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What was once just a fun Twitter game (OK, annoying to some) at previous VMware VMworld and Partner Exchange Conferences is now a chance to win real prizes at VMware’s Partner Exchange 2011 (PEX2011) next week in Orlando, FL. Thanks to several vendors and individuals that responded to Kelly Culwell (@kculw) and my last minute requests, if you are an attendee at PEX2011 and play PEX3WORD you can win the following prizes in the following ways:

• EMC Iomega IX2 – awarded to the best #pex3word tweet with a twit pic of Chad Sakac (@sakacc). Chad knows of this requirement to win, but he prefers the twit pic be one where he does not know it is being taken. Chad will help judge the winner. BTW, it doesn’t have to be an actual “twitpic”. Use whatever tweet photo service you want, but just follow the #pex3word game rules.
• VMware Workstation or Fusion -  awarded to the most informative or insightful #pex3word tweet. John Troyer (@jtroyer) has thrown these licenses in the pot for the game, and he will help us decide a winner for this category. Use 3 words to express your thoughts during a keynote, breakout session, lab, or just when you experience a general technological epiphany!
• Train Signal vSphere Troubleshooting DVD – awarded to the best / funniest /entertaining #pex3word conversation. David Davis (@davidmdavis) will help us decide the winner from the many series of #pex3word RTs and linked replies. Be sure to adhere to the rules of 3word tweeting! If you don’t know already, the Train Signal series of video training  is awesome training to have on your shelf or on your iPod/iPad/iPhone or smartphone, and the latest vSphere Troubleshooting DVD dives even deeper into VMware vSphere management.
• VMware vSphere Design by Forbes Guthrie, Scott Lowe, and Maish Saidel-Keesing. – awarded to the most frequent #pex3word tweeter. Scott Lowe (@scott_lowe) has agreed to ship this winner a copy when the books comes out! By frequent tweets we mean relevant and unique. Tweeting “one two three” a million times for example won’t win you anything, but Scott will ultimately help us decide this winner. No bots or scripts either. To be fair, we are only counting number of tweets between Tues and Thurs during the conference for this award. That way, those showing up early for boot camps and meetings do not have an unfair advantage.

Finally, we have several miscellaneous items such as t-shirts, umbrellas, bottle openers, etc. from Veeam and InterWorks for those #pex3word tweeters that don’t win anything above. This is not the booth swag that anyone can get at the conference, but these items were donated specifically for this game.

How to play and General Game Info

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I’m late posting about this so I’ll be short. Tuesday 08/10/2010 is the deadline to enter and win a free conference pass, airfare, and hotel accommodations for VMWorld 2010 in San Francisco, CA. Go to GestaltIT.com and register NOW!

Here’s some various contest info as pasted directly from the post Announcing the Gestalt IT “Get Away to VMworld” Contest!:

“Here’s the deal: Thanks to our generous sponsors (Xsigo and Symantec), we’ll pay airfare, hotel, and registration for one lucky and deserving person out there to attend VMworld San Francisco 2010! That’s right – you get to go to VMworld for free!”

“Entrants must explain how they plan to “pay it forward” if they get to go to VMworld. Will you start a blog? Write some tutorials? Contribute to a forum or online community? Present to your local VMUG? Get creative and spread the wealth of knowledge you get from the event!”

“HOW TO ENTER

Ok, so how can you enter this contest? Here are the simple steps:

1. Consider how attending VMworld would help you and the broader community
2. Fill out the contest entry form
3. Plan on stopping by the Symantec and Xsigo booths at the show and thanking them for their support
4. Consider publicizing the contest by sharing this article with friends and associates
5. Consider subscribing to Gestalt IT with RSS, by email, on Twitter, or in iTunes
6. Consider supporting DonorsChoose.org and donating your swag to school kids in need”

“You have through Tuesday, August 10 to enter. The winner will be announced on the VMware Community Roundtable Podcast, Wednesday August 11 at noon Pacific time!”

Check out the whole GestaltIT post for more details and some fine print. Good Luck and I hope to see you there!