Folks, Dr Bill Crounse our lead MD, will be in Australia for a series of customer meetings in February. Many of these meetings will focus specifically on the use of our collaboration tools in improving communication in Healthcare. We are using this opportunity to reach out to our broader Partner ecosystem, to give our UC partners an opportunity to learn more about the traction we are getting in Health and how you can leverage this momentum.
I have cut and pasted an email that you may or may not have received through our standard Partner distribution channels. It has all the details you need to register for this Live Meeting …..
Dear All,
As part of our ongoing focus to enable & support Microsoft UC Partners with the technical skills and business acumen needed to create services around Microsoft’s Unified Communications (UC) technologies, we are providing you with the following “Save The Date” information for the forthcoming UC Partner Update via Live Meeting on the 13th of February. This event is intended to support business planning and enable you to deliver more value with every Microsoft UC solution sale. During this briefing we will be discussing UC in Health, featuring special guest speaker Dr. Bill Crounse, Senior Director of Worldwide Health (MD) at Microsoft.
SAVE THE DATE
UC Partner Update
Friday, February 13, 2009
via Live Meeting
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm AEST
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this update is to help MSFT UC Partners understand how UC is being used in the healthcare industry and how Microsoft UC partners can add further value to their UC sales opportunities. This UC Partner update will focus on:
· Learn how healthcare organisations are streamlining collaboration and communication between clinical and caregiver teams.
· To provide the latest information from around the world, we’ve invited Microsoft Senior Director of Worldwide Health Dr Bill Crounse (MD) from the US to join this special (one meeting only) discussion with our UC partners
About Dr Bill Crounse
Dr Bill Crounse (MD) , was medical doctor who practiced medicine and held medical executive positions in Seattle for 20 years prior to joining Microsoft. Dr Crounse is a thought leader, visionary and strategist. As Microsoft’s Senior Director, Worldwide Health he provides a compelling look at how caregiver collaboration technologies are being used in healthcare to improve patient care quality and safety, as well as satisfaction to care providers.
REGISTRATION:
To register for this meeting:
· Please send a single email to Harold Melnick (Haroldm@microsoft.com) with the email addresses of attendees from your organisation who will attend via Live Meeting. A confirmation email will be sent (with the Live Meeting details) once your registration is confirmed.
ACTION:
· Send a single email to Harold Melnick (Haroldm@microsoft.com) with the email addresses of attendees from your organisation who will attend via Live Meeting.
· Complete your registration by Tuesday, February 3, 2009.
PLEASE NOTE:
· Registration for this event is available to UC Certified Partners only - customers may not attend this meeting. Registration must be completed by Tuesday, February 3rd. You will receive a confirmation email (with Live Meeting details) when your registration is confirmed. Dr. Crounse will speak exclusively with Australian UC Certified Partners during this briefing.
· Dr. Crounse will also be speaking in Australia at a number of Microsoft Healthcare events during February. We request that UC partners do not register/attend the public Healthcare events due to very limited seating. Healthcare customers are invited to register and attend the public events. For more information and to access the free invite for Healthcare customers please visit:
https://www.microsoft.com.au/events/register/home.aspx?levent=282890&linvitation
For questions about the Partner Update please contact Harold Melnick
For questions on Partner Recruitment please contact Craig Meiring
Thank you,
The Microsoft UC Team