Think 2019 is set to begin in a week! As always, IBM Champions will play a significant role in the event. We'll have a blog post out this week with more details on where to find them and what to put on your schedule. Champion Chat Roundtables For now, I want to introduce you to Champion Chats. These are IBM Champion-led roundtables at Think. They are each about 40 minutes long and take place in the IBM Champion lounge, in the Moscone South lobby. Roundtable topics include sessions on user groups (in English and in Japanese), on IBM Storage,... [More]

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After reviewing almost 2000 nominations, IBM is proud and happy to announce the 2019 class of IBM Champions. The IBM Champions program recognizes and rewards external experts and thought leaders for their work with IBM products and communities. The program supports advocates and experts across IBM in areas that include Blockchain, Cloud, Collaboration, Data & Analytics, Security, Storage, Power, Watson IoT, and IBM Z. An IBM Champion is an IT professional, business leader, developer, or educator who influences and mentors others to help... [More]

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IBM Champion nominations this year opened in September and ran through very early November. During the nomination period we received nearly 1400 nominations. And in the next few days, I will be publishing the names of those selected as 2019 IBM Champion.  But how do we go from receiving the nominations to selecting and announcing the IBM Champions?! The process is detailed, painstaking, and thorough, to ensure that we reflect the knowledge, work, and high achievements, standards, and qualifications of those selected. Ideation Blog for IBM... [More]

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IBM Champions are experts and advocates. They innovate with IBM and open technologies to help their organizations and customers. They support the community with content, mentoring, and other contributions. Each year, IBMers, Champions, and the community nominate the best mentors, speakers, community leaders, experts, and innovators to become IBM Champions. The Champions in Action series will help you learn what the IBM Champions have done in 2018 and understand the value of the program.   Luis Suarez works at panagenda as a Digital... [More]

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IBM Champions are experts and advocates. They innovate with IBM and open technologies to help their organizations and customers. They support the community with content, mentoring, and other contributions. Each year, IBMers, Champions, and the community nominate the best mentors, speakers, community leaders, experts, and innovators to become IBM Champions. The Champions in Action series will help you learn what the IBM Champions have done in 2018 and understand the value of the program.   Bob Oesterlin is a senior storage architect for... [More]

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IBM Champions are experts and advocates. They innovate with IBM and open technologies to help their organizations and customers. They support the community with content, mentoring, and other contributions. Each year, IBMers, Champions, and the community nominate the best mentors, speakers, community leaders, experts, and innovators to become IBM Champions. The Champions in Action series will help you learn what the IBM Champions have done in 2018 and understand the value of the program. IBM Champion Michael Tiefenbacher Michael... [More]

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IBM Champions are experts and advocates. They innovate with IBM and open technologies to help their organizations and customers. They support the community with content, mentoring, and other contributions. Each year, IBMers, Champions, and the community nominate the best mentors, speakers, community leaders, experts, and innovators to become IBM Champions. The Champions in Action series will help you learn what the IBM Champions have done in 2018 and understand the value of the program. IBM Champion Leonard Santalucia Leonard Santalucia (Len)... [More]

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Nominations are open for the 2019 class of IBM Champions , and now, they're extended to 1 November 2018 . That means you still have time to ask yourself who's helped you the most, who you know that ought to earn their star. Still trying to figure it out? Check this blog on seven ways to know an IBM Champion to see if it sparks any ideas and then get nominating! Other nomination resources: Webinar Announcement blog

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We recently announced that the new nomination period for IBM Champions is open. For those who would like to learn more about the program, its benefits, and who should be nominated, I'd like to invite you to join our upcoming webinar. Title: Tell Your Story & Earn Your Star: Become (or nominate!) an IBM Champion Date: Monday, October 08, 2018 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Learn about the IBM Champion program, including its value to IBM, to the community, and to the Champions. Then find out how to nominate... [More]

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Nominations are NOW Open The nomination period for IBM Champions will run from 17 September through 22 October 1 November this year. Yes, it's a bit earlier. We are trying to ensure that newly selected IBM Champions will have the opportunity to get to Think with the Champion discount. Wan to re-nominate yourself or nominate a colleague or community member? Tell us about your activity that advocates for IBM and supports the community.   Nominate an IBM Champion Today   What is the IBM Champions program? I think most of those... [More]

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IBM Champions are experts in the technologies they support, build with, and use. For this month's Champion Expertise presentations, we asked Champions to share a feature they love about the tech they work with. Start with Power Enterprise Pools POWER Enterprise Pools : Real example of building the cost-efficient infrastructure with HA/DR for the less money. Learn about PEP  from Dimitry Mironov - not a brand-new technology, but it's a very important one. Catch up with Cognos If you've fallen behind on the... [More]

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IBM Champion Kenio Carvalho has taken the Champion Expertise presentation challenge and created a short overview of NodeRed and Watson APIs. Kenio's presentation will get you started so you can quickly create an application that uses NodeRed and Watson APIs. You'll learn about NodeRed's flow-based programming and its architecture as well as the types of Watson APIs that are available. When you combine NodeRed and Watson APIs, you can integrate Watson with IoT applications among other applications.... [More]

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One of the things I've noticed working with the IBM Champions is that they are always so busy supporting the community! In just an hour this afternoon, I skimmed through the #ibmchampion hashtag on Twitter and in one quick look I see: Tanmay Bakshi was on stage speaking on the role of AI in the enterprise . John Jardin and Paul Withers are joining IBM and HCL for an hour-long deep dive on Node.js and Domino v10 Essentials... [More]

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Some concepts make sense to us right away, and some take longer. When I used to teach technology (or any of the other things I've taught from swimming, to writing, to project management) one of the best ways to succeed was always finding that simple key analogy that unlocked the concept. From there, all the steps and processes might take time to learn, but they were accessible, understandable. Blockchain is one of those new technology areas that has some folks head-scratchin'. And even once they get the basic concept, the different... [More]

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