{"id":702,"date":"2014-07-08T18:16:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T22:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=702"},"modified":"2015-01-02T11:45:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T16:45:59","slug":"the-unicorn-from-redmond-episode-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/07\/the-unicorn-from-redmond-episode-53\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unicorn from Redmond &#8211; Episode 53"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-703\" style=\"width: 164px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/sy1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-703 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/sy1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/sy1.png 164w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/sy1-127x210.png 127w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Symon Perriman, Microsoft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This week we talk with Symon Perriman, senior technical evangelist from Microsoft, about evangelism, career change, MVPs, user groups, org charts, performance management, business value, and more. It turns out unicorns come from Redmond, too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1720\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-702-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moving from engineering to evangelism<\/li>\n<li>The Microsoft MVP Program<\/li>\n<li>Career effects of MVP<\/li>\n<li>Engineering bat phone connection for MVPs<\/li>\n<li>Supporting independent user groups<\/li>\n<li>The Virtualization Technology User Group: <a href=\"http:\/\/vtug.com\">vtug.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Microsoft org chart: developer experience &amp; evangelism<\/li>\n<li>Evangelism job description<\/li>\n<li>Working with partners<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Conference resumes&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Leveraging peers of your customers<\/li>\n<li>How to you measure the effectiveness of evangelists? What metrics do you use?<\/li>\n<li>Behind the scenes at TechEd<\/li>\n<li>Trying to evaluate the business value of what you accomplished<\/li>\n<li>Career longevity as an evangelist<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SymonPerriman\">@symonperriman<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1719\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-702-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.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\/2014\/07\/Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=702-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.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>This week we talk with Symon Perriman, senior technical evangelist from Microsoft, about evangelism, career change, MVPs, user groups, org charts, performance management, business value, and more. It turns out unicorns come from Redmond, too. &nbsp; Moving from engineering to evangelism The Microsoft MVP Program Career effects of MVP Engineering&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/07\/the-unicorn-from-redmond-episode-53\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Unicorn from Redmond &#8211; Episode 53<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1721\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-702-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.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\/2014\/07\/Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=702-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Geek-Whisperers-Symon-Perriman-Ep-53.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":3,"featured_media":703,"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\/702"}],"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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":709,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions\/709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}