Microsoft Innovation Podcast

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/361An 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 peopleDesigning for Accessibility -  A set of Dos and Dont's when building solutions WCAG - a quick reference guide to WCAGGiving a damn about accessibility - by Sheri Byrne Haber, an accessibility advocate.Student Access & Accommodation Services, Illinois State University - Student Access & Accommodation ServicesThis 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 showIf 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/360 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/ 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 showIf 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/359 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 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 showIf 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/358 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 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 showIf 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/357 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 communityRESOURCES MENTIONED      • Experience Digital LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/experiencedigitalms 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 showIf 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/356 A short introduction about Yawer Iqbal life background and country of origin – family, hobbies and moving to Australia  Discover what Rubab is – a musical Instrument. Yawer’s story about his journey to Microsoft Business Applications Talks about Yawer’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP – the process and nomination First experience as a Microsoft MVP and Yawer’s thoughts about the MVP Program Benefits of becoming part of the MVP Program A discussion about Yawer’s involvement in the MVP community RESOURCES MENTIONED:      • Homayun Sakhi Attan Rubab        • Maula Ya Salli Wasallim        • Ertugrul Ghazi Pakistani Version with rabab Leo Twins 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 showIf 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/355 An introduction about Joel Lindstrom and his passion Joel shares his story on his career journey  Joel talks about his thoughts on the idea that Power Platform is just like xRM with a new look and feel A discussion about how the consulting landscape is currently changing  His thoughts about people becoming app makers from Dynamics 365 background The top 3 qualities that he is looking for when hiring for Power Apps makers Joel shares his thoughts on the roles of UX and UI specialists as part of the Power App teamThis 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 showIf 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/354 A short introduction about Tricia Sinclair background - life and hobbies Discover Tricia’s involvement with the Power Platform School What does Power Platform School do, who they work with and what you should expect? Tricia talks about her career journey  Learn more about Tricia’s interest in mentoring  Tricia’s involvement in different projects related to Omnichannel Customer Service and Financial Industry. Learn things you can do with Omnichannel Customer Service RESOURCES MENTIONED:       • Power Platform School: https://powerplatformschool.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 showIf 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/353 A conversation about Joe Unwin’s life background and living in Canada Joe’s thoughts about working from home and going back to working at the office Talks about the Microsoft community in Canada. A discussion about how Joe’s started having an interest in technology Joe’s educational background Learn more about Joe’s Power Platform and Automation journey Robotic Process Automation (RPA) - What Joe is doing and what excites him the most. The impact and the benefits of becoming a Microsoft MVP on Joe’s career  Music Credit The Happiness of Larry by radiotimes (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) license 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 showIf 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/352 A fun introduction of an enthusiast and dedicated Power Consultant, Clarissa Gillingham  A conversation about Clarissa’s way into Power Platform and how she ultimately gets into Power Apps  Clarissa tells her experience now being with Power Platform  Clarissa answers what is app design particularly the user interface  Answering the question about what is important when designing apps for people and the way the interface works  How does Clarissa keep the top of mind for the folks that she works with? What is Clarissa’s design process?  What is Clarissa’s process around looking at her project from a design lens? How does Clarissa create consistency? RESOURCES MENTIONED:       • Metro Studio         • unDRAW        • Pexels 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 showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith