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

2. 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!
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3. 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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7. Popular Library Recordings and Help
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8. GPUG Summit 2017 Highlights
2015/2016 Sponsors:
Presented by
Heather Huston
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9. Saint Martin’s University
Member Showcase Featuring:
Saint Martin’s University
Presented by
Linda Newman
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10. 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

11. Educational Session Mini-GPUG Summit 2017
Presented by
Jackie Yip
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12. 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?

13. Vendor Spotlight Presentation Corporate Performance Management Tool
2015/2016 Sponsors:
Presented by
Prophix Software – Jeff Wiggin
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14. Teambuilding – Giving Back to Community Pear Blossom Place
“Working Together
to Strengthen All Families”

15. Seattle GPUG Chapter News
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16. GPUG Conference Lineup
Nov. 14, Montreal
Nov. 16, 2017 – Toronto
Nov. 27, 2017 – Calgary
Nov. 29, 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 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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