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Microsoft Inspire Speaker Nomination Form is now open

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Dear IAMCP Colleagues,
The Microsoft Inspire Speaker Nomination Form is now open. This online form will allow Partners and Microsoft Subject Matter Experts to submit a session and speaker nomination for consideration at Microsoft Inspire.
The tool will close on Friday, April 13, 2018.
Below are the next steps/deadlines related to the Community Hub speaking opportunity:

Friday, March 16
Speaker Nomination Tool open – Nominate yourself or someone you know to speak!

Friday, April 13
Speaker Nomination Tool closes

Monday, April 16
Microsoft Inspire team will review submissions

Friday, April 20
Microsoft will communicate decision to submission owners
Detailed informational will be requested from content owners
For those selected, Microsoft may request revisions

Friday, April 27
Submission owners return revisions to Chelsea Hewitt
Thursday, May 3
Submission owners will provide final revisions

Monday, May 14
Sessions will be available to book in the session catalog

The Community Hub has 9 proposed topics for both the theater content and hot topic lounges for 2018:

  • Artificial Intelligence
    Diversity + Inclusion
    Big Data
    Internet of Things (IoT)
    Security (including GDPR)
    Partnering with Microsoft
    Partner-to-Partner (P2P)
    Skilling or Training
    Marketing/Social selling

If you have questions related to the tool, please email msinspirespkr@microsoft.com with questions. Any questions related to Community Hub, please contact Chelsea Hewitt at v-chhewi@microsoft.com

Best Regards,

Debra Pfundstein
IAMCP International Inspire Chair

Partnership branches are lead by new IAMCP Executive committee

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It becomes easier to find partners, reach partner services, get training and many other options. IAMCP EMEA established the Executive committee with a lot of teams.

Please contact managers of the appropriate teams with any questions or suggestions.

Alliance Manager, Executive Committee
International Affairs Manager, Executive Committee
Marketing Manager, Executive Committee
Diversity Manager, Executive Committee
Services Manager, Executive Committee
Microsoft Liaison, Executive Committee
Membership Manager, Executive Committee
Compliance Manager, Executive Committee
Training Manager, Reports to Executive Committee
Apps & Infra Area Manager, Reports to Executive Committee
Data & AI Area Manager, Reports to Executive Committee
Licensing & Incentives Area Manager, Reports to Executive Committee
Business Applications Area Manager, Reports to Executive Committee
Survey & Analysis Manager, Reports to Executive Committee
Modern Workplace Area Manager, Reports to Executive Committee
Partner-to-Partner (P2P) Manager, Reports to Executive Committee
Communication Manager, Reports to Executive Committee

IAMCP EMEA opens Executive committee positions

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WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!

 IAMCP EMEA has modified its leadership structure by adding an Executive Committee to the existing “Board of Directors”.

For this new Executive Committee there are new positions that we want to open to any member of the IAMCP in EMEA. Apply here before February 5th !

Some of the roles available are:  International Affairs Manager | Institutional Manager | Marketing Manager | Diversity Manager | Compliance Manager | Services Manager | Membership Manager | Alliance Manager…

As a non-profit organization, these positions will not be compensated economically but you will be rewarded with: Experience, Training, Public Recognition, Social Media Visibility, Business Opportunities, Networking, Events and a closer relationship with Microsoft.

What you need to know:

❶ Requirement:  The only requirement is to work for a Microsoft Partner member of IAMCP in the EMEA region.

❷ Application:  If you are interested, register yourself here before February 5th.

❸ Next Steps:  An appointed committee will review all applications and get back to you before February 23rd.

 

We are waiting for you,

IAMCP EMEA Team

Per Wergren P2P webinar series

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Grow Your Business Through Effective Partnering with the P2P Maturity Model Webinar Series:

Feb 6 – Introduction to successful partnering – the P2P Maturity Model

Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7195942252458391299

Introduction to successful partnering – the P2P Maturity Model

Would you like to…

Increase your market share? Strengthen your reputation? Increase your competitiveness and profitability?  Accomplish it all with successful partnerships. Research from IDC proves that Microsoft Partners will become more profitable and grow faster when they specialize and partner with others when their solutions demand skillsets that they do not have in house. According to the channel partners, partnering activities are valuable because they increase:

  • Sales/marketing coverage in current and new geographies
  • Solution-specific expertise
  • Customer-specific knowledge and expertise
  • Industry-specific expertise

Join Per Werngren, Tech Investor, Entrepreneur, Advisor, P2P Evangelist as he introduces you to the P2P Maturity Model through a series of webinars.

Requirements specification training at Udemy

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The first module of the Software requirements training
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Register full training with a first look coupon 65% discount for $11 only!

The training leas You for a full journey from identifying stakeholders, collecting their requirements, expectations, and constraints to balancing requiremebts in a business vs technical requirements matrix; creating prototypes, UML models, and, finally, the SRS document – Software requirements specification.

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Microsoft Project goes Agile

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Microsoft(r) presented new features – Scrum Sprints and Kanban board in the Microsoft Project. The features are available in Microsoft Project Online Desktop client. There are no current plans to add them to a standard Microsoft Project(r).

Proof links: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/projectsupport/2017/10/30/project-goes-agile/ , https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/projectsupport/2017/10/30/project-goes-agile/

The new features are integrated with usual Project functionality, which make them valuable for virtual teams, large-scaled projects, and start-up teams and developers.