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Developer Relations for Students

  • Format:
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Topic: Personal and Business Development

Language: English

  • Events in this Series:
  • 4

As the job market and technology continue to evolve, it is important for us to keep our skills up to date and stay competitive in the industry and enable the sharing of best practices. By holding skilling sessions on technologies as well as on career topics, we set Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors up for success for a future job.

Developer Relations for Ambassadors is aimed at ensuring that Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors receive the most relevant and up-to-date information. In addition to providing valuable training, these skilling sessions will serve as an opportunity for team building and networking of the ambassador's communities.

Speakers

Past Events in this Series

All times in - Coordinated Universal Time

May

10

Wednesday

2023

Developer Relations for Students: Successful Storytelling: Making Your Message Stick

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (UTC)

This session is part of DevRel for Ambassadors series, learn more and register for the events here: DevRel for Ambassadors What is this session about? Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors are tasked with the responsibility to educate their peers and help them develop technical and career skills for the future. This session would focus on helping them as well as other students across the globe make more captivating presentations and demos. Who is it aimed at? Students looking to acquire the relevant soft skills for a great career in tech. Professionals looking to accelerate their career by acquiring relevant soft skills. Anyone looking to kickstart their career in tech. Speaker: John Papa John Papa is a dedicated father and husband, a professional Web Developer, and professional storyteller in the technology community. He currently is a Sr. Director for Microsoft leading the Academic Cloud Advocacy and has formerly worked for Disney on several web and mobile applications that you may have used. His passions are coding and teaching modern web technologies and enjoying everything Disney with his family. John is a co-host of the Web Rush podcast, author of the Angular Style Guide, and many popular Pluralsight online videos courses. You can reach John on Twitter at @john_papa or listen at Web Rush https://webrush.io

  • Format:
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Topic: Personal and Business Development

Language: English

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May

17

Wednesday

2023

Developer Relations for Students: The Art of Storytelling

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (UTC)

This session is part of DevRel for Ambassadors series, learn more and register for the events here: DevRel for Ambassadors What is this session about? Leadership skills is one of the criteria Student Ambassadors should possess. They should be able to inspire and motivate their peers to get involved in technology initiatives. Storytelling is an important part of inspiring and motivating their peers. This session would focus on helping Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors utilizing storytelling in their presentations. Who is it aimed at? Students looking to acquire the relevant soft skills for a great career in tech. Professionals looking to accelerate their career by acquiring relevant soft skills. Anyone looking to kickstart their career in tech. Speakers: Maddy Epstein Maddy Epstein is a Sr. Communications Manager at Microsoft working to help the Next Generation of student with fall in love with Microsoft. Maddy has worked with several Microsoft Executives on their communications platforms, as well as has experience in storytelling, public relations and public speaking training.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Personal and Business Development

Language: English

View on Demand

Jun

14

Wednesday

2023

Developer Relations for Students: Building your Online Presence and a Great Portfolio

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (UTC)

This session is part of DevRel for Ambassadors series, learn more and register for the events here: DevRel for Ambassadors What is this session about? Aside from supporting Student Ambassadors to empower students in their community, we want to also support our Student Ambassadors in their journey to success. What should Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors do to put themselves out? How do they showcase the great things they have done? In this session, we will show you how we did so and how you can do the same. Who is it aimed at? Students looking to acquire the relevant soft skills for a great career in tech. Professionals looking to accelerate their career by acquiring relevant soft skills. Anyone looking to kickstart their career in tech. Speakers: Julia Muiruri is a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft focused on empowering developers to learn and grow through technology, leveraging modern developer tools and Cloud services. She grew her passion for the community throughout her 3 years as a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador. Japhlet Nwamu is a Cloud Advocate focused on Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Data and AI. He is a community builder and is passionate about empowering the world bit by bit, helping everyone on the planet achieve more with technology. Japhlet strongly believes that everyone when given access to the right tools and opportunities, can innovate and build mind-blowing solutions. Before joining Microsoft, he was a Gold Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador and had the opportunity of speaking at over 100 sessions upskilling thousands of students and communities around the world. During his free time, he loves watching movies, visiting new places, interacting with people and making new friends, playing football and hiking.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Personal and Business Development

Language: English

View on Demand

Jul

05

Wednesday

2023

Developer Relations for Students: What's Next After Ambassadors Graduation?

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (UTC)

This session is part of DevRel for Ambassadors series, learn more and register for the events here: DevRel for Ambassadors What is this session about? Aside from supporting Student Ambassadors to empower students in their community, we want to also support our Student Ambassadors in their journey to success. What should Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors do to put themselves out? How do they showcase the great things they have done? In this session, we will show you how we did so and how you can do the same. Who is it aimed at? Students looking to acquire the relevant soft skills for a great career in tech. Professionals looking to accelerate their career by acquiring relevant soft skills. Anyone looking to kickstart their career in tech. Speakers: Julia Muiruri is a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft focused on empowering developers to learn and grow through technology, leveraging modern developer tools and Cloud services. She grew her passion for the community throughout her 3 years as a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador. Japhlet Nwamu is a Cloud Advocate focused on Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Data and AI. He is a community builder and is passionate about empowering the world bit by bit, helping everyone on the planet achieve more with technology. Japhlet strongly believes that everyone when given access to the right tools and opportunities, can innovate and build mind-blowing solutions. Before joining Microsoft, he was a Gold Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador and had the opportunity of speaking at over 100 sessions upskilling thousands of students and communities around the world. During his free time, he loves watching movies, visiting new places, interacting with people and making new friends, playing football and hiking.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Personal and Business Development

Language: English

View on Demand

Past Events in this Series

All times in - Coordinated Universal Time

May

10

Wednesday

2023

Developer Relations for Students: Successful Storytelling: Making Your Message Stick

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (UTC)

This session is part of DevRel for Ambassadors series, learn more and register for the events here: DevRel for Ambassadors What is this session about? Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors are tasked with the responsibility to educate their peers and help them develop technical and career skills for the future. This session would focus on helping them as well as other students across the globe make more captivating presentations and demos. Who is it aimed at? Students looking to acquire the relevant soft skills for a great career in tech. Professionals looking to accelerate their career by acquiring relevant soft skills. Anyone looking to kickstart their career in tech. Speaker: John Papa John Papa is a dedicated father and husband, a professional Web Developer, and professional storyteller in the technology community. He currently is a Sr. Director for Microsoft leading the Academic Cloud Advocacy and has formerly worked for Disney on several web and mobile applications that you may have used. His passions are coding and teaching modern web technologies and enjoying everything Disney with his family. John is a co-host of the Web Rush podcast, author of the Angular Style Guide, and many popular Pluralsight online videos courses. You can reach John on Twitter at @john_papa or listen at Web Rush https://webrush.io

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Personal and Business Development

Language: English

View on Demand

May

17

Wednesday

2023

Developer Relations for Students: The Art of Storytelling

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (UTC)

This session is part of DevRel for Ambassadors series, learn more and register for the events here: DevRel for Ambassadors What is this session about? Leadership skills is one of the criteria Student Ambassadors should possess. They should be able to inspire and motivate their peers to get involved in technology initiatives. Storytelling is an important part of inspiring and motivating their peers. This session would focus on helping Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors utilizing storytelling in their presentations. Who is it aimed at? Students looking to acquire the relevant soft skills for a great career in tech. Professionals looking to accelerate their career by acquiring relevant soft skills. Anyone looking to kickstart their career in tech. Speakers: Maddy Epstein Maddy Epstein is a Sr. Communications Manager at Microsoft working to help the Next Generation of student with fall in love with Microsoft. Maddy has worked with several Microsoft Executives on their communications platforms, as well as has experience in storytelling, public relations and public speaking training.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Personal and Business Development

Language: English

View on Demand

Jun

14

Wednesday

2023

Developer Relations for Students: Building your Online Presence and a Great Portfolio

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (UTC)

This session is part of DevRel for Ambassadors series, learn more and register for the events here: DevRel for Ambassadors What is this session about? Aside from supporting Student Ambassadors to empower students in their community, we want to also support our Student Ambassadors in their journey to success. What should Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors do to put themselves out? How do they showcase the great things they have done? In this session, we will show you how we did so and how you can do the same. Who is it aimed at? Students looking to acquire the relevant soft skills for a great career in tech. Professionals looking to accelerate their career by acquiring relevant soft skills. Anyone looking to kickstart their career in tech. Speakers: Julia Muiruri is a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft focused on empowering developers to learn and grow through technology, leveraging modern developer tools and Cloud services. She grew her passion for the community throughout her 3 years as a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador. Japhlet Nwamu is a Cloud Advocate focused on Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Data and AI. He is a community builder and is passionate about empowering the world bit by bit, helping everyone on the planet achieve more with technology. Japhlet strongly believes that everyone when given access to the right tools and opportunities, can innovate and build mind-blowing solutions. Before joining Microsoft, he was a Gold Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador and had the opportunity of speaking at over 100 sessions upskilling thousands of students and communities around the world. During his free time, he loves watching movies, visiting new places, interacting with people and making new friends, playing football and hiking.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Personal and Business Development

Language: English

View on Demand

Jul

05

Wednesday

2023

Developer Relations for Students: What's Next After Ambassadors Graduation?

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (UTC)

This session is part of DevRel for Ambassadors series, learn more and register for the events here: DevRel for Ambassadors What is this session about? Aside from supporting Student Ambassadors to empower students in their community, we want to also support our Student Ambassadors in their journey to success. What should Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors do to put themselves out? How do they showcase the great things they have done? In this session, we will show you how we did so and how you can do the same. Who is it aimed at? Students looking to acquire the relevant soft skills for a great career in tech. Professionals looking to accelerate their career by acquiring relevant soft skills. Anyone looking to kickstart their career in tech. Speakers: Julia Muiruri is a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft focused on empowering developers to learn and grow through technology, leveraging modern developer tools and Cloud services. She grew her passion for the community throughout her 3 years as a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador. Japhlet Nwamu is a Cloud Advocate focused on Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Data and AI. He is a community builder and is passionate about empowering the world bit by bit, helping everyone on the planet achieve more with technology. Japhlet strongly believes that everyone when given access to the right tools and opportunities, can innovate and build mind-blowing solutions. Before joining Microsoft, he was a Gold Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador and had the opportunity of speaking at over 100 sessions upskilling thousands of students and communities around the world. During his free time, he loves watching movies, visiting new places, interacting with people and making new friends, playing football and hiking.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Personal and Business Development

Language: English

View on Demand

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