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It came to my attention that we, as TechNet Wiki Ninjas, are not the only ones proudly using “ninja”  as a “geuzennaam” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geuzen), but on the latest SharePoint conference I found out there was a company that used the term “SharePoint Ninjas” as an internal reward system. I suggest you watch the first 5 minutes of the presentation, because  I thought it was hilarious. You can watch it here: https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint-Conference/2014/SPC296 If you can’t watch it or don’t want to, I’ll describe what happens (spoiler alert). A guy is dressed up as a ninja, apparently holding a rolled up newspaper (I’m not really sure, the video quality is a bit poor). There’s a sign next to him saying something like: “Want to fight me?”, and there’s another guy giving out a rolled up newspaper for anybody willing to do so. Now and then somebody comes along who accepts the challenge, and as soon as he or she picks up the newspaper weapon and prepares to battle, all of a sudden 30 ninja’s come out of nowhere ambushing the valiant unsuspecting challenger. I just had to smile when I saw that.

Not only that, I thought they had a great reward system as well, that looks something like this:

  • Job skills (e.g. Linked In, resume building, etc.)
  • Performance Review feedback
  • Special ninja events (lunch, happy hour, etc.)
  • Ninja callout on your Active Directory name
  • Acess to the Ninja Community Site
  • Ninja bling (water cups, etc.)
  • Extra MySite space
  • Spotlight sessions w/industry experts
  • Prioritized SharePoint help tickets
  • Access to administrative tools
  • Entry to external events (e.g. MTC tours)
  • Seat on enterprise SharePoint steering committee

I finally have to add that the rubber duck Ninja’s were absolutely great, here’s a picture:

So, a job well done, SharePoint ninja’s. As a TechNet Wiki ninja’s, I do feel we’ve got to put more effort in our good old ninja stick figures!

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  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2014
    ha ha haay Margriet. rubber duck Ninja’s is perfect. ;)
  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2014
    Wow. Ninja black is beautiful.
  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2014
    :) Good... Ducks Ninja.
  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2014
    Very cool, Margriet! This makes me want us to get the Wiki Ninja Belts automated and moving forward. =^)

    Thanks!
  • Anonymous
    April 21, 2014
    This whole story is simple and fits perfectly in our TechNet Wiki.

    Let's work to motivate the Community similarly, but with our "Ninja style" ! =^)
  • Anonymous
    April 25, 2014
    well done and thanks
  • Anonymous
    May 03, 2014
    What a great idea to champion involvement (on a SharePoint implementation)! Right, so when's our TechNet Wiki happy hour??! Ed - is it your round?
  • Anonymous
    May 10, 2014
    Matthew, my round to buy? I hope not! =^)

    Hey, we've got the Wiki Ninjas International Summit in the works, so we'll have some virtual drinks to share!
  • Anonymous
    May 10, 2014
    On by the way. You know how the HTML is showing up in the comments?

    Like this
    tag? Well, it's a known bug. They're working on it. Thanks!
  • Anonymous
    July 17, 2014
    thank you