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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Amy Hipp's Blog</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Be Inspired Call for Entries! Learn why you should enter!</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/be-inspired-call-for-entries-learn-why-you-should-enter</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:43:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:99640be9-e8ff-4ea2-baef-402c7abc516d</guid><dc:creator>Amy Heffner</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=113426</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/be-inspired-call-for-entries-learn-why-you-should-enter#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Have an innovative project that is improving and sustaining the world's infrastructure?&lt;/strong&gt; 
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Tell us about it! Whether the project is conceptual, in design, under construction, or already built, we invite you to enter your project for a chance to be recognized with a Be Inspired Award! 
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&lt;strong&gt;So what is Be Inspired?&amp;nbsp; And why should I enter?&lt;/strong&gt; 
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The Be Inspired Awards program recognizes and&amp;nbsp;awards the outstanding work of Bentley users around the world who strive to improve and sustain global infrastructure.&amp;nbsp; Since its inception in 2004 as the Be Awards of Excellence, the Be Inspired Awards program has recognized more than 1,000 exceptional projects. 
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The program boasts a number of &lt;a&gt;rewards and benefits&lt;/a&gt;, however, the most valuable is &lt;strong&gt;free marketing and PR to a global audience&lt;/strong&gt;! Your project will be profiled in advertising, press announcements, and Bentley's Year in Infrastructure - an annual publication distributed to more than 150,000 key influencers in the media, government, and industry.&amp;nbsp; 
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3 Finalists will be selected from each of the competition categories and will be invited to present their project in front of their peers, jurors, and key industry press representatives at the October 2010 Be Inspired Event in Europe. Winners will be announced and celebrated at this &lt;em&gt;exclusive&lt;/em&gt; event! 
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&lt;strong&gt;How do I enter?&lt;/strong&gt; 
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Please visit &lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/BeInspired"&gt;www.bentley.com/BeInspired&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; You'll find all the information you need to get you started on your entry form including: 
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&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/BeInspiredBenefits"&gt;Program Benefits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/BeInspiredRules"&gt;Rules and Requirements&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/BeInspiredCategories"&gt;Categories and Criteria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/BeInspiredHowTo"&gt;How to Enter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/BeInspiredPreview"&gt;Entry Form Preview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=113426&amp;AppID=8620&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>How do we support user groups?  Informative for Bentley Colleagues and Users!</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/how-do-we-support-user-groups-informative-for-bentley-colleagues-and-users</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:51:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b616fca2-f560-4876-9e2d-481f69f179d3</guid><dc:creator>Amy Heffner</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=100030</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/how-do-we-support-user-groups-informative-for-bentley-colleagues-and-users#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
Many of you know we have a Bentley User Group support program, but do you know how it works or who to contact for more information?
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The Be User Group Support Team consists of myself and Rachael Lutcher.&amp;nbsp; We are the main points of contact for all user group inquiries, whether it be from Bentley Colleagues or Bentley Users.&amp;nbsp; Together we provide consistent and dependable support for Bentley User Group Be Meetings (&lt;em&gt;Be Meetings&amp;nbsp;= User Group Events)&lt;/em&gt;.
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Various levels of support, funding and hardware are offered to existing user groups as well as newly forming groups.&amp;nbsp; The best way to learn about our program offerings is to view the following document which includes all support offerings as well as how to request this support:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://communities.bentley.com/Other/Old_Site_Files/Member_Folders/m/amy_hipps_files/100020.aspx"&gt;http://communities.bentley.com/Other/Old_Site_Files/Member_Folders/m/amy_hipps_files/100020.aspx&lt;/a&gt;. 
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In addition we recently held a meeting with all User Group officers to review the 2010 program offerings, process, and incentives and thankfully we recorded the meeting!&amp;nbsp; If you are interested in learning about the offerings or know a user that is, feel free to pass on this information.&amp;nbsp; This link will take you to the slideshow that corresponds with the meeting recording: &lt;a href="http://communities.bentley.com/Other/Old_Site_Files/Member_Folders/m/amy_hipps_files/100022.aspx"&gt;http://communities.bentley.com/Other/Old_Site_Files/Member_Folders/m/amy_hipps_files/100022.aspx&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; You can access the recording of the call by following the instructions below, the recording expires 1.29.10.
