Jun 07 2019 04:28 PM - edited Sep 05 2019 11:11 AM
Registration is now sold out for Microsoft Ignite 2019, which will have a stupendous diversity and tech program!
Are you going? And are you going to the preday? Let us know here so we can connect!
We'll definitely want to take a group photo Monday night at the expo party, so watch for that.
If you're going solo and looking for dinner buddies, or a group to hang with at the big party, let us know.
What other ideas/suggestions do you have?
Oct 26 2019 07:38 PM - edited Oct 28 2019 03:21 AM
Oct 26 2019 07:38 PM - edited Oct 28 2019 03:21 AM
I am so IN and EXCITED to be attending this year.
Looking forward to connecting with Humans of IT.
BTW - For those who may be curious, since we will be in at HP's World on Thursday - I am Hermine (pronounced Her-mean) not Hermione (pronounced Her-my-KNEE) and not a witch but a FairyGeekMother ;)
Oct 27 2019 07:26 PM
Oct 28 2019 10:20 AM
@Cathy Moya Heading there on Saturday! First time so Nervous but Excited!
Oct 28 2019 10:35 AM
@rklbrady Don't be nervous. You are in good hands.
Nov 20 2019 04:57 PM
I'm coming up for air after all writing my internal post-Ignite posts, and I realized I should probably write something up here as well. I had an UH-MAZING time at Ignite 2019. Even though I was there to work, and I had a lot of work to do, I still managed to get away and enjoy a few sessions, meet some of the best humans I've ever met, and participate in our #WomenITPros Unconference. Here are my thoughts:
The only lowlight for me at the conference was witnessing an exchange like this, and hearing there were others who experienced it as well:
This particular incident I saw was with a woman customer talking to a technical woman at the booth, and the other incidents I heard about were with men talking to technical women. I don't know what prompted any of the customers to call into question the ability of a female staffer to answer a technical question, though we've talked about several theories like the sad legacy of "booth babes". I didn't hang around our booth much, partly because it was WAY crowded with customers who wanted to know more about Microsoft Endpoint Manager, and partly because at this point in my life I can't call myself a technical expert on our products, so I probably would have been handing customers off to other booth staffers. While the situations are unfortunate, they have sparked some good conversation among our group about how to promote inclusive behaviors among our booth staffers at all of our events.
I was really glad to be there with such a great group of Humans, and to help organize some activities to help our #WomenITpros community (including Allies) connect with each other and build relationships! I truly hope 10 years from now we'll all be going back to Ignite, or whatever Microsoft is doing 10 years from now, and we'll have hundreds of people who have connected with each other through #WomenITPros who get to spend the week hanging out IRL.
The dates and location for next year's conference have not been announced, but you can preregister here to get first dibs on registration in 2020! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ignite. It's not too soon to talk to your manager about why you should go and get contingent approval to attend. Microsoft Ignite 2019 sold out much sooner than people expected, and is likely to do so next year, so get your name in as soon as you can! If you need help building your case for why you should go, ask here and we'll help!