What’s on at the Microsoft WWPC Small Business Symposium
For those fortunate enough to be getting along to the Microsoft World Partner Conference next week in Boston then I hope you will be taking time to pop along to the Small Business Symposium on Monday 10th July. Apart from my presentation with Tom and Mark, there are so many reasons for you to attend and soak up the atmosphere and knowledge.
The agenda for the day is pretty packed and starts at 8:30 (after breakfast of course!)
8:45 kicks off with ‘StartupNation’s Tips to Succeed’ by the Sloan Brothers with Steven D. Strauss presenting on ‘Three Business-Changing Trends’ straight after at half nine. Ernan Roman takes the session after morning break to talk to you about the ‘Best Strategies for Selling to Small Businesses’ with a Q&A session from the morning’s speakers to take us up to lunch and peer networking.
Track One begins at 1pm and this is where you can catch the first session of Harry’s presentation on ‘Building and Growing a Small Business Consulting Practice’.
Track One (you can only choose one from each half day)
AM
- ‘Building and Growing a Small Business Consulting Practice’: Harry Brelsford
- ‘Small Business Solution Selling’: Steve Winfield and Jason Mailloux
- ‘Customer Relationship Management: Becoming a Small Business Trusted Advisor’: Arlin Sorenson
- ‘Finding your Small Business Niche’: Curtis Hicks
PM
- ‘Driving Profitability and Customer Retention through Managed Services’: Chris Rue, Amy Luby, Karl Palachuk (Moderator is Christopher Goebel)
- ‘New Business Opportunities with Windows Vista(TM) Business Edition and Microsoft Office Small Business 2007′
- ‘Partner Profitability Panel with IDC and Windows(R) Small Business Server Partners’
- ‘Microsoft Dynamics(TM) Cutomers for Life’
Track Two (again, only choose one!)
AM
- ‘Building and growing a Small Business Consulting Practice’: Harry Brelsford
- ‘Small Business Solution Selling’: Steve Winfield and Jason Mailloux
- ‘Partner Power - Harness your Potentional within the Small Business Specialist Community’: Tom, Mark, and I (Moderator is Robbie Upcroft)!!
- ‘Hiring and Managing a Small Business-Savvy Staff’: Tim Loney
PM
- ‘Driving Profitability and Customer Retention through Managed Services’: Chris Rue, Amy Luby, Karl Palachuk
- ‘New Business Opportunities with Windows Vista(TM) Business Edition and Microsoft Office Small Business 2007′
- ‘Anytime. Anywhere. Mobility for Small Business’
- ‘Driving Service Revenue on the Microsoft Office Live Platform’
Beatrice will also be taking a 70-282 exam cram course so there is plenty for you to do!
Last, but by no means least, David Overton from Microsoft UK will also be presenting!
The whole day wraps up at 6:00 and is followed by the launch of the SMB Partner Community Magazine!
Make sure you come and say ‘hello’ if you are there!
Say Hi to Susanne!…
You in Boston? You reading this blog? I want you to make a point to go say Hi to Susanne……
Thank you Vlad……
Okay I will fully admit this…. I “guilted” Vlad into this post….I told him after all the hard time……
[…] With a few days in I’ve not managed to get any PTS-TV footage but met a lot of people at Microsoft UK welcome reception last night that I plan to get on camera -that means you Susanne!. With just over 24 hours til my session on Selling the Stack I’m off to do a quick rehearsal and tech check for that. […]