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	&lt;strong&gt;Playback via the Internet&lt;/strong&gt; 
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		&lt;li&gt;Click on the link below or paste the entire URL into your browser: &lt;a href="http://www2.eintercall.com/moderator/presentation/Playback?id=ac06d9c9-792d-47fa-84af-54172512532c.rpm"&gt;http://www2.eintercall.com/moderator/presentation/Playback?id=ac06d9c9-792d-47fa-84af-54172512532c.rpm&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;At the prompt, enter your name and email address. &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Click &amp;quot;Submit&amp;quot;. The playback will begin. &lt;/li&gt;
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	&lt;strong&gt;Playback by Phone&lt;/strong&gt; 
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		&lt;li&gt;To access the conference specified above, dial the phone number shown below according to your locale. &lt;br /&gt;
		US/Canada - 888-899-7904 &lt;br /&gt;
		International/Local - 706-679-5560 &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;At the prompt, enter the Playback ID: 093357341,&amp;nbsp;followed by the pound sign (#). &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;The playback will begin. &lt;/li&gt;
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	&lt;strong&gt;The following keypad commands are available during the conference playback:&lt;/strong&gt; 
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		&lt;li&gt;3&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Fast forward 30 seconds &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;7&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Rewind 30 seconds &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;#&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Pause/Resume playback &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;*&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Exit playback &lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;/li&gt;
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And as always if you need more information you can contact the Be User Group Team at &lt;a href="mailto:beusergroup@Bentley.com"&gt;beusergroup@Bentley.com&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=100030&amp;AppID=8620&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>MCMC User Conference another success!</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/mcmc-user-conference-another-success</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d237d604-f8eb-4dee-8423-6f3a9a2bb1b0</guid><dc:creator>Amy Heffner</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=80194</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/mcmc-user-conference-another-success#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
Congratulations to the Mid-Continent MicroStation Community for organizing another great user conference!&amp;nbsp; The August 25-26th&amp;nbsp;agenda offered a variety of sessions and workshops that was sure to satisfy the interest of every user in attendance.&amp;nbsp; The tracks included:
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	&lt;li&gt;MicroStation&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Civil&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Building&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Collaboration/Publishing/Plotting (Day 1) Management (Day 2)&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Structural Analysis&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Potpourri&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;And two workshop tracks&lt;/li&gt;
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I really enjoyed the User Group Officer meeting held Monday night before the start of the event. It was great to see everyone!&amp;nbsp; We were able to review the program, but more importantly the officers were able to share how they run their events giving other groups a lot of great tips and ideas. 
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Tuesday evening's event was a blast! Users gathered at PowerPlay to enjoy a &lt;strike&gt;friendly&lt;/strike&gt; competitive evening of games. Users and Bentley colleagues were randomly placed on teams to compete in laser tag, bowling, go carts, and Whirlyball (a combination of bumper cars and lacrosse). Everyone had a great time, even if they did have some battle wounds to show from the festivities, thanks Nathan&amp;nbsp;:)
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The event and widespread agenda was very well received both from Bentley Colleagues and users, but even more of a hit was the Jack Stack BBQ lunch Wednesday afternoon!
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I really enjoyed meeting all the users and Bentley Colleagues from other offices. I look forward to next year!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=139766&amp;amp;id=115738260554"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;View event pictures.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=80194&amp;AppID=8620&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/Networking">Networking</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/MCMC">MCMC</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/User%2bgroup">User group</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/MidContinent%2bMicroStation%2bcommunity">MidContinent MicroStation community</category></item><item><title>Free Bentley Workshops!</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/free-bentley-workshops</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a635a9aa-6a9c-4489-8ee6-da5539c0cc04</guid><dc:creator>Amy Heffner</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=70792</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/free-bentley-workshops#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
The Northern California User Group is hosting two &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt; Bentley training events this summer: August 13th in Sacramento and August 15th in Berkeley. 
