IBM Champions

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

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Hi Libby,

Excellent topic for the series. I am very much looking forward to it. I have a few related questions, that I would love to figure out:

1. I have my blog hosted on ruchi.no. I am often confused about whether to write posts directly on my blog, or to contribute to the Community blog, or post to both. I aim to reach the targeted audience of folks working on IBM products/services. What do you think is a good balance here?
2. I am soon starting a weekly series on LinkedIn "Integration Tuesdays" where I will present integration scenarios through infographics, and on page 2 show how IBM App Connect and its module ecosystem can be utilized. I am unsure about how to reach a suitable audience outside of my connection sphere, possibly folks who are not on board the IBM ecosystem.

Thank you for reading through and apologize if these questions are understood as off-topic.

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

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Hi Ruchi,

I did a presentation on blogging on an IBM Champion call a little while back. Here's what I said about WHERE.

WHERE

• IBM would want me to answer the "Where should I blog?" question by saying the IBM Community. Certainly, it is one location where you can blog. IBM Champions are pre-approved, just as IBMers are, to write blog posts on the IBM Community. However, not every IBM product has the majority of its users using the IBM Community. Some do and some have more popular hang outs somewhere else. As an expert in your product area, you will already be very aware, I am sure, of where users of your favourite IBM product hang out, and ask questions. For myself, the MQ section in the IBM Community is not the most popular place where questions about MQ are asked, it is just one of several popular forums.
• Many IBMers and IBM Champions have their own website and/or blog and this can be a very good way to evangelise to users of an IBM product. After all, those people that are already hanging out on the IBM Community are already sold. Outside of the IBM domain may be where your words can make more of a difference.
• Also, and this may be the reason why many IBMers have their own blogs, we have recently lost quite a lot of very useful information through the sunsetting of several older IBM blogging platforms. With your own blog, you have more control over the lifespan of your work.
• Wherever you blog, it is worth sharing links to your work on platforms such as LinkedIn and perhaps Twitter. Use the hashtag #IBMChampion along with any product hashtags. The IBM Champion team will amplify any posts you have written and the hash tag is one way to let them know.

I'm not sure whether the whole document was hosted anywhere by @Libby Ingrassia but I could put it in the library in this group if that was appropriate.

Cheers,
Morag

Hi Libby,

Excellent topic for the series. I am very much looking forward to it. I have a few related questions, that I would love to figure out:

1. I have my blog hosted on ruchi.no. I am often confused about whether to write posts directly on my blog, or to contribute to the Community blog, or post to both. I aim to reach the targeted audience of folks working on IBM products/services. What do you think is a good balance here?
2. I am soon starting a weekly series on LinkedIn "Integration Tuesdays" where I will present integration scenarios through infographics, and on page 2 show how IBM App Connect and its module ecosystem can be utilized. I am unsure about how to reach a suitable audience outside of my connection sphere, possibly folks who are not on board the IBM ecosystem.

Thank you for reading through and apologize if these questions are understood as off-topic.

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

Thanks for your contributions and feedback!

Hi @Morag Hughson - thanks for this! I may ask you to share this content again - new audience, new year! You can certainly share the presentation as a library doc here as a starter - great idea!

Hi Ruchi,

I did a presentation on blogging on an IBM Champion call a little while back. Here's what I said about WHERE.

WHERE

• IBM would want me to answer the "Where should I blog?" question by saying the IBM Community. Certainly, it is one location where you can blog. IBM Champions are pre-approved, just as IBMers are, to write blog posts on the IBM Community. However, not every IBM product has the majority of its users using the IBM Community. Some do and some have more popular hang outs somewhere else. As an expert in your product area, you will already be very aware, I am sure, of where users of your favourite IBM product hang out, and ask questions. For myself, the MQ section in the IBM Community is not the most popular place where questions about MQ are asked, it is just one of several popular forums.
• Many IBMers and IBM Champions have their own website and/or blog and this can be a very good way to evangelise to users of an IBM product. After all, those people that are already hanging out on the IBM Community are already sold. Outside of the IBM domain may be where your words can make more of a difference.
• Also, and this may be the reason why many IBMers have their own blogs, we have recently lost quite a lot of very useful information through the sunsetting of several older IBM blogging platforms. With your own blog, you have more control over the lifespan of your work.
• Wherever you blog, it is worth sharing links to your work on platforms such as LinkedIn and perhaps Twitter. Use the hashtag #IBMChampion along with any product hashtags. The IBM Champion team will amplify any posts you have written and the hash tag is one way to let them know.

