When I started Kentico Developer way back when, there was very little in the way of good quality Kentico commen- tary available on the web.
Now it seems that every Kentico expert out there has something to say, and is out there actively saying it.
It’s great stuff. I don’t know what has inspired it, but I’m loving it.
The new Kentico initiatives are really drawing the best of the best out of the woodwork and placing them on show.
The Site of the Year Award, the MVP award, the new Partner Program incentives, the introduction of a Product Evangelist - it all seems to be working.
The community is alive with new white papers, regular webcasts, intro- ductory videos, blog posts, and press releases.
Partners are beginning to talk to each other and share ideas, techniques, and approaches.
This is a great time to be on board, and I’m eagerly looking forward to watching the critical mass roll in, when we will finally begin to see Kentico forums outside of DevNet, Kentico user groups outside of the .Net parent groups
they currently piggyback, and Kentico certifications become a sought after resume item.
There’s a lot happening behind the scenes to spur it all on, but the reality is that if a community isn’t already look- ing for a voice, then providing it with the tools can’t make things happen.
Having spoken to and worked with several different groups over the last couple of months, it’s obvious that the same pressure points are cropping up everywhere.
What’s also obvious is that partners are beginning to get together to discuss their reactions to these pain points, and although this is happening on a small scale and typically beind fairly closed doors, the powers that be are opening up to the idea that a shared approach that works is better than internal IP that doesn’t.
The next couple of months should be pivotal, and I’m looking forward to getting in amongst it all.
Richard Pendergast
Editor
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