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The event will feature&amp;nbsp;hands-on&amp;nbsp;workshops that focus on: 
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	&lt;li&gt;MicroStation&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;InRoads&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;BIM&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Generative Components&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Water Modeling&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Hevacomp&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
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	&lt;strong&gt;Venue&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;/strong&gt;August 13, 2009&lt;br /&gt;
	California State University&lt;br /&gt;
	Civil and Environmental Engineering - Modoc Hall&lt;br /&gt;
	Willow Suites A, B and C&lt;br /&gt;
	Sacramento, CA 95819 
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	August 15, 2009&lt;br /&gt;
	University of California&lt;br /&gt;
	1936 University Ave #250&lt;br /&gt;
	Berkeley, CA 94704 
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	&lt;strong&gt;Registration&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;/strong&gt;To register email &lt;a href="mailto:linda@archwaysystems.com"&gt;linda@archwaysystems.com&lt;/a&gt; 
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	&lt;strong&gt;Agenda&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;/strong&gt;8am&amp;nbsp;Welcome&lt;br /&gt;
	8:30 to 11:30 am Morning Workshops:&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; i. Introduction to MicroStation V8i - Greg Hamano&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ii. Introduction to Building Energy Performance - Bob DeFeo&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; iii. Introduction to InRoads V8i - Tom Lazear&lt;br /&gt;
	11:30am to 1pm&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; i. Lunch&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ii. Keynote &lt;br /&gt;
	1:30pm to 4:30 pm Afternoon Workshops:&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; i. Introduction to MicroStation V8i - Greg Hamano&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ii. Introduction to Bentley Architecture V8i - Tom Lazear&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; iii. Introduction to Water Modeling - Tasneem Khomusi 
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	&lt;em&gt;The Northern California User Group is new and forming with the assistance of the Los Angeles/Orange County MicroStation User Group.&amp;nbsp; To find out more information about the group or to join/start-up a group in your area please visit &lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/beusergroup"&gt;www.bentley.com/beusergroup&lt;/a&gt; or email &lt;a href="mailto:beusergroup@bentley.com"&gt;beusergroup@bentley.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/em&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=70792&amp;AppID=8620&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Attend a Be User Group Event And Receive 50% Off Bentley Institute Training</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/attend-a-user-group-event-and-receive-50-off-distance-learning</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:dd192f48-feba-44cc-8625-405e71dca343</guid><dc:creator>Amy Heffner</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=64595</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/attend-a-user-group-event-and-receive-50-off-distance-learning#comments</comments><description>&lt;h4&gt;&lt;img src="http://communities.bentley.com/photos/amy_hipps_images/images/64591/secondarythumb.aspx" border="0" /&gt;When you attend a Be user Group Event!&lt;/h4&gt;
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A special offer is being extended to any user that attends a Be User Group event!&amp;nbsp; Attend and receive a voucher for a 50%&amp;nbsp;discount on any scheduled Bentley Institute Live Training course in our virtual classroom online.
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Redeeming your voucher is as easy as&amp;nbsp;1-2-3 
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	&lt;li&gt;Visit the website on the voucher to provide the Be User Group team with your Name, Organization, Event Attended, and Email Address of yourself and your two colleagues so they can email the exclusive discount code. &lt;em&gt;(colleague information must be provided in order to receive offer)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;You will then receive an email with a unique discount code and instructions on how to apply this 50 percent discount to any Bentley Institute Live Training course in our virtual classroom online.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Enjoy and reap the benefits of improved software skills!&lt;/li&gt;
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To view a listing of Be User Group events near you, visit &lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Community/BE+User+Group/Events/"&gt;http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Community/BE+User+Group/Events/&lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=64595&amp;AppID=8620&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/Bentley%2bInstitute">Bentley Institute</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/training">training</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/BE%2bUser%2bGroup%2bOfficers">BE User Group Officers</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/BE%2bUser%2bGroup">BE User Group</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/Distance%2bLearning">Distance Learning</category></item><item><title>No more traveling or training? Visit your local user group event.</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/no-more-traveling-or-training-visit-your-local-user-group-event</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:6b545cbc-91f3-447f-9c96-d1415b828f12</guid><dc:creator>Amy Heffner</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=51551</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/no-more-traveling-or-training-visit-your-local-user-group-event#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
With the economic status of the world, we've all experienced the reality of cut backs on events, traveling, and training expenses.&amp;nbsp; But you may not have to travel far to still experience this.
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Local Bentley User Groups are still gathering and holding conferences/training events&amp;nbsp;this year!&amp;nbsp; 
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The opportunity to network with peers, provide feedback to Bentley colleagues, and take Bentley workshops/sessions is available in a neighborhood near you!&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Community/BE+User+Group/Events/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Visit the Be User Group website&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to view upcoming events.&amp;nbsp; Be sure to check this site often as more events will be added for the end of 2009.
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For more information on the Be User Group program visit &lt;a href="http://www.bentely.com/beusergroup"&gt;www.bentely.com/beusergroup&lt;/a&gt; or email the Be User Group team at &lt;a href="mailto:beusergroup@bentley.com"&gt;beusergroup@bentley.com&lt;/a&gt;. 
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=51551&amp;AppID=8620&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>1/2 price workshops and multiple sessions this May!</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/1-2-price-workshops-and-multiple-sessions-this-may</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:36:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:fb2fc09f-ab1d-4a91-8f07-3b5e31d9e0b4</guid><dc:creator>Amy Heffner</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=51547</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/1-2-price-workshops-and-multiple-sessions-this-may#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
Looking to take&amp;nbsp;hands on Bentley workshops 1/2 price!?&amp;nbsp; Want to network with peers and&amp;nbsp;Bentley colleagues?&amp;nbsp; Here's your opportunity.&amp;nbsp; The Florida Local Users Group is holding their annual Spring Conference May 28-29, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This year's conference features a variety of sessions and workshops. &lt;a href="http://www.flugsite.com/Agenda.pdf"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Review the agenda&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; or visit the &lt;a href="http://www.flugsite.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FLUG website for more details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about Bentley software and solutions,&amp;nbsp;network with industry peers, and provide Bentley colleagues with feedback all in Sunny Florida! 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
	With the downsizing of events, traveling,&amp;nbsp;and training in 2009; take advantage of your local user group events! 
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
	Visit&amp;nbsp;the &lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Community/BE+User+Group/Events/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be&amp;nbsp;User Group website&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to find events local to your neighborhood. 
	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=51547&amp;AppID=8620&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Be Inspired Award Deadline Month Away! Why Participate?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/be-inspired-award-deadline-month-away-why-participate</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5d7d48f3-153e-4041-b3c8-90c07faf2f2a</guid><dc:creator>Amy Heffner</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=49159</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/be-inspired-award-deadline-month-away-why-participate#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
The Be Inspired Awards nomination deadline is May 15, 2009!&amp;nbsp;Don't miss the opportunity to showcase your organization's innovative projects. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;WHY PARTICIPATE&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Achieve global recognition and admiration &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Receive many &lt;a href="ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/Web/BEAwards09/Graduated-Achievement-Benefits.pdf"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;rewards and benefits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;All semi-finalists will be featured in Bentley's&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.nxtbook.com/fx/clients/bemagazine/awardsarchivesearch.php"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;The Year in Infrastructure 2009&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;HOW TO PREPARE&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Review the &lt;a href="ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/Web/BEAwards09/Be-Awards-of-Excellence-Submission-Process-Tutorial.pdf"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;online nomination tutorial&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and/or &lt;a href="ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/docs/be_awards/2009-Be_Inspired_Awards-Worksheet.pdf"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;nomination worksheet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (previews the online nomination system) &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Select the &lt;a href="ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/docs/be_awards/2009-Be-Awards-Category-Criteria.pdf"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;category&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; that best applies to your project&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;HOW TO NOMINATE YOUR PROJECT&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Enter your project via the &lt;a href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/beawards/nominate.aspx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;online nomination system&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dropbox.yousendit.com/2009BeAwards"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Upload&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; your project animations, videos, and supporting image files &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Submit your nominations before the May 15, 2009, deadline&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Finalists will be recognized and winners announced during the Be Inspired Awards event in Charlotte, North Carolina, in October 2009 (details to be announced). For questions or more information about the Be Inspired Awards, contact us at &lt;a href="mailto:beawards@bentley.com"&gt;beawards@bentley.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp; 
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&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
	The Be Inspired Awards honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving and sustaining the world's infrastructure. These projects set benchmarks and showcase the imagination and technical mastery of the organizations that created them. 
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	&amp;nbsp;
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				&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/bemagazine/beawards08/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://communities.bentley.com/photos/amy_hipps_images/images/48997/original.aspx" border="0" width="150" height="190" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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				&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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				&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;FEATURED 2008 WINNER&lt;br /&gt;
				&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Innovation in Commercial or &lt;br /&gt;
				&amp;nbsp; Residential Building 
				&lt;/p&gt;
				&lt;p&gt;
				&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Arup&lt;br /&gt;
				&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Melbourne Rectangular Stadium&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
				&amp;nbsp; Melbourne, Australia 
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	&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=49159&amp;AppID=8620&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/Awards">Awards</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/user%2bprojects">user projects</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/Project">Project</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/Yearbook">Yearbook</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/Be%2bInspired%2bAwards">Be Inspired Awards</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/nomination">nomination</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/BE%2bAwards">BE Awards</category></item><item><title>Be Awards of Excellence now the Be Inspired Awards</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/be-awards-of-excellence-now-the-be-inspired-awards</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:32:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b690e030-ca56-4557-b543-d82a2b860ec5</guid><dc:creator>Amy Heffner</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=43613</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/be-awards-of-excellence-now-the-be-inspired-awards#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
The Be Awards of Excellence will continue in 2009, however, the name and format is changing.&amp;nbsp; The Be Awards Program is now the &lt;strong&gt;Be Inspired Awards&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The program will still celebrate the innovative projects of our users. 
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&lt;p&gt;
This October, in Charlotte, North Carolina, we are holding a one-day Be Inspired Awards event to recognize the 2009 Be Inspired Awards finalists and present the winners with their awards. (Due to the later date of the awards ceremony the deadline for Be Inspired Awards nominations is being extended to May 15, 2009.) 
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;strong&gt;TO NOMINATE YOUR PROJECT:&lt;/strong&gt; 
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;ul&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Review the &lt;a href="ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/Web/BEAwards09/Be-Awards-of-Excellence-Submission-Process-Tutorial.pdf"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;online nomination tutorial&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Select the &lt;a href="ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/docs/be_awards/2009-Be-Awards-Category-Criteria.pdf"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;category&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; that best applies to your project. &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Use the &lt;a href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/beawards/nominate.aspx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;online nomination system&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to submit your project. &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Provide your project animations, videos, and supporting image files through one of our suggested methods.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Submit your nominations before the &lt;strong&gt;May 15, 2009&lt;/strong&gt;, deadline.&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=43613&amp;AppID=8620&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Be Inspired Awards Call for Nominations NOW OPEN!</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/2009-call-for-be-award-nominations-now-open</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:14170db8-0642-439d-95b6-e32e1c3eb539</guid><dc:creator>Amy Heffner</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=32062</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/2009-call-for-be-award-nominations-now-open#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
The 2009 Be Inspired Awards is now open for nomination.&amp;nbsp;Don't miss the opportunity to showcase your organization's innovative project(s) as all Be Inspired Award nominees will be featured in The Year in Infrastructure 2009!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Submit your project today for a chance to win and receive the many &lt;a href="ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/Web/BEAwards09/Graduated-Achievement-Benefits.pdf"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;rewards and benefits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; of the program. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;strong&gt;TO ENTER:&lt;/strong&gt; 
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;ul&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Review the online &lt;a href="ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/Web/BEAwards09/Be-Awards-of-Excellence-Submission-Process-Tutorial.pdf"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;nomination tutorial&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Select the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/docs/be_awards/2009-Be-Awards-Category-Criteria.pdf"&gt;category&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; that your project best applies to &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Enter your project via the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/beawards/nominate.aspx"&gt;online nomination system&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Provide your project animations, videos and supporting image files &amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Nominate your project before the &lt;strong&gt;May 15, 2009 deadline&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
	Begin your Be Inspired&amp;nbsp;Award nomination: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/BeAwardNomination"&gt;http://www.bentley.com/BeAwardNomination&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 
	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
For questions or more information on the Be Inspired Awards, email the Be Inspired Awards team at beawards@bentley.com. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
See the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://authoring-www.bentley.com/en-US/Community/BE+Awards/2008/2008awards.htm"&gt;2008 winners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and view the 2008 Be Inspired Awards &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://authoring-www.bentley.com/en-US/Community/BE+Conference/Photo+Gallery/"&gt;photo gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://authoring-www.bentley.com/en-US/Community/Academic/Student+Competitions/BE+Awards/"&gt;Submit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to the Academic Be Inspired Awards. 
