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We are constantly on the lookout for specific topics and speakers that we believe will add some value to our members, and deliver this customized content to our community thru weekly webcasts.  Some are free, and some we have to charge for depending on the situation, but both are designed to serve the same purpose:  to help you grow your business.

 
Upcoming Webcasts

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Finding and Keeping the Best Talent
By Philip DesAutels, Director of Academic Evangelism, Microsoft
Tuesday Sept. 1st @ 1:00PM EST

Finding and keeping good talent is a challenge for any company. Join us for some new insights and ideas for:

  • Appealing to the next generation of talent
  • Finding the most innovative talent
  • Getting the most from interns and new graduates
 
FREE

Office Futures demo
By Chris Ertz, Technology Presenter, Microsoft
Tuesday Sept. 15st @ 1:00PM EST

 
FREE

Hold the date!

Finding and Keeping the Best Talent
By Philip DesAutels, Director of Academic Evangelism, Microsoft
Tuesday Sept. 1st @ 1:00PM EST

Finding and keeping good talent is a challenge for any company. Join us for some new insights and ideas for:

  • Appealing to the next generation of talent
  • Finding the most innovative talent
  • Getting the most from interns and new graduates
 
FREE

Office Futures demo
By Chris Ertz, Technology Presenter, Microsoft
Tuesday Sept. 15st @ 1:00PM EST

 
FREE

 
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PartnerPoint will refund your payment in full should you be unable to attend the event, or are unhappy with the event for any reason.

 
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You can gain access to the recordings of previous events here:

The Windows 7 Advantage: 
Line of Business Applications, Challenges, Opportunities, and Features

By Gunther Lenz, ISV Architect Evangelist, Microsoft
Tuesday, Aug. 25th @1:00pm EST

Now is the time to start leveraging the new Windows 7 features for your competitive advantage.  In this webcast Gunther Lenz will discuss the new features in Windows 7 and its opportunities for line of business (LoB) applications. Gunther will explore the challenges you might be facing evolving your applications to try to leverage the Windows 7 features and application compatibility. Furthermore, he will introduce you to the Windows 7 Logo program and the process to get your Windows application Logo certified.

Link to Recorded Webcast:
http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/win7 webcast.wmv

Link to Presentation Slide Deck:
http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/win7 deck.pptx

 FREE

Connect with the Microsoft Dynamics Partner Community Team

By Kevin Machayya, Partner Marketing Manager, Microsoft

We've formed a new team and are building a new community in response to the many requests we've received from Microsoft Dynamics partners like you. The new Microsoft Dynamics Partner Community has been created to help you more effectively market, sell, and service your clients, successfully building your Microsoft Dynamics business and increasing your profitability. We firmly believe in the mantra: "no partner left behind." The Microsoft Dynamics Partner Community will nurture and support your businesses in a programmatic way. While the Community Team's primary audience is unmanaged and new partners, PAM managed partners will find most of the content valuable to their organizations as well.

Just Added:
The Microsoft User Research team is looking for volunteers to evaluate the Microsoft Dynamics' product line and we will are adding the Microsoft Research team to the presentation list for this Webcast as well. So, if you'd like to get better connected with the Microsoft Dynamics Partner Team, OR you would like to volunteer for Micorosoft Dynamics User testing, please join us!

Link to Recorded Webcast:
http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/connect with the dynamics team.wmv

Link to Connect with the Dynamics Community Team Deck:
http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/dynamics community deck.pptx

Link to the Microsoft Research User Experience Deck:
http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/dynamics UX deck.pptx

 

 FREE


WPC09 - Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference - digitalWPC Review


It’s almost time for the WPC and Microsoft wants to make sure our community gets the most out of this year’s event.  Join fellow PartnerPoint members for a short but informative webcast review of all of the newly added digital and social experiences available in this year’s event, which include Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, and social media integration with Digital WPC (www.digitalWPC.com).
     
Who Should Watch:

Whether you able to attend the WPC09 event or not, this webcast can be useful.  If you are attending the WPC this year, it will help you get more out of your time by showing you how to leverage digitalWPC before, during, and after the in-person events.  And, if you are not able to attend this year, this webcast will help you benefit from the event through digitalWPC, giving you access to real-time information and the ability to collaborate online with other partners and MSFT employees around event topics.

