There’s so much going on within the HCL Technologies community right now, that I’m sure you are confused. It’s hard to keep up. Fortunately, you got me! Here’s the scoop.
Lots of exciting stuff going on in the HCL Technologies user and business partner community. Don’t believe me? Well, read this then!
What’s New in the HCL Community?
October 18th, 2019 | Posted by in HCL | Uncategorized - (2 Comments)
The next Engage conference is announced, IBM Connections Cloud customers still don’t know what’s going to happen and mobile templates are being made. Read about the latest here.
I’ve been an IBM Champion for the past three years. Now that HCL has taken over the ICS portfolio, I was automatically made into an HCL Master. I would really like to be one for 2020 as well. I need your help. Do you want to nominate me? Well, then this posting is written to tell you what you can write on the nomination form.
HCL has now published the community where the new forums for HCL Notes, Domino, Connections and Sametime can be found. Oh, and there are news about the IBM Cloud situation.
Come to see me speak in Münich during Social Connections. Oh yeah, there are some other people who will be speaking as well… Read all about it here.
Early Xmas Present – I’m an IBM Champion Again
December 23rd, 2018 | Posted by in IBM | IBM Champion - (2 Comments)
One day before Christmas and I get an email telling me that I’ve been named IBM Champion again for 2019! Wooohooo!
Last year I was fortunate enough to be named IBM Champion for 2017 by my peers in the IBM Collaboration Solutions community.
It has been great. I have made even more friends in the community, I gotten my foot inside the door of places that were closed to me and I’ve been allowed to partake in various IBM stuff. In addition, you sometimes get news and announcements before everybody else.
You are also given access to people and resources that you normally wouldn’t be able to reach, and that is very beneficial for your organization and my customers. More than once have I solved a problem for a customer, thanks to my network that I got by becoming an IBM Champion.
If you feel that you should be an IBM Champion, nominate yourself and give me a shout, and I will nominate you also. And if you would consider nominating me, I would be most grateful.
The nomination form is here. Nominations must be in by November 13th.
If you want more details about the IBM Champions program, read this.
Yesterday I was told that I’m among those in the IBM community who are named as an IBM Champion. The definition of an IBM Champion is this:
An IBM Champion is someone who makes exceptional contributions to the technical community. Contributions can come in a variety of forms, and popular contributions include blogging, speaking at conferences or events, moderating forums, leading user groups, and authoring books or magazines. Educators can also become IBM Champions; for example, academic faculty may become IBM Champions by including IBM products and technologies in course curricula and encouraging students to build skills and expertise in these areas.
When I started going to IBM and user group conferences in the early 2000s I had never thought I would be among those who could call themselves IBM champions.I used to look up to those guys and girls, and through the years I’ve been able to call a lot of them my friends. I’m also told that I’m the first Norwegian to ever become IBM champion, so I’m very humbled and a bit proud.
All I’ve tried to do is to spread the word about the IBM collaborative solutions, which I love to work with, and help people to get the best out of them. In addition to gaining friends and being able to pick up a lot of tips and help myself, I’ve now gotten this distinction. I think the manual I did for the IBM Connections plugins for IBM Notes really helped to put me on the map this year, which I’m thankful for, because it was a lot of work doing that.
I’ve also become second in command in the Norwegian user group (ISBG) and I’ve got some ideas which I hope will increase user activity even more. This is really inspiring and I will blog even more about IBM Notes/Domino, Connections, collaborative solutions, internet technologies, plugins and constructive criticism (with the odd complaint thrown in).
Also: I’m effectively out of a job from January 1st, if anyone wants to hire me or use my expertise, please get in touch. I can be used for both development, user training, strategy, architecture, writing and documentation and photography!
Huge thanks to Roger Johannessen, Oliver Busse and Lars Samuelsson for nominating me! And thanks to all those who sent me messages yesterday to congratulate me.
A new Star Wars movie and an IBM Champion award in one and the same day? Xmas came early!
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