ChannelCon and Partner Summit 2023: Tuesday

[Hod Berman]

Meeting two legends on the same day Rick Butler and Ronnie Wong

Ok. @Rick Butler found me wandering aimlessly down the hallway at ChannelCon 2023. Very interesting direction for "CompTIA A+_". Who else has more info on this?

@Rick Butler @Ronnie Wong

 

[Rick Butler]

Ok. @Rick Butler found me wandering aimlessly down the hallway at ChannelCon 2023. Very interesting direction for "CompTIA A+_". Who else has more info on this?

Meanwhile Ronnie left out the best part - he spun the virtual slot machine near the marketing bling table and hit himself a $50 Amazon gift card.

So, there is the press release for the A+ underscore extension. But this is the first I had heard of anything since May. My guess is they are flavored A+ certs.

Which reminds me - I need to ask Mr. Thibodeaux about Project Agora, which he announced last year...

/r

 

[Rick Butler]

Cybersecurity Committee Meeting

Doing some roleplay between providers and clients

 

[Stephen Schneiter]

Don't forget to show off your Lego skills!

 

[Joe Bontke]

Great to see you both earlier. Hope to see you tonight at the Welcome Reception!!

 

[Rick Butler]

So, this is Mea, a young lady with mass amounts of energy, who just built the Game of {Lego} Thrones.

 

[Rick Butler]

A CIN'er motley crew...
@Jill West @Glenn Hobbs @Hod Berman @joseph Bontke @Stephen Schneiter

 

[Rick Butler]

The CIN'er Dinner featuring @Stephen Schneiter @Hod Berman @Joseph Bontke @Brian Ford @Ronnie Wong @Glenn Hobbs and Debra Hobbs and myself

 

[Jill West]

A CIN'er motley crew...
@Jill West @Glenn Hobbs @Hod Berman @joseph Bontke @Stephen Schneiter

Glad to finally meet you in person! Great pics this week!

 

[Doc Nancy]

Meanwhile Ronnie left out the best part - he spun the virtual slot machine near the marketing bling table and hit himself a $50 Amazon gift card.

So, there is the press release for the A+ underscore extension. But this is the first I had heard of anything since May. My guess is they are flavored A+ certs.

Which reminds me - I need to ask Mr. Thibodeaux about Project Agora, which he announced last year...

/r

Hello Rick! How did you like the event for Partners?

 

[Rick Butler]

Hello Rick! How did you like the event for Partners?

So, there were specific things of interest to me, which I think was of interest to a lot of folk -

1) The marry-up between TestOut and CompTIA. I really wanted to see what that would look like. I posted on that on the Thursday thread, but it looks interesting, basically taking the best things of both products and bringing them together.

2) I wanted to see what the "A+ Underscore"s would look like and how that would interact with the TestOut Pro competencies. Got an answer to that.

3) I was very interested in what Mr. Thibodeaux talked about last year, and how that was proceeding. He had a lot to say, which I think we'll see come out on the CIN. Suffices to say I mentioned that the CIN would love to hear more and in detail.

The one thing I didn't get to do was finish my conversation with @Jill Thielmann (she was super slammed with all her accounts wanting a slice of her time). But she did pose the question to me worth noodling - what kinds of things would we as Academic Partners like to see from her and her team - how we can get more value-add. I think this is a worthy CIN Roundtable idea - maybe a Zoom call to exchange ideas?

/r

 

[Doc Nancy]

The partnership is one of the most valuable networks in technology learning. The CINs are great members and I am fortunate to be able to have the Academic realm to expand needed knowledge with the government and military. I have supported the effort of partnership with a collaboration that empowers the government and military' with CompTIA CINs. I am very pleased with this wonderful team of participants. Your input was enlightening Rick. Thank you.

 

[Rick Butler]

The partnership is one of the most valuable networks in technology learning. The CINs are great members and I am fortunate to be able to have the Academic realm to expand needed knowledge with the government and military. I have supported the effort of partnership with a collaboration that empowers the government and military' with CompTIA CINs. I am very pleased with this wonderful team of participants. Your input was enlightening Rick. Thank you.

Appreciate that, Nancy! Maybe next year, we might see you at Summit?