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VOICES 2026 - The Partner Marketing Conference

event date

12 Nov 2026

location

Online


VOICES: the Partner Marketing Conference is a one-day virtual event built for marketers in the Microsoft ecosystem — the ones actually running campaigns, building pipelines, and figuring it out in real time.

November 12, 2026. No vendor pitches. No recycled slide decks. Just practitioners sharing what's working, what isn't, and what this community needs to hear.

The VOICES Program Committee is looking for sessions on demand generation, co-marketing, partner programs, content strategy, brand, events, and MarTech. If you've got real experience and something worth saying, this is your stage.

What we're looking for

Strong submissions are specific, practical, and grounded in real experience. The best sessions teach attendees something they can use immediately — a framework, a lesson learned, a tactic that actually moved the needle. Broad overviews and vendor-sponsored talking points don't make the cut.

Your title and description are how the VOICES Program Committee evaluates your submission. Make them count. If your session is accepted, they'll also appear on the conference website and schedule — so write for both audiences.

Session formats

  • Practitioner Session — 45 minutes including Q&A. One or two speakers sharing real experience on a single topic.
  • Panel Discussion — 45 minutes including Q&A. Multiple perspectives on a single topic. Come with a clear focus and at least one other panelist in mind.
  • Case Study — 45 minutes including Q&A. One topic, one story. Here's what we did, here's what happened, here's what you can take from it.

You may submit up to four proposals.

No pitches. Ever.

VOICES sessions are for practitioners, not for selling. Any session that functions as a product or services pitch — regardless of how it's framed — will be declined. This applies to co-presenters and panelists, too.

What speakers receive

Accepted speakers receive a complimentary full-conference ticket.

Timeline

  • CFP closes: July 24, 2026
  • Speaker notifications: August 21, 2026
  • Conference: November 12, 2026

Questions?

Reach us at email@voicesconference.com.