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&amp;nbsp; 
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=32062&amp;AppID=8620&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Be User Group, What's In It For Me?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/what-is-be-user-group-and-why-should-i-attend-a-local-user-group-event</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:6bdbe0d0-3748-48d4-bcfc-b83f0f21f58c</guid><dc:creator>Amy Heffner</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=30526</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/what-is-be-user-group-and-why-should-i-attend-a-local-user-group-event#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
Be User Group is the official global program for independent user groups dedicated to sharing their ideas and building their knowledge about Bentley products.&amp;nbsp; Be User Groups are established worldwide so you don't have to travel far to gain the countless benefits this program offers!&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Community/BE+User+Group/Find+a+User+Group/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to find your local Bentley User Group. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;What's In It For Me?&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
By joining a Be User Group and attending their events your organization will: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Increase knowledge of Bentley Solutions&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Attend Bentley workshops, receiving&amp;nbsp;in-depth technical training by Bentley colleagues&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Communicate one on one with Bentley colleagues&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Share best-practices to enhance productivity and&amp;nbsp;sustainability, achieving increased ROI&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Learn the latest Bentley updates and upgrades&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Network with fellow industry professionals&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Provide feedback to Bentley colleagues&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;And More!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
For more information on the Be User Group program or to start your own group visit &lt;a href="http://www.beusergroup.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.beusergroup.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href="http://communities.bentley.com/be/BEUserGroup.aspx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;See all 2009 scheduled User Group Events&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (updated regularly) 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=30526&amp;AppID=8620&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/training">training</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/Learning">Learning</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/BE%2bUser%2bGroup">BE User Group</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/BE%2bCommunities">BE Communities</category><category domain="https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/archive/tags/Bentley">Bentley</category></item><item><title>2009 Be Inspired Awards</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/2009-be-awards-of-excellence-competition</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:03:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:8734efa8-638b-442b-afdc-ae8f109c0edf</guid><dc:creator>Amy Heffner</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=27032</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/2009-be-awards-of-excellence-competition#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
Want to showcase your innovative infrastructure project?&amp;nbsp; So does Bentley!&amp;nbsp; The 2009 Be Inspired Awards competition is seeking creative projects that improve and sustain the world's infrastructure. 
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&lt;p&gt;
So what are the benefits?&amp;nbsp; The Be Inspired Awards has the reputation for awarding the best of the best in infrastructure work,&amp;nbsp;providing&amp;nbsp;lasting recognition for the great work of Bentley user organizations around the globe. 
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&lt;p&gt;
Participants in this program are admired in their industries,&amp;nbsp;receive global publicity for their accomplishments, and receive many rewards from Bentley.&amp;nbsp; This year's program,&amp;nbsp;new categories, and prizes&amp;nbsp;will be revealed and&amp;nbsp;open for submission in early January, 2009.&amp;nbsp; 
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&lt;p&gt;
Winners will be celebrated and announced at the Be Inspired Awards Ceremony. See you on the dance floor! 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
	&lt;h6&gt;Already know which project you are planning to submit? &lt;/h6&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
	Let Bentley know the basics by submitting your preliminary information &lt;a href="http://mailings.bentley.com/c.html?rtr=on&amp;amp;s=7hw,13g99,2b3z,6yp3,fi9x,bumg,38he"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and you will be first in line to receive up-to-the minute Be Inspired Awards developments.&amp;nbsp; Submission deadline is May 15, 2009. 
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
	For more information about the Be Inspired Awards, or to see last year's winning projects,&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; 
	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=27032&amp;AppID=8620&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Bentley Community UKI Autumn 2008 Conference</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/bentley-community-uki-autumn-2008-conference</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:734f3d6c-63c9-4391-aee9-b9dec5a7b3ce</guid><dc:creator>Amy Heffner</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=22886</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/amy_hipps_blog/posts/bentley-community-uki-autumn-2008-conference#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;
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The Bentley Community (UKI) held their annual Autumn Conference at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London; November 27-28, 2008. The conference opened on Thursday with an all day training event provided by the Bentley Institute. Users were able to attend the following three sessions: 
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	&lt;li&gt;Introduction to GC, &lt;em&gt;Stuart Milne, Bentley Systems&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Rendering and Animation with MicroStation, &lt;em&gt;Chris Lakins and Jerry Flynn, Bentley Systems&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Using Bentley Architecture from Day 1,&lt;em&gt; Bogdan Wasylkiw, Bentley Systems&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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The conference portion of the event opened on Friday morning with a V8i keynote by Bentley's Global Marketing Director - Platform, Joe Croser. The keynote provided valuable information on the new &lt;a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-us/promo/v8i/?BI=homepage&amp;amp;v=banner+v8i"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;V8i software portfolio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; as well as video testimonials of users that previewed the software at the V8i Philadelphia Launch Event. Joe's keynote focused on the feature groups within the software: 
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	&lt;li&gt;Intuitive, Design Modeling tools&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Interactive, Dynamic Views&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Intrinsic, Geo-Coordination&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Integrated, Print Organizer&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Interactive, Luxology Rendering&lt;/li&gt;
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Following the Keynote, users could choose between four streams of interest: Core Stream (mainly visualization), Building Construction Stream, Infrastructure Stream, and the Academic Stream. Each stream had several sessions throughout the day in which users could cross over and attend any session from any stream of their choice. 
