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Why Invest in a Local User Group for Microsoft Dynamics?

by Anne Stanton
Consultant,

With so many demands on our time and so much noise in the world, why invest in either attending a user group meeting or going that one step further and creating a local or regional user group for a Microsoft Dynamics product?

Both great questions and there are times when I don't know the answers.  But then I remember that technology is always changing and standing still in the world of business and technology just doesn't work. Welcome to my core reason for being involved in a local face to face user group for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. I love to learn from others and there is information that just can't be gained from all the books and experts in the world. In fact there is information from success and information from failures right in your backyard -invaluable insights from other people who have different backgrounds, who have mastered pieces of the software that you have yet to even consider, and ways of using built tools that are not even close to what the tool was originally built for.

Attending user group meetings is an efficient way to stay current on the latest technologies, the latest cool uses and field feedback. Take it one step further and attending a user group meeting can save you money and save you from headaches! It can help refine the types of questions you want to ask and how to ask them to get where you want to be. It can offer an audience of peers who might have the same questions that you might have. It can offer you knowledge and quickly lead you to answers that might have taken days of research to answer otherwise.

Aside from the wealth of knowledge resources you'll find at a ...

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About Anne Stanton

Anne Stanton is a long time advocate and passionate supporter of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. She has worn the hat of SMB CRM Consultant, Dynamics CRM Partner and Enterprise user and has experience working with Microsoft Dynamics CRM since 2004, starting with Microsoft Dynamics CRM v1.2.

Anne has twenty years of business and technology experience always focused on leveraging the latest applications for the highest efficiencies in business. She has an under graduate degree from University of Illinois in Computer Science and a graduate degree in Business Administration and Accounting from University of Phoenix mixing technology, finance and business best practices.

Anne has been a speaker at numerous conferences and is the author of numerous articles and two blogs, the CRM Lady blog at http://www.crmlady.com and the Intermingling Outlooks on Technology and Business blog at http://executiveblogging.blogs.com.

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