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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...

Yeah we heard it... :-) So, Class Locator is now on Born to Learn~~ (Thanks Erwin! :)) You can find it on the right navigation panel just above the traffic map. Let us know how it works! Joanne

THANK YOU CPLS Partners, for an outSTANDing WPC 2009. Now that the show is over, its time to tell us what you thought. Don’t forget to complete evaluations for our sessions that you attended. You can find evals at www.digitalwpc.com . Navigate to the Learning Solutions sessions you attended by...

Another Worldwide Partner Conference is over… thanks to all of our partners who made this event a great success. Even though we’re all here for the content and professional networking opportunities, one of the week’s highlights was clearly the CPLS party at Generations Hall last night. Here’s the photographic...

15:05  Kicking off our Q&A session… no slides for this session, and not all questions were submitted in advance, so my apologies if i miss a few things here and there, will do my best to keep up! Deborah Grauer, our track manager, introducing Lutz, Chris, and Jim Palmeri, who leads our Product...

13:40  Ryan and Ian kicking it off—Ryan is our Field Marketing Manager for North America; Ian is one of our Audience Marketing Managers. One of them screams so loud into the mike that it shorts out my speaker backstage. :-) 13:42 Ryan welcomes 367 new partner locations to the CPLS program, but also...

11:08 Ben and Sharon getting underway… started a few minutes late, and Ben and Sharon missed their entrance cue. Must have been late risers after the party last night! :-)) Ben leads our Learning Products and Services team, and Sharon manages our platforms and community businesses on Ben’s team. 11:10 ...

17:02  Dale and Phil kicking off their session… Dale is our director of product planning; Phil is our channel marketing team manager. 17:05  Where do our sales volumes come from? Asia 25%; EMEA 40%; LATAM 10%; North America 25% 17:09  Courseware we’re releasing this year will generate...

15:35  Morgan and Dan are just getting underway… 15:39  Reviewing feedback from CPLSes over the years: “expensive to expand,” “program not flexible enough", “customer needs are changing,” “need to adjust my business model to meet your program requirements.” We wanted to address these pain...

14:10 Lutz Ziob, GM of Microsoft Learning, just kicked off our opening session at WPC 2009 in New Orleans! 14:15 Lutz presenting “Identity 2.0” style rapid-fire presentation recapping the economy over the past year… hanging out with Deborah Grauer, our track manager, backstage as she...

We re only about 2 hours away from the kick-off of the Learning Solutions track at WPC 2009! Not in New Orleans? You can still join us! Stay tuned here (or go directly to our events page ) for news and announcements over the next two days. I ll be live blogging and tweeting from each of our sessions...

Attending WPC next week? Join us for an informal Q&A session! Ask a question, provide feedback on a solution, propose suggestions, and make yourself heard. This is your opportunity to meet the Microsoft Learning Leadership Team face-to-face! Here’s a sneak preview: Join us next Thursday afternoon...

Attending WPC next week? Join us for a "Top 10" style showcase featuring best practices from Microsoft Learning experts and Learning Solutions partners around the world. We’ll highlight solutions that you can take home and put in practice immediately to drive business, revenue, leads...

John Schoenstein is heading up our new Teleweb Initiative this year. He ll be at WPC next week and asked me to share this invitation: We are very excited to announce the launch of our new Teleweb call center solution! The team will be focused on providing guidance about training and certification to...

In this uneasy job market, individuals are looking for guidance on how to grow their IT skills, further their careers, and become indispensible to their employers. To help training companies address this significant opportunity and provide a great complement to product-focused courseware, Microsoft is...

We know that many of our learning solutions partners are blending on-site learning with on-line learning, so we’re developing new products that work in a hybrid environment. Attending WPC next week? Join Ben Watson and Sharon Harris on Thursday morning for their session, “Leveraging New Digital...

Over the next 18 months we’ll launch a wave of new technologies that represent a significant revenue opportunity for Learning Solutions Partners. If you’ll be at WPC next week, be sure to attend Dale Goff and Phil Webb’s session, “Engage Microsoft to Drive Your Business: Learning...

Attending WPC next week? If your organization delivers training, make sure you attend Morgan Carter and Dan Popp’s session entitled “Understanding the Changes to the Learning Solutions Competency for FY10 and Beyond.” Even (or especially) if you think the CPLS program isn’t a good fit for your business...

Take the New SAVB Online Tool for a spin ! Visit Self-Paced Hands-On-Lab 201 to demo the prototype firsthand and provide your feedback! SAVB Online is an online tool being developed by Microsoft for use by partners who deliver Software Assurance voucher benefits to customers, such as Training and Packaged...

Here s the fourth in a series of reminders about opportunities for Learning Solutions partners at WPC 2009. Use your scorecard to drive key business conversations. If you are the designated representative from your organization to receive your scorecard, bring a business card and show us your badge....