Presenters:
Paul Sogge
Senior Editor
Partner Digital Marketing
Microsoft

Charl Pearce
SMS&P Product Manager
Microsoft

Watch the Recorded Session HERE

Download Slide Deck HERE

 

 FREE


Building Sales Compensation Plans that Work!

By Ken Thoreson, Acumen Mgt. Group, Ltd.

The purpose of this session is to prepare executives and sales leaders with the understanding and tools to build a high performance sales organization. The webcast will cover creating compensations plans that work for managed services, professional services and product offerings, how do they all work together?  Learn why sales management fails and why it succeeds in Partner organizations..

http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/salescompwebcast.wmv

FREE


How to use LinkedIn to grow your Microsoft Practice- Recorded Webcast

By Jan Vermeiren, author of “How to REALLY use LinkedIn”

This webcast was with Jan Vermeiren, author of “How to REALLY use LinkedIn”.  Jan presented to our group on the topic of How to use LinkedIn to grow your Microsoft Practice, and showed us ways that Microsoft Partners can use LinkedIn as a productive part of your overall Sales and Marketing strategy.


Microsoft Matchmaker Program - Partner 2 Partner Lead Sharing - Recorded Webcast

We recently held a member webcast with Allison Dawson from the Microsoft team announcing the new Microsoft MatchMaker program.  It is an exciting new program that we have been following closely, and allows partners to safely share opportunities they come across while working with their customers that might be outside of their competency, and in return receive new opportunities from other complimentary partners. 

Deck:           http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/matchmaker_deck.pdf

Webcast:    http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/matchmaker_webcast.wmv

 FREE

 

SEO/SEM Basics for Microsoft Partners - Recorded Webcast

Generate more traffic to your site without spending another dime on advertising. During this short, concise class you will get actionable information that you can apply immediately to your existing website. The methods taught in this class have been proven effective in thousands of online campaigns.

Learn advanced SEO methods that incorporate all the latest changes in the Google algorithm.   SEO is simple when you know exactly what to do.   Find out what makes the NYTimes.com, Wikipedia.com and Amazon.com the best-optimized sites on the web.  Find out why blogs do so well on the web and how to mimic inherent blog performance without a blog.  Learn how to read your own log files to look for keywords that are driving traffic to your site.

 

Google Adwords Optimization for Microsoft Partners - Recorded Webcast

This webcast is on Google Adwords Optimization, and teaches methods that incorporate all the latest changes in the Google Quality Score algorithm.   Find out what the pros do to increase click-through rates.  Find out why it's so important to never let Google ration your ads.  Learn how to bid for lower positions on the page that generate leads at a much lower cost than the top two positions.

You can gain access to the recordings of previous events here:

The Windows 7 Advantage: 
Line of Business Applications, Challenges, Opportunities, and Features

By Gunther Lenz, ISV Architect Evangelist, Microsoft
Tuesday, Aug. 25th @1:00pm EST

Now is the time to start leveraging the new Windows 7 features for your competitive advantage.  In this webcast Gunther Lenz will discuss the new features in Windows 7 and its opportunities for line of business (LoB) applications. Gunther will explore the challenges you might be facing evolving your applications to try to leverage the Windows 7 features and application compatibility. Furthermore, he will introduce you to the Windows 7 Logo program and the process to get your Windows application Logo certified.

Link to Recorded Webcast:
http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/win7 webcast.wmv

Link to Presentation Slide Deck:
http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/win7 deck.pptx

 FREE

Connect with the Microsoft Dynamics Partner Community Team

By Kevin Machayya, Partner Marketing Manager, Microsoft

We've formed a new team and are building a new community in response to the many requests we've received from Microsoft Dynamics partners like you. The new Microsoft Dynamics Partner Community has been created to help you more effectively market, sell, and service your clients, successfully building your Microsoft Dynamics business and increasing your profitability. We firmly believe in the mantra: "no partner left behind." The Microsoft Dynamics Partner Community will nurture and support your businesses in a programmatic way. While the Community Team's primary audience is unmanaged and new partners, PAM managed partners will find most of the content valuable to their organizations as well.

