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Microsoft UK Education Partner Community Launch Event

Join us for the launch of the Microsoft UK Education Partner Community on February 28th, 2011. The event will feature keynote speeches from industry leaders, including Vanessa Pittard from the DFE and Microsoft’s Steve Beswick, discussing education strategy and cloud innovations. Participants will have an opportunity to provide feedback, network with peers, and explore resources to enhance their educational offerings. Don't miss this chance to shape the future of education technology in the UK!

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Microsoft UK Education Partner Community Launch Event

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  1. Microsoft UK Education Partner Community Launch Event February 28th2011 ukedpart@microsoft.com

  2. Welcome 12.45 to 1.15: Registration 1.15 to 1.30: Introduction & Welcome – Mark Stewart & Helena Zaum 1.30 to 2.15: Keynote – Vanessa Pittard, Head of Technology Policy Unit, DFE 2.15 to 3.00: Steve Beswick – Microsoft Education Strategy 3.00 to 3.15: Break 3.15 to 4.15: Cloud Value Proposition - Case study, Cambridge University Press 4.15 to 5.30: Community Brief & Partner Feedback: What do you want from the Community? 5.30 to 6.30: Networking & Drinks

  3. The Community & What do you need? Mark Stewart - Partner Lead, Microsoft Education, UKHelena Zaum – Partner Account Manager, Microsoft Education, UK ukedpart@microsoft.com

  4. The “community” - just another “tax”?

  5. Why are we setting up the Community?

  6. What we envisage… Education Focused

  7. Resources https://partner.microsoft.com/ First stop for all partner related information, competencies, events, readiness etc. Don’t forget: Partner Technology Services – use your MPN benefits https://www.mseducommunity.com Great source of information about Edu products, technologies, Licsensing and products etc https://www.mseducommunity.com/uk MS UK Education Partner Community website – access by invitation only Partner of the month/case studies, event decks and detail

  8. MEPN Demo https://www.mseducommunity.com MEPN UK Site – Coming soon

  9. Quid pro quo

  10. Key Contacts within MS Education Steven Grier EDU Scotland Steve Beswick Edu Director Richard Green Helena Zaum & Mark Stewart Edu Partner Leads Chris Dent Sales Director Sean O’Shea North Schools EES & Licensing Bonami Meredith Richard Wilderspin HE Amanda Bicknell FE Mark Reynolds South

  11. Awaiting your feedback! Draft - Community Timetable February – June 2011 Activity Detail Jan Feb March April May June Events Audience: CEO/MD Launch Event Event 2 (12th April) Event 3 Deep Dives/Labs on key MS products and how partners can monetise these Audience: CTA/SD Office 365 18th April Azure CRM Online Cost Saving w MS Live Meetings/Q&A sessions on ‘hygiene’ topics. Audience: CTA/SD & Teams. MPN Live@ edu 28th March EES Networking dinners for key edu partners. Audience: CEO/MD 15 attendees TBD TBD GEPS Social Networking & Microsoft Education Partner Pages WPC July 10th – 14th Other activities & events BETT GEPS

  12. We’d like your feedback to shape the community… How would you like us to communicate with you about new product info? Challenges & opportunities of the Cloud – how can MS help? What would you like to hear about from MSUK@edu? Which external speakers would you like to hear from? Marketing – how could we better reach our audience? How would you like us to communicate with you about MS strategy updates ?

  13. Please don’t forget to fill out the questionnaire under your chair & hand in Coming Up… 28th March Live@edu Q&A Sessions (1 sales, 1 technical) 15.00 – 17.00 Live Meeting 12th April Next Community Meeting 13.00 – 18.30 Cardinal Place 18th April Office 365 for Education Demo, Briefing & Q&A 09.30 – 13.30 Thames Valley Park, Reading

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