Today’s Executive SMB customers Roundtable organized by Microsoft SMB Partner B-K IT Solutions was a success at HQ Microsoft Netherlands

Hi Everyone,

Today JCC Consultancy had organized  the executive roundtable for Executives from SMB customers/organization from Microsoft Non Managed Partner B-K IT Solutions.

10 Executives, owners and founders from SMB organizations and active in very different verticals such Legal, Consultancy, Car Transport, Travel agencies and Finance are represented.

The purpose of this roundtable is to guide and help B-K IT Solutions’ SMB customers to explore and see the many possibilities and business value added functionalities of Microsoft business productivitity solutions Office 365. Most of the SMB Customers has migrated their Exchange mail to Exchange Online, but do not know there are many other smart ways to improve their way to collaborate with internal and external contacts or workers. They do not know that there are ways to see someone’s availability and presence for questions. Many of SMB customers do not know you can save documents from one point and share the document to other workers so they can work together real-time in the same documents. How cool is that and imagine how smarter  you can work and save time and eventually bring down your costs.

Microsoft Netherlands facilitated an executive meeting room and catering and during this roundtable we challenged the Executive attendees to share their insights and vision if it comes to business challenges and opportunities within their vertical.

During this roundtable B-K IT Solutions we have shown these SMB’S customers how to improve their business processes and to make their work smarter and eventually reduce costs in terms of Unified Communications, Collaboration, Enterprise Social.

Andre Kieft from Microsoft Netherlands presented Microsoft’s new strategy Mobile and Cloud first world.

Jean-Claude Chan presented the latest ICT insights and trends regarding the SMB market in the Netherlands.

Feedback from the Executive attendees were:”I think it was a succesfull roundtable where I have learned new insights of the new capabilities of Office 365 and Microsoft new strategy. Besides it was worthwhile to come here and get the latest insights and information. Normally I have to look or search myself for these information and input”.

The roundtable was closed with a tour guidance in the Microsoft building by Andre Kieft.

In short, Microsoft Netherlands, the SMB customers and B-K IT Solutions were happy with this roundtable.

Well, if you have any comments or questions regarding organizing roundtable or Office 365, let me know.

Have a good one.

Jean-Claude Chan

Follow me on Twitter: @jeanclaudechan o Linkedin: jean.claude.chan@jccconsultancy.com

3 december 2014 Roundtable voor Microsoft MKB (Cloud) partners: Hoe verdien je meer omzet en winst met Office 365?

Hallo allemaal,

Uit onderzoek is gebleken dat veel Microsoft MKB partners moeite hebben met het verkopen van Office 365 en het realiseren van voldoende marge.

Op basis van dit onderzoek heeft Connected Services in samenwerking met Microsoft besloten een speciale bijeenkomst te organiseren voor IT bedrijven.

Maarten Visser, oprichter van Connected Services zal tijdens deze interactieve sessie diverse voorbeelden geven hoe u met Office 365 meer omzet en winst kunt gaan maken.

Er zullen diverse business modellen besproken worden en uiteraard willen we tijdens dit overleg ook horen waar u tegenaan loopt en welke uitdagingen u tegenkomt bij de verkoop van Office 365 en Azure.

 Hoe laat?

De sessie zal plaatsvinden op woensdag 3 december a.s. van 13.00 tot 16.00 uur. Van 13.00 tot 13.30 uur zal er een lunch geregeld worden door Microsoft NL.

Tijdens en na de sessie is er volop gelegenheid om te netwerken met partner collega’s.

Deze interactieve roundtable wordt gehouden in een intieme omgeving met maximaal 20 deelnemers en is uitsluitend voor eigenaren/oprichters of directieleden.

Locatie: Microsoft, Evert van de Beekstraat 354, Schiphol

Heb je interesse om deze kennis sessie bij te wonen op 3 december, mail dan je naam naar : jcchan@connectedservices.nl

Belangrijk om te melden: Bij een niet geannuleerde no-show op 3 december, zal een bedrag van 90,- euro excl BTW in rekening worden gebracht bij de desbetreffende deelnemer(s).

Met vriendelijke groet,

Jean Claude Chan is eigenaar van JCC Consultancy ,maar als ad interim werkzaam als Partner Channel Manager Connected Services

Maarten Visser, eigenaar Connected Services

Lisandro Antersyn, Microsoft Nederland

26th September: JCC Consultancy and Microsoft Netherlands organize a second Executive Strategy Roundtable for only Founders/owners from Microsoft Non Managed Partners

Hi All,

September is going to be a very interesting month, because JCC Consultancy will organize the second Executive Strategy roundtable for Owner/Founders from Microsoft Non Managed Partners in the Netherlands. Microsoft Netherlands is facilitating the roundtable room in their Microsoft building near Schiphol Airport.

On April 22nd, JCC Consultancy had organized the first intimate Executive Strategy roundtable with Microsoft Netherlands for only Microsoft Non Managed Partners and it was a success. For more info on this roundtable please go to: http://wp.me/p44K3B-cL

80% of Microsoft Non managed partners does not attend WPC or major Microsoft events

In December 2013 and January 2014, JCC Consultancy has conducted a survey among 500 Microsoft Non Managed partners in the Benelux and one of the questions we have imposed was : Will you attend SharePoint Conference Las Vegas or WPC Washington? 80% of them answered No, because they do not have time or the budget.

Besides there are 750.000 Microsoft Partners worldwide and only 16.000 of them attend the WPC Washington and SP Las Vegas. So that means there is huge group of 700.000 Microsoft non managed partners worldwide who does not attend the events and are missing out on the latest intel and insights. And yes there are hubs and portals where they can find and look back at the sessions and presentations, but they lack time, because it is business as usual.

We work for you, while it is business as usual for you

So that is what JCC Consultancy does and makes unique and a niche-player worldwide, because our  trademark,  services and concept have been patented and are unique for the Non Managed Partners worldwide. We collect the latest and most important intel/insights and filter that and present it back to the Microsoft Non Managed Partners worldwide.

Based on survey result and other results coming from the survey, JCC Consultancy decided to organize Executive Roundtables for Non Managed Partners who did not attend the events, but still want to be inspired and updated with the latest intel/insight.

At the roundtable in April, the topics were mainly inspired by the SharePoint Conference Strategical content JCC Consultancy has gathered by attending the Executive/Business Decision Makers and Strategy sessions/keynotes at the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas last March.

For my blogs on that event please check: https://jcccloud.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/the-week-after-the-showdown-of-sharepoint-2014-conference-in-las-vegas/

Upcoming roundtable September 26th

The upcoming roundtable on September 26th will be all about the latest intel, sessions, strategy and insights JCC Consultancy has collected at the Microsoft World Partner Conference in Washington. For our blogs of this event, please check: https://jcccloud.wordpress.com/2014/07/16/day-4-july-16-th-2014-live-update-from-washington-at-the-microsoft-world-partner-conference/

The roundtable will be seating 16 Founders/owners/CEO’S from Microsoft Non Managed Partners. Again it is going to be a intimate session where partners can share their experiences and thoughts on how their partnership with Microsoft is and how Microsoft is dealing with them as Non Managed Partners.

This roundtable is not technical, but is mainly strategically focused and not applicable for Dynamics, CRM partners.

Date : Friday September 26th 2014

Time: 12.30-16.30 p.m included lunch

Location: Microsoft Netherlands HQ , Evert van de Beekstraat 354, Schiphol

Attendee fee: Free

Subscribe: To register for this event please mail your name, role and company name to jean.claude.chan@jccconsultancy.com

Questions: For additional questions you can call me :+316 41 965686 or Twitter me @jeanclaudechan or via Linkedin : jean.claude.chan@jccconsultancy.com

What to expect at this roundtable?

JCC Consultancy goes WPC Washington

Like we did at the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas, JCC Consultancy has solely visited and attended Strategy, Business Decision Making, SMB Sessions and keynotes at the WPC Washington.

During this Executive roundtable,  attendees can expect:

• JCC Consultancy goes World Partner Conference in Washington: JCC Consultancy will present the latest Microsoft vision and strategy and what kind of impact it will have on partners worldwide.
• Jean-Claude Chan again at the WPC in Washington, had an One on One Executive meeting with Jared Spataro ( at the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas JCC Consultancy already had an One-on One Executive meeting with Jared)  General Manager Office 365 and Yammer, Jared Spataro and Jay Sethna, Product manager Yammer. At this roundtable i will share some insights with you on Office 365 and Yammer and the SMB market.
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• JCC Consultancy will present what trends and developments are happening within the SMB Market and what is going to happen in 2015 and 2016 within the Microsoft SMB world and which new services will become available for Microsoft SMB Partners worldwide. How can you earn more money/profit as a Microsoft SMB Partner and how can you develop a sustainable Cloud strategy and propositions that can also be profitable?
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• Microsoft Non managed MKB Partner showcase: At this roundtable a customer showcase will be presented and the showcase is about a Microsoft Non Managed Partner who decided to go from Non Managed to a Managed Partner.  What were their strategical drives and arguments to go Managed partner Status and what are the benefits and lessons learned for this partner. We will show you how JCC Consultancy has helped them to transform their business and Microsoft status.
• At this roundtable it is all about you as Microsoft Non Managed Partner and JCC Consultancy and Microsoft would like to hear from the attendees what their challenges and problems are from Microsoft Non Managed Partners in terms of Strategy, Sales, Marketing and Delivery.
• Finally JCC Consultancy  will present the results from the survey JCC Consultancy has conducted among 500 Microsoft Non Managed Partners in an interactive way with the attendees.

I look forward to seeing you on September 26th!

Have a good one

Jean-Claude Chan

Founder/Owner of www.jccconsultancy.com and http://www.jcccloud.com

You can also follow me on this blogsite.

 

 

Op 26 september a.s organiseert JCC Consultancy samen met Microsoft Nederland een tweede Executive Strategie Roundtable voor uitsluitend directieleden/eigenaren van Microsoft Non Managed MKB Partners

Hallo allemaal,

Vanwege de door JCC Consultancy georganiseerde succesvolle Executive Strategie roundtable sessie voor directieleden/eigenaren en oprichters van Microsoft non managed MKB partners op 22 april jl., heeft JCC Consultancy in overleg met Microsoft Nederland besloten om een nieuwe Executive Strategie roundtable sessie te organiseren.

Voor informatie over de roundtable van 22 april: http://wp.me/p44K3B-cL

Op 22 april jl was de SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas de leidraad, nu is de Microsoft World Partner Conference in Washington de inspiratie voor deze tweede Executive Strategie roundtable dat plaats zal vinden op vrijdag 26 september a.s.

Plek voor 16 directieleden/eigenaren/oprichters Microsoft non managed MKB Partners

Opnieuw zal het een intieme setting worden met maximaal 16 directieleden/eigenaren/ oprichters van Microsoft Non managed MKB partners.

Let op: deze roundtable is niet technisch, maar is voornamelijk strategisch van aard en niet geschikt voor Dynamics en/of CRM Partners

Datum: Vrijdag 26 september 2014

Tijdstip: 12.30-16.30 inclusief lunch

Locatie: Microsoft, Evert van de Beekstraat 354, Schiphol

Deelname kosten: Gratis

Inschrijving: U kunt zich aanmelden door uw bedrijfsnaam, naam, functie en telefoonnummer te jean.claude.chan@jccconsultancy.com

Vragen: Voor eventuele vragen kun je bellen met Jean-Claude Chan op 06-41 965686, twitteren @jeanclaudechan of Linkedinnen jean.claude.chan@jccconsultancy.com

Wat kun je verwachten tijdens deze roundtable?

JCC Consultancy goes WPC Washington

Zoals tijdens het SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas, heeft JCC Consultancy uitsluitend Strategie en SMB/MKB sessies gevolgd tijdens de WPC in Washington en heeft daar live verslag uitgebracht. Zie hier voor live verslagen van het event.

Deze verzamelde informatie zal JCC Consultancy deels presenteren tijdens deze roundtable.

• JCC Consultancy goes World Partner Conference in Washington: JCC Consultancy nam aan uitsluitend Executive sessies tijdens de Microsoft World Partner Conference 2014 in Washington van 12 juli tot en met 17 juli 2014 en zal een presentatie geven over de nieuwe Microsoft visie en strategie voor FY2015 en wat voor gevolgen het heeft voor de Microsoft partners wereldwijd.
• Jean-Claude Chan heeft net als tijdens de SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas opnieuw een One-on One Executive meeting gehad met General Manager Office 365 en Yammer, Jared Spataro en Jay Sethna, Product manager Yammer. Tijdens deze roundtable zal ik insights delen met de deelnemers wat er is besproken over de SMB Partner market wereldwijd.
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• Daarnaast zal JCC Consultancy een presentatie geven over welke trends en ontwikkelingen binnen de SMB/MKB markt spelen en wat er in 2015 en 2016 gaat gebeuren binnen de Microsoft SMB wereld en welke nieuwe diensten beschikbaar zijn voor Microsoft MKB Partners wereldwijd. Hoe kun je als Microsoft MKB partner meer business binnenhalen en hoe zorg je ervoor dat je een duurzame cloud strategie opbouwt die ook winstgevend kan zijn?
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• Microsoft Non managed MKB Partner showcase: Tevens zal er een real showcase gepresenteerd worden van een Microsoft Non managed partner die bewust gekozen heeft om Managed partner te worden. Wat zijn de drijfveren geweest om de over stap te maken naar een Managed status en wat zijn de benefits en lessons learned geweest voor deze MKB partner?
• Tijdens deze roundtable sessie horen Microsoft en JCC Consultancy graag wat de uitdagingen en knelpunten zijn van Microsoft Non managed MKB Partners als het gaat om Strategie, Sales, Marketing, Delivery en Executie en waar ze tegen aanlopen.
• Verder zal JCC Consultancy de resultaten van de gehouden survey onder de 500 Microsoft Non managed MKB Partners presenteren en een interactieve discussie aangaan omtrent de cijfers.

