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How charities can create savings with low cost CRM
The Current Situation for charities The Covid 19 Pandemic has had a devastating effect on the whole world’s economy and the charity sector is no exception. However, in this particular situation, charities are a bit of an anomaly. While the not for profit sector has been hit massively by a vastly depleted income stream, it…
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3 things that Membership Organisations need to do now in order to stay relevant
Membership organisations that want to continue to exist need to listen to and adapt to the evolving needs of their audiences. Membership organisations that don’t innovate will inevitably meet the same fate as a slowly sinking ship. We all know that there are difficult times ahead, as we attempt to start kickstart our normal lives…
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Change Management: Leadership Tools and Applications – Part I
“…I wanted them to understand what it felt like to be in trenches, and if they don’t understand then they’re not going to respond when the war starts!” – Michael Jordan This quote is from a box set series I watched called The Last Dance based on one of my sporting hero’s Michael Jordan and…
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Power Apps for the SMB Sector: The new CRM
The biggest change to how we run our business over the past year has been in the Power Apps for the SMB sector. It used to be that, if you wanted a CRM system you would buy a CRM product like Dynamics 365 Sales or Dynamics 365 Customer service. Both of which are fully formed,…
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Remote Team Productivity: MS Teams with Dynamics 365 and Power Apps
Different combinations of crisis have been pushing survival questions of not only businesses, but also the human race. None more so than the Coronavirus crisis situation, the phenomenon that will always be remembered as the catalyst that changed the way we live and work forever. In terms of business, this new world calls for a…
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Scan Business Card – Dynamics 365 New AI Feature
From November 2019 you may have suddenly noticed a new button on your contact Quick Create form like the one below? The Scan Business Card option is a great addition for sales people who are too busy to type info into a CRM system, or those lucky enough to have a biz card scanning device…
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Dynamics 365 for Non-Profit Organisations and Charities
After many years of promise and rhetoric, it seems we are finally arriving in the true digital era. Cloud subscription-based services are now the norm, Artificial Intelligence capabilities have become very real and are now being used in all kinds of systems to empower people to make smarter decisions and switched on organisations are realising…
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Sales Forecasting: Dynamics 365 New Feature
Note: Since this post was written Microsoft have updated this feature. We will be writing a new post to cover the updates soon. Microsoft have introduced another new (preview) feature in Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement apps. Sales Forecasting helps companies to project revenue over time periods based on opportunities being created by the sales team.…
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Team Licenses explained
Note: There are important changes to Team member licenses taking place in April 2020. See our update here April 2019 Updated Blog: Flexible licensing is one of the strong features that makes Dynamics 365 such a compelling CRM choice. For those users that need it, a Plan license allows full access to pretty much everything…
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User Adoption Tool-tip: Interactive Tag Charts
What is a tag chart One of my favourite features of the new Unified Interface for Dynamics 365 is tag charts. Interactive tag charts have been around for a while, but you may not have heard of them until now, as they previously only appeared in the Interactive Service Hub. The Tag chart is an…
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