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Video - Jeff Prosise - Talks about INETA and community building amongst developers.
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Jeff Prosise has been speaking to INETA user groups since the very early days of INETA. Jeff is a very popular author, co-founder of Wintellect, and .NET guru. I'm looking forward to seeing Jeff at Devscovery in Atlanta this September.
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Video Info:
Length: 56sec
Size: 3.5MB
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Video - Jeff Julian and Jason Beres ( How INETA Academic works with Microsoft on the Imagine Cup competition)
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The buzz has been circulating about the Imagine Cup finals in São Paulo, Brazil from July 2nd to July 8th. Jeff is set to go. Amy is set to go. Scoble is jealous.
In this video clip, INETA Academic Committee co-chairs Jeff Julian and Jason Beres talk about what the Imagine Cup is, and how INETA Academic is involved with the Microsoft sponsored event. Jeff and Jason have been invited as judges to the event.
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Video Info:
Size: 6.7MB
Length: 1min 23sec
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Video - Brian Goldfarb - How Microsoft is listening to it's community..
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Is Microsoft listening to what the community has to say? You're darn right they are! Microsoft has come on strong with it's community relations over the last few years (in my opinion), and they really do want your feedback. In this video clip, Brian Goldfarb, a Product Manager for the Web Tools team talks to us about how Microsoft values the feedback from the community and how they are listening.
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Video Info:
Size: 8.5MB
Length: 2min 16sec
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Video - Jon Box - Advice for someone starting a user group
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If you know Jon Box, you know that he is a busy guy. Jon is an author, MVP, Regional Director, as well as mobility editor for .NET Developer's Journal.And as if all of that weren't enough, Jon is a member of the INETA Speaker Bureau as well as a founder and co-leader of the Memphis .NET User Group.
Jon is one of those unique individuals who has the user group perspective from both the speaker side and the leadership side. In this video clip, Jon offers some advice on what it takes to start a user group.
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Video Info:
Video Size: 6MB
Video Length: 56 sec.
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Video - Billy Hollis - His approach to technical presentations
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Have you ever considered presenting technical material in front of a user group? Well here is some advice from one of the best! Billy Hollis is a well known speaker at many Microsoft conferences. Billy is also an author (He had the first published book on VB.NET I believe), INETA Speaker Bureau member, Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, and Microsoft Software Legend. Billy is also a fellow Tennessean and a genuinely great guy.
In this video clip, Billy talks about his approach to presenting to user groups and how he tries to provide some content that appeals to a wide audience.
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(NOTE: This video was made before I bought my new equipment. The sound needs to be fixed, but I wanted to go ahead and share this clip with you.)
-Eric.
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Video - Rocky Lhotka - When it rains it pours....
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There is running joke in Chattanooga about knowing if there is a .NET user group meeting by looking up in the sky. During our user groups first year of operation, it seemed as if it rained nearly every time we had our monthly meeting. Sure, the weather might be beautiful for the next three and half weeks, but the clouds always rolled back in for the next meeting.
Last November, we were fortunate to have Rocky Lhotka come and present to our group. For this meeting though, the weather was particularly bad. It was one of the worst storms we had seen locally in quite some time. Oddly enough, despite the weather, we had one of the best turnouts that our group has seen. Here, Rocky tells his version of the story.
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And we would do it all over it again given the opportunity,
-Eric.
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Video - Chris Anderson talks about Channel9
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You've probably seen Chris before at some of the major Microsoft conferences, or on MSDN-TV. Chris and Don Box have done a couple of episodes of MSDN-TV together showing off Longhorn. First Episode | Christmas Special Episode
If haven't had a chance to check out Microsoft's new Channel9 community web site, you really should. The web site is full of great forums and videos that will give you a view into what is going on at Microsoft. You will find a new video posted on Channel9 with Chris talking about XAML.Go check it out!
Here, Chris shares a funny story about Channel9. I hope you enjoy it.
-Eric.
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Video - Lori Moore speaks on MVPs and shares a funny story
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I had the opportunity to talk meet Lori Moore and talk with her about the Microsoft community. We talked about Microsoft MVPs and some future plans for the MVP program. Lori also shared a good story about the Microsoft MVP Community banding together to save the MVP program.
I was also able to hear the same story in greater detail from long time MVP and Regional Director Thomas Lee when Julie and I went to check out the Presidential Suite at the Westin Seattle that Thomas was staying in. (That's another story altogether)
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I also met MS Corporate VP Rich Kaplan, and the funny thing about talking to Lori and Rich is that you feel very comfortable while doing so. They both seemed like 'down to earth' people who are passionate about Microsoft technologies.
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Video - Kent Sharkey unmasked and talking about MVPs
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For those of you out there who don't know who Kent Sharkey is, he is one of the content strategist for the ASP.NET web site at Microsoft. So if you have ever been to the MSDN web site, and followed the link to the ASP.NET web site then you've probably seen this picture of Kent:
Well here is Kent unmasked, and talking about the importance of Microsoft MVPs.
Thanks Kent, for shooting this footage with me, and reminding everyone of how much the community means to Microsoft.
-Eric.
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Forgotten footage.......
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While I was at the Microsoft MVP Summit, 2 fun and unique things occured:
#1. I was allowed to wonder around with my video equipment because I was shooting footage for the INETA Resource DVD.
#2. I ran into all kinds of Microsoft folks and was able to get their feedback and opinions on different topics on film.
Beginning today, I will start sharing some of these videos with you through my blog. As much as I talk about my love of the Microsoft community, I figured it was time to show you what the folks at Microsoft themselves had to say about it. So sit back, enjoy, and spread the community love....
-Eric.