Welcome to YOUR Community! Seattle Chapter Meeting December 14, 2017

Agenda Welcome & Introductions GPUG News & Chapter Business Vendor Spotlight Presentation Member Showcase: Saint Martin’s University Educational Session: Summit 2017 Highlights Roundtable Discussions Giving Back – Service Project Chapter Leaders, please fill out your specific agenda items on this slide! Tweet during today’s meeting: @GPUG, #GPUG<Location>, #GPUG<Topic>

Welcome & introductions Name Company Role in Company Microsoft Dynamics GP Version What date on your calendar are you looking forward to the most? Use this slide to do an introduction roundtable with your members!

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GPUG Summit 2017 Highlights 2015/2016 Sponsors: https://www.gpug.com/blogs/rose-spitzer/2015/12/31/20152016-gpug-chapter-sponsors Presented by Heather Huston Tweet During today’s meeting: @GPUG, #GPUG<Location>, #GPUG<Topic>

Saint Martin’s University Member Showcase Featuring: Saint Martin’s University Presented by Linda Newman Tweet During today’s meeting: @GPUG, #GPUG<Location>, #GPUG<Topic>

Member Showcase Who We Are and What We Do What Modules We Use Version Number of Users How Long What ISV's and How We Use Them Favorite Module and Why Tips & Tricks / Way to Improve Processes (what surprised you that you didn’t know) Where Do We Go for Answers Questions? The outline below may be useful in developing a Member Showcase presentation for use during a chapter meeting.   Introduce yourself Provide an Overview of Company Primary business activity Industry Locations # of Employees Revenue size (if appropriate) Introduce others from your company in attendance, and including yourself, review Job roles How long with company How long using Dynamics Other interesting items Discuss how your company is using Dynamics How many users How long What version(s) What segments and for what purposes ISV products used/customizations Share a “case study” from your experience regarding your company’s use of Dynamics Pick a project/initiative. It could be your Dynamics implementation overall or perhaps a specific solution within or around Dynamics that Dynamics helped solve. What is the problem your organization was trying to solve? What pain the problem was causing your organization? What alternatives did you evaluate? Who in your org was involved in the alternative evaluation? Which option/approach did you select? How did you start the project? How did you get your users onboard and engaged? General thoughts of the implementation? What results were accomplished? How did you measure the results? Subjective opinion of the results? Lessons Learned. Questions and Answers

Educational Session Mini-GPUG Summit 2017 Presented by Jackie Yip Tweet During today’s meeting: @GPUG, #GPUG<Location>, #GPUG<Topic>

Roundtable discussions Here are a few suggestions to get the conversation started. If you do not want to use these questions to start the discussion, you can also divide up the room by version, industry, or job role Year-end and 2018 Changes (WA State Sick Leave Law) Who is leveraging either SmartList Designer or SmartList Builder? Has anyone tinkered with both to see what works best? Microsoft Power BI – who has tried using it against their production data? Jet Express for Excel – Has anyone deployed this solution for their financials? Anyone running it and MR? Is anyone utilizing Workflow for payables? For procurement? Some other area?

Vendor Spotlight Presentation Corporate Performance Management Tool 2015/2016 Sponsors: https://www.gpug.com/blogs/rose-spitzer/2015/12/31/20152016-gpug-chapter-sponsors Presented by Prophix Software – Jeff Wiggin Tweet During today’s meeting: @GPUG, #GPUG<Location>, #GPUG<Topic>

Teambuilding – Giving Back to Community Pear Blossom Place “Working Together to Strengthen All Families”

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GPUG Conference Lineup Nov. 14, 2017 - Montreal Nov. 16, 2017 – Toronto Nov. 27, 2017 – Calgary Nov. 29, 2017 - Vancouver March 20-22, 2018 Chicago, IL GPUG Chapter Meeting April 24, 2018 Dublin, Ireland August/September 2018 Fargo, ND October 15-18, 2018 Phoenix, AZ Information about each conference: Collaborate Canada - Join the Canadian User Groups in four different locations for access to premium Dynamics content designed by industry experts. GPUG Amplify - Location & dates are locked for March 20-22 in Chicago, Illinois. This conference brings together Microsoft Partners, leaders and business leaders in a quaint setting where conversations & discussions are easy to have. GPUG Chapter Meeting - Take advantage of the Summit EMEA backdrop at this local User Group Chapter meeting. Dynamics GP Tech Conference - Learn what’s new from Microsoft through attending their technical educations sessions; then network the day away with your GP peers during the dedicated networking opportunities.    Summit Phoenix- Step out from behind your monitor and take your big ideas and love of knowledge-sharing to GPUG Summit in the fall of 2018.

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