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July 19, 2006

Wanted: Visio Customers

One of the tools we Planners use to understand how to improve our product is a Customer Council. In my case, this is a group of dedicated Visio users who are selected based on how well they represent the overall Visio customer community. There are a limited number of Council member positions, and members serve for a period of one year.

Council members are uniquely positioned to have their voices heard by the designers and developers of Visio. Members can provide feedback on proposed features and interact, face-to-face, with the Visio product team. Council members share their views in person, through regular conference calls, and in electronic mail.

I am recruiting for the 2006-2007 Visio Council right now.Since I know a number of my readers are dedicated Visio users (I mean, I am the Planner for the thing), I'd love to chat with some of you to see if you're a good fit. If you are interested in helping shape the next generation of Visio, we'll ask you to:

• Participate in monthly conference calls with the product team;
• Come to Redmond at least once a year to attend an in-person, two- or three-day Visio Customer Council Symposium;
• Review and provide detailed feedback on proposed feature designs;
• Install, use, and provide feedback on Visio beta software;
• Respond to questions from the product team via phone or e-mail;
• Host Visio product team members at your place of business from time to time to understand more about how you and others at your organization use Visio;
• Sign a nondisclosure agreement with Microsoft.

If this sounds like something that would interest you, please contact me by (work) e-mail (gavins [at] microsoft [dot com])!

Posted by Gavin Shearer at July 19, 2006 5:16 PM. Posted to MSFT.

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