Just Added:
The Microsoft User Research team is looking for volunteers to evaluate the Microsoft Dynamics' product line and we will are adding the Microsoft Research team to the presentation list for this Webcast as well. So, if you'd like to get better connected with the Microsoft Dynamics Partner Team, OR you would like to volunteer for Micorosoft Dynamics User testing, please join us!

Link to Recorded Webcast:
http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/connect with the dynamics team.wmv

Link to Connect with the Dynamics Community Team Deck:
http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/dynamics community deck.pptx

Link to the Microsoft Research User Experience Deck:
http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/dynamics UX deck.pptx

 

 FREE


WPC09 - Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference - digitalWPC Review


It’s almost time for the WPC and Microsoft wants to make sure our community gets the most out of this year’s event.  Join fellow PartnerPoint members for a short but informative webcast review of all of the newly added digital and social experiences available in this year’s event, which include Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, and social media integration with Digital WPC (www.digitalWPC.com).
     
Who Should Watch:

Whether you able to attend the WPC09 event or not, this webcast can be useful.  If you are attending the WPC this year, it will help you get more out of your time by showing you how to leverage digitalWPC before, during, and after the in-person events.  And, if you are not able to attend this year, this webcast will help you benefit from the event through digitalWPC, giving you access to real-time information and the ability to collaborate online with other partners and MSFT employees around event topics.

Presenters:
Paul Sogge
Senior Editor
Partner Digital Marketing
Microsoft

Charl Pearce
SMS&P Product Manager
Microsoft

Watch the Recorded Session HERE

Download Slide Deck HERE

 

 FREE


Building Sales Compensation Plans that Work!

By Ken Thoreson, Acumen Mgt. Group, Ltd.

The purpose of this session is to prepare executives and sales leaders with the understanding and tools to build a high performance sales organization. The webcast will cover creating compensations plans that work for managed services, professional services and product offerings, how do they all work together?  Learn why sales management fails and why it succeeds in Partner organizations..

http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/salescompwebcast.wmv

FREE


How to use LinkedIn to grow your Microsoft Practice- Recorded Webcast

By Jan Vermeiren, author of “How to REALLY use LinkedIn”

This webcast was with Jan Vermeiren, author of “How to REALLY use LinkedIn”.  Jan presented to our group on the topic of How to use LinkedIn to grow your Microsoft Practice, and showed us ways that Microsoft Partners can use LinkedIn as a productive part of your overall Sales and Marketing strategy.


Microsoft Matchmaker Program - Partner 2 Partner Lead Sharing - Recorded Webcast

We recently held a member webcast with Allison Dawson from the Microsoft team announcing the new Microsoft MatchMaker program.  It is an exciting new program that we have been following closely, and allows partners to safely share opportunities they come across while working with their customers that might be outside of their competency, and in return receive new opportunities from other complimentary partners. 

Deck:           http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/matchmaker_deck.pdf

Webcast:    http://www.partnerpoint.com/portals/0/docs/matchmaker_webcast.wmv

 FREE

 

SEO/SEM Basics for Microsoft Partners - Recorded Webcast

Generate more traffic to your site without spending another dime on advertising. During this short, concise class you will get actionable information that you can apply immediately to your existing website. The methods taught in this class have been proven effective in thousands of online campaigns.

Learn advanced SEO methods that incorporate all the latest changes in the Google algorithm.   SEO is simple when you know exactly what to do.   Find out what makes the NYTimes.com, Wikipedia.com and Amazon.com the best-optimized sites on the web.  Find out why blogs do so well on the web and how to mimic inherent blog performance without a blog.  Learn how to read your own log files to look for keywords that are driving traffic to your site.

 

Google Adwords Optimization for Microsoft Partners - Recorded Webcast

This webcast is on Google Adwords Optimization, and teaches methods that incorporate all the latest changes in the Google Quality Score algorithm.   Find out what the pros do to increase click-through rates.  Find out why it's so important to never let Google ration your ads.  Learn how to bid for lower positions on the page that generate leads at a much lower cost than the top two positions.

 

 

 

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