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I really enjoyed my time in London, it was a great opportunity to meet the user group as well as to see the site's in the city. I look forward to supporting the group in their future events! 
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The Bentley User Group Sweden had existed and folded years ago.&amp;nbsp; This year it was resurrected with the help of Bentley's Industry Sales Director, Mattias Hemmingsson.&amp;nbsp; For the first year back on the map, the event was a huge success with a turnout of over 100 people! 
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The day began with a great turnout at registration. Users were able to gather and network during the breakfast before the agenda began.&amp;nbsp; Opening the event, new user group chairman Thomas Vincent, Sweco Infrastructure, welcomed the users.&amp;nbsp; Thomas was then followed by the following presentations: 
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	&lt;li&gt;Bentley Update -&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Mattias Hemmingsson, Industry Sales Director, Bentley Systems&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Innovation in MicroStation -&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;Chris Bober, Director Product&amp;nbsp;Management, Bentley Systems&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;New technologies to assist our users in today's 3D world -&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;Stefan Sigvardsson, Industry Sales Director, Bentley Systems&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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After a short break, users broke into one of 4 SIGs (Special Interest Groups),&amp;nbsp;Building, Plant, Civil, and Rail.&amp;nbsp; The SIGs offered something for everyone in their own field of expertise.&amp;nbsp; The SIGs were followed by hands-on experience with the software, computers were set up in the main hall for users to utilize and request help from Bentley colleagues. The hands-on session was followed by a panel discussion/Q&amp;amp;A session with Bentley and the users. 
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For the first event of the new user group, it was a huge success.&amp;nbsp; Feedback from the users was great, which proved that there was a large interested level to continue the growth of the SIGs as well as the user group for future events. 
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I really enjoyed myself meeting the new group and celebrating that evening at the Absolute Ice Bar.&amp;nbsp; A lot of hard work was done in just 3 weeks to pull off a great event.&amp;nbsp; Great job to the officers and all at Bentley that helped to make this event a success. 
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Bentleyuser.dk held their user group event November 10-12, 2008 at the Munkebjerg Hotel in Vejle, Denmark.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The event ran in coordination with the Nordic Civil User Days which created a great turnout! 
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Bentleyuser.dk has been running like a well oiled machine for years.&amp;nbsp; Their chairman, Carsten Ahm, is to be commended on a job well done.&amp;nbsp; The group&amp;nbsp;successfully follows the SIG (Special Interest Group) format, with a total of 8&amp;nbsp;SIGs all headed and run by a user.&amp;nbsp; SIGs allow attendees to get detailed information on their field of expertise as well as provide&amp;nbsp;networking opportunities&amp;nbsp;with others in their field. 
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	&lt;li&gt;Bentley GIS SIG: &lt;em&gt;Carsten Bitsch, Geopartner&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Bentley Plant SIG: &lt;em&gt;Lars-Bjorn Christense, NNE Pharmaplan&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;BYG SIG: &lt;em&gt;Birthe Baek, Henning Larsen Architects&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Civil SIG: &lt;em&gt;Michael Jepsen, Grontmij|Carl Bro&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Data Management SIG: &lt;em&gt;Michael Fris Orsted, Kobenhavns Lufthavne&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;MicroStation SIG: &lt;em&gt;Jette V. Voigt, Vejdirektoratet&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Plot SIG: &lt;em&gt;Frank Moller Christensen, Ramboll&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;3D Viz SIG: &lt;em&gt;Brian Sheldon, Site A/S&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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The event had a great selection of sessions and workshops as well as a keynote presentation by Bentley Systems&amp;nbsp;Director Product Management, Chris Bober.&amp;nbsp; Chris gave a presentation on the innovation of MicroStation speaking and&amp;nbsp;demoing the newest release V8i.&amp;nbsp; Here are more highlights from the event: 
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	&lt;li&gt;Overall turnout and enthusiasm for the event from user group officers, Bentley, and attendees&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Monday night social with guitar soloist!&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Networking opportunities&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Giveaway an expense paid trip to Be Conference 2009&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Variety of sessions offered, view the agenda &lt;a href="http://www.bentleyuser.dk/Documents/Foreningen/Gl.%20arrangementer/Aarsmode%202008/Program_WEB_081105.pdf"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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