May 2019 Events

There are several great events happening in the next few weeks where you can meet #CRMUGDC the Monkey. Make sure you save the date and get registered!

CRMUGDC Q2 Chapter Meeting

• May 15, 8:30am-12:30pm
• Location: Microsoft Chevy Chase
• Speakers
• Geoff Ables: Designing Customer Engagement Processes
• Nelson Johnson: Power BI for Beginners
• Kalpana Sivanandan: Microsoft Teams Introduction
• Get all the details and register here!
• Check out more events and discussion in the Washington, DC Chapter! 

If you can't make it to the May 15 DC event, keep in mind that the Reston, VA and Richmond, VA Chapters always meet the same week. We work together to coordinate speakers and plan great content. These are other great chapters to attend!

• Reston, VA: May 16, 12pm-3:30pm
• Richmond, VA: May 14. 9am-12pm

D365 Saturday Philadelphia

• May 18 starting at 8:30am
• Free full day of learning and networking!
• Amazing line up of speakers from around the world
• Find out more information and register here!

For those who will be in Philly early, you can also check out the local D365UG/CRMUG Chapter. Their Q2 meeting will be taking place on Friday before D365 Saturday. Check out the details for the May 17 meeting and get registered!

D365 Saturday Boston 2019: Solution Management Presentation

It was great to be involved in D365 Saturday in Boston this weekend. There was an amazing line up of speakers and so many enthusiastic attendees.

Aiden Kaskela, Todd Mercer and I led a session on Solution Management. In this panel we explained what a solution is, how to use them, and gave an introduction to change management. We also started into the great debate of Managed versus Unmanaged solutions.

Slides are available below. You can also watch an earlier recorded version of this presentation on CRMUG or register to join our next session on February 19th.

How are you using solutions in your environment?

Girl Power Playlist 2018

I am excited for two big events in the next few weeks. To help me get prepared I am working on a killer, motivational playlist! This is something I do each year but this year I wanted to share with all of you!

A bit about these events: first is D365 Saturday in DC. This is a great free event that anyone can attend to learn more about Dynamics 365. There is an all-star line up of MVP speakers and I can't believe I have the opportunity to speak alongside of them. Second, I will be speaking at CRMUG Summit in Phoenix. At Summit, this will be the first year that I am speaking in 3 sessions! Plus repeating the excitement of last year with a DMV Chapter Party. Side note: THANK YOU Cobalt for sponsoring and always supporting our chapters!

All of these things can be scary and intimidating! It's helpful to me to have a Girl Power Playlist to pump me up before these events. I need these reminders that I can do it and I am smart! Some of these songs just remind me that hard work is worth it. Others are just power house songs from (mainly) female fronted artists. Plus a few that are more faith-based and help bring calm in the storm. Then of course a little TayTay because all power playlists need some!

Enjoy my song selections below. I am fully aware of some of my embarrassing musical selections but we are not going to discuss the number of albums I have from Disney Channel stars.

How do you prep for these things? Any songs missing from my playlist?