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It is a bittersweet moment…This is officially our last Champions in Action blog of 2024. So, we’d like to take a moment to thank our advocates for everything they’ve done throughout this past year. We’ve seen podcasts launch and thrive; Champions tune into their inner-technical writer skill; and an honourable mention to our consistent social media posters. It’s fair to say that you are truly influencers in the technical community.Social media and advocacy channels are everchanging and we’re excited to see what’s to come in 2025.And now, what have our IBM Champions been up to? It’s my pleasure to share this special edition of IBM Champions in Action: December 12th!
Community Blog: New to IBM Z
@Jade Walker shares a festive blog on “IBM Z & Hybrid Cloud: Powering Holiday Retail Success”
Redbook: IBM Power
Read this collaborative Redbook: Using Ansible for Automation in IBM Power Environments by @Thomas Baumann, @Andrey Klyachkin, and Prashant Sharma
Podcast
Double the Champion power in this episode of the Tech Sharmit podcast, featuring IBM Champion, @Craig Mullins about his best-selling book “DB2 Developer's Guide”
Community Blog: Planning Analytics
@Wim Gielis wrote a sequel blog on Locking functionality in TM1 V12 (PAE): a practical how-to guide
Community Blog: Business Automation
Learn from @Atanu Roy about BAW: TWObject and JSON Conversion: Overcoming Map Data Type Challenges with BAWJSONUtils
LinkedIn
@Sarah Julia Kriesch shares the recording of her TechXchange Conference presentation, “Collaboration of Linux Distributions on the Mainframe - A Benefit for you & all Linux distributions”
Did you know leading a User Group is a highly valued act of advocacy? Listen to @Richard Barber’s Special Event Episode - Maximo User Group Podcast
@Prasun Mahapatra shares his top 10 lessons from his recent certification from InstructLab: Democratizing AI Models at Scale
Community Blog: Db2
@Youssef Sbai Idrissi shares an informative blog on Optimizing Query Performance in IBM Db2: A Technical Guide
@Charles Guarino talks about the future of IBM i with Floyd Del Muro, President of COMMON North America, and Juan Manuel Alcudia, President of Common Europe
As Champion class of 2025 selection committees are working hard to go through over 2200 submissions, we will take a brief break from Champion in Action blogs until Q1/25.We hope that everyone has a lovely holiday season and happy new year!Talk to you in 2025!/Morgan McKeenPS: If anyone’s new year’s resolution is to create more content or post on social media more consistently, now is the perfect time to do some reflecting and start building out your 2025 content calendar. Here’s some quick tips:1. Identify your main advocacy channels.2. Set a monthly quota for what you’d like to publish (for example: 1 presentation or speaking opportunity a month, 1 post a week, 2 blogs a month, etc.).3. Challenge yourself by integrating advocacy mediums you don’t usually opt for.4. Define your content pillars to diversify your content (for example: tips and tricks in your technology area, IBM news and technology updates, event recaps, etc.).5. Map it out on your platform of choice (for example: a spreadsheet, notion, Monday.com or a good paper calendar, etc.).#ibmchampions-champions-in-action
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