or Blogerence in Tel Aviv where I met some of the leading video bloggers around. I had a video camera and was able to capture two Ninja Video bloggers describing ...what else...how to create a video blog. This lesson is coming in handy as I work with my first video clips. May. 16, 2008
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Successful Collaboration is Like Jazz
Sapphire/ASUG session, an improvisation around social networking and collaboration with help from Jim Spath, Shel Israel, and a cast of others, based on meeting Social Media expert Kevin de Kock and reading his Learning from Jazz blog. May. 14, 2008
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A Fly on the Sapphire Wall - SAP Mentor to SAP Mentor
SAP Mentors Phil Kisloff of CapGemini and Dick Hirsch of Siemens spend their very last minutes of the their very last day of Sapphire '08 Orlando discussing the benefits of live networking. These guys have been connected online for over two years and are together again as SAP Mentors for the first time. May. 12, 2008
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SAP Community Network: An Extended Family To Some
Members of our community do seem like family to some of us. Welcome to Kiara Tejada, whose father nurtures the ABAP Community and more here on the SAP Community Network. Apr. 21, 2008
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How to Further Damage Your SAP Community Reputation
Posting fake reviews and obscuring your identity in the SAP community: Two additional surefire ways of being cast out. Apr. 15, 2008
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How to Lower Your Status in The SAP Community
Quoting Chris Whealy on the topic of content plagiarizing: "Plagiarism is not an acceptable practice. The logic works like this: plagiarism is theft -> theft is socially unacceptable behavior -> socially unacceptable behavior lowers your social status". Make sure you credit your sources and add value. Apr. 7, 2008
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Spreading Good News Via Microblogging
How Craig Cmehil used maximum efficiency in spreading "certain" knowledge to our community using a combination of web tools: twitter and flickr bringing near real-tine community updates  Mar. 28, 2008
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Enlightened Citizens of the World 'in the dark' for Earth Hour
Tomorrow night, millions of people around the world will make a statement about climate change. Earth Hour, an international conservation event that calls for households and businesses to turn off their lights and non-essential appliances, takes place Saturday, March 29, 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (local time). Mar. 28, 2008
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Introducing a New BPX Community Evangelist
Meet our newest collaboration team member: Yan (Fongyan)Mak. Since Yan is my new partner in crime on BPX, as a BPX evangelist, I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce her to you, the community. Mar. 24, 2008
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Some of the BPX Stars Have Aligned
The best way of building a seminar is to query your audience about what suits them and what they most would like to know. Have a look at the content, agenda and speaker roster for the upcoming BPX mini-seminar to be held as one of the pre-conference ASUG/Sapphire offerings on Sunday May 4th from 9:00-4:30 in Orlando Mar. 24, 2008
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Community is the Word
If what you speak about publicly could be condensed to just 10 words, what would those words be? What would be your top word choices for your SDN/BPX blogs? Mar. 2, 2008
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The Value Chain - No Easy Exemptions
Labor abuses and the retail/manufacturing supply chain and a question of how much responsibility is ours as individuals and as employees of companies. Feb. 26, 2008
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Sustainability Challenge- Collaboration Isn't an Option, it's a Requirement
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Sustainability Challenge, notes from the 2/12/2008 Economist Conference addressing environmental and societal demands on business Feb. 12, 2008
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SAP - The Cartoon Network?
An animation of a Business Process Improvement and a cartoon contest where a scenario comes to life on the Business Process Expert Community Wiki Jan. 29, 2008
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One Way to Get Some Work/Life Balance ...Hopefully
There are those instances when life simply forces work balance: welcome to Baby Anna Kate O'Hanlon. Hope you trump any web content support issue Jan. 15, 2008
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A New CSR Area? - Who Needs It?
The CSR and Sustainability topic has launched on the SAP Community Network, but so far its techies talking. Where's the business of CSR? Jan. 9, 2008
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Feeding Knowledge - A Personal Journey Part 1
Newly returned from India, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, SAP Evangelist Marilyn Pratt shares some of the links between personal and professional travels and sees how folks around the world are feeding knowledge. Jan. 7, 2008
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Quick Summary of SAP Community Clubhouse Experiences Bangalore Edition
Summary of impressions of SAP Community Clubhouse activities in SAP TechEd '07 Bangalore Nov. 29, 2007
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SAP Community Day in Bangalore – Exceeding Expectations
SAP Community Day in Bangalore the SAP TechEd '07 pictorial edition. Nov. 27, 2007
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A Glimpse of Informal Community Day Conversations
Informal and candid clips from SAP TechEd '07 Community Day in Las Vegas. It will be interesting to contrast the events in each location. Nov. 22, 2007
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Thanksgiving: A Time to Link Personal, Civic and Corporate Activism
The season provides a time to consider engagement in Corporate Social Responsiblity and to be grateful for the abundance we find educationally, socially and economically in our community. Nov. 21, 2007
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Mapping Experts Round the RoundTable - TechEd Munich '07
Video conversation with Gunther Stuhec about the CCTS Warp 10 development. A new way to approach Data Mapping. TechEd participants gave it high marks. Nov. 13, 2007
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When it all comes together:The Geek and Suit Collaboration - Part V Munich Edition
When two of the top contributors of the BPX community meet face to face in Munich, discussion is lively. Nov. 7, 2007
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SAP Community Cares
Today, quietly and relatively unobtrusively marks the launch of a new SAP blog which has the potential to shake your world. SAP Feeding Knowledge is an invitation to join, or rather own, the debate around corporate social responsibility and sustainability. Nov. 6, 2007
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Clubhouse in Vegas- Last Minute Musings Before TechEd Munich
The most overlooked announcement in all of SAP TechEd '07, one that promises to change the way you do data integration and mapping. The secret is out: it's called CTTS Modeler Warp 10. Hear more about it in this podcast or in the Clubhouse in Munich. Oct. 12, 2007
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Clubhouse Las Vegas- A BPM Roadmap
This Las Vegas Clubhouse session with Thomas Volmering was one of the more intriguing presentations in the Community Space. A preview of the BPM roadmap and where the tools of the BPX are headed was its topic. Oct. 12, 2007
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Ask A Video Question at the TechEd Keynote!
Question: What do presidential debates, the interests of SDN and BPX community members and SAP TechEd '07 Keynotes have in common? Answer: Community Video Questions! SDN and BPX TV meet the SAP Executive Keynote Speakers at Ask an SAP Exec.  Oct. 11, 2007
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Clubhouse in Vegas -The Geek Suit Shootout
Podcast of the Geek/Suit Shootout. What happens when Business and IT don't play nice. Oct. 11, 2007
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SAP TechEd '07 Las Vegas Day Three
A video blog that summarizes a few of the community clubhouse highlights for the BPX folks during the third day of TechEd '07 Las Vegas. Oct. 5, 2007
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Community and MindSpace at SAP TechEd - Day Two
Day two at SAP TechEd includes blogger analyst conversation, continuing MindSpace contents, and some fun with Wii. Oct. 4, 2007
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Day One of SAP TechEd '07: Keynote, Community Clubhouse, Demo Jam
The First Day of SAP TechEd Las Vegas '07. A visual summary of a day starting and ending with community and more community Oct. 3, 2007
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A Quick summary of Community Day Las Vegas '07
A Quick summary of Community Day Las Vegas '07 Oct. 2, 2007
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You Should Have Seen the One That Got Away
About the video you can't see on ustream.tv recorded from Community Day Las Vegas Oct. 1, 2007
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Community -1 or What a Way to Start and End the Day
The day before Community Day starts and ends with Community and some lovely surprises.... Oct. 1, 2007
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Conversations About Questions That Matter
The TechEd clubhouse hosts four Knowledge Tables that correspond to "communities of innovation". These tables invite conversation, discourse, brainstorming, debate, collaboration, cooperation, and informal knowledge transfer around many and diverse topics. You can preview these using the widget that Abesh Bhattacharjee, a community member, helped implement, based on a matrix of events that Craig Cmehil invented to schedule or track some of the community-driven sessions. Oct. 1, 2007
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Just for N00bs and the Web 2.0 Promise
Who are the Web 2.0 Disenfranchised? Grannimari is your advocate. Sep. 27, 2007
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Welcome to the Community MindSpace
Community MindSpace is a unique "Low Tech" way to collaborate in real time during SAP TechEd '07. It employs a technique know as mindscaping and will help participants connect, collaborate and contribute on a mural. Sep. 27, 2007
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Need Help in Asking an SAP Exec a Question?
