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I was at the MCT Summit in San Francisco a few weeks ago, and as soon as the I walked in the door, I was bombarded with questions about that pesky conflict of interest statement that you're asked to sign if you are interested in participating in MCP exam development (this doesn't apply to all...

By Mark Wheatley Volunteer Microsoft Certified Trainer NetHope Academy Intern Program - Haiti October 12, 2011 A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to teach for the NetHope Academy Intern Program in Haiti. I've been a teacher for over 30 years and a Microsoft Certified Trainer for half that time...

Hi - I'm Mark Protus and want to introduce myself to the community. I'm a Lead Customer Marketing Manager at Microsoft Learning and have previously worked with professionals in both the Developer and IT Pro communities. In my new role, I'll be orchestrating customer and readiness materials...

If you’re a long-timer reader of this blog, you probably know that we often post about great opportunities and benefits available to our Microsoft Certified Trainers. If you’ve ever thought about joining our premier technical/instructional community, there’s a fantastic opportunity coming up next month...

Some MCTs have experienced issues with not being able to see/access the MCT Forum tab on the blog. We believe that the issues have been fixed; however, I need your help in confirming this. For those of you who have experienced problems with seeing and accessing the Forum, would you mind dumping your...

I would like to share this wonderful story, I’ve been talking with one of our MCTs Tone Shelby. Tone is a great MCT on SQL Server and she is also a very proud mother. Especially now that her son Brian is about to become an MCT too. It’s been great chatting with Tone and Brian and I wanted...

Our "train the trainer" Microsoft Certified Trainer Bootcamp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is over, the results are in and MCT enrolment for 5 newly qualified MCTs is in hand. All of the 13 experienced IT professionals that participated in the week long bootcamp successfully achieved a passing performance...

Today we had a comprehensive schedule – a roster was drawn up where each attendee needed to focus on the following key components of the bootcamp to become Microsoft Certified Trainers. · Technical Teach Back sessions assessment · Microsoft Technology Associate Examination ·...

Day 2 was a hard day, but today we made some real progress. On the first day Ken Rosen and I explained the MCT Program, unpacking all the acronyms and benefits; MOC, MOAC, CPLS, ITA, MCP, MCTS, CWDL, MTM and many more! By the end of the day everyone was excited and hungry for more but we knew that the...

Today we started our "train the trainer" Microsoft Certified Trainer Bootcamp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. We have enrolled 13 experienced IT professionals to participate in the week long bootcamp, all aiming to join the community of 18,000 MCT trainers worldwide. Due to the earthquake disaster...

Next week I join 150 fellow trainers at the MCT Summit 2011 in Sweden and then I head directly to the Caribbean, but not for a holiday... I play down the description "Caribbean", especially since the destination is Haiti . We all should remember those terrible news reports following the earthquake...

Every month, on the Third Thursday of that month, MCTs from all over the world tune in to hear about the latest in Microsoft technology, Training and Certification. For some it will be the middle of the night, others tune in during breaks and many view the recordings later on. It's a great way to...

On Monday 13th June 2011, the University of York, UK, hosted a round table event with 17 MCTs who specialise in training Microsoft Office technologies. The trainers, many of whom had travelled from all over the UK, joined Andrew Bettany, member of the Microsoft Learning Advisory Council, and 2 special...

The updated Member Site has launched! Log into www.microsoft.com/certified to check out the new features, functionality, and design. As always, we would love your feedback and thoughts on the new experience. Please make sure to leave us your thoughts by clicking on the feedback button at the bottom of...

Last week, we offered up a sneak peek of the latest promotion Microsoft Learning has put together. Today, I'm happy to share a few more details. Here’s how it works: Microsoft Learning Partners in the US can now buy (for their students) a digital Microsoft Official Course (dMOC), plus a voucher...

During our "Spring Cleaning" efforts, we found several resources to get up to speed on Windows Server 2008. Don't miss out on the opportunity to download "Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2" by Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker. This 9-chapter ebook is packed with valuable information...

'Who dares to teach must never cease to learn'; powerful words by John Cotton Dana . Most trainers and teachers work hard to be the best at what they do but I would argue that for an MCT more time and effort is required as new products and new editions are introduced all the time. MCTs certainly...

If you’re a Microsoft Certified Trainer, we know you’re all about helping your students acquire expertise on Microsoft products, technologies, and solutions. Now you can help them prove their expertise as well: Learning Rewards enables you to offer your students the best possible deal on certification...

If you receive our MCP Daily Flash, you’ve seen in the announcement about some new and updated MCP Benefits. If you receive the weekly or monthly editions, here’s what you have to look forward to: MCP and MCT Member Sites : Look for a new site to launch later this year—we’re hard at work improving, simplifying...

2011 will mark my third Microsoft TechED North America conference and I couldn’t be more excited for May to arrive. As active as I am in the Microsoft Partner network, it took me to actually attend the conference to understand its TRUE value. An analogy to help convey its value would be, “What...