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Monday, February 15, 2010

Microsoft Dream Spark Yatra

Dreamspark yatra Microsoft DreamSpark Yatra is an initiative by Microsoft, to conduct large-scale technology-oriented events in various cities. This event focuses on spreading awareness among the masses, about new & innovative technologies. This event is one of its kind, with a motive to cover 100 cities in 10 weeks (mid-Feb to end-April). This event will be done in collaboration with one or more Microsoft Student
Partners and Microsoft Evangelists.
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students are not aware of the latest technology and happenings of it across the globe. In order to overcome this we conduct conferences and Hands-on-lab in various colleges in and around Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Sathyamangalam, Namakkal, Rasipuram, Thanjavur and various other districts of Tamilnadu. As a part of Microsoft Dreamspark Yatra we are conducting one day workshops in various institutions of Tamilnadu. So far we have conducted events in various institutions of Coimbatore, Erode, Rasipuram, Thanjavur, Sathyamangalam and Namakkal. We have covered more than 9200 students in these cities in just 1 month.
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Friday, February 12, 2010

BootCamp V2.0 - Sprint

Hi!
Its been a long time. I hope you are doing good! My joy knows no bounds right now. I am truly happy to inform you that the February Boot Camp was an amazing Success. We had a 2 Day Boot Camp at Coimbatore in Hotel Vijay Paradise. 24 MSPs from Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Thanjavur, Nammakal, Karur etc. Turned up for the Session. Again, it was a BIG HIT!!
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We organized the Boot Camp with the help of a few newly recruited MSPs so that they get an experience into organizing events. Again it was a thrilling last-minute successful planning and lightning fast implementation.
The only problem we faced was that we didn't have even a single Rupee in the Usergroup Account.
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Anyways, moving on to The Bootcamp. It begin with an introduction to the Usergroup where we explained what are the roles of an MSP and the responsibilities of the Executive Body. Notepads, Pens, Charts and CBEUG Stickers were distributed to all during this time. It was a pleasant surprise for the MSPs.
After the CBEUG Organization session was over, we conducted the SONA - State of National Affairs
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This was an activity where the MSPs are jumbled and made to sit in groups. Then a couple of tasks would be given to each team which required interaction amongst each other and amazing Team Work. This was the perfect Ice Breaking Session. (I would suggest it for the best case practice)
After SONA we broke for lunch and we came back to Sathya Narayan's Session to help the Phase II selected MSPs, introducing them to the various sessions and tips on how to go about handling the various tasks being an MSP. It really helped the new recruits.

Next we had a Driver's Test. This test is a personality analysis Test. Test sheets were handed out to all the MSPs and all of them were made to complete the test. Then the analysis was based upon the responses of the MSPs. I was truly shocked to see that the Test made a 90% Perfect Analysis of the Individual. This was a real eye opener.
After the Driver's Test, Arumugham and I left the venue to the OCP get a little gift for the attendees. Meanwhile Jibin Varghese was taking care of the attendees by checking them into the rooms and making sure that everything was fine. I had planned a small party where we had another Ice Breaking session, but due to the immense participation of the MSPs during the whole day, most of them slept off.
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The Next Day began with a Bang. EduSpark Analysis and planning was made full on. I was inspired by the team effort put by all the MSPs in planning the EduSpark. We finalized the entire list of colleges to visit, the total number of Developer Conferences and the number of Goodies to provide to the audience.
After we finalized the plans and had a nice lunch. We had the awards ceremony, where we distributed the little surprise to everyone. They were a set of Visiting Cards for all the attendees of the session. We also distributed resource DVDs. It was a pleasant surprise for them. Vice Presidents of the Usergroup was also announced.
Dance skills by Arumugham! :P Dancing skills depicted by Arumugham
Then we "promised" an award for the Best Performing MSP and the MSP to initiate Maximum number of MSDN AA and Live@edu, (We didn't have any goodies left to award them something nice too :( )
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This was the long 2 Day amazingly "AWESOME" Boot Camp that we had ever Conducted. It was a nice experience. Please do support our UG .

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