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MS Office Forum / Excel / Programming / August 2007MVP Certification
This is off-topic, but I'd like to look into getting certified as an MS MVP in Excel. Anyone willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James James, It's not a certification - it is a reward, from MS, usually after you: 1) Post a couple thousand high-quality responses in the public newsgroups 2) Write and publish a series of Excel books or 3) Run a high-traffic Excel help site on the web HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP > This is off-topic, but I'd like to look into getting certified as an MS MVP in Excel. Anyone > willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James You mean "and/or", not "or"! - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ > James, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> This is off-topic, but I'd like to look into getting certified as an MS >> MVP in Excel. Anyone willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James There is no such thing as a certified MVP. We get dragged into the net, kicking and screaming and making sacrifices to as many minor dieties as we can think of to prevent the pending catastrophe. Nothing seems to help. MVPs are selected by Microsoft, usually (I think) by nomination by others. More to read about it here: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpawardintro Are you perhaps thinking of obtaining MOS (Microsoft Office Specialist) certification in Excel? If so, there are some good books such as the Step By Step series put out by Microsoft that will prepare you very well for the test required to obtain that certification. > This is off-topic, but I'd like to look into getting certified as an MS MVP > in Excel. Anyone willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James Thank you. And to think I came here willingly! I'm not sure whether I'm facing the right direction to worship the minor dieties. (Presumably that excludes BG, who evidently would be a major one.) I don't know about the MOS thing, but your info is very helpful to me. Regards, James > There is no such thing as a certified MVP. We get dragged into the net, > kicking and screaming and making sacrifices to as many minor dieties as we [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> MVP >> in Excel. Anyone willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James Just as a note: I haven't been published, at least not in anything that actually pays money in many, many years. No one in their right mind would say that my site is high-volume, although I do help moderate one of the largest privately held websites with a very active Microsoft support forum. That seems to be where I got my 'rep' - at last count, over a period of 8 years, I've got something like 42K postings in their various forums: not all in Microsoft support, I diversify and assist with computer builds, hardware problem diagnosis, host a couple of 'social' forums, help out in our Wireless Internet Service Providers forum and of course, get to slap the occassional rowdy member up side'o'da'haid, in a virtual manner, of course. > Thank you. And to think I came here willingly! I'm not sure whether I'm > facing the right direction to worship the minor dieties. (Presumably that [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >> MVP > >> in Excel. Anyone willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James So what's the URL?  SignatureRegards, Tom Ogilvy > Just as a note: I haven't been published, at least not in anything that > actually pays money in many, many years. No one in their right mind would [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > >> MVP > > >> in Excel. Anyone willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James http://www.DSLreports.com and the Microsoft support forum is at http://www.dslreports.com/forum/microsoft hosted by 2 MVPs, MSeng and Auggy along with MVP quality guy (just not prolific poster) called Kramer. At last count there were between 30 and 40 MVPs who are long time members of the site, quite a few of them in the Security forum and in that MVP group. You'll find me around the site under the nick name of 2kmaro. Ok, the sales pitch: http://www.dslreports.com/about they do get mentioned from time to time; were just selected this month (Aug 07) as one of PC Magazine's Top 100 'Classic' sites. No account required to post, basic accounts are absolutely free. Not much else like it around: the site is entirely the result of custom coding by its owner, Justin Beech, an Aussie transplanted to NYC. > So what's the URL? > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > > >> MVP > > > >> in Excel. Anyone willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James Editorial correction: PC World, not PC Magazine's Top 100 Classic sites. Got some decent mention in Consumer Reports not too long ago also. > So what's the URL? > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > > >> MVP > > > >> in Excel. Anyone willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James Oh, great, just when I googled the coordinates for San Jose to face the minor dieties (there must be a compass around here somewhere). Should I face in your direction instead? Seriously, <g> thanks for the info. James > Just as a note: I haven't been published, at least not in anything that > actually pays money in many, many years. No one in their right mind would [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >> >> MVP >> >> in Excel. Anyone willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James It isn't a certification - it is mostly a reward/recognition for contribution in various communities associated with the particular software under which it is awarded. http://mvp.Support.microsoft.com/ see the second link MVP Award for more information. SignatureRegards, Tom Ogilvy > This is off-topic, but I'd like to look into getting certified as an MS MVP > in Excel. Anyone willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James Thank you, Tom. I will check it out. James > It isn't a certification - it is mostly a reward/recognition for > contribution in various communities associated with the particular [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> MVP >> in Excel. Anyone willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James Here is what Microsoft says... Q9: How can I become a Microsoft MVP? A9: Individuals are nominated for the MVP Award by their peers or by Microsoft, based on their contributions during the previous year to offline or online technical communities. Each nominee's contributions are then compared to the other candidates' contributions for the same year to determine who will receive the award. Nominees are chosen from traditional and emerging community venues, including public news groups, forums, third-party Web sites, user groups, book authors, event speakers, Web boards, blogs, and wikis. Current MVPs reside in over 90 countries, write in 30 languages, and share their expertise in over 90 Microsoft technologies. *** So keep posting. Play nice. And even if you never get there have fun along the way. SignatureHTH... Jim Thomlinson > This is off-topic, but I'd like to look into getting certified as an MS MVP > in Excel. Anyone willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James Very good info. Thank you, Jim. It is all about give-and-take, isn't it? Of course, I'd be here anyway, what with my Excel addiction and all. But I figured, what the heck, why not look into getting some credit for it? Regards, James > Here is what Microsoft says... > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> MVP >> in Excel. Anyone willing to offer any tips? Thanks, James |
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