The Story of Bill Gates - A very cool presentation:

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Microsoft will be presenting the following webcasts to our community:

- Connect with the Microsoft Dynamics Community
- The Windows 7 Advantage
- Finding and keeping the best talent

You can also find recorded sessions available for download on:

- A review of the digitalWPC from WPC09
- Building Sales Compensation Programs that Work
- How to use LinkedIn to grow your business
- Microsoft Matchmaker Program Review
- SEO/SEM basics for Microsoft Partners
- Google Adwords Optimization for Microsoft Partners

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).

Title:  digitalWPC Review Session – presented by the Microsoft WPC team
Date:  Wednesday, July 8th 2009 – 1pm EST
Cost:  FREE          

Who Should Attend:

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.

Building Sales Compensation Plans that Work!      

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.

This is a jam-packed session of field-proven sales strategies, management tools, and sales management concepts that have been implemented throughout North America.

Date: Wednesday, June 24th 2:00PM EST
Cost: $49

Presenter:
Ken Thoreson
President
Acumen Management Group

What you will learn….

Create programs that:

    * are in alignment with your strategic objectives
    * are cost justifiable and measurable
    * are blended to create individual or team incentives
    * increase the effectiveness of sales contests
    * are successfully rolled out

The Microsoft East Region Team has just announced the launch of their new 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.

We are honored to have one of the programs internal sponsors at Microsoft as our presenter.  Allison Dawson, the Regional Marketing Manager for the Microsoft East Region Dynamics team has offered to review the program with our community, and answer any questions that you might have.  I hope you can join us!

Title:   Microsoft Matchmaker Program Introduction - Partner to Partner Lead Sharing
Date:  Thursday, April 30, 2009
Time:  1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

PartnerPoint has partnered with the Microsoft® Students to Business (S2B) team again to drive awareness of their incredible service to our members. The Microsoft® Students to Business (S2B) team helps you locate qualified entry-level and internship candidates with Microsoft skills for your business.

Our next SEO Webcast has been scheduled, and the topic is Google Adwords Optimization for Microsoft Partners. Click HERE to learn more or to register.