Want to Ask an SAP Executive a question but afraid to Video Blog? Here are some tips and a demo. Sep. 21, 2007
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A Living, Breathing (and Successful) Business Process Expert
Deb Boykin is an SAP customer, but first and foremost she is a global business architect and presently an associate director of business process excellence in a large pharmaceutical company. This podcast introduces her to the BPX Community.  Sep. 8, 2007
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True Confessions - A Love Affair with ASUG and the SAP TechEd Addiction
ASUG members are figuring prominently in the line-up for SAP TechEd Community Day content. Some of them you all know well (Thomas Jung, Bhanu Gupta), some of them you really should know and can get to know at Community Day. Aug. 27, 2007
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When is a Suit Dressed Like a Geek? When on BPX TV!
First the week starts off with Nadim Razvi blogging a clever video about the new Business KPI wikiin BPX..then RSS feeds, SDN/BPX TV and Dennis Howlett Aug. 17, 2007
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What did you do for YOUR summer vacation?
Vlog, video podcasting, home movie making and the SAP Community Network in Israel. Interfacing with some of the "hottest" vloggers and teammates around.  Aug. 7, 2007
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The Geek and Suit Collaboration - Chapter Three
The authors of the Geek Gap will be available for questions by our SCN community (SDN and BPX members). Good opportunity to further our Geek and Suit collaboration ideas. Aug. 3, 2007
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Blogging and the First Moveable Type-Written Words
Using a new WYSIWYG blog editor in SDN and BPX blogs is likened to the revolution Gutenberg created in using moveable type for the reading world. A stretch, perhaps, but also a call for access. Business community members can feel as comfortable as developers in creating contents for others. Jul. 23, 2007
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Geek and Suit Collaboration - Chapter Two - RoundTable Podcast
Richard Hirsch , Siemens Consultant, BPX community contributor and active SDN/BPX blog participant shares his audio thoughts about the BPX Community Pilot and the BPX Virtual RoundTable  Jul. 1, 2007
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Graduation Time is Here: First Junior Blogger is Promoted
How new Enterprise (Web) Services can be used to support new ways of user interaction (e. g. "Web 2.0") in Campus Management Jun. 12, 2007
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Wiki Education Made Phenomenally Easy
Want to explain to someone the benefits of using a wiki? A great example of homegrown content was highlighted on the SAP internal wiki and is shared here with the community. Lee LeFever of CommonCraft explains it brilliantly. Common Craft Show Jun. 12, 2007
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The Newest BPX Member?
