{"id":1463,"date":"2016-09-20T12:21:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T16:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2016-09-20T12:21:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T16:21:09","slug":"choosing-titles-you-want-to-have-wfrank-denneman-at-vmworld-2016-episode-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2016\/09\/choosing-titles-you-want-to-have-wfrank-denneman-at-vmworld-2016-episode-120\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Titles You Want to Have w\/Frank Denneman at VMworld 2016 &#8211; Episode 120"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a banterful welcome back to the vBrownBag stage, we have another round of Geek Whisperers Live. VMworld 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/frankdenneman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1464\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/frankdenneman.jpg\" alt=\"frankdenneman\" width=\"304\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a>brought us to <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/02\/the-velvet-rope-the-sense-of-community\/\" target=\"_blank\">past guest<\/a>, Frank Denneman. His current title is Sr Staff Architect for VMware R&amp;D. He can&#8217;t tell you what he does, but he does Geek Whisper about it.<\/p>\n<p>We dig into:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transitioning to a startup as an Evangelist<\/li>\n<li>The type of work that keeps you busy and happy<\/li>\n<li>Making titles as you go vs being offered a job title<\/li>\n<li>Evangelist role as more than just your product<\/li>\n<li>Challenge of being an Evangelist in a world that wants you to be Public Relations or Marketing alone<\/li>\n<li>Evangelizing work that&#8217;s not created yet<\/li>\n<li>Metrics of success for Evangelism<\/li>\n<li>Having a great teammate in Marketing<\/li>\n<li>Talking home labs<\/li>\n<li>Finding your motivation when you&#8217;re between work<\/li>\n<li>How to think beyond your own bubble through good friends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankDenneman\">Frank\u00a0on Twitter<\/a> or at his blog,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/frankdenneman.nl\/\">http:\/\/frankdenneman.nl\/<\/a>. You can see this video and more from VMworld 2016 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL2rC-8e38bUX3Ja51TnqJl7vgfb9ceGce\">vBrownBag YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7048\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1463-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Geek-Whisiperers-120_Frank-Denneman-at-VMworld-2016.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Geek-Whisiperers-120_Frank-Denneman-at-VMworld-2016.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Geek-Whisiperers-120_Frank-Denneman-at-VMworld-2016.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Geek-Whisiperers-120_Frank-Denneman-at-VMworld-2016.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1463-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Geek-Whisiperers-120_Frank-Denneman-at-VMworld-2016.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Geek-Whisiperers-120_Frank-Denneman-at-VMworld-2016.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a banterful welcome back to the vBrownBag stage, we have another round of Geek Whisperers Live. VMworld 2016 brought us to past guest, Frank Denneman. His current title is Sr Staff Architect for VMware R&amp;D. He can&#8217;t tell you what he does, but he does Geek Whisper about it.&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2016\/09\/choosing-titles-you-want-to-have-wfrank-denneman-at-vmworld-2016-episode-120\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Choosing Titles You Want to Have w\/Frank Denneman at VMworld 2016 &#8211; Episode 120<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7049\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1463-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Geek-Whisiperers-120_Frank-Denneman-at-VMworld-2016.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Geek-Whisiperers-120_Frank-Denneman-at-VMworld-2016.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Geek-Whisiperers-120_Frank-Denneman-at-VMworld-2016.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Geek-Whisiperers-120_Frank-Denneman-at-VMworld-2016.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1463-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Geek-Whisiperers-120_Frank-Denneman-at-VMworld-2016.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Geek-Whisiperers-120_Frank-Denneman-at-VMworld-2016.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1463"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1470,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions\/1470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}