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• 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

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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•  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

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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• 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/

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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• 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

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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• 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

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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• 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

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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• 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

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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• 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

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• 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

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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• 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

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

Support the show

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

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith