FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/35

• Places I've lived
• Seasons in Seattle
• How to speak Russian
• Longevity in the MVP Sphere
• MVP Contributions and building your profile
• Starting a blog and podcast
• Language Barriers
• Wild years in University and Russian Vodka through the centuries
• Opening doors as 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

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/34

• The Adobe Marketing Cloud
• Microsoft's ‘recommended solution' for the enterprise space
• Working with Adobe and complementing your Dynamics practice
• Adobe Marketing Cloud and Microsoft Dynamics 365 supporting the customer experience
• Products offered under the Adobe Marketing Cloud
• Adobe and Dynamics 365 integrations and new functionalities not offered in Dynamics 365 for Marketing
• Resources for partners wanting to get up to speed on Adobe Marketing Cloud
• Building relationships for customers using Adobe Marketing Cloud via Adobe integrations to Dynamics 365
• Changes with Adobe Marketing and Dynamics

Books Mentioned

• Membership Economy by Robbie Kellman Baxter – https://amzn.to/2Ql1uEr

Resources

• Acorn Apps (now Raiz Invest) – https://raizinvest.com.au/
• Adobe Marketing Cloud – https://www.adobe.com/au/enterprise/microsoft-partnership.html
• Loue Holts football coach – https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/lou_holtz

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/33

• Farm Life in Ontario – dairy farm and the family business to technology
• The Consultant Path
• CRM 1 and the beginnings of Nick’s Microsoft journey
• Potential in Portals
• Applying experience to a Teaching career
• Responsibilities of an MVP
• Promoting yourself as an MVP
• The MVP Community and benefits of engagement with Microsoft
• Keeping things in the family

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/32

• San Antonio and great things about Texas
• Culinary Delights of San Antonio
• Events and happenings in San Antonio
• Career beginnings in the Army and Vietnam War
• Life Choices
• Larry’s Taco Talk and Teaching Career
• Impacts of the MVP Award
• MVP Peers

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/31

• History between Linda.com and LinkedIn Learning
• Vision for the future of LinkedIn Learning
• LinkedIn Learning Training content available for the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Community
• New offerings on LinkedIn Learning
• Best ways to get access to LinkedIn learning
• How LinkedIn Learning may grow and develop across the Dynamics ecosystem?
• LinkedIn Learning certifications and availability on profile
• Changes in the way people are learning and acquiring skills
• Development of ‘online learning'
• Microlearning Trends

Books Mentioned

• Windows Insider Podcast – http://windowsinsider.mpsn.libsynpro.com/
• James Bonding Podcast – https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/james-bonding/id695880236?mt=2
• Ready Player One Book

Resources

• LinkedIn Learning – https://www.linkedin.com/learning/
• Microsoft Action pack – https://partner.microsoft.com/en-hk/membership/action-pack
• Calm Meditation App – https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/calm/id571800810?mt=8
• Headspace – https://www.headspace.com/
• Razer Gaming Keyboard – https://www2.razer.com/au-en/gaming-keyboards-keypads

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/30

• The Italian Job
• On entrepreneurs and Dynamics for Sports
• MVP and Dynamics Community in Italy – ‘The Family’
• Translations and being multilingual
• Collaboration and relationships
• Life in Naples, the Mediterranean and living with ‘emotion’
• Researching and writing articles for the community
• Peers within the community
• On needing emotion

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/29

• Art history and early career
• All you need to know about North Carolina
• Transiting from Design to Dynamics
• How you became an MVP in the early days – a history lesson
• Key contributions on the MVP Journey
• Authorship and how to open doors
• Setting goals and business journeys
• Business Applications MVP's

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/28

• Key advantages to listing on AppSource
• Greatest take always from been exposed to AppSource distribution
• Enhancements to AppSource
• Future of AppSource
• Potential revenue streams through AppSource listing
• Limitations on the platform grow and overcoming these
• Best tips for companies wanting to launch products on AppSource
• Marketing opportunities amongst the partner network for ISV
• Recommendations for taking a product to market
• Defining your audience and scaling your product distribution
• Pitfalls to avoid in listing on AppSource and learns learnt
• Microsoft Partner Competencies and how to meet them

Books Mentioned

• Soundgarden ‘Superunknown’ https://amzn.to/2LSKwi6
• CFA – https://www.cfainstitute.org/

Resources

• Silver & Gold Microsoft Competency – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/learn-about-competencies
• Microsoft Action pack – https://partner.microsoft.com/en-hk/membership/action-pack
• AppSource Distribution – https://www.nz365guy.com/dynamics-isv-john-gravely/
• AppSource Enhancements – https://www.nz365guy.com/dynamics-365-practice-owner-jerry-weinstock/
• OCP Catalogue – https://msgtm.azurewebsites.net/Content/documents/en-US/OCPCatalog_FY18_PartnerGuide.pdf
• CSP Programme – https://partner.microsoft.com/en-qa/cloud-solution-provider

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/27

• Outline of Adoption and Change Management
• Key steps when planning a Dynamics implementation to maximize
• The psychology behind User Adoption
• Effective KPI’s
• Difficult Adoption programs
• Resources for Adoption and Change Management
• Advice for implementing User Adoption and Change Management
• Measuring the success of Adoption with Dynamics 365

Books Mentioned

• Traction by Gino Wickman https://amzn.to/2vfxhhl

Resources

• Hours Tracker http://www.hourstrackerapp.com/
• My Fitness Pal App https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/myfitnesspal/id341232718?mt=8
• Papa Nicholas Coffee https://www.papanicholas.com/hazelnut-creme/
• Prosci https://www.prosci.com/
• ACMP https://www.acmpglobal.org/

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/26

• Learning Resources at Microsoft and courses on offer 
• Content updates and new courses 
• Microsoft learning content evolution  
• Learning content for 2019  
• Websites to access for Microsoft Business Applications training  
• Differences between learning resources 
• The most commonly requested training  
• Future changes for different training platforms 
• Benefits to completing training 
• Getting registered in the Dynamics Learning portal 
• Measuring training satisfaction amongst partners 
• Certification, new types of certification for 2019 and Professional Certification

Resources

• Onenote  https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/microsoft-onenote/id410395246?mt=8 
• Outlook https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/microsoft-outlook/id951937596?mt=8 
• Ted Talks App https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/ted/id376183339?mt=8 
• Silicone rings https://ensorings.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