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Summit ‘09 – CRM MVP Pics

There are some groups of people you put up with ‘cuz you’re paid too or are stuck with them. Bank staffs, surely wait staffs, oblivious teams at work… I think they have to know who they are and they can’t be happy. And then there are the groups of peeps Read More...

Posted Friday, March 20, 2009 8:57 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Community, conference, MVP, Summit

New CRM Freebies announced at Convergence 2009

Can you tell I wish I was at Convergence this year? ZDnet: Microsoft touts new CRM Freebies Microsoft is making new CRM services and add-ons for free to appeal to business users hurting from the worldwide recession, according to company officials. Microsoft Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 12, 2009 9:31 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: conference, Convergence, Accelerator

The Microsoft MVP Summit - 2009

What a stellar event this was this year. We had a good turnout both of attendees and presenters. The presentations spanned the CRM team from India to the US, from on-premise to online, and was for users to implementers. I really enjoy meeting the CRM Read More...

Posted Friday, March 06, 2009 10:20 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: conference, MVP

Convergence 2009 - New Orleans

6 REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO ATTEND CONVERGENCE 2009 Why Management Should Let You Go In today’s difficult economic environment, there has never been more value in attending Convergence. This year is geared toward helping attendees leverage their Microsoft Read More...

Posted Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:10 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: conference, Announcement, Convergence

Worlds Coolest Virtual Earth 3D Viewer... So Far

For anyone who was at the Show Off event at PDC 2008 this week you would have seen this. If you weren’t I would definitely check out this short video showing the best Virtual Earth Viewer I’ve ever seen. Somewhere in my past as a Major in the Corps of Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:54 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: conference, video, PDC, Virtual Earth

Microsoft's Cloud Computing Strategy

The Seattle Times has a very interesting article today titled, " Details about Microsoft's cloud computing expected at conference ." By conference they are referring to the Professional Developers Conference ( PDC ) in Los Angeles this week. Indeed many Read More...

Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 8:32 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: conference, Hotmail, Cloud computing, SkyDrive

CRM MVP Conference Redux

Ronald Lemmen found some pictures on his camera from this year's Global MVP Conference in Redmond. The first one is of my band the Dissonance: This picture clearly shows Curtis Spanburgh in his first guitar gig in the Seattle area. We now have proof. Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:59 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music, conference, MVP

Professional Developers Conference 2008

Is it too early to start talking about what is looking to be a really good PDC ? The keynotes and events scheduled will be very interesting and venue compelling. Here's some cherry-picking from my viewpoint. Chris Anderson and Don Box will be delivering Read More...

Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 9:13 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Community, conference, Partner, PDC

PDC2008: Early Bird Discount Available

The Professional Developers Conference starts on 26 October this year. Not only does Content Owner Mike Swanson issue his PDC Hard Hat Geek Challenge in the form of a poem this week (be the first to figure it out and win a limited edition PDC2008 shirt), Read More...

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:35 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: conference, Announcement, PDC

WPC Gang in Houston

Houston is hot and muggy. The cabbies are rude but the food is excellent. More importantly, the Worldwide Partner Conference has turned out to be a stellar event. Here's the gang who worked in the Expo Hall and the Community Lounge: There were more Dynamics Read More...

Posted Friday, July 11, 2008 8:40 AM by Jim Glass | 0 Comments

Filed under: Community, conference, WPC

Worldwide Partner Conference 2008

Yup, I'm headed to sunny Houston for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference with a small contingent of CRM folks the second week of July. More information about the Worldwide Partner Conference is available on the virtual event site: Digital WPC Visitors Read More...

Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 11:21 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Community, conference, Announcement

CRM MVPs Rock the Microsoft soft campus

As mentioned in Friday's blog , the CRM MVPs visited our fair city and the Microsoft campus. These folks travel from all over the world to participate in a week-long Microsoft MVP Global Summit each year. This year we had folks from Spain, Australia, Read More...

Posted Monday, April 21, 2008 1:04 PM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: conference, MVP

CRM MVPs Visit Rainy Emerald City

The Microsoft Global Summit met this week and that is one of my favorite events in any given year. It is the CRM team's chance to wine and dine those great people who make up the finest MVP team at Microsoft. These people are stellar both technically Read More...

Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 12:51 PM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music, conference, MVP

Convergence 2008 Blogs

Ah, the Convergence 2008 blogging has begun. Once you register for Convergence 2008 you are given the opportunity to add your blog to the blog roll. Then you can subscribe to the RSS stream and see what your peers and fellow convergence attendees are Read More...

Posted Friday, January 18, 2008 8:50 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: conference, CRM 4.0

Microsoft Office Dev Conference 2008

ODC 2008 is the premier event for Microsoft Office and SharePoint developers, bringing together architects, developers, industry technical experts, Microsoft insiders, and key partners to redefine what it means to build on the Office system. It's in San Read More...

Posted Monday, December 24, 2007 8:38 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Filed under: Community, Collaboration, conference, Office