Microsoft CLIP

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The Microsoft Community Leader / Insider Program (formerly Microsoft Community Leader / Influencer Program ) ( CLIP ) was an initiative by Microsoft Germany since 2003 to support non-commercial user groups / communities that have formed around Microsoft products, services and technologies. Examples include a. the .NET user groups , operators of blogs , forums or portals . The program was discontinued in spring 2015 and will be replaced by the Microsoft TechConnect program.

membership

In contrast to the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program, which, like CLIP, can be located as a long-term strategic activity by Microsoft, membership was unlimited in time, but expired when the corresponding commitment to the user group was terminated. Another difference to the MVP program is that user groups or their supervisors could apply to Microsoft for inclusion in CLIP. Membership in the MVP program is only possible at the invitation of Microsoft. As with the MVP program, the decision to join CLIP was made every quarter.

The user groups and their operators were listed in the “Microsoft Community Guide” on the Microsoft website. In October 2006, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH managed over “400 online and offline addresses”. Several times a year, all CLIP members were invited to events such as the “CLIP Open Day” or the “Community GetTogether”, which were intended to help them get to know each other. Microsoft usually sponsored travel expenses up to a certain amount.

Furthermore, user groups that were included in the CLIP received technical information, assistance and a personal contact at Microsoft.

Supervised user groups

Among other things, user groups with the following topics were supported within the framework of Microsoft CLIP:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Community Leader / Influencer Program (CLIP) ( Memento from December 6, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Microsoft Communities Flyer. ( PDF , 470 kB) Microsoft Communities, accessed September 30, 2012 .
  3. ↑ a b c Andreas H. Bock: Customer service in the social web . O'Reilly, Germany 2012, ISBN 978-3-86899-149-9 , pp. 123 ( Vorsachau on Google Books [accessed December 8, 2015]).
  4. ↑ Our partner sites - paules-pc-forum. Retrieved December 8, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Damian Dandik: network Total and the Microsoft TechConnect Community program. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 11, 2015 ; Retrieved December 10, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.netzwerktotal.de
  6. ↑ Community Leader / Influencer Program (CLIP) ( Memento from October 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Kay Giza: Microsoft Communities - Whole. Nice. Smart. ; Article by the then CLIP Program Manager of Microsoft Deutschland GmbH from October 7, 2006
  8. ^ Peter Kirchner: Impressions from the CLIP Open Day and the BMW Welt in Munich ; Article dated January 20, 2009 by a participant of the CLIP Open Day 2009
  9. ↑ Alexander Köplinger: Community GetTogether ; Article dated March 11, 2009 by a participant in Community GetTogether 2009
  10. ↑ User Group Compass: Microsoft user groups in your area ( Memento from September 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )