Speaker: Laura Webb

Recording of Scottish Power Platform User Group: Back to Full Power Taking advantage of the wider Microsoft Cloud ecosystem when building with Low Code with Lewis Baybutt and Chris Huntingford: In this session, Lewis and Chris will take a deep dive into the Microsoft Cloud ecosystem, highlighting the power that can be harnessed from contextual data when building with low code platforms such as the Power Platform. This session will cover both architectural and technical aspects with us looking at different types of solutions built using Low Code platforms, as well as us taking a dive into the world of Microsoft Graph and contextual data. Want to learn how to build solutions with better user experience, and impact for your people? Join us for a bunch of ecosystem fun and ideation, with a technical edge diving into Microsoft Graph! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PowerPoint to PowerApps - Tips and Tricks with Laura Webb: PowerPoint is generally thought of as the platform to use when you have to sort out a presentation... and that's totally right... however... You can also use it to... ✏ Design SVG graphics *Formatting *Designing graphics *Altering images *Altering icons *Altering fonts *Creating a responsive background for a canvas app. ✏ Create Wireframes *Creating wireframes *Brainstorming UI and UX ideas *Creating apps directly from the wireframes. ✏ Create Documentation *Live docs *Interactive idea workshops *Guidance packs And we get it free with our Microsoft 365 licenses!! Laura also uses PowerPoint to design canvas apps, blog images, templates, and Tech Trump Cards. She would love to share what she has learned with others, and maybe change people's minds about PowerPoint forever. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting Started with a Power Platform Strategy with Hamish Shield: By 2025, Gartner predicts that 70% of applications will use low code or no code technology. A Forrester study of organisations using the Power Platform successfully has found a 502% ROI over 3 years. These are incredible numbers... but to be realised you need a solid low-code strategy! In this session Hamish will discuss how to get started defining a low code strategy based on the Microsoft Power Platform, a will demonstrate (with audience participation) a framework that you can use to define a Power Platform strategy and identify the capabilities and systems that organisations need to successfully execute.

Sarah Jones is back with another one!! With a strong passion for Accessibility, Equality and Inclusion, Laura W. has been dubbed the 'The Tech Trump Girl' at events. Embracing this title, she wishes to use her bizarre newfound position to expand networks, highlight possible role models, and inspire new ideas. All in a fun way. Laura W. has developed Tech Trump Cards and in this session, she will explain what they are, what they were created for, and what is in store for the future. Laura also hopes to learn from the audience how Tech Trump Cards have brought value to the community and how she could collaborate with others to achieve the goals she had in mind when creating them. #powerplatform #techtrumpcards #tech #technology #network #shortlist #shortlistrecruitment #virtualroundtable #vrt

Have you ever sat up on the edge of a boat or a pool and just settled there with your toes dipped in the water? Feeling like you don't really have what it takes to dive in? Or maybe diving in was just something you never knew you had the option of doing? This talk will be about my journey into the Microsoft community and how I've been supported, encouraged, guided, befriended and invited to dive into the Microsoft world, head first. I was just sitting on the side, feeling like I didn't have what it takes to be apart of this amazing industry. It didn't even really occur to me that this industry really existed or that I would ever have the option of getting involved. Following people's advice, studying and saying 'YES!', it helped me to stay focused, connected and excited when times were challenging, it also helped me figure myself out a little more when I was feeling a bit lost. I am hoping this talk will inspire and guide others to discover the community, as well as find courage and hidden skills that they possibly didn't know they already had, to be apart of something so fantastic.

After having a random urge to purchase a pack of Top Trump cards a while back, I then came up with the legendary idea of making TECH TRUMP cards!! I have been releasing blog posts containing these cards and mini-interviews alongside for a little while now and thought - wouldn't it be fab to do these for the Festive Tech Calendar event. So I'm doing a Christmas collection! *These are not to bring up competition between those in the community* These are to help others discover people in the community that maybe their clicks haven't handed landed on yet, to help inspire, network, find role models, mentors, experts in the field they are growing in, or even just new besties. I've also merged the top trumps game with collectable cards and so the idea is to 'save' the cards, (save the posts) and collect them all! The stats are purely for fun. This isn't a talk or session, more of a fun activity, although a small time slot can be kept to encourage people to join in if needed. Otherwise, it's a matter of advertising the activity, which is fine too. There is a form to complete that takes about 11-15 minutes. Participants would need (not urgent if not) their LinkedIn URL and to be ready to answer some mini-interview questions. The answers will be shared with the public/community/LinkedIn, so everyone needs to be ok with what they're sharing. There will be a submission period, deadline for the submissions and another date for the release of the cards and content. Link to form: https://forms.office.com/r/gURRt0NtSc Link to blog: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/webb-side-story-blog-6923599383259172864/