Providence VMUG

CommunityJonathan Frappier, @jfrappier

www.virtxpert.com

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• Who am I (aka why you should listen to me)• What's in it for you (aka what you will learn)• What is this community thing• Why you should get invovled• Where do you find it• How do you get invovled• [REDACTED]• Homework• Q&A

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Who am I (aka why you should listen to me)• 15+ years working in technology• Help Desk >> Engineer >> Manager >> Director

>> Engineer• Early certs: A+, Net+, iNet+, MCSE 2000,

CCNA (exp)• Current certs: VCA-x3, VCP5-DCV, VCAP5-

DCD• Recently published VMware vSphere

Managment Essentials with Packt Publishing

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Who am I (why it really matters)• I'm one of you

Providence VMUG | Community

What's in it for you• Learn why you should be involved• Learn how you can get involved• Learn where you can get invovled

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What is this community thing...• User groups and virtual events - VMUG, vBeers,

#Nerdherd• Blogs - Yellow-bricks.com, virtuallyghetto.com,

professionalvmware.com, wahlnetwork.com, virtxpert.com < shameless plug

• Podcasts - professionalvmware.com #vBrownbag, CloudCast, GeekWhisperers, VuPass

• Social Media - Twitter, G+, LinkedIn• Meeting other people

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Why should you get involved• Learning - little to no effort. Benefit - sit back watch and

take in information.• Connect - small amount of effort, no more than talking to

co-workers. Benefit - meet other people, share experiences, continued learning.

• Desire to give back - level of effort required will vary from person to person. Benefit - share your experience, help others.

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Where do you find it• Twitter and Google+• Blog• Vendor communities - VMware, EMC, Dell,

Nutanix...Really most any vendor you can think of• Independent communites - Spicework, Toms IT Pro,

Petri

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How do you get involved• Listen, watch, learn• Get invovled in the conversation• Share you stories - blog!• Speak up

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[Redacted] - Perks• Career opportunities, speaking engagements and book

writing.• Travel opportunities• Vendor recognition - vExpert, EMC Elect, Cisco

Champions, Dell Rocks, Pernix Pro• Exlusive access to briefings, Not For Resale (NFR)

licenses

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Homework• If you're not on Twitter, sign up. Check out my getting

started on Twitter post at www.virtxpert.com• If you don't have a blog, start one. I'm partial to

WordPress but Blogger or even LinkedIn work fine• If you haven't spoken on a podcast or event, start

thinking about it• If you don't know someone else in the room, introduce

yourself

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Q&A• Twitter: @jfrappier, @vBrownBag

(hashtag: #vBrownBag)

• G+: +JonathanFrappier

• LinkedIn: /in/jonathanfrappier

• http://virtxpert.com

• http://professionalvmware.com

• Book: VMware vSphere Resource Management Essentials http://amzn.to/1fAWGzk