I'm not sure whether the whole document was hosted anywhere by @Libby Ingrassia but I could put it in the library in this group if that was appropriate.

Cheers,
Morag

Hi Libby,

Excellent topic for the series. I am very much looking forward to it. I have a few related questions, that I would love to figure out:

1. I have my blog hosted on ruchi.no. I am often confused about whether to write posts directly on my blog, or to contribute to the Community blog, or post to both. I aim to reach the targeted audience of folks working on IBM products/services. What do you think is a good balance here?
2. I am soon starting a weekly series on LinkedIn "Integration Tuesdays" where I will present integration scenarios through infographics, and on page 2 show how IBM App Connect and its module ecosystem can be utilized. I am unsure about how to reach a suitable audience outside of my connection sphere, possibly folks who are not on board the IBM ecosystem.

Thank you for reading through and apologize if these questions are understood as off-topic.

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

Thanks for your contributions and feedback!

Happy to do that Libby - easy to give a presentation when it's already created.

I have failed to add it to the library here though. In the MQ area when I go to the library there is a button "Add a Library Entry" but there doesn't appear to be one of those for me in this group. I assume that means I don't have the authority to add it to the library?

Happy to email it to you if the library in this group is only accessible to the admins.

Cheers,
Morag

Hi @Morag Hughson - thanks for this! I may ask you to share this content again - new audience, new year! You can certainly share the presentation as a library doc here as a starter - great idea!

Hi Ruchi,

I did a presentation on blogging on an IBM Champion call a little while back. Here's what I said about WHERE.

WHERE

• IBM would want me to answer the "Where should I blog?" question by saying the IBM Community. Certainly, it is one location where you can blog. IBM Champions are pre-approved, just as IBMers are, to write blog posts on the IBM Community. However, not every IBM product has the majority of its users using the IBM Community. Some do and some have more popular hang outs somewhere else. As an expert in your product area, you will already be very aware, I am sure, of where users of your favourite IBM product hang out, and ask questions. For myself, the MQ section in the IBM Community is not the most popular place where questions about MQ are asked, it is just one of several popular forums.
• Many IBMers and IBM Champions have their own website and/or blog and this can be a very good way to evangelise to users of an IBM product. After all, those people that are already hanging out on the IBM Community are already sold. Outside of the IBM domain may be where your words can make more of a difference.
• Also, and this may be the reason why many IBMers have their own blogs, we have recently lost quite a lot of very useful information through the sunsetting of several older IBM blogging platforms. With your own blog, you have more control over the lifespan of your work.
• Wherever you blog, it is worth sharing links to your work on platforms such as LinkedIn and perhaps Twitter. Use the hashtag #IBMChampion along with any product hashtags. The IBM Champion team will amplify any posts you have written and the hash tag is one way to let them know.

I'm not sure whether the whole document was hosted anywhere by @Libby Ingrassia but I could put it in the library in this group if that was appropriate.

Cheers,
Morag

Hi Libby,

Excellent topic for the series. I am very much looking forward to it. I have a few related questions, that I would love to figure out:

1. I have my blog hosted on ruchi.no. I am often confused about whether to write posts directly on my blog, or to contribute to the Community blog, or post to both. I aim to reach the targeted audience of folks working on IBM products/services. What do you think is a good balance here?
2. I am soon starting a weekly series on LinkedIn "Integration Tuesdays" where I will present integration scenarios through infographics, and on page 2 show how IBM App Connect and its module ecosystem can be utilized. I am unsure about how to reach a suitable audience outside of my connection sphere, possibly folks who are not on board the IBM ecosystem.

Thank you for reading through and apologize if these questions are understood as off-topic.

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

Thanks for your contributions and feedback!

Hi Libby,

Excellent topic for the series. I am very much looking forward to it. I have a few related questions, that I would love to figure out:

1. I have my blog hosted on ruchi.no. I am often confused about whether to write posts directly on my blog, or to contribute to the Community blog, or post to both. I aim to reach the targeted audience of folks working on IBM products/services. What do you think is a good balance here?
2. I am soon starting a weekly series on LinkedIn "Integration Tuesdays" where I will present integration scenarios through infographics, and on page 2 show how IBM App Connect and its module ecosystem can be utilized. I am unsure about how to reach a suitable audience outside of my connection sphere, possibly folks who are not on board the IBM ecosystem.

