Biz Apps Classroom, Episode 6: Training New Ukrainian Business Applications Professional

02/16/24 • 35 min

The Biz Apps Classroom welcomes its first guest on this episode, Microsoft MVP and partner executive Vlad Sarov joins us to talk about the work he, podcast co-host Julie Yack, and others have been doing on a project to bring Microsoft Business Applications skills to adults in Ukraine through an ongoing series of training cohorts. The program follows Microsoft's prescribed Business Application professional skilling collection, but the team have taken the extra effort to translate the learning materials, adapt the guidance to allow for online interaction, and develop automated translation capabilities to allow trainers who don't speak Ukrainian to still help educate the students.

Vlad and Julie share the program's history, the team effort that was required to launch it and keep it running, the outcomes for graduates, and how they hope to expand the training to more cohorts in Ukraine and perhaps in other parts of the world.

Show Notes:

1:30 - Vlad's impressions of last year's MVP Summit
3:45 - Hatching a plan to create learning cohorts in Ukraine
6:45 - Translation technology that enables a multi-language program
9:30 - Why a program from Microsoft offered a good starting point for translation and adapting to a Ukrainian cohort
12:30 - Stories of some of the students
14:30 - The typical student experience each week
18:15 - Signups available for spring and summery 2024 cohorts - how to get accepted, what is expected of students, and how the trainers adapt to student needs like difficult circumstances
23:00 - Hiring people who complete these training cohorts - what Microsoft partners can do to help
26:30 - Industries that the students are coming from, and why industry knowledge helps
28:00 - How students are learning about the program and gaining the trust to join it
31:00 - What's next for this training approach - reaching more translations and languages

Links & Resources:

Ukraine training signup: https://365l.ink/UkraineSignUp
Feedback and testimonials of students: https://www.bap-ua.sarov.plus/
Contact Vlad: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/vladsarov
For more information about learning course, contact Dima Kudin

Telegram: @DmytroKudin
Mail: [email protected]
Linkedin: https://ua.linkedin.com/in/dmytro-kudin-0abb88239

Support the podcast and get a discount on an annual plan for 365.training by visiting https://365l.ink/MSDW.

Show Notes:

1:30 - Vlad's impressions of last year's MVP Summit
3:45 - Hatching a plan to create learning cohorts in Ukraine
6:45 - Translation technology that enables a multi-language program
9:30 - Why a program from Microsoft offered a good starting point for translation and adapting to a Ukrainian cohort
12:30 - Stories of some of the students
14:30 - The typical student experience each week
18:15 - Signups available for spring and summery 2024 cohorts - how to get accepted, what is expected of students, and how the trainers adapt to student needs like difficult circumstances
23:00 - Hiring people who complete these training cohorts - what Microsoft partners can do to help
26:30 - Industries that the students are coming from, and why industry knowledge helps
28:00 - How students are learning about the program and gaining the trust to join it
31:00 - What's next for this training approach - reaching more translations and languages

Links & Resources:

Ukraine training signup: https://365l.ink/UkraineSignUp
Feedback and testimonials of students: https://www.bap-ua.sarov.plus/
Contact Vlad: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/vladsarov
For more information about learning course, contact Dima Kudin

Telegram: @DmytroKudin
Mail: [email protected]
Linkedin: https://ua.linkedin.com/in/dmytro-kudin-0abb88239

Support the podcast and get a discount on an annual plan for 365.training by visiting https://365l.ink/MSDW.

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