So you’ve been reading my posts on here about Microsoft roadshows for years now… and the fun is coming to UK: Microsoft SBSC crew is going on the road. They have three shows lined up in February:
Microsoft Thame Valley Park on Thursday, February 1st
Edinburgh on Tuesday, February 6th (sold out, waitlist)
Manchester on Wednesday, February 7th
You can register (do it now, as you can tell one is already sold out) here for them and join about 300 others that already have. I’ve sort of been privvy to the planning of this event so suffice to say you have to be here and you have to show in force. The more interest partners show in these venues the more likely you are to see them repeated in the future so here is the basic agenda:
8.30am – Registration
9.00am – Welcome & Small Business Specialist Community Update
9.25am – Opportunities for partners in the SMB space
9.50am – Keynote (Scott Dodds in TVP, Steve Haddock in Edinburgh & Manchester)
10.20am – Q&A with Executive Panel
11.00am – Break
11.30am – EVO update for small business
12.15pm – New Products update including OfficeLive & AdCentre
1.00pm – Lunch
2.00pm – Partner-to-partner sessions
3.30pm – Break
4.00pm – Partner-to-partner sessions
5.30pm – Drinks & Networking
Susanne Dansey is supporting this event in a big way and has organized a social pre-event. This is a completely unrelated event but if you would like a girl to drink you under the table meet your peers in a more relaxing atmosphere I suggest you get in touch with her immediately. Having seen Susanne pack the smallest bar in Boston and leave it with two hours worth of country music on the jukebox organize community events before I’d say this is prehaps critical to you enjoying the event — it’s always nice going into these symposiums knowing your peers, coleagues and being able to discuss the business without doing it the same hour you met them.
Since this is your first big outing in UK I’ll write some guidelines for it later but register for it first, then contact Susanne and clear your calendar. Here is the semi-official pitch:
This SBSC exclusive roadshow will tour three venues. Rather than just having a bunch of Microsoft speakers, the whole second half of each event in each city will be dedicated to hearing from successful small business partners from across the UK; sharing their secrets on things such as “How I market my company”, “Changing to a managed services business” & “How to work with your local small business infrastructure.” – very much the partner community at work!
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