{"id":6153,"date":"2013-07-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/2013\/07\/18\/microsoft-worldwide-partners-conference\/"},"modified":"2021-01-04T13:33:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T13:33:17","slug":"microsoft-worldwide-partners-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/2013\/07\/18\/microsoft-worldwide-partners-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the opportunity to attend the Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference in Houston, Texas July 7-11. The theme of the conference this year was &#8216;Accelerating growth. Together&#8217;. The 5 day conference is one of the largest partner conferences in the tech industry with over 16,000 attendees from over 160 countries.<\/p>\n<p>For more a full list of sessions and keynotes please visit this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalwpc.com\/WPC2013\/Pages\/WPC2013#fbid=IIql_z5ZPEE\"> www.digitalwpc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The core topics the conference focused on include Cloud, Big Data, Devices and Mobility, and Enterprise Social.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wpc_2013_250x250.jpg\" alt=\"wpc_2013\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The top sessions identified by Microsoft included:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Business Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Converting strategy into revenue: a workshop to help leaders address this critical challenge &#8211; Shaun Fr\u00f6hlich<\/li>\n<li>Faster, Higher, Stronger:\u00a0 Understanding The Drivers of Profitable Cloud Partners &#8211; Darren Bibby<\/li>\n<li>Lead the enterprise social revolution: how to drive sustainable adoption &#8211; \u200bDux Raymond Sy Emerging Leaders<\/li>\n<li>Effective Storytelling for Maximum Reach and Influence &#8211; Jill Giacomoni &amp; Steve Clayton<\/li>\n<li>Maximize your personal brand &#8211; Dux Raymond Sy &amp; Ray Rasmussen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Enterprise<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Successfully Navigating Microsoft &#8211; Jason Krech<\/li>\n<li>Hosting &amp; Cloud Service Providers<br \/>\nHow hosting service providers can use effective marketing to increase their customer acquisitions and profits &#8211; Ted Eisele &amp; Victoria Magaz<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft&#8217;s cloud vision for hosting partners &#8211; Eugene Saburi, Julia White &amp; Marco Limena<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Microsoft Dynamics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft Dynamics for Retail SMB: partner-ready SMB retail &#8211; Melissa Stern<\/li>\n<li>The future of retail is here today with Microsoft Dynamics for Retail &#8211; Ashvin Mathew &amp; Michael Griffiths<\/li>\n<li>College recruiting is key to your future success: Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance can help &#8211; Katie Hasbargen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sales and Marketing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Presenting at C-level: how to close the deal with CxOs &#8211; Dave\u00a0 Underhill<\/li>\n<li>The top three strategies for more profitable negotiation &#8211; Ron D&#8217;Andrea<\/li>\n<li>Growing your business faster than the competition in the new era of cloud computing &#8211; Per Werngren &amp; Richard Dorfman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Server and Cloud<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intelligent systems and Windows Embedded technology: devices and services offerings in the retail industry &#8211; Jeff Wettlaufer &amp; Karen Roberts<\/li>\n<li>How to win with Big Data &#8211; Eron Kelly<\/li>\n<li>Differentiate and win with the Microsoft cloud platform &#8211; Takeshi Numoto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The new Office<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Making Money with the new Office in Enterprise Accounts &#8211; Andres Caldera, Chris Hutton &amp; Doug McCutcheon<\/li>\n<li>Selling the new Office in SMB &#8211; Elaine Sher<\/li>\n<li>How to Beat Google with Office 365 &#8211; John Donahue &amp; John Westworth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>U.S. Subsidiary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beyond the breakeven: building a successful U.S. cloud business &#8211; Kenneth Lince, Mike Chan &amp; Paul Spencer<\/li>\n<li>Delivering solutions and driving revenue with enterprise social in the U.S. &#8211; Amanda Arch &amp; Margaret Loosemore<\/li>\n<li>Game changers in the U.S.: go mobile &#8211; Suzanne Calabro<\/li>\n<li>Winning and growing in the U.S. SMB relationship era &#8211; Cindy Bates &amp; David Nour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Windows Client<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Here, take my money&#8221;: all of the Windows campaigns for FY14 explained &#8211; Jay Paulus<\/li>\n<li>Getting off Windows XP in 30 minutes or less &#8211; Stephen Rose<\/li>\n<li>How to pitch Windows 8 to reluctant\u00a0 enterprises &#8211; Pieter Uittenbogaard<\/li>\n<li>How to talk to customers about Windows 8 devices &#8211; Arthur Lesne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of the highlights for me personally was that I was able to visit with the Sitecore team. During the conference Sitecore held an evening Partner Appreciation Party in which I was able to meet the USA sales team for Sitecore. It was great to learn more about their latest Sitecore 7 release.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gpi-sitecore_668x494.jpg\" alt=\"GPI-Sitecore\" width=\"668\" height=\"494\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Globalization Partners International has extensive experience with website localization and is a Sitecore partner ( <a href=\"https:\/\/www.translationplugin.com\/index.php\/sitecore-translation\/\"> Sitecore Translation Connector<\/a>).\u00a0 Sitecore is a great CMS to author and publish multilingual websites. You can check out a series of blogs we have written on topic at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sitecore-and-the-gpi-translation-services-connector\/\">Sitecore and the GPI Translation Services Connector<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/set-up-and-management-of-multilingual-websites-in-sitecore\/\">Set up and Management of Multilingual Websites in Sitecore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sitecore-exporting-importing-content-for-localization\/\">Sitecore &#8211; Exporting &amp; Importing content for Localization<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sitecore-adopting-the-right-approach-to-language-translation\/\">Sitecore &#8211; Adopting the Right Approach to Language Translation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the opportunity to attend the Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference in Houston, Texas July 7-11. The theme of the conference this year was &#8216;Accelerating growth. Together&#8217;. 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