Thank you for reading through and apologize if these questions are understood as off-topic.

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

Thanks for your contributions and feedback!

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

Thanks for your contributions and feedback!

Hi Libby,

Blogging could add some additional benefits to our peers. I would love to be more involved. 

Best,

Rastko

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

Thanks for your contributions and feedback!

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

Thanks for your contributions and feedback!

Hi all,

I recently found out about the IBM champion program and I'm very excited to share my passion for FinOps and AiOps with the rest of the world. I had dinner with some people from IBM yesterday and when I mentioned the champion program they got very excited and advised me to get involved. I wrote my first "real" article on LinkedIn today but I'm wondering what's next. Hopefully by following you guys and this thread I'll be able start my journey to becoming a champion.

Kind regards,
Dennis

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Hi Dennis, my own personal journey towards IBM Champion started over 18 months ago.  I started posting on linked-in and Twitter, but it was only articles and information that are relevant to my line of work and my 'followers'.  Just randomly posting unrelated content to your followers won't get results.  Give them information that is useful and worthwhile of their time.  I have also become very involved with local and regional user groups where I volunteer my time to give presentations around my line of work that enable people to solve problems at no cost, because hey, who doesn't like "free".  Hope that helps.

Mike

Hi all,

I recently found out about the IBM champion program and I'm very excited to share my passion for FinOps and AiOps with the rest of the world. I had dinner with some people from IBM yesterday and when I mentioned the champion program they got very excited and advised me to get involved. I wrote my first "real" article on LinkedIn today but I'm wondering what's next. Hopefully by following you guys and this thread I'll be able start my journey to becoming a champion.

Kind regards,
Dennis

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

Thanks for your contributions and feedback!

Hi all,

I recently found out about the IBM champion program and I'm very excited to share my passion for FinOps and AiOps with the rest of the world. I had dinner with some people from IBM yesterday and when I mentioned the champion program they got very excited and advised me to get involved. I wrote my first "real" article on LinkedIn today but I'm wondering what's next. Hopefully by following you guys and this thread I'll be able start my journey to becoming a champion.

Kind regards,
Dennis

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Dennis,

welcome on your way to become a champion. Here is my personal step-by-step how to :

• start with your personal article on your company website
• post your own articles on social media like LinkedIn
• register yourself for at least one IBM product or service comunity inside IBM User Groups
• start with some discussions posts and post at least one BLOG entry (may require registering yourself for blog posts)
• after some time (in my case more than one year of activity) a collegue may promote you as a "champion"
• self promotion is also possible if you fulfill the prerequisites
• wait for the orange ribbon to be bound around your neck :-)
• in case of questions ask Libby or myself in case you are desperated enough :-)

Regards

Karl

Hi all,

I recently found out about the IBM champion program and I'm very excited to share my passion for FinOps and AiOps with the rest of the world. I had dinner with some people from IBM yesterday and when I mentioned the champion program they got very excited and advised me to get involved. I wrote my first "real" article on LinkedIn today but I'm wondering what's next. Hopefully by following you guys and this thread I'll be able start my journey to becoming a champion.

Kind regards,
Dennis

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

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Hi all,

I recently found out about the IBM champion program and I'm very excited to share my passion for FinOps and AiOps with the rest of the world. I had dinner with some people from IBM yesterday and when I mentioned the champion program they got very excited and advised me to get involved. I wrote my first "real" article on LinkedIn today but I'm wondering what's next. Hopefully by following you guys and this thread I'll be able start my journey to becoming a champion.

Kind regards,
Dennis

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As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

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Hi Dennis, I would like to wish you a lot of success with your journey to become an IBM Champion!!! I am actually on the same journey and hope to become an IBM Champion in the future as well. I have been working for IBM myself for more then 22 years and have moved to an IBM Business Partner since 2 years now. I have been a sort of IBM Champion all my live, but now would like to make it official :-)  Being able to see both perspectives, both inside IBM and now with the Busines Partner community is a real eye opener and opens new perspectives for me, although I am almost 60 years of age :-)

Let's both start promoting IBM and IBM Technology, as it can really change lives and help businesses to become more competitive ans sustainable. Within the data and AI community I will be an active member and have started with a specific landing page on our website, as well as posting articles on LinkedIn. See you in Cyberspace!!!

