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Career Success in the IT Field , MCT, MCSA, MCITP, MCSE… http: //ITPro. Guru. com http: //blogs. technet. com/Dan. Stolts @itproguru CT, MA, ME, NH, VT, NY (upstate) More Jobs Owner - Bay State Integrated Technology, Inc. (www. Bay. State. Technology. com) President - Boston User Groups (www. Boston. User. Groups. org) Cubmaster – Cub Scouts Pack 14, Lakeville, MA {Lakeville. Pack 14. com) Founder/Chairman - Virtualization Group Boston (www. Virt. G. com) @ITPro. Guru

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What Do Employers Want Most? Experience! Go Getter!

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What or WHO is the “Community” and How can they help? Community Leaders Members of the your field (Like Interests) All persons that work in the your field or are in some other way closely linked to the field (eg IT Manager, Help Desk, Marketing Dept. of Software company, etc. ) They can give you a bunch of experience and additional training You will help yourself by helping them!!! Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is -- Ziglar Win-Win Habit 4: Think Win-Win -- Stephen R. Covey 8

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Bottom Line… (Magic Tip #1) Live a purpose driven life and PLAN to WIN! You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. -- Ziglar

Prepare to become a leader in your community in your career and in your life… The first thing to do is… (Magic Tip #2) Leaders ARE Readers! • • • Abraham Lincoln Harry Truman Ronald Reagan Bill Clinton Barack Obama Pick a president … Opra Winfrey Ziglar Dale Carnegie Stephen Covey Act like a leader… Where to Start? • • One Leadership Development Book every three months • • • Dale Carnegie – How To Win Friends and Influence People Stephen Covey – 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Ziglar – See You At The Top • Windows, Share. Point, Virtualization, or Whatever One Technology book every three months Learn how to read FAST… Eventually: a book a month then even more "Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. " — Harry S. Truman

Online Presence – Blog, Forums, Website • Build and prove your technical acumen, gain technical expertise • Proof of attention to detail, develop online reputation • Proof of being a go getter, people will find you Presentation • Public Speaking Skills = Interviewing Skills • Presentation Preparation Skills = Resume Skills • “You Learn significantly more from giving a presentation than you do from attending a presentation” – Stephen R. Covey Give a person a fine reputation to live up to -- Dale Carnegie 12

Learn From Your Community Experiences… Finding Speakers and Sponsors Negotiating Skills - Humility Get to know people with different technical backgrounds Relationships with companies and key people in those companies Social Networks Twitter, Linked. In Facebook, You. Tube Tech. Net Forums or Other Project and Time Management Build Your Soft Skills Organizational Skills Time Management Skills People Management Skills Leadership Skills Arouse in the other person an eager want: He Who Can Do This Has the Whole World with Him. He Who Cannot Walks a Lonely Way -- Dale Carnegie 13

• Boston User Groups – http: //Boston. User. Groups. org – North East US User Groups • GITCA – http: //www. gitca. org User Groups around the world! • • • ITPro. Guru Blog – http: //ITPro. Guru. com – More detailed HOW TO… information • How To Successfully Deliver Presentations for Community Leaders and Professional Speaker. . . • Scale Your Message Online Improving Blog Exposure and Increase Reach of Your Message by. . . • Online Collaboration - Publishing Power. Point Slides to Your Blog or Website Using Office. . . Microsoft Technology Community Groups – www. Technical. Community. com Tech. Ed Online (lots of technical content) – http: //ms. Tech. Ed. com Tech. Net – http: //Tech. Net. com Sign up to be on Dan’s Member List http: //ITPro. Guru. com/join This Slide Deck http: //ITPro. Guru. com/resources (Resources Link on Main page) Free Software; Proof of Concept!; Tips • Infrastructure As A Service • Windows 2012 • Windows 8 • Win 2008 R 2 SP 1 • Windows Azure 90 -day free trial • System Center 2012 • Dan's Lab Advice • Free Training (MVA)

Magic Tip (#5) Start Now! Technology + User Group (ex: Windows Server User Group) Technology + virtual + community (ex: System Center Virtual Community) Geo Area + User Group (ex: Boston User Group) Technology + Forum (ex: Share. Point Forum) Toastmasters The future belongs to those who live intensely in the present. - Anonymous Become genuinely “Interested” in other people -- Dale Carnegie

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