Miss your free exam voucher at IBM ConnectED 2015?
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If you were an attendee of IBM ConnectED 2015 then you may recall my blog post about the free exam/test voucher for customers and partners for ICS related products. This kind of fell apart while there.
Due to some communication issues they did not have the vouchers on site at IBM ConnectED. IBM took remediation steps quickly (awesome move and kudos to Kristin) but you had to read a tiny posting on the event page about going to the Expertise Zone. Most of us saw this when we got back from IBM ConenctED 2015 and went to download session slides and even do session evaluations.
Now since then, it seems IBM offered it (as of Feb 23rd) to anyone that commented on a thread in the IBM Event Connect site. However, that offer was only good till end of day Feb 24th!!! One day to comment and no way to know that thread has been posted.
Diane Morneau | Feb 23, 2015
Hi everyone.
We sent confirmation emails last Friday to those who did drop by the Expertise Zone to get a free certification voucher. Thank you for your visit. The tickets were offered as a courtesy to the visitors of the Expertise Zone. We are glad to see that this is appreciated more than branded merchandise items.
Understanding there was some confusion about this opportunity, we are prepared to send a voucher number for an ICS certification exam to the ConnectED 2015 attendees who post a comment in here before the end of Feb 24 and who did not already take advantage of the offer.
Thank you.
Now you may say that this is only a $100 voucher and things happen. I agree. But we were surprised not to have the certification center while there and were happily surprised with free vouchers to take exams later. We were then sad that the certificates were not easily found and happy to know we could go get them somewhere on site if you knew the magical path or got word of mouth. I am now sad again they did not send a blast email to attendees saying you have (more than one day) time to go respond to this thread as a final call to get a free exam voucher.
It seems you can reach out to the poster at IBM of these comments and plead your case but I think the offer is gone just as fast as it went up.
Diane Morneau | Feb 25, 2015
Thank you all for your interest. We will be confirming your voucher via email by the end of next week.
A reminder of the conditions:
- one voucher per requestor - so if you already received one at the event, you will not receive a second one
- the voucher is good at any Pearson Vue testing centers
- the voucher is only valid for an ICS exam (like Connections, Domino, Sametime... no Portal, no WCM, no Forms)
- the voucher is good until July 31 2015
Have a great day!
Let me know if you have any luck.
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On Friday, February 27th, 2015 by Chris Miller