Hi all,

I recently found out about the IBM champion program and I'm very excited to share my passion for FinOps and AiOps with the rest of the world. I had dinner with some people from IBM yesterday and when I mentioned the champion program they got very excited and advised me to get involved. I wrote my first "real" article on LinkedIn today but I'm wondering what's next. Hopefully by following you guys and this thread I'll be able start my journey to becoming a champion.

Kind regards,
Dennis

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As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

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Hi Jean-Marie,

Thank you very much for the well wishes. If you have been working for 22 years for IBM I have no doucht that you have a lot of knowledge to share and will be a very valuable partner for businesses. Let's keep in touch, I see you are based in Belgium so there will be ample opportunity to meet each other around different events.

Dennis

Hi Dennis, I would like to wish you a lot of success with your journey to become an IBM Champion!!! I am actually on the same journey and hope to become an IBM Champion in the future as well. I have been working for IBM myself for more then 22 years and have moved to an IBM Business Partner since 2 years now. I have been a sort of IBM Champion all my live, but now would like to make it official :-)  Being able to see both perspectives, both inside IBM and now with the Busines Partner community is a real eye opener and opens new perspectives for me, although I am almost 60 years of age :-)

Let's both start promoting IBM and IBM Technology, as it can really change lives and help businesses to become more competitive ans sustainable. Within the data and AI community I will be an active member and have started with a specific landing page on our website, as well as posting articles on LinkedIn. See you in Cyberspace!!!

Hi all,

I recently found out about the IBM champion program and I'm very excited to share my passion for FinOps and AiOps with the rest of the world. I had dinner with some people from IBM yesterday and when I mentioned the champion program they got very excited and advised me to get involved. I wrote my first "real" article on LinkedIn today but I'm wondering what's next. Hopefully by following you guys and this thread I'll be able start my journey to becoming a champion.

Kind regards,
Dennis

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As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

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Hi Dennis, I would like to wish you a lot of success with your journey to become an IBM Champion!!! I am actually on the same journey and hope to become an IBM Champion in the future as well. I have been working for IBM myself for more then 22 years and have moved to an IBM Business Partner since 2 years now. I have been a sort of IBM Champion all my live, but now would like to make it official :-)  Being able to see both perspectives, both inside IBM and now with the Busines Partner community is a real eye opener and opens new perspectives for me, although I am almost 60 years of age :-)

Let's both start promoting IBM and IBM Technology, as it can really change lives and help businesses to become more competitive ans sustainable. Within the data and AI community I will be an active member and have started with a specific landing page on our website, as well as posting articles on LinkedIn. See you in Cyberspace!!!

Hi all,

I recently found out about the IBM champion program and I'm very excited to share my passion for FinOps and AiOps with the rest of the world. I had dinner with some people from IBM yesterday and when I mentioned the champion program they got very excited and advised me to get involved. I wrote my first "real" article on LinkedIn today but I'm wondering what's next. Hopefully by following you guys and this thread I'll be able start my journey to becoming a champion.

Kind regards,
Dennis

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As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

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Hi Jean-Marie - 

Sounds like you're someone we'd love to have in the program. As I said to Dennis above, just apply for the Rising Champions first advocacy badge (IBM Contributor) once you have at least 2 acts of advocacy for 2024 and then you'll be part of the IBM Rising Champions program officially. 

And keep your eye open for a call for all those interested in advocacy coming later in February.

Hi Dennis, I would like to wish you a lot of success with your journey to become an IBM Champion!!! I am actually on the same journey and hope to become an IBM Champion in the future as well. I have been working for IBM myself for more then 22 years and have moved to an IBM Business Partner since 2 years now. I have been a sort of IBM Champion all my live, but now would like to make it official :-)  Being able to see both perspectives, both inside IBM and now with the Busines Partner community is a real eye opener and opens new perspectives for me, although I am almost 60 years of age :-)

Let's both start promoting IBM and IBM Technology, as it can really change lives and help businesses to become more competitive ans sustainable. Within the data and AI community I will be an active member and have started with a specific landing page on our website, as well as posting articles on LinkedIn. See you in Cyberspace!!!

