The Oops Factor is a weekly video feature created by Microsoft MVP EY Kalman, who is otherwise known as the ‘CRM Ninja’. I first met EY when he did a telephone interview for me a couple of years ago, and although I didn’t end up working with him on that occasion, we’d got on really […]
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During August 2019, UK based MVP Tricia Sinclair, organised a widely supported Dynamics and Power Platform Community quiz in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, which raised proceeds for the Black Minds Matter charity in the UK. With the momentum gathered from the quiz, Tricia then went on to organise a month long series
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In August 2020, I was lucky to be invited to participate in the TechStylers meetup, with a short session on my career journey through Tech. My session ‘One Journey … Many Paths’ was aimed at assuring women who have many conflicting pressures to manage, to have faith in themselves, to be brave and remember that
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The TechStylers July meetup started with Foyin introducing the group, and reminding us all of it’s purpose to help support each other and particularly new women entering tech. The first speaker was Nlia Amara who began her journey into tech as a graduate intern in SharePoint and Power Apps. Amara quickly learned how to build
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On 8th July 2020 I spoke at my very first User Group, the virtual D365 UG Birmingham. I’m a regular attendee at the Birmingham User Group, which is always well attended and this was no exception. The User Group in Birmingham has an auspicious team behind it; Andrew Bibby, Neil Parkhurst, Craig Seymour, Imtiaz Hussain
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The June meetup started with a welcome note from Foyin, who presented our agenda for the evening, along with highlights of the May meetup. It was great to hear that at least 2 of the attendees, Foyin and Nandini Sharma had been inspired by Elaiza to start blogging as a result of her presentation in
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TechStylers is a community group created by Microsoft MVP Foyin Olijide-Bello. It is focussed on supporting women to succeed in the tech space, and holds meetups once a month, to provide a platform for established Women in Tech (WIT) to empower and mentor upcoming WIT. The inaugural TechStylers meetup was in May 2020 and featured
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A most excellent adventure On February 28th 2020, I set off from my home in Herefordshire for a 700 mile round trip to Glasgow. The weather had not been great, we’d heard there had been quite a bit of snow in the north of the UK, but I stocked the car full of blankets and
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On Saturday 2nd May 2020, the weekend before the yearly Microsoft Business Applications (MBAS) Summit, 390 participants from 40 countries took part in a 24 hour ‘follow the sun’ hackathon. This was the 3rd hackathon organised by a group of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform enthusiasts from the UK known as TDG (short for
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