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71 submissions
Submitted sessions
Jason Gumpert, Adam Berezin
  • Marketing spend that drives Microsoft partnership success: New data for ISVs, VARs, and SIs
Rick McCutcheon
  • MSDW’s Marketing Performance Survey 2026 Discussion
  • Expert Panel Discussion; Navigating AI Governance in Business Applications Marketing
  • Partner Marketing Performance Survey Results & Panel Discussion
  • From Invisible to Influential: Building Trust Through Thought Leadership for Microsoft Partners
Louis-Philippe Tremblay
  • Nearbound marketing: a live relationship-mapping exercise.
Robbie Janes
  • How to Measure, Earn and Advertise for Visibility in AI Search
  • How to Stop Sounding Like Every Other Microsoft Partner
  • The Honest Marketer’s Playbook: How Transparency Wins Trust Before the First Sales Call
  • Zero-Search Gold: How to Find the Content Your Competitors Are Missing
Madina Karabalina
  • The Partner Is Your First Buyer: Product Marketing's Real Job in the Partner-Led Business
Tiffany Allen, Jessica Kraisinger, Danielle McNamee
  • Accidentally Building a Community: How Three Partners Built Community Instead of Competing
Michelle Glennie, Cheryl Salazar
  • Why AI-Generated Marketing Content May Be Costing You Leads
Michelle Glennie, Cheryl Salazar, Hayley Davison
  • What's Working in Technology Marketing? The 2026 Data Says...
Iva Vlašimsky
  • Go to Market with Your Team on LinkedIn — And Win the AI Algorithm Game
  • Not Ready for Outcome-Based Pricing? Build Your Value Story First.
Carissa Allen
  • Four eras of storytelling: a framework
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Deidre Jones
  • Stop Echoing Microsoft. Start Interpreting It.
Erica Hakonson
  • 2026 Microsoft Partner Benchmark & Success Index: 300+ Partners & 185,000+ Data Points
Mary Miller
  • AI Give-and-Take in the B2B Buyer Journey
Susana Ramos
  • How Modern Marketers Become Revenue Operators
  • What's a Lead, Anyway? Same Pipeline, Different Dictionaries
  • Small Team, Big Thinkin': Punching Above Your Headcount with Automation
Amanda Sherry
  • Help! My Website Traffic Has Tanked. How to Track Success in the a Zero Click World
Hayley Kornilenko
  • What ERP Marketers Can Steal From D2C Playbooks (and What Will Get You Fired If You Try)
  • Proving Marketing ROI to an Engineer: What Retainers Taught Me About Metrics VARs Actually Trust
  • Stop Optimizing for Engagement: Content That Repels the Wrong Buyer on Purpose
  • Losing to Worse: The Real Reason Technically Strong VARs Get Passed Over
Tara Grant
  • The Output Trap: Why Your Content Marketing Isn't Working (and How to Fix It)
Ryan Phelan
  • Using AI Is Easy. Governing It Is Hard.
  • Why Great Companies Stay Invisible: The Positioning Mistakes That Keep Great Businesses from Thrivin
John Thomas
  • One Recording, Ten Assets: An AI Content Engine for Podcasts and Webinars
  • Surprise! You're All on the Marketing Team
Annie Graziani
  • Creating the Conditions for AI Adoption: A Practical Framework for Marketing Leaders
Lisa R. Triggs
  • The Brain, Body and Menopause Connection: What Every Woman Needs to Know
  • Showing Up: How to Continue Thriving as a Marketer When Menopause Is Making Your Job Harder
Anya Ciecierski
  • How Do You Compare? What We Learned From 20,000 Blog Posts and 162 Dynamics Partner Websites
Monica Hoyer
  • It's Not the Size of Your List, It's How You Segment It
  • Winging It Doesn't Scale. Here's What Does.
  • Why AI Made Thought Leadership Your Last Real Differentiator
Hank Hoffmeier
  • Not Your Grandpa’s Email: A No-BS Journey from the 70s to Now, and What Still Works
Margaret Totten
  • Build it, Scale it, Exit It. What Partner Marketers Can Learn from a Multi-Exited Female Founder
Adam Kovacs, Miranda Powell
  • No Formal Partnership Required: How to Turn Ecosystem Relationships into Marketing Momentum
Monica Hoyer, Amanda Bacher
  • Same Team. Different Story. It's Time to Close the Gap.
Sheena Yap Chan
  • The Human Readiness Framework for Speaking with Influence
Kate Coffey-Bacon, Sam Bush
  • STOP SELLING FEATURES. START TRIGGERING DECISIONS. The Neuroscience of What Actually Moves a Buyer
Sam Bush, Kate Coffey-Bacon, Khaled Nassra
  • The Microsoft Marketing Advice We Wish Someone Told Us Sooner
Sam Bush
  • Marketing Confessions: 10 Things Microsoft Partner Marketers Won't Say Out Loud
  • Sea of Sameness: How to Stand Out When Every Microsoft Partner Sounds The Same
  • Stop Marketing to Everyone
Caroline Broms
  • From PDF Shelf-Ware to Sales Weapon: Making Competitive Positioning Work
  • Your Event Metrics Are Lying to You (And AI Can Prove It)
  • Community First, Campaigns Second: Building Demand Gen in Niche Technical Markets
Amiee Keenan, Stephanie McColly
  • Better Together: Why Solo Marketing Is Getting Harder in the ERP Ecosystem.
Amiee Keenan
  • The Best Opportunities Usually Start as Conversations
  • Why Do Some ISVs Create All the Buzz?
Jon Rivers
  • Why AI Chooses Some Content and Ignores the Rest
  • How to Become the Company AI Trusts to Recommend
  • Website Traffic Is Falling. Now What? How to Diagnose, Recover, and Thrive in the Age of AI Search
  • Three Marketers. Three Perspectives. One Microsoft Ecosystem.
Carol Smock
  • Creating Effective Talent Pipelines in The Modern Microsoft Ecosystem
Rob Jolliffe, Robbie Janes
  • Industry Vertical Selling
Dr Sheila Volante, PhD
  • The GREAT RESET: Industry 5.0 A Human-Centered Transformation Session
Candyce Edelen
  • A LinkedIn Comment Attracted a $51K Deal..that closed in a week
  • LinkedIn Keeps Changing. Are You Playing by the Old Rulebook?
Candyce Edelen, Anya Ciecierski
  • LinkedIn Keeps Changing. Are You Playing by the Old Rulebook?
Travis South
  • Beyond Attribution: Pipeline Intelligence from Marketing Activities with D365 and Power BI
Khaled Nassra
  • AppSource Optimization Field Guide & Success Stories
  • Driving product and marketing cohesion - from discovery to scalable growth
Ateret Goldman
  • Stop Building Libraries. Start Building Memory.
  • The Real Cost of “Just Showing Up”: Building Revenue Discipline Around Tradeshows