{"id":222,"date":"2009-04-04T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-04T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/?p=222"},"modified":"2009-04-04T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-04T12:54:00","slug":"nominate-yourself-for-the-microsoft-mvp-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/2009\/04\/nominate-yourself-for-the-microsoft-mvp-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominate yourself for the Microsoft MVP Award."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"dnn_ctr583_ContentPane\" class=\"DNNAligncenter\"><span id=\"spBody\" class=\"Forum_Normal\"><span><span>The <span class=\"IL_SPAN\"><input name=\"IL_MARKER\" type=\"hidden\">Microsoft<\/span> Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award is an annual award that is given to outstanding members of Microsoft&#8217;s peer-to-peer <\/span><span style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 204); text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: Arial;\" class=\"IL_LINK_STYLE\">communities<\/span>, and is based on the past year&#8217;s contributions those members make in those <span class=\"IL_SPAN\"><input name=\"IL_MARKER\" type=\"hidden\">communities<\/span> online and offline.<\/span><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"http:\/\/i144.photobucket.com\/albums\/r168\/happyandy\/MVP180x150.jpg\" \/><br \/><span><span> Individuals are nominated to be considered for MVPs by their peers or <span class=\"IL_SPAN\"><input name=\"IL_MARKER\" type=\"hidden\">Microsoft<\/span> based on activities in the offline or online technical <\/span><span class=\"IL_SPAN\"><input name=\"IL_MARKER\" type=\"hidden\">communities<\/span>. The MVP Program and annual award is based solely on an individual&#8217;s contributions from the previous year and those contributions are then compared amongst the other candidates for any given nomination cycle to determine who will be awarded. To know more, see the FAQ.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MeraWindows &amp; WinVistaClub <a class=\"postlink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winvistaclub.com\/forum\/forum-announcements-feedback\/27425-wvcf-nominated-member-tweakwindows-gets-mvp-award-new-post.html\">nominates members<\/a> for the MVP award. While a nomination by a MVP or an reputed community does carry weight, if you feel or wish, you can also nominate yourself for this Award.<\/p>\n<p><span> Currently, <span class=\"IL_SPAN\"><input name=\"IL_MARKER\" type=\"hidden\">Microsoft<\/span> India is actively looking for good technical community leaders to be considered for the <span class=\"IL_SPAN\"><input name=\"IL_MARKER\" type=\"hidden\">Microsoft<\/span> MVP Award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> So, if you feel you fit the bill and if you have been actively contributing to online or offline technical <span class=\"IL_SPAN\"><input name=\"IL_MARKER\" type=\"hidden\">communities<\/span> over the past year, here is your chance to get recognized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span> Nominate yourself for the <span class=\"IL_SPAN\"><input name=\"IL_MARKER\" type=\"hidden\">Microsoft<\/span> MVP Award &#8211; a program that recognizes exceptional technical community leaders from <\/span><span style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 204); text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: Arial;\" class=\"IL_LINK_STYLE\">around the world<\/span> who voluntarily share their high quality, real world expertise with others. Go <\/span><a class=\"postlink\" href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/?linkid=9658845\">here<\/a> for more on this.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award is an annual award that is given to outstanding members of Microsoft&#8217;s peer-to-peer communities, and is based on the past year&#8217;s contributions those members make in those communities online and offline. Individuals are nominated to be considered for MVPs by their peers or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ms-news","category-windows","category-windows-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}