Coming Up...... Loadfests
I caught up with Luisa Pagliarini who works in the Partner Team, looking after Partner Readiness and Internal Communications.
She asked me to blog about a project she's currently working on called Loadfests - so I thought it would be a great opportunity to quiz her about what exactly Loadfests are and what else she's got in the works for Partners.
So, Luisa, great to have you here, I know you do a lot of work on the upcoming Loadfests, they sound interesting, what exactly are they? A Loadfest Event creates the environment where partners can come in and load their PC’s with Vista and Office (using their own Volume License keys) in the company of our Microsoft Partner Technology Specialists (PTS).
What type of Partners would be interested in Loading and Festing? Loadfest is exclusive for Action Pack subscribers, Gold and Certified Partners. Anyone ITDM who hasn’t deployed Vista or Office 2007 on their PC should attend Loadfest as it will allow them to ask any technical questions to our PTS’s.
What else do you do at Microsoft? I work on all ISV communications, internal partner communications, and I have also just taken on board Microsoft Learning communications, and readiness communications.
What gets you out of bed in the morning? Steven my boyfriend giving me a wake-up phone :-)
How do you filter the Microsoft jargon to talk real speak to partners? It is very hard because we use so many acronyms internally – but it is like I have a little acronym conscience that rings in my ear, so if I accidentally talk an MS (oops I mean Microsoft) jargon, then the little conscience automatically corrects and out comes ‘real language’.
If you were a superhero, who would you be? Well she isn't really a super hero – but Hermione from Harry Potter.
What do you like most about working in the partner organization within Microsoft? There is a great culture and vibe here within the partner team. Everyone works hard and works together to achieving goals. It is so nice to come to work and know that no matter how much work is on we can all manage to smile and have a laugh.