The newest member of our collaboration team's extended family: Mario Herger shares the news of Sebastian's arrival. May. 18, 2007
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Two Charter BPX Members Podcast a Q&A Session
Two charter members of the Business Process Expert Community interview each other and pose questions such as: "Why are business processes themselves critical to an organization's future"? "What does this imply for how those business processes are defined today and how they are deployed"?  May. 11, 2007
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The Geek and Suit Collaboration – Chapter One
Create a "true life" story of a Business Process Improvement project, complete with a cast of characters and scenarios describing the business and IT roles in the work environment May. 4, 2007
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Confessions of a TechEd 2007 Proposal Procrastinator
Here we are only 3 days away from the TechEd community speakers proposal deadline and we know that many good folks with lots of very interesting things to say and share have not yet submitted their abstracts and proposals. TechEd Community Proposals  May. 3, 2007
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Hasso’s World Wide Development Organization or…
Hasso's SAPPHIRE 2007 Keynote is all about Community, Collaboration and the convergance of ideas. Good mention of SDN, BPX and ES Communities.  Apr. 23, 2007
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What do Community Evangelists Do in Their Off Hours
What do community evangelist do in their free time? They meet in virtual clubhouses and don SDN T-Shirts and Jackets and maybe talk about ASUG live networking in Atlanta and BPX Meetups  Apr. 19, 2007
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Business and Geek Networks
It all started with Dennis' blog: SAP has SDN. This is a thriving community of developers. They’re passionate about code. IMO a few at least are in the wrong place. I’ve previously mentioned Eddie Herrmann and Dan McWeeney. I’d also count Craig Cmehil. These guys are geeks but they understand making a difference to business. They should be on the business side of the house with firm links to the code warriors. Apr. 13, 2007
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Quantum Jump - Durairaj Athavan Raja crosses the 20K Mark
Caught in the act: Durairaj Athavan Raja crosses the 20K border as yet another one of the outstanding members of SDN Apr. 12, 2007
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New Industry Blog Topics for BPX
Today marks the further expansion of our Business Process Expert Industry blog topics. As of today you will find tags for the following industries: Healthcare, Defense, Public Sector, Higher Education, Life Sciences, Industrial Machinery & Components (IM&C), Mining & Metal, Oil&Gas, Utilities and Retail in addition to the already launched Chemicals and Consumer Products blog topics.  Apr. 10, 2007
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Point for Points- Reward yourself
A new Forums/Points feature just went live: If you give points in the forums, you will get one point yourself. A user can get this point only one time per thread, regardless of how many points are given to others. Apr. 4, 2007
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The Excel Syndrome and BPX Templates
An interesting conversation is evolving in the BPX forum around the use, popularity and pure simplicity of Excel spreadsheets. An example of a best practice template is created in the wiki. https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BPX/BPX+Excel+Sheets Mar. 16, 2007
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Meeting Real BPXs in Action
A Process Improvement model that links strategy, global processes, and results. Meeting real BPXs in action in the Philadelphia Chapter meeting of ABPMP (Association for Business Process Management Professionals) Feb. 25, 2007
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Business Process E(lf )xpert
Mario Herger (no elf but a BPX thought leader in his own right) is busily populating the BPX wiki with a wealth of contents for the edification and delight of our business process experts.  Feb. 22, 2007
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ProcessWorld: A Gathering of Business Process Professionals
ARIS ProcessWorld 2007 offered an opportunity to introduce the Business Process Expert Community to a gathering of Business Process Experts. Feb. 9, 2007
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BPX Welcomes the Chemicals Industry
Today marks the expansion of our Business Process Expert Industry Communities. The Chemicals Industry pages now join the existing Consumer Products Industry pages and provide information on standards, transportation as well as features and blogs. Jan. 31, 2007
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Blogging 101 in SDN and BPX
Whether you are an active blogger or a blog consumer in our SAP Community Networks of SDN and BPX, you may want to review blogging tips and tricks that reflect my understanding of blog etiquette and good blog writing habits. Jan. 18, 2007
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BPX: A Critical Looking Back and Resolutions Looking Forward
Looking ahead to 2007: BPX New Year's resolutions. Dec. 22, 2006
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Portrait of a BPX Blog Rejecter
So you want to be a Business Process Expert blogger.. Have I got a rejection note for you.  Dec. 14, 2006
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Emerging BPX Community and Memorable Encounters- Soaring a Mile High
Uri Levy (you may know him as the man who created the Business Intelligence and Portal and Visual Composer pages of SDN among many others, helped provide the first podcasts and is one of the original team members of SDN, Craig Cmehil (who, on SDN doesn’t know him) and I, touched down in Bangalore.  Nov. 14, 2006
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Bangalore - You Made the SDN Day
Thank you community members and SDN/BPX friends in India, for making our day! One quick look at these pictures already uploaded by a number of our colleagues here in Bangalore should tell a bit of the story. Nov. 7, 2006
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Business Process Expert Knowledge Table at TechEd '06 Amsterdam
Discussion of contents to be delivered for Business Process Expert sessions at SAP TechEd '06 Amsterdam Oct. 12, 2006
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Wiki 1.0 FAQ Tutorial
A short tutorial to describe a proposed structure for the FAQs on the new Wiki 1.0  Oct. 11, 2006
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Wiki 1.0 - Just the facts, ma'am, er…FAQs
Introducing the SDN/BPX Wiki. Now our community is invited to collaborate in the new Wiki 1.0 release and publish FAQs for relevant topic areas. The community can mine forum posts and blogs and present the most frequently asked questions in wiki pages that can be searched and enhanced. Oct. 10, 2006
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BPX, Sister Community to SDN
TechEd Amsterdam is nearly upon us and will offer European colleagues the same opportunity to network, collaborate ad learn that over 5,000 participants experienced in TechEd Las Vegas. Time for a recap of BPX Sep. 25, 2006
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SDN Day - SDNers meet Labs, each other, the SDN team
SDN Day at TechEd '06 Las Vegas. 300 SDN superstars convene.  Sep. 12, 2006
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BPX Day (okay Breakfast)
One hundred Business Process Experts will attend an exclusive breakfast at SAP TechEd '06 Las Vegas. The event will formally launch the new BPX Communityand was sold out within hours of announcement. Sep. 10, 2006
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New UI and Site Index - The ABC's of SDN and BPX
The Site Index is an easy, alphabetical way to find important content pages on the SAP Developer Network (SDN) and the newly launched and expanded Business Process Expert Community (BPX). The UI has changed as well. Sep. 10, 2006
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Make Business Process Innovation Happen
This podcast with Mark Yolton, VP SAP Community Network and Aiaz Kazi, VP Solution Marketing NetWeaver Development Platform launches the Business Process Expert Community Sep. 7, 2006
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What is a Business Process, Really?
What is a Business Process, really: from the perspective of Analytics? Implementation? Design? Organizational Change Management? From a consultant's perspective? From an Enterprise SOA context? Join the discussion in the: BPX discussion Forum.  Jul. 27, 2006
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An Online Meet-Up for Business Process eXperts
The approach of the Business Process Expert Community in defining the content it provides to the community, is to engage our users, participants, and prospective contributors in defining what they would like to see on the site. Jul. 12, 2006
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Nothing Like a Little Friendly Competition
In one year alone, an SDNer, A.H.P has earned 20K points, mostly by answering forum questions in the Business Intelligence Forums of the SAP Developer Network. Jul. 12, 2006
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ABAP King is Across the 20K Mark
Another milestone in SDN contribution. Rich Heilman is SDN's first customer to cross the 20K mark. Jul. 10, 2006
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BPX Content is the Bonus Topic of the Month
BPX contributions and content earn double points this month. Contribute an article, a whitepaper, or a blog that discusses a subject related to business process experts. Contributions must be submitted and accepted for publication by 31 July 2006 to qualify. (Double points do not apply to forum posts.)  Jul. 6, 2006
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Update to the SAP NetWeaver Page
The NetWeaver Homepage has been updated to contain a link to the SAP Composite Application Page under SAP NetWeaver Components . Jul. 5, 2006
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Celebrating a New ABAP Page and a Favorite ABAPer
ABAP homepage is redesigned and features new tutorials by ABAPer Thomas Jung. Jung has broken the sound barrier with over 21,000 SDN points to his credit. Jun. 28, 2006
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What the Bride Wore...or the Tale of the T- Shirt Challenge
Meet the T-Shirt Challenge. Send pictures that depict you wearing your SDN T-Shirt in unusual places and events. Jun. 15, 2006
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Calling All BPXers - TechEd '06 is Not Just For SDNers
Okay, so its called TechEd, but we know that many Business Process Experts intend to attend. Here's an opportunity for the BPX community to present and network at TechEd '06.  Jun. 7, 2006
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One Community or Two?
Are there now two communites? How SAP Developer Network and the Business Process Expert Community together can help bridge the IT/Business Divide.  Jun. 4, 2006
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Fifth ABAP Online Meet-up: Simple Transformations
Simple Transformations After a general discussion of XML as a data model and XSLT as a transformation language, Peter McNulty of the SAP NetWeaver product Management covered the basics of the Simple Transformations tool introduced in the SAP NetWeaver '04 release. Simple Transformations allow you to produce XML documents from ABAP data, as well as extract values from XML documents into ABAP data.  May. 4, 2006
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Fourth ABAP Online Meet-up: Web Services for ABAP
The Fourth ABAP Online Meetup covered the topic of Web Services For ABAP. This podcast was hosted by Peter McNulty of the NetWeaver Product Management and covered the topics: overview of the Web Service technology, creating a Web Service from existing business functionality, consuming a Web Service from an ABAP program Apr. 11, 2006
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Third ABAP Online Meetup - Web Dynpro For ABAP
The Third ABAP Online Meetup covered the topic of Web Dynpro For ABAP. This podcast hosted by Venky Varadadesigan covered the topics: The Web Dynpro Programming Model, Views and UI elements, Controllers and Context, Navigation and Plugs, as well as some advanced Web Dynpro for ABAP Topics Apr. 3, 2006
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Second ABAP Online Meet-Up Podcast
The recording for the March 17th ABAP Online Meet-up is available. The subject ABAP Design-time Tools:The New ABAP Editor, Dynamic Programming & RTTS, Code Inspector and ABAP Unit.  Mar. 23, 2006
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RFID Online Meet-Up - Podcast is available
The RFID "Online Community Meet-Up" on February 23, discussed SAP RFID and the new features of Auto Identification Infrastructure 4.0 (AII). Eric Domski the SAP RFID Solution Director discusses SAP's overall roadmap as well as specifics around the new features just released in Version 4.0.  Mar. 7, 2006
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ABAP Online Meet-ups: A symphony in 5 movements
The ABAP Online Meet-up Series is poised to begin! Mark your calendars for March 10th at 14:00 EST and stay posted to the ABAP Homepage where we will open registration for a new Online ABAP Expert series: a dynamic conversation facilitated by the SDN team, hosted on the SDN platform, and featuring SAP ABAP experts. Feb. 27, 2006
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RFID Online Meet-Up: No it's not a web presentation!
The Online Meet-Ups are a unique interactive discussion opportunity. Those of you were expecting a traditional presentation, prepare to be happily disappointed. Feb. 23, 2006
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Storks Flying Over SDN
Some recent SDN milestones. Happy gossip around and about SDN and SDNers. Feb. 1, 2006
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SAP’s RFID Roadmap – an Online Meet-up!
In this second session of the series of "Online Meet-Ups" we would like to focus on a topic that has moved from “Hype to Reality” according to Technolgy-Evaluation.com and TechRepublic: RFID. Jan. 26, 2006
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Web Dynpro For ABAP!
Check out a list of tutorials and guides for Web Dynpro for ABAP in this blog which links to a new SDN page for Web Dynpro for ABAP content. Dec. 20, 2005
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Why Don’t They Accept My Code Samples?
This blog details how to improve your chances of having your code samples approved for publication on SDN. It also includes a guide to Obsolete ABAP Constructs to avoid in your ABAP code sample submissions. Nov. 9, 2005
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SDN Tips: "Searching for Code Samples"
Using the Search in the SDN homepage to find ABAP Code Samples Jul. 26, 2005
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Why don't they let me blog?
Wanted to be a weblogger but found that your approval was still in weblog limbo? Actually, its all about how much effort one is willing to invest in filling out the SDN Weblog approval form with interesting, original, and important (to our community) content.  May. 31, 2005
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If it seems a little quiet around here...just listen to the wedding bells
What happens when the SDN collaboration manager and one of his most avid contributors slip quietly away from their desks for a little? May. 25, 2005
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