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Maximize Community

How to get the most from the VMware community!

@mwpreston | blog.mwpreston.net

“Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together” – Paul Ryan

Podcasts


• VMware Communities Roundtable• Every Wednesday @ 3 EST

• Veeam Community Podcast• Random releases – about anything but Veeam

• #vBrownBag• Almost every night of the week

• Cloudcast• vSoup• Speaking In Tech• VUPaaS• Geek Whisperers

Twitter


• @PlanetV12N• Blog aggregator

• @AngeloLuciani• Never misses a RT

• Maish Saidel-Keesing @maishsk• Lists (vExperts, Top Bloggers)

• #Hashtag• #VMware, #vSphere, #ESXi, #vCenter, #vCO, #PowerCLI, #Posh

Twitter


• You will make friends - There are other people out there just like you!• Virtualization admins working in K-12 Ed with

two kids that live in the country, make maple syrup, cheer for the Habs, and really like bacon

• You will get answers!• Most corporate accounts are not just talking

heads

Blogs


• vSphere-Land.com (Eric Siebert)• Hosts “Top vBlog” rankings every year.• All virtualization blogs and corresponding Twitter handles in one vLaunchPad

• Yellow-Bricks.com (Duncan Epping)• #1 blog since competition has existed• Deep in-depth posts that are very easy to understand

• NTPro.nl (Eric Sloof)• If it happens in virtualization, Eric writes about it.

• Hundreds of others on vSphere-Land.com

Events


• VMworld• #Epic

• VMUG• Half day meetings throughout the year• One full day conference per year – resembles a “mini” VMworld.

• Tech Field Day• Virtualization, Wireless, Storage, Networking• Puts vendors in front of unbiased thought leaders

Toronto VMUG Community


Podcasts Twitter Blogs• Virtual Design Master• VMware Communities

Roundtable• Cloudcast• V UPaaS• Veeam Community

Podcast

• @TorontoVMUG• @mwpreston• @AngeloLuciani• @DiscoPosse• @TorontoGoff• @shmick• @empiricvirtual• @mwpreston/

TOVMUG

• www.tovmug.com• Blog.mwpreston.net• www.virtuwise.com• www.discoposse.co

m• www.empiricvirtual.

com

Thank you and a challenge for you!


• If you aren’t on Twitter – Sign Up!• Follow 50 people – Listen, watch, and learn!• Engage with us (@mwprestion, @AngeloLuciani,

@DiscoPosse)• Let me know – I’ll add you to the TOVMUG list!• By staying in touch between these events, together, we

can shape these meetings into anything we want to!

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