MCM Keynote – I talked on Business Connectivity Services
| I returned early to San Antonio from DC, but I really enjoyed the SharePoint Best Practices Conference while I was there. The keynote “What Microsoft Certified Masters think about SharePoint 2010” increased awareness of the MCM program. I received a lot of questions from attendees who are interested in pursuing the certification. There is a nice write up on the keynote by John Anderson on the Bamboo Community Site. |
Thanks Mom!
During my BCS portion of the keynote, I thanked my mom for all she’s done for me. I got a lot of feedback about that. For example:
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The People
| The best part of a conference like this is the people. Rick Taylor, who spoke at SharePoint Saturday San Antonio last fall, sported an “I am the Best Practice” T-Shirt and great smile in the speaker lounge. I was flattered to have “Wonder Laura”, “The SharePoint Ninja”, Asif Rehmani and 2 other speakers attend my Mapping Mashups in SharePoint Designer Presentation. Asif’s name rhymes with Awesome and he gave away DVD’s from Sharepoint-Videos.com for correct answers to SharePoint Designer Trivia while my laptop rebooted 3 times before my first breakout session. I learned that Cathy Dew runs 3 User Groups and has been a part of 19 SharePoint Saturday Events. I also learned that Michael Doyle, aka SharePoint Ninja, had written a great follow up article to my mapping mashups series. He also attended our SharePoint Saturday last year. |
Hi Tom
Great to see the MCM getting such good publicity and awareness! It is still a little unknown for many people.
In terms of value for money, it’s the best value you will get per dollar spent on education in my experience.
Regards,
Rob Silver [MCM DS]
Rob,
Thanks for the comment! BPC was the best public display of the MCM program I’ve heard of to date.
I totally agree on the value of the program. Great to get feedback from someone who went through one of the other content rotations.
-Tom