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• Career breakdown and following a non-traditional path
• Cats
• Meeting & Making Goals
• Pronunciations & Brain-storming
• User Experience
• Artistic Skills
• Blogging, reading and writing
• Outdoor pursuits, detox and scary bears
• Automation and AI
• Prioritization
• UG – UK

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• Journey to becoming an MVP
• Insights on becoming one of the few MVPs from Switzerland
• Growing your company and working with clients around the globe
• AI applications in the organization
• Effect of AI in an organisation
• Dataset and training AI
• Dynamics 365 and AI integration

This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world.

Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge 

We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.

Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!

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FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/43

• Career Journeys and working with Microsoft & ISVs
• Opportunities for ISVs to build on the Power platform & Dynamics 365
• Gaps in the market for ISVs
• Getting involved as an ISV as a Microsoft Partner
• Options available to ISVs wanting to partner with Microsoft
• Different levels available with Partnership
• Where does AppSource sit
• Getting on AppSource
• How to achieve ISV competency
• licencing models that fit best for ISVs
• Resources are available for ISV's to access
• SIs transitioning to ISV and can they co-exist
• Advice for ISVs looking to partner with Microsoft
• Recommendations for ISV's to take their product to market
• New programs aimed at ISVs

Books Mentioned

• Mark Stuyt – https://neuralimpact.ca/about/
• Steve Mordue CRM Tip of the Day – https://crmtipoftheday.com/

Resources

• AppSource – https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps
• Silver & Gold Microsoft Competency – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/learn-about-competencies
• LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com
• LinkedIn elevate – https://www.linkedin.com/elevate/register
• Portable HotSpot – https://www.skyroam.com/

This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world.

Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge 

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Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!

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FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/42

• Career start, retraining and becoming a Microsoft partner
• CRM beginnings and database fascination
• The speed of change
• Essex – the Guide
• Journey to becoming an MVP
• Styles of learning

This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world.

Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge 

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Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!

Support the show

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FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/41

• Life outside of being an MVP
• Passions and Hobbies
• How to be a pro
• Kansas Culture
• Journey to being an MVP
• How being an MVP can affect your career
• Pivoting in Power Apps
• Keeping up and picking your battles
• Self-education
• Advice on becoming an MVP

This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world.

Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge 

We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.

Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!

Support the show

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES
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• Explaining the term ‘Global Black Belt’
• Differences between ‘Global Black Belt' GBB, Solution Sales Professional SSP and a Technical Sales Professional TSP at Microsoft when it relates to Dynamics 365
• Roles and Responsibilities within the Global Black Belt Role
• Microsoft Partner engagement in the Global Black Belt Role
• Challenging Sales
• Managing the client to move forward
• The future for Dynamics and the Microsoft Power platform

Resources

• 8ft Extension Power Cord – https://www.monoprice.com/category?c_id=122&cp_id=12214&fq=is_parent:True
• Velcro Cord Wraps – https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=6457
• Donations to Free Tools
  XRM Tool Box – https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/donators/

This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world.

Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge 

We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.

Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!

Support the show

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/39

• Happenings in Phoenix
• Living at Heights
• Best Bits of being an MVP
• Hospitality Colorado style
• Other Hobbies
• WINE – Women's international Networking event
• MVP Motivations
• Giving Back
• Purpose of MVP's
• Virtual user groups
• Benefits of attending community events
• Work shopping Alaskan adventures

This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world.

Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge 

We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.

Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!

Support the show

If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/38

•  Differences between Fargo’s and accents
• Things to see in Fargo
•  Synergies between the Czech Republic and Pisek
•  World Pursuits and family ties
•  Career beginnings and career development
•  Career advise and areas of opportunities
•  Becoming an MVP and learning networks
•  The Learning experience
•  Maintaining MVP Contributions
•  Looking back and giving advice
•  Travelling opportunities

This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world.

Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge 

We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.

Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!

Support the show

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/37

• The role that a demo plays in selling software
• Information needed prior to doing a demo
• The Sales Cycle, when demos come into play and introducing them
• The one demo that fits all approach?
• How to tailor your technique and presentations
• Mistakes when demoing
• The process behind creating a demo and ensuring it goes to plan
• The secret sauce to creating and executing a killer demo
• Disaster demos and how they play out
• Online demos v in-person demos
• Reading a customer's reaction to a demo
• What the term presales mean
• Specific training for a Presales role

Resources

Steam Store https://store.steampowered.com/

This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world.

Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge 

We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.

Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!

Support the show

If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/36

• Introductions into the work world
•  West Coast Florida lessons
• Cuban Cuisine and the ‘Real Cuba’
• MVP and joining the circle
• Salesforce and Microsoft Journey and key advice
• Referrals from Microsoft and a new approach
• Power Apps and Dynamics 365
• MVP Network and the ‘Club'
• Contributions and creating MVP value
• Writing from the heart and working out your audience

This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world.

Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge 

We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.

Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!

Support the show

If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith