Feedback Opportunity: MCP Program
Hi. I have this note to post from my friend Sarah, she's new to our team and is working on all things MCP. This is good news for you; she is smart and you'll like her. If you have 5 minutes or so, she'd love to hear from the certification community in this little survey. <Try this one.> And if that one is closed, try this one, or this one, or this one. We didn't expect so many of you to respond. That was dumb, right?
I told her you guys were shy, and probably wouldn't have any opinion. But she wanted me to post this anyway...
Good day everyone!
My name is Sarah Grant and I am new to the MCP Community Lead role here at Microsoft. I am just getting my feet wet (4 days and counting!) and I am already hoping to gain feedback from the MCP community on a topic of discussion here internally. I know that, over the years, and before my time, there has been a lot of talk about our welcome kits, and whether they need some polishing. There are few ideas floating around, and we get a lot of feedback from different places about the best way to go. I wanted to get a gut check in a quick survey, here, too, to see what you think. While I cannot get 2.2 million MCP’s opinion’s, maybe I can get yours! After all, your perception of the program is what keeps this program alive & kickin’ and still important in the IT sector.
Today, as you probably know, the first time you earn an MCTS, MCITP, and MCPD, you can order (for free—you just have to request it from the MCP site) a welcome kit. The welcome kit contains a nice folder, a paper certificate, a coupon for 20% off MCP gear at the MCPeStore and a wallet card. Then, each time you earn a subsequent certification (i.e. your second MCTS or second MCITP certification…), you can “order” a paper certificate.
We want to know what you value and what you like when you receive your welcome kits and paper certificates. Things being discussed--could we/should we:
1) Do more with those first welcome kits and eliminating the subsequent certificates. By “do more” by dressing up the wallet card and certificate, maybe include something else you’d find helpful.
2) Add more relevant marketing material to help you understand the benefits given.
3) Make the online certificates we launched last year easier to use (this is where you can print certificates you’ve earned at your convenience)
I have sent up a short survey for anyone who is interested in sharing their opinion with me.
Kind regards and I look forward to working with you all!
Sarah Grant
Comments
Anonymous
July 31, 2008
Questions 7 is broken. The last top options are not split.. Option 1: Would impact my value perception of the program POSITIVELY Option 2: Would NOT have an impact my value of the program perception Would impact my value perception of the program NEGATIVELYAnonymous
July 31, 2008
Taken. When will we know if we passed or failed? :) Upon successfully completely this exam, you will have earned the title of: MCST - Microsoft Certified Survey Taker Enjoy.Anonymous
July 31, 2008
Un questionario sui Welcome KitAnonymous
July 31, 2008
HEllo Sarah, if you are interesting in opinion of Russian MCP's pls let me to know, I'm ready to organize guys to give you some feedback, if you are interesting pls contact with me, Best regards, Alex Burlachenko Regional MCP Club Community Lead MVP/MCT/MCITP/MCTS/MCSE/MCSA/MCP http://win2008.ru/ aburlachenko@mail.ruAnonymous
August 01, 2008
"This survey is currently closed. Please contact the author of this survey for further assistance." FINE! I DIDN'T WANT TO HELP ANYHOW!Anonymous
August 01, 2008
This survey is currently closed. Please contact the author of this survey for further assistance. Fine, I see how it is. Here I was, trying to give you feedback. And you tell me quite plainly that you just didnt care ;) And im never sarcastic. Or opinionated. Congrats to Sarah, id be interestedin hearing her take on what she sees that role to be and how it contrasts with the position under George.Anonymous
August 01, 2008
It would be nice if the online certificate mentioned the 'Charter Member' status for charter member certs.Anonymous
August 01, 2008
Sorry about that, everyone. I added another survey (a few more, actually) so hopefully you'll try again. There's a cap on how many people can respond--and you guys went over it. In a few hours. Which is awesome. We feel dumb. Sorry.Anonymous
August 01, 2008
Trika You are now a MCPSH? MCSH - Microsoft Certified Professional Survey Hoster :-)Anonymous
August 02, 2008
I want the pins back. The 2003 track certificates look really bad compared to both older and newer generation certificates, by the way. What did you think when you were designing them?Anonymous
August 03, 2008
I'm thinking ditch the pins and send a voucher for some real swag - like a voucher from the e-store for a polo or something. The program could use some more promotional discounts and giveaways as well! I'm not into the "goodies" as much as I am obtaining subject knowledge and then certifying after some hands-on, but it's good to know there are tangible benefits to go along with the proverbial "warm fuzzy" of certs.Anonymous
August 03, 2008
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August 03, 2008
quality paper, A worthy paper to the height of a MCP Money in publicity is spent but that in a decent certificate the questions are obsceneAnonymous
August 03, 2008
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August 04, 2008
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August 04, 2008
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August 04, 2008
I like the card, just in case I was ever asked to prove it during an interview with a client or something. The "visible" stuff strike me as "Look at me, I'm so good I'm certified" - and for some reason, I have this stereotype against people who try to show off their paper credentials. However, the pin was subtle enough not to look obnoxious.Anonymous
August 04, 2008
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August 07, 2008
I didn't see any place to mention I want the pins back also (I misplaced my MCSD pin), the survey just talked about certificates. I like the new blue card also - so far the MCP hologram on the back hasn't rubbed off. However, it is just generic. It states MCP MCSD MCTS MCPD MCITP MCSA without stating what those certifications are in. Just curious, but now that newly certified MCTS's are really MCP's unless they take an older exam, are the cards going to change for them? It would be nice if there were cards that could actually be used as the "second form of identification" when taking certification exams.Anonymous
October 02, 2008
My name's Amber and I work in the Operations division in Microsoft Learning. Just wanted to let you know that we've made some changes to resolve the huge PDF file sizes for your transcripts.