DevReach: INETA - Voice of the .NET Community!

INETA: Voice of the .NET Community!
Tomislav Bronzin
Microsoft MVP & Microsoft Regional Director
INETA Vice President Community Activities

About Tomislav Bronzin
INETAEurope Vice President Community Activities http://europe.ineta.org
Leader of Microsoft Community in Croatia
Software Architect – CITUS d.o.o.
Consultant and trainer on .NET migration and design
Recent projects:
Croatian Forests, Smarthome, Protect@Work, Competence Manager
Speaker:TechEd Europe, WinDays, Sinergija, NT Konferenca, Vizija, DevDays
Contact at tomislav.bronzin@ineta-europe.org

What are User Groups?
Wesee User Groups (UG’s):
As central place for meeting people that have similar interests, goals and concerns
Sometimespeople live in the same geographical area
OtherUG’s distributed throughout the world
SomeUG’s are devoted to a particular technology, other to one product of specific company sometimes called “special interest group”
http://whatis.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid9_gci881409,00.html

How to start User Group?
Frequent question
No one unique answer
Everyone of you have his/her answer
Ouris: put a lot of effort, be persistent and find a peoplethat will help you!
Call for you to get involved:
Share your experience with Community
Publish your best practices/checklists
Help UG to get attention/awareness of local Microsoft Office
Tell them to join global UG organizations like INETA

How Microsoft MVP’s can help?
Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals
Already commiting their knowledge, time and experience to the Community!
MVP’s are:
Speakers
Trainers
Community influencers
Authoriteies in applying technology
Have organization skils

INETA Europe
International .NET Association
http://europe.ineta.org

Value Proposition
Audience in Europe
Quality and Diversity of Reach
Geographical / Technology areas / Credibility
October 2009
384User Groups / ~130.640 developers
November2008
January 2008
June 2006
222 User Groups / ~60.000 developers

INETA Europe Goals
Community satisfaction
Delivering value to Community
Effective volunteer contribution
Direct voice from Community to Microsoft
Enhance organization
Increase WW interaction

INETA Europe Board
Damir Tomicic, President
Tomislav Bronzin, VP Community Activities
André Obelink, VP Speakers Bureau
Sander Gerz, VP Technology
Jose Luis Latorre Millas, VP Sponsorship & Events
Miquel Lopez, VP Marketing
Dobriša Adamec, VP Membership
Mathias Raacke, VP Academic Relations
Christian Nagel, VP Finance
http://europe.ineta.org

INETA CE Europe Country Leaders
INETA exists in following CEE Countries:

Damir Dizdarevic, Bosnia & Herzeg.
BranimirGiurov, Bulgaria
Bernard Ktic, Croatia
George Capnias, Greece
MarekLints, Estonia
Daniel Joskovski, FYR Macedonia
AurelianPopa, Romania
Ivan Pavlovic, Serbia
Miha Markic, Slovenia
….
FYR Macedonia
Malta
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Ukraine
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Grecee
Hungary
Latvia

Speakers Bureau
User Group events - heart of community
Speakers are very important
INETA provide the UG’swith best (preferable local)
He/she is transmitting his/her enthusiasm and knowledge to the attendees
Opportunity:
Help to create local Speakers Bureau
Nominate speakers for global Speakers Bureau that are willing to speak for User Groups
Contact: andre.obelink@ineta-europe.org

Community Activities - summary
TechEd Developers (November)
Community CodeCamps
Technology Contests (EU Silverlight Competition)
INETA Europe Newsletter
Community Launch:
Visual Studio
Windows Server
SQL Server
Contact: tomislav.bronzin@ineta-europe.org

Community CodeCamps
By and For the Developer Community
Always Free
Community Developed Material
No Fluff only Code
Community Ownership
Never occur during work hours

Calendar ofCodeCamps
INETA UG’s are organizing CodeCamps in:
FYR Macedonia, June 09, http://tinyurl.com/pqkymx
Croatia, June 09, http://kulendayz.mscommunity.net
Poland, October 09, http://codecamp.pl/en/Homepage.aspx
Spain, October 09
Romania , October 09
Serbia, October 09

Technology Contests
On national (country) and regional level
Example: Vista Gadget, WPF, Silverlight
ANNOUNCEMENT:
1. phase - on Country level
Country Leaders – appoint people that will execute
Need to find Sponsors / INETA can help but they should
Use of local resources/Microsoft Office
2. phase – on European level
Executed by volunteers and managed by INETA Europe Board
Contact: JoseLuis.Latorre@ineta-europe.org

TechEd Europe (November)
INETA will have Booth in Community Area
BOF
Speaker Idol Contest
INETA supports
For new speakers!
English only
Contestant are required to record presentation and send it to jury / get elected / win prizes and recognition
Call for action: Mentor and encourage people from your Community to apply and compete – valuable local resource!

CALL FOR ACTION
Help start User Group where is needed
Help them join global organization like INETA or Culminus
INETA Contact: dobrisa.adamec@ineta-europe.org
Nominate others (or yourself) for :
INETA Country Leader (direct contact with Board)
INETA Volunteer
Reference:
Interviewwith INETA VP’s: What INETA is?
http://europe.ineta.org/interview/default.html

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