Our topic this month: Making the Haunted Mansion less Scary with Branding for your SharePoint sites, presented by Cathy Dew, a Graphic Designer and Senior Consultant for Summit 7 Systems.

Branding SharePoint is much like taking an adventure through a Haunted House. In this session we will be covering the basics around SharePoint 2010 Branding. What are the options and how do you best work with them to implement visually pleasing sites for your users.

About our speaker:

Cathy Dew (MCTS) is a Senior Consultant and Graphic Designer for Summit 7 Systems in Huntsville, Alabama. Summit 7 Systems is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner which specializes in the Microsoft Business Productivity Infrastructure, including Office SharePoint Server, Office Communications Server and Exchange Server.

Cathy comes from an Advertising Agency and Graphic Design background, so her focus is on User Interface Design and User Experience with sites. She has worked primarily with SharePoint 2007 with a focus on branding and user experience. She has worked on many SharePoint installations to brand SharePoint and make it look "Not like SharePoint". Cathy worked to found the Birmingham SharePoint User's Group and is the Communications VP for the Women in SharePoint Group. She has presented at both user groups and conferences.

For more about Cathy, check out the following links:

• Twitter: @catpaint1
• Blog: http://www.sharepointcat.com/