Everyone knows that budgets are slashed and the opportunity to attend big and expensive conferences so you can stay up to date is probably gone.\u00a0 Well there is a more economic way to stay up to date.<\/p>\n
Mark Minasi (well known TechEd\/WinConnections speaker, Windows IT Pro journalist, Mastering Windows Server 2008 R2<\/a> author) will once again be hosting a conference<\/a> in his home town of Virginia Beach, VA, USA.\u00a0 It\u2019s a low cost, non-profit event that is aimed squarely at the IT Pro.\u00a0 The registration cost is a measly $450 which is around<\/em> \u20ac330.\u00a0 It\u2019s 3 days full of techie talk, including Windows Server\/Desktop, virtualisation, SBS\/EBS, Exchange, SharePoint, PowerShell, Active Directory, security\/certificate services, SQL, and a whole lot of fun.<\/p>\n This is not WinConnections or TechEd.\u00a0 It\u2019s a whole lot smaller and all of the speakers are techies.\u00a0 Because this event is smaller, everyone is approachable and they\u2019ll try to answer any question.\u00a0 Every session is very interactive, and most of the speakers can usually be found afterwards in the bar, at breakfast\/lunch, or at the party.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not only sessions or classes here.\u00a0 Intercontinental friendships, both personal and professional, are formed here every year.\u00a0 Delegates look forward to meeting up with friends again, and with figuring out problems with other delegates.\u00a0 The opportunity to network is unmatched \u2026 everyone is made welcome, we pretty much all have breakfast and lunch together.\u00a0 And whether you want to party or just hang out for a quiet evening, you\u2019ll have some company.<\/p>\n The speakers<\/a> include authors, journalists, consultants, administrators, MVP\u2019s, and people respected on the Internet for the experience and willingness to help.\u00a0 Something quite original was tried last year and it\u2019s being repeated this year.\u00a0 Mark likes to encourage people to develop their skills, be it technical or otherwise.\u00a0 Many of the speakers at the conference really only started doing this stuff here.\u00a0 Most people would run at the thought of speaking for 75 minutes.\u00a0 So last year we tried running mini-sessions where attendees could talk for 15 minutes about stuff they had done that might be interesting, e.g. a first time delegate spoke about how to build a PC at home for running VMware ESXi.\u00a0 It was a success and it\u2019s being repeated this year.<\/p>\n We also push outside the usual topics to boost personal development.\u00a0 A few years ago Mark did a session on how to do technical presentations.\u00a0 It was a hit and provided great information, some of which I try to use.\u00a0 This year Eric Rux (an editor with Windows IT Pro) is talking about how to get into writing.\u00a0 With Mark Minasi, and a bunch of other writers (book and magazine) in the audience also taking part, there\u2019ll be a lot of information.\u00a0<\/p>\n Previous attendees will know that each conference is pretty much formed the year before based on feedback.\u00a0 It really is a conference that is “owned\u201d by the delegates.\u00a0 A perfect example is PKI\/certificate services.\u00a0 Last year it seemed to be mentioned in half of the sessions and most delegates had no knowledge or experience in dealing with this technology.\u00a0 A Q&A session on content pretty much steered the speaker recruiting.\u00a0 So this year we have Roger Grimes (MS security architect) in to talk about it.\u00a0 Take a peek at the below schedule and you\u2019ll see how much interaction there is: panel sessions, Q&A sessions, etc.\u00a0 Check it out<\/a> and see if you\u2019ve got a time slot in May to attend.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the schedule for 2010:<\/p>\n Everyone knows that budgets are slashed and the opportunity to attend big and expensive conferences so you can stay up to date is probably gone.\u00a0 Well there is a more economic way to stay up to date. Mark Minasi (well known TechEd\/WinConnections speaker, Windows IT Pro journalist, Mastering Windows Server 2008 R2 author) will once … Continue reading “Why Should You Go To Minasi Conference 2010?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[177,62,181,191,196,108,117],"class_list":["post-10459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-events","tag-exchange-2010","tag-hyper-v","tag-sharepoint","tag-vmm","tag-windows-7","tag-windows-server-2008-r2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tSunday \u2013 May 2nd 2010<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Monday\u00a0 \u2013 May 3rd 2010<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Tuesday \u2013 May 4th 2010<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Wednesday –\u00a0 May 5th 2010<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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