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I’m pleased to…..

No, that doesn’t quite cut it.

That’s how I start many of my announcements here and this one deserves a different introduction.

I’m still quite amazed that I get to sit here and type this.

You see - a few weeks back I had this idea that maybe there would be enough people interested in learning ExpressionEngine in a classroom setting that I could successfully put together a class.

Then I met with the local CollectiveIdea guys who had successfully done some Ruby on Rails training through their Sessions offering.  A collaboration was borne out of that meeting and the wheels were rolling with a venue and a schedule.

Some discussions with Leslie at EllisLab led to the notion of EllisLab and EngineHosting possibly sponsoring a seat.  Leslie had the idea to reach out to the EE Professional Network with the idea of possibly a few of them sponsoring a second seat.

The response was nothing short of amazing and humbling all at the same time.

Within an hour we had sold out of the first round and had to expand the program.  A day or so later and we had enough support to cover not only two seats for the class but 4 nights lodging for those people as well. 

So - I’m much much more than pleased.  I’m excited, humbled, and not just a bit nervous to announce the availability of two scholarships for the upcoming Train-ee Classroom ExpressionEngine Training.

Details and instructions for the scholarships are available here.

Once again, my personal thanks to everyone who is sponsoring.  I’m looking forward to playing host in my hometown, and showing some folks how to work with ExpressionEngine.

Comments are closed, but you can read the comments other people left.

1. Bernd on July 31, 2008

   May i ask you considering making this training available for watching online (or at least to be downloadable later)? I think this could be a great opportunity because a lot of developers have no chance to com to your town…

   thanks for your great work!

   Bernd

2. Boyink (Author) on July 31, 2008

   Hi Bernd -

   Unfortunately would create a ton of extra work - both in gathering & staffing the recording equipment and then editing time after the fact.  Not to mention how to handle ~25 hours of content.  I have ~40 hours of time into screencasts with only a hour of run-time.

   If the class is successful and demand remains I’d rather look to taking it on the road and try to hold it in different areas throughout the year.

3. Bernd on July 31, 2008

   Hi Mike,

   yes, i understand.

   But i think it must be doable or eventually re-workable as an online training-class. There are lots of companies which do online-classes now, so maybe you should take a look into it.

   Sure enough, i would love to see you life here in our area, though… :-)

   Bernd

4. Boyink (Author) on July 31, 2008

   Yes - holding webinars is another thought, they just didn’t sound as fun..;)

   But you’re right to mention “re-working”—the content would have to be gone through to work best in the medium.  I found that out when I went to create an eBook from blog posts…

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