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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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Report on Key Phrases using Power Apps/Dynamics 365, Power Automate & Power BI – Part 1
During the current pandemic, it’s more important than ever to understand what your customers are asking for. In the past, reporting on unstructured free-text data for SME’s has always been tricky. Users tend to enter information slightly differently and this causes issues when trying to create a standardised reporting. More often than not, someone has…
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My Journey: The first 15 days as a Dynamics 365/ Power Platform consultant
One of my favourite quotes… For me this has applications in all aspects of life, however, I particularly employ this philosophy in the workplace. It signifies the use of having the right tools to do the job and also being able to use them effectively. It implies effective provision of those tools by employers and…
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Why you as a Business Leader need to know about Power Apps
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, mature products with a huge, standard set of features baked right into the system. But things have been changing over the past couple…
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We recommend that you use Recommendations in Dynamics 365
This week we’re unpacking another cool, yet, little known feature on Microsoft Dynamics 365. It’s called Recommendations and it’s very easy to set up and use. Even more importantly…it will make you look great as the CRM administrator! Using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Recommendations it’s possible to make suggestions based on various criteria on a record. …
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Forms Pro: The free survey tool for Dynamics 365
In times of uncertainty we could all use a helping hand. Here’s a great tip if you’re already using Dynamics 365 and you have a need to create forms, quizzes or surveys. Did you know that you also have free access to use Forms Pro? … Well, you’re not the only one, it seems a…
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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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Team Member License Update Feb 2020
We, at Rocket CRM love Microsoft (well…it is Valentines day, at the time of writing this update!). Although,we do sometimes get frustrated by their inconsistencies and constant changing of the goalposts. We previously wrote an article about Dynamics 365 Team Member licenses which got a lot of traction and has been read by thousands of…
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Taking a snapshot of a D365 Marketing subscription list
D365 Marketing Subscription Lists One of the great features of D365 Marketing is the use of subscription lists. Subscription lists can be surfaced through D365 Marketing emails so that when a customers receives a marketing email, they can click on a link in the email and be presented with their current preferences in the form…
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