Hi all,

I recently found out about the IBM champion program and I'm very excited to share my passion for FinOps and AiOps with the rest of the world. I had dinner with some people from IBM yesterday and when I mentioned the champion program they got very excited and advised me to get involved. I wrote my first "real" article on LinkedIn today but I'm wondering what's next. Hopefully by following you guys and this thread I'll be able start my journey to becoming a champion.

Kind regards,
Dennis

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

Thanks for your contributions and feedback!

Thanks for the info Libby. I have already the IBM Advocate and IBM Contributor badges for 2023. However, I suppose this has to be renewed for 2024?

Hi Jean-Marie - 

Sounds like you're someone we'd love to have in the program. As I said to Dennis above, just apply for the Rising Champions first advocacy badge (IBM Contributor) once you have at least 2 acts of advocacy for 2024 and then you'll be part of the IBM Rising Champions program officially. 

And keep your eye open for a call for all those interested in advocacy coming later in February.

Hi Dennis, I would like to wish you a lot of success with your journey to become an IBM Champion!!! I am actually on the same journey and hope to become an IBM Champion in the future as well. I have been working for IBM myself for more then 22 years and have moved to an IBM Business Partner since 2 years now. I have been a sort of IBM Champion all my live, but now would like to make it official :-)  Being able to see both perspectives, both inside IBM and now with the Busines Partner community is a real eye opener and opens new perspectives for me, although I am almost 60 years of age :-)

Let's both start promoting IBM and IBM Technology, as it can really change lives and help businesses to become more competitive ans sustainable. Within the data and AI community I will be an active member and have started with a specific landing page on our website, as well as posting articles on LinkedIn. See you in Cyberspace!!!

Hi all,

I recently found out about the IBM champion program and I'm very excited to share my passion for FinOps and AiOps with the rest of the world. I had dinner with some people from IBM yesterday and when I mentioned the champion program they got very excited and advised me to get involved. I wrote my first "real" article on LinkedIn today but I'm wondering what's next. Hopefully by following you guys and this thread I'll be able start my journey to becoming a champion.

Kind regards,
Dennis

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Hi all,

I recently found out about the IBM champion program and I'm very excited to share my passion for FinOps and AiOps with the rest of the world. I had dinner with some people from IBM yesterday and when I mentioned the champion program they got very excited and advised me to get involved. I wrote my first "real" article on LinkedIn today but I'm wondering what's next. Hopefully by following you guys and this thread I'll be able start my journey to becoming a champion.

Kind regards,
Dennis

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

Thanks for your contributions and feedback!

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

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From yesterday's call, @Libby Ingrassia you indicated advocacy ideas should be around 3 minutes for video, but I went a little over, so hopefully someone can let me know if this is how you want these. My access does not appear to be fully set up, so I will just put everything here for easy usage. The video is on youtube, but I just uploaded it here for convenience, along with the power point. Just let me know this is what you are looking for. 

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

Thanks for your contributions and feedback!

From yesterday's call, @Libby Ingrassia you indicated advocacy ideas should be around 3 minutes for video, but I went a little over, so hopefully someone can let me know if this is how you want these. My access does not appear to be fully set up, so I will just put everything here for easy usage. The video is on youtube, but I just uploaded it here for convenience, along with the power point. Just let me know this is what you are looking for. 

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

Thanks for your contributions and feedback!

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

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@Libby Ingrassia regarding the use of the reporting tool https://ibm.biz/champ-report, if we are for example posting to linked in and using the #IBMChampionhashtag, should we also post to the https://ibm.biz/champ-report tool or will these automatically be picked up? I just don't want to over report if possible, and Linked In appears to be picking up the details well at via their own search tool. 

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

Thanks for your contributions and feedback!

In 2024, we'll be launching advocacy how-to content in this community on a monthly schedule. The content will include tips for how, why, where, and when to contribute various types of activity, along with some highlights and examples of those contributions.

As we prepare our content calendar, we'd love for you to tell us what your top questions are - do you want to know more about blogging or how and why to participate in the community? Maybe you're looking for tips on SEO or podcasting? Maybe you want to know how to be recognized on LinkedIn as a top contributor in your area? You tell us your questions around advocacy and your top types of advocacy you'd like to talk about, and we'll get answers throughout 2024.

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