So you want to become a Microsoft MVP. What does it take to become a Microsoft MVP.
In the technical community, MVP stands for Most Valuable Professional. The Microsoft MVP award is a recognition of you being a community leader and influencer who spends his/her personal time to make impact on community.
MVP Award looks for the following activities -
- Contributing code to projects
- In-Person speaking at user groups and conferences
- Helping others on technical forums
- Creating content on communities in form of blogs, articles, tutorials, and e-books
- Providing feedback about Microsoft products and services
“I’m looking for Impact and Passion”
- Lisa Anderson, Microsoft Community Program Manager
Microsoft looks for how big impact you make in a community and how many people you reach via your articles, blogs, and speaking for example, number of views on your articles and blogs, number of attendees at a user group, and number of copies sold and download of an e-book.
Watch this video from Microsoft’s Lisa Anderson on Channel 9 on how to become a Microsoft MVP.
Here is a good article written by Joseph Guadagno:How So You Want To Be A Microsoft MVP.
Here are some more resources on the same topic.
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