The Evangelism team at Microsoft – Larry, Dave, Brian and Chris — are coming through yet again by giving away an XBOX 360 with a copy of Halo 3 at Silicon Prairie Social 2. We’ll be handing out your raffle ticket at the check-in table, which you can take to the Microsoft table to enter. While you’re there, be sure to check out Microsoft Expression and Silverlight, and get in a round or two of Guitar Hero in the XBOX room.

It’s going to be a full house, so RSVP if you haven’t already (it’s required) at http://siliconprairiesocial2.eventbrite.com. Here are the event details one more time:

Silicon Prairie Social
Thursday, January 24
6:30pm-10:00pm (bar open until 1:00am)

Mullen’s Bar and Grill
3080 Warrenville Rd.
Lisle, IL 60532
(Get directions via Google Maps)

Also, we’d like to give a quick round of thanks to some of the organizations and bloggers who have helped us get the word out about SPS2:

• Sponsor Angela Binkowski of Microsoft and blog Ravings of a Developer TS
• Sponsor Ben Bradley of Bradley Wiltjer Marketing Group
• Sponsor Mazyar Hedayat of M. Hedayat + Associates
• Illinois Technology Association
• Business Network Chicago
• Technology Executives Club
• TECH cocktail
• Event news blog The Silicon Prairie
• TechSocial
• The Hot Iron