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The best event at Microsofts World Wide Partner Conference - about you and the community, presented by the community - Mark Taylor, Susanne Dansey and Tom Crosby

This years World Wide Partner Conference should be a storming success - yes, I will be attending for the 1st time and presenting, but that is not why.

Why, you ask, well probably one of the most important sessions for those who work in the Small Business market is going to be the sessons on the community.  And one of the best will be presented by 3 fine community members in the UK.  These people do not work for Microsoft and the community they represent is not owned by Microsoft, but we walk the same path helping eachother out because it has benefit to our business to do so,

The short answer is to be there, at the Small Business Symposium on Monday 10th July. Look for the Community presentation by these three.

You will learn what has powered the UK & Irish communities both in terms of their success and the individual partner success.  They have broadened their relationships beyond just Microsoft and are having real impact with other vendors such as HP, CA etc.  Finally, they will deliver a one-two on resources for you, but not necessarily the MS Partner program, but things like SMB Nation, blogs, community forums, events etc.

If at the end of it you do not understand how the community can benefit you, your business and how to find the answers easier, then you have been sat in the wrong room!!  I will post the room details closer to the time.

ttfn

David

Posted Sun, Jul 2 2006 5:07 AM by David Overton
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iQubed wrote re: The best event at Microsofts World Wide Partner Conference - about you and the community, presented by the community - Mark Taylor, Susanne Dansey and Tom Crosby
on Sun, Jul 2 2006 11:54 PM
For those who won't be able to make the event will there be a way in which to follow what is happening at the Worldwide Partner Conference?

Cheers,

Vijay
David Overton wrote re: The best event at Microsofts World Wide Partner Conference - about you and the community, presented by the community - Mark Taylor, Susanne Dansey and Tom Crosby
on Mon, Jul 3 2006 10:39 AM
Vijay,

There will be information announcements on the partner web site, blogs (by both people like me - employees and attendees), press releeases.  I do not think it will be available via webcast, although some snippets will be released I would imagine, but no guarantees.

thanks

David
iQubed wrote re: The best event at Microsofts World Wide Partner Conference - about you and the community, presented by the community - Mark Taylor, Susanne Dansey and Tom Crosby
on Mon, Jul 3 2006 8:33 PM
According to the Small Business Symposium site, recordings of the sessions will be available on the Small Business Website later this summer.

https://partner.microsoft.com/sbsymposium

That's good, I'll look forward to that.

Cheers,

Vijay
Leticia wrote re: The best event at Microsofts World Wide Partner Conference - about you and the community, presented by the community - Mark Taylor, Susanne Dansey and Tom Crosby
on Tue, Jun 5 2012 1:19 PM

Congratulations!I spotted it on Susanne's blog yesretday but wanted to wait for your post before i commentedDidn't realise iQubed was on 2.5 years old almost exactly the same age as my company! You have certainly come a long way and that case study is massive acheivement. I've also seen several posts about the SBSC PAL stuff your involved with. Where do you find the time  Keep up the good work!

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