Announcing a New Program for System Center Influencers

Officially launching at MMS 2009 in Las Vegas is a new community program that will give influencers—user group leads, MVPs, popular bloggers, and others recognized as influential in the community around System Center—the technical training content, people connections, and general guidance they need to enhance their credibility and impact in the community.

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Key Member Benefits

  • Access key content:  Members get access to the latest technical training content to help them enhance their expertise.   This also includes exclusive user group content.
  • Meet experts and peers in the community:  Members can stay connected with System Center-focused events, or let others know about their upcoming events.   Members can register and find events, as well as request speakers for upcoming meetings.
  • Grow in influence:  Members can learn about new opportunities to lead their communities on and offline, and find out about other opportunities to get more involved with Microsoft.

This invitation-only program has its online home on Microsoft Connect, and offers or links to several different tools intended to support influencer needs. As this is very much a work in progress that is just getting off the ground, we are asking participants to help us develop the program and shape it in ways that are most relevant to the community.

Who’s Eligible

This program is intended for influencers of all kinds, or simply those who are looking for tools to become more influential in their communities. Our intention is not to supplant any existing influencer programs, such as the MVP program, but merely to complement and extend them, focusing specifically on the needs of the System Center (and soon: Virtualization) community.

How to Find Out More

If you are interested in this program, or have any questions about our tools, resources, or mission, please contact us at scnetsup@microsoft.com.

- dave //

Published 28 April 09 08:15 by davemorehouse

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# Topics about Communitys » Archive » Announcing a New Program for System Center Influencers said on April 28, 2009 6:11 PM:

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# Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog said on April 28, 2009 8:44 PM:

Think I’ve convinced Garth Jones to post an article/blog post on user groups, special interest groups

# Stefan Stranger's Weblog - Manage your IT Infrastructure said on April 28, 2009 9:49 PM:

Source: Nexus SC Yesterday there was a new announcement at MMS 2009. A new program for System Center

# Rod Trent at myITforum.com said on April 29, 2009 1:00 AM:

Feed: Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog Posted on: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 3:16 PM Author: davemorehouse

# Scott Moss at myITforum.com said on May 4, 2009 11:12 PM:

Another great Microsoft Management Summit. So many news items I'll try and sum it up in a few lines

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About davemorehouse

Born in Minnesota and reared in Alaska, Dave went on to college in Claremont, California and grad school at UW in Seattle. After a stint yodeling in the Swiss Alps (and, incidentally, organizing biotech events), he found himself back in Seattle, getting involved in tech just as the Great Internet Bubble burst, coming to Microsoft in 2000 to work on the Windows 2000 Web team. Since then, he’s had various stints at Microsoft.com, including posts in Web publishing and site management, and has also spent a great deal of time and energy focused on the ins-and-outs of online communities and leveraging the new technologies that are emerging to support them. Now in System Center Marketing and applying his Web and communities experience to the priorities of an actual Microsoft business group, Dave looks forward to deepening his relationships with customers wherever they choose to be active on the Web and off, and drive toward a better, more integrated set of tools and resources to support the diverse needs of the community.

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