SWFL Power Platform Pros Kick-Off and Virtual Meet-N-Greet

As the kick-off event for our new group, this will have less to do with technical information and more to do with what we, all of us, want from this group. At least part of this group will be dedicated to supporting our members' development goals, assisting each other over hurdles and such. Also, getting MS Certifications will be an important goal of this group. After that, we have room for more in our mission statement, so, please, show up and make suggestions as to how this group will grow and develop. The _brief_ outline for this first meeting is: - Introductions - Why we are here - Consideration of Officers - Mission Statement Development - Gather topics for Meetings - Speakers Planning/Format - Next Meeting In this blossoming technology that is taking off like gangbusters, we have this special opportunity, now, to get ahead of the curve, of everyone else who is only just now hearing about the amazing things that can be done in this low-code environment, and really set ourselves up for incredible success for the rest of our careers. This is the direction I am going. I believe this is where you, all, are heading. We can get there, faster, and be better when we get there, together. I am very much looking forward to meeting all of you and advancing my, and our, Power Platform skills, career and life in doing so. Thank You, Ben SWFL Power Platform Pros Incredible alone. Unstoppable together. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The full, fleshed-out, meeting outline follows: (Sorry for the weird formatting; MS treats multiple spaces as one space here ( >.< ) ) - Introductions oo Name oo Current Power Platform goals oo Favorite destination to visit OR favorite music concert - Why we are here oo What is it I hope to get out of SWFL Power Platform Pros?  Career advice  Community  Code Collaboration/ Support for projects  MS Certification Training/Assistance/Group Study  Resume-Stuffer  Social outlet with folk in your (small but growing) field  Venting opportunities oo Mentor program  Mentor  Mentee oo Something else? - Consideration of Officers oo Meeting Planning and Social Officer oo Speaker Procurement Officer oo Marketing Officer oo Other Officers - Mission Statement Development oo “To support our members’ career goals in the Power Platform stack.” oo “To support our members’ learning goals in the Power Platform stack.” oo “To grow our members knowledge and ability in the Power Platform Stack and refine our expertise in its. application to a high degree of capability. This is to be accomplished through mutual support of ideas, knowledge and training, especially as it relates to Microsoft Certificates, for the Power Platform products.” - Gather topics for Meetings oo PowerApps  Galleries  ForAll(Patch())  Responsive Design  Licensing oo Power Automate  Time and Conversions  Connectors • PowerApps vs SharePoint vs Dataverse backends oo Power BI  DAX  Modeling data  Importing data  Visualizations  Power Query oo Dataverse  Creating a table  Populating a table  Editing a table  Sharing/Security - Speakers oo Get external speakers, perhaps from Microsoft themselves oo Enlist the aid of our own members, some of whom are already quite accomplished oo Perhaps get a topic, and watch a 20-minute video together, build it individually and discuss what is built (Shane Young, Reza Dorani) oo Have our own group members give talks on topics we feel comfortable with