Ik hoop jullie Microsoft non managed MKB partners te spreken op vrijdag 26 september a.s. bij Microsoft

Jean-Claude Chan

Oprichter en eigenaar JCC Consultancy

Je kunt mij volgen via deze blogsite of twitter @jeanclaudechan

 

 

 

Summary of first intimate Executive roundtable for Founders/owners from Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partners

 

Hi All

Today JCC Consultancy and Microsoft Netherlands are organizing an exclusive intimate Executive Roundtable sessions for Owners/ Founders from Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partners at HQ from Microsoft Netherlands. This session was initiated by Jean-Claude Chan, who is owner and founder of JCC Consultancy. His organization is the first and unique consultancy organization worldwide who is focused on helping,coaching, advising, traininig Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partners worldwide. For more information JCC Consultancy proposition check out: link

The session started off with a lunch and I kicked off at 13.15 pm.

14 Executive ( Founders and Owners) member of Microsoft Non Managed SMB partners  present and this roundtable in small settings is to bring Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partners together so they can share their thoughts and challenges if it comes to business challenges in terms of Strategy, Sales, Marketing and Delivery.

Jean-Claude Chan, owner and founder of JCC Consultancy kicked off and presented his unique nicheplayer proposition and his vision.

Next was Andre Kieft from Microsoft who presented Microsoft’s vision on Cloud and Productivity.

Than Jean-Claude Chan presented his One on One executive meeting with Jared Spataro, General Manager Office and Office 365 worldwide and vision on the Non Managed SMB Partners.

For more info on this event check out the blog.

ICMNM Partner group (International Community Microsoft Non Managed Partners).

Besides this roundtable, JCC Consultancy has also created a new community for Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partners to come together. Please read the blog on this topic and go to the Linkedin Group of ICMNM Partners (International Community Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partners): blog

Go join the ICMNM Partner member group via this Linkedin link.

Are you a Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partner and you did not have time to visit the SharePoint Conference event in Las Vegas last March or the upcoming World Partner Conference in Washington in july ? Or do you lack budget to attend such an event?

JCC Consultancy offers you to become a member of the International Community Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partners for a very low anual fee.

According to a independent survey we have conducted in December and January among Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partners, 90% pointed out that they will not attend the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas and World Partner Conference in Washington. Based on these results, JCC Consultancy has created a special offer for those Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partners who did of will not attend these events, but still want access to all Executive and Strategy sessions.

New community for only Microsoft Non Managed partners worldwide : 3000 members by the end of 2015!

Furthermore, we want to create a new community for Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partners worldwide. Our goal is to have 3000 Microsoft Non Managed partners to become member of this community by the end of 2015. With that size we will be a strong community with a strong voice to provide Microsoft Corporation with the right feedback so Microsoft can adjust their strategy and plans for the Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partners.

IC MNM Membership: what is the business value for you?

• Save business time: Normally you are out of office for 5- 7 days : 40-50 hours you are non productive
• Save event ticket: €1500,- euro
• Save airplane expenses:€ 900,- €1000,- euro
• Save hotel expenses: € 1300,- euro
• Save dinner and cab expenses euro € 400,- euro

In short: you will save at least € 5000,- € 6000,- euro ( in US dollars it will be 7000 – 8000 US dollars) per event if you become a MNM member on an annual base.

