The Intelligence Age

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• A short introduction about Zaid Zaim’s life background 
• Zaid shares his story about how he got involved in technology 
• How did Zaid start in mixed reality and his journey to where he is right now? 
• Find out more about what Mixed Reality is 
• Learn more about HoloSpaces 
• Zaid’s role at HoloSpaces and the type of work he does for their customers 
• A discussion about the number of people connected to HoloLens where Zaim is involved with 
• The type of companies buying HoloLens from Microsoft 
• What is HoloLens and what is it used for? 
• How did Zaid become a Microsoft MVP? 
• Zaid’s involvement in the community 
• Talks about Zaid’s skills - as a software developer and as a designer of virtual spaces/experiences 

OTHER RESOURCES

• Microsoft CodeStories Berlin | Mixed Reality for Cultural Heritage
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF654Uff3Xw 
• Zaid's TEDx Talk
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtnOnz3QZpA 
• ReDI School of Digital Integration 
   https://www.redi-school.org/ 
• Hololux / HoloSpaces
   https://hololux.de/ 
• Deutsche Bank in the Metaverse Powered by Hololux /HoloSpaces
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W22_G2Az-I 
• Tactile Studio
  https://tactilestudio.co/de/ 

90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 

Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzf0yupPbVkqdRJDPVE4PtTlm6quDhiu7

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• A brief introduction about Tae Rim Han’s life – family background and hobbies. 
• A conversation about Tae’s journey into technology. 
• Chats about Tae’s passion when it comes to SharePoint, Dynamics, PCF and Azure. 
• Talks about Tae’s career background. 
• Tae’s views and the big difference between working for a partner and dealing directly with end-user customers. 
• The benefits and what Tae missed the most working for a partner. 
• Talks about Tae’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. 
• How did the community help Tae? 
• Tae’s biggest recommendations to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP. 

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

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• An introduction about Adam Cunningham – life background and interest. 
• A conversation about Adam’s career and how he got into technology.  
• Talks about how Adam got involved in Power Platform and other technologies. 
• Discussions about the feedback and change from using Excell for reporting to Power BI 
• Adam talks about his journey into where he is right now 
• A discussion of how Adam run their organization. 
• Talks about Adam’s experience when it comes to licensing. 
• What does Adam’s backlog look like? 
• Adam talks about the usage of Power Portal 
• A conversation about their deployment model – do they deploy their apps inside of teams or IOS? 
• Adam’s advice for the non-for-profit space 
• Discussions about Adam’s community involvement in Australia  

RESOURCES MENTIONED  

• Shane Young -  https://www.youtube.com/c/ShaneYoungCloud 
• Reza Dorrani - https://www.youtube.com/c/RezaDorrani/featured
   

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• A conversation about Guro Faller’s life – country of origin, family, favourite food and hobbies! 
• Talks about Guro’s involvement with other communities around the world. 
• Guro’s story about how did she get into IT? 
• A discussion about the career journey and educational background of Guro. 
• A story about Guro’s passion for designing - clothes and IT 
• Guro’s transition from being an IT to Microsoft Business Applications ecosystem 
• Learn more about Guro’s day to day tasks and her focus 
• What does Guro see when it comes to the use of Dynamics 365 marketing? 
• Guro’s views about the XRM platform.  

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

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• A short introduction about Allan De Castro’s life – family, hobbies and country of origin 
• A story about Allan’s journey into technology and how did it start 
• Career and educational background of Allan 
• What took him into the area of Microsoft Business Applications 
• The type of work Allan is focused on right now 
• Allan’s involvement and as a consultant 
• Allan’s thoughts about AZURE Synapse and Dataverse - where are these two coming together? 
• Talks about Allan’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP and the process involved. 
• What made Allan start blogging and what was the impact? 
• Allan’s involvement in the community 

90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 

How to Become a Microsoft MVP - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzf0yupPbVkqdRJDPVE4PtTlm6quDhiu7

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

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• An introduction about Venkat Rao 
• A conversation about how Venkat got into this field 
• Venkat talks about his journey and becoming what he is right now and what led him to it 
• Venkat discusses the categories of his vlog around autism vision hearing 
• Venkat shares about enabling our communities 
• How do we create an accessible environment toolset so that we can bring diversity to what we create by including all people? 
• How do you make sure that what you're building is right for your audience? 
• Venkat shares his thoughts about how Microsoft can improve the power platform to make it more inclusive 
• Venkat shares the resources and training materials that he uses.

RESOURCES MENTIONED 

• Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau: 9781984858979 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books - An easy to read yet extremely guide on understanding disabilities and how to be an ally for disabled people
• Designing for Accessibility -  A set of Dos and Dont's when building solutions 
• WCAG - a quick reference guide to WCAG
• Giving a damn about accessibility - by Sheri Byrne Haber, an accessibility advocate.
• Student Access & Accommodation Services, Illinois State University - Student Access & Accommodation Services

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

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• A brief introduction about Greg Olsen’s life - family, interests and hobbies 
• A conversation with Greg about his journey into IT  
• Talks about Greg’s educational and career background 
• Find out about Greg’s journey into Microsoft Business Applications  
• A discussion about Greg’s involvement in Dynamics 
• Learn about Greg’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• Greg’s involvement in the community - Power Platform and Dynamics user groups  
• Greg’s observation when it comes to customers’ choice of technology or products – what are they wanting today? 
• Greg’s expectations for 2022 when it comes to the community and products. 

Other Resources:

• NZ Dynamics User Group - https://www.meetup.com/NZ-Dynamics-365-User-Group-Auckland/ 
• Dynamics 365 Saturday NZ - http://365saturday.com/dynamics/auckland-nz-2018/ 

 
Microsoft MVP - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 
90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 

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

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Find out more about Eric Regnier – family background and country of origin 
• Talks about Eric’s experience - living and working in Hongkong 
• Eric’s story about moving from HongKong to New Zealand 
• Check out how Eric started in technology  
• Life in New Zealand 
• Discover and learn the difference between working for customers and directly for a partner. 
• Eric’s journey and story about becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• Talks Eric’s involvement with the MVP community 
• The impact and benefits of becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• Advice and recommendations to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP 

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

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• An introduction about the Group Manager for Power Platform at Avanade, Claire Edgson 
• A conversation about how Claire got into technology 
• Claire shares her incredible Power Platform journey  
• Get to know more about the Fast Track Recognized Solution Architect awards that Claire received  
• Claire talks everything about understanding data and when should you use it 
• What is Claire’s thoughts about Dataverse? 
• A very important conversation about data security and the things you need to know about like its importance and the things you can and you can’t do  
• Claire shares her thoughts about copying all data in Dataverse 
• Find out about Claire’s thoughts on the COE starter kit
   

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Prashant Shukla talks about his family and country of origin 
• Listen to Prashant’s story about moving to Queensland, AU 
• Talks about how Prashant started working in technology 
• Check out Prashant’s advice and recommendation to people considering a career in technology 
• Prashant’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP – the impact, what was involved and how did it come about? 
• Learn more about Prashant’s involvement in the community - Power Apps and Power Automate User group 
• Prashant’s thoughts and views about the future when it comes to technology and the community

RESOURCES MENTIONED
      • Experience Digital LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/experiencedigitalms 

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

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith