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Dear Microsoft New Zealand Speaker Selection Team,

Wouldn’t you love to get bang for your buck while investing in me being here?  There is a way: speaking at Microsoft TechEd New Zealand 2012. This year, the annual event will be held in Auckland from September 4 to 7 and it is the best way for me to meet some awesome developers and share my experiences - to add value to their team and their bottom line.

Microsoft TechEd 2012 is New Zealand’s largest technology conference, and it always has the best content because they bring down speakers from overseas. I could be one of them! I can get help deliver the most comprehensive training on Microsoft products, even those that haven't been released yet.

An added benefit this year is that I can update my industry certification on-site, as well as the skills that will help our organisation better understand, deploy and manage technologies.

In addition to over 160 unique breakout sessions with Microsoft and industry speakers, the conference would offer me the chance to connect face-to-face with peers who share our challenges, and to share real world experience from our community in Canada with the fine men and women delivering real value in the New Zealand IT industry with the products we use everyday.

I’d really like to talk to you about this opportunity and whether you would consider a few of the sessions I submitted. In the meantime, you can find out more on the TechEd 2012 website.

Thanks,

Colin Bowern
Technology Coach + Solutions Architect, ASP.NET/IIS MVP, and all around swell guy from Canada, eh!
	Dear Microsoft New Zealand Speaker Selection Team,

	Wouldn’t you love to get bang for your buck while investing in me being here? There is a way: speaking at Microsoft TechEd New Zealand 2012. This year, the annual event will be held in Auckland from September 4 to 7 and it is the best way for me to meet some awesome developers and share my experiences - to add value to their team and their bottom line.

	Microsoft TechEd 2012 is New Zealand’s largest technology conference, and it always has the best content because they bring down speakers from overseas. I could be one of them! I can get help deliver the most comprehensive training on Microsoft products, even those that haven't been released yet.

	An added benefit this year is that I can update my industry certification on-site, as well as the skills that will help our organisation better understand, deploy and manage technologies.

	In addition to over 160 unique breakout sessions with Microsoft and industry speakers, the conference would offer me the chance to connect face-to-face with peers who share our challenges, and to share real world experience from our community in Canada with the fine men and women delivering real value in the New Zealand IT industry with the products we use everyday.

	I’d really like to talk to you about this opportunity and whether you would consider a few of the sessions I submitted. In the meantime, you can find out more on the TechEd 2012 website.

	Thanks,

	Colin Bowern
	Technology Coach + Solutions Architect, ASP.NET/IIS MVP, and all around swell guy from Canada, eh!