We work for you while it’s business as usual for you

Annual Membership fee:

• ICMNM (International Community Microsoft Non ManagedPartners )membership:
•  € 299,- euro,– (excl.VAT) —-> that will be only 0,82 euro cent a day. In US dollars it will be 415,- US dollars (excl.VAT).
• Full entrance to: all downloads from

SharePoint Conference Las Vegas 2014 and World Partner Conference in Washington 2014

• Executive /Strategy presentations/ documents
• Developer Presentations /Documents
• Roadmaps;
• Roundtable executive sessions to network;
• One day free consultancy ( € 960,- euro value)
• Discount 10% discount on consultancy rate

If you are interested in our membership please register via info@jccconsultancy.com and we will send you a registration list. Once we have received the registration list, an invoice for the annual fee will be sent to you.

For more information on our services please check out our company site http://www.jccconsultancy.com

Your membership can be cancelled with one month notice.

After you have paid the Annual membership fee, we will send you a link to grant you access to the ICMNM portal where you can download all the documents mentioned above.

In short, it was a perfect session in which the Executives gave feedback how their experiences are working with Microsoft and how they are facing challenges in terms of making the right decision regarding Strategy, Sales, Marketing and Delivery.

Finally this session generated new insights and feedback provided by these Executives from Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partners and with these intel I will give feedback to Jared Spataro and his team in Redmond.

If you want to know more about our services or interested to become a member of ICMNM Partner community, please mail me to info@jccconsultancy.com

Have a good one.

Op 22 april organiseert JCC Consultancy samen met Microsoft een exclusieve strategie roundtable plaats voor uitsluitend directeuren/eigenaren van Microsoft Non-managed MKB Partners

Hallo allemaal,

Op 22 april a.s. vanaf 12.30-16.30 uur organiseert JCC Consultancy samen met Microsoft een zeer exclusieve Strategie Roundtable voor uitsluitend directeuren/eigenaren van Microsoft Non Managed MKB Partners in Nederland.

In december 2013 en januari 2014 heeft JCC Consultancy een onafhankelijke survey gehouden onder 500 Microsoft MKB Partners in Nederland en een van de uitkomsten van dit onderzoek laat duidelijk zien dat MKB Unmanaged Partners meer aandacht willen vanuit Microsoft als het gaat om Strategie, Sales, Marketing en Delivery.

Op basis van deze survey uitkomsten gaat JCC Consultancy met Microsoft een speciale roundtable organiseren voor C-level leden van Microsoft Non Managed MKB Partners.

Deze roundtable is de eerste bijeenkomst van een serie Strategie Roundtables die gepland staan in 2014.  Meld je hier snel aan, omdat er een beperkt aantal plaatsen beschikbaar zijn.

Het doel van deze exclusieve roundtable sessie

• Tijdens deze roundtable sessie horen Microsoft en JCC Consultancy graag wat de uitdagingen en knelpunten zijn van Microsoft Unmanaged MKB Partners als het gaat om Strategie, Sales, Marketing, Delivery en Executie en waar ze tegen aanlopen.
• Verder zal JCC Consultancy de resultaten van de gehouden survey onder de 500 Microsoft Unmanaged MKB Partners presenteren en een interactieve discussie aangaan omtrent de cijfers.
• Microsoft Unmanaged MKB Partner showcase: Tevens zal er een real showcase gepresenteerd worden van een Microsoft Unmanaged partner die bewust gekozen heeft om Managed partner te worden. Wat zijn de drijfveren geweest om de over stap te maken naar een Managed status en wat zijn de benefits geweest voor deze MKB partner?
• What happens in Vegas, does not stay in Vegas: JCC Consultancy neemt deel aan uitsluitend Executive sessies tijdens de SharePoint Conference 2014 in Las Vegas van 2 maart tot en met 6 maart 2014 en zal een presentatie geven over de verzamelde strategie informatie en wat er speelt en wat er gaat spelen in 2014 en 2015 op het gebied van Microsoft strategie, Enterprise Social en Collaboration. U kunt ons ook volgen op www.jcccloud.com en twitter @jeanclaudechan live geupdated worden en blijven tijdens het SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas.

Deelname kosten: Gratis

Datum: Dinsdag 22 april 2014

Tijdstip: 12.30-16.30 uur. Lunch is van 12.30 tot 13.15.

Start van roundtable: 13.15 uur tot 16.30 uur.

Inschrijving: U kunt zich aanmelden door uw bedrijfsnaam, naam, functie en telefoonnummer te mailen

Vragen: Voor eventuele vragen kun je bellen met Jean-Claude Chan op 06-41 965686

We kijken graag uit naar je komst op 22 april!

Met vriendelijke groet,

Jean-Claude Chan

Oprichter en eigenaar van JCC Consultancy