So, you want to be an Evangelist? In my last entry, I posted an email I received from Matt . He was expressing an interest in a role I have, and what it would take for him to be considered for this kind of role. My response to him is as follows: Hi Matt, Great to hear from you You’re right, you don’t have the experience yet for the role, but there are a few things you can do to help. get involved with a local user group. Present a session on a topic you know about get online – blogging is a great way to get noticed and to contribute join the ausdotnet mailing list, if you aren’t on it, and contribute to the discussions Meet the local Microsoft team in Melbourne, in particular my team, such as David Glover. Show the passion Go to tech-ed in August come along to local Microsoft events and chat with the folks get your certifications in mcad or mcsd You see, it’s not just about being a developer – it’s also about participating and being active. This is where we find our leaders, mvps, stars, evangelists. The replacement for Jason has been made an offer. He is a guy from the community, who has the passion around the technology. He has a blog. He speaks at events, He has done stuff for Microsoft. He will be speaking at the security summit in Melbourne later this week. As soon as he accepts the offer, I will post a note about him. Also, would you be ok if I posted this conversation on my blog? I expect a bunch of folks would have the same question as you [ Currently Playing : Come into My World - Kylie Minogue - Fever [Australia Bonus Track] (04:32) ] Comments Anonymous February 20, 2005 IT Digest - Ingenious Tejas’ Digest Blog - Want to be an evangelist Anonymous February 21, 2005 “The replacement for Jason has been made an offer. He is a guy from the community, who has the passion around the technology. He has a blog. He speaks at events, He has done stuff for Microsoft. He will be speaking at the security summit in Melbourne later this week. As soon as he accepts the offer, I will post a note about him.” Oh go on then… who is it? Guess we gotta wait for him to accept… Seems the whole of ANZ is re-evangelizing at the moment. Anonymous September 06, 2005 I’ve been asked recently by some folks that they would like to be able to present at Tech.Ed next… Anonymous September 06, 2005 I’ve been asked recently by some folks that they would like to be able to present at Tech.Ed next year,… Anonymous September 06, 2005 I’ve been asked recently by some folks that they would like to be able to present at Tech.Ed next year,… Additional resources Last updated on 2005-02-20