Guest blogger Mike Hickman is Microsoft’s Director of Global Community Engagement, including the MVP Award. This has been a momentous year for the MVP community. We are poised to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the MVP Award and, as I look back on 2012, it serves to highlight the remarkable...

Guest blogger Mike Hickman is Microsoft’s director of Global Community Engagement, including the MVP Award. I’m in Brazil right now for the launch of Windows 8, surrounded by an enthusiastic MVP community. There are so many reasons that today—and this entire year—is an exciting time for all of us who...

In just a couple of weeks, Microsoft will open the doors of its Redmond campus to MVPs from around the globe for what is likely the largest community event in the world. More than 1,400 exceptional community leaders from 70 countries will be traveling to Microsoft’s world headquarters. They’re...

After seven years as a valuable leader in the MVP community, Community Engagement Director Nestor Portillo is moving on to a new role at Microsoft. Nestor’s passion for and expertise in community and social media will be put to good use as he takes on a new global leadership role within Microsoft’s...