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Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SalesFUSION Webinar

Jeff Vilimek — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:49:06 +0000

My partner David Micksch is going to be co-hosting a webinar on Technoligence’s behalf with SalesFUSION this week. We’ve been working a lot with SalesFUSION lately to add deep marketing capabilities to Microsoft CRM. Click here to get to the registration page for the webinar and check out the invitation specifics below:

Here is the text from the original invitation. Let me know if you have any questions:

Best Practice Webinar for MS Dynamics CRM

Integrating Marketing into your Dynamics CRM

As a Microsoft Dynamics user, you may be considering implementing a marketing solution/add-in product for your CRM deployment. Many companies are beginning to explore an integrated approach for marketing and sales that goes beyond simple email blast integration.

Join SalesFUSION and Technoligence for this valuable online web clinic that will explore the best practices leading companies follow for integrating demand generation, marketing campaign automation and lead management directly into their Microsoft CRM deployment. This session will feature real-world case studies and cover the hottest topics in Marketing for Microsoft CRM.

Session Topics Include

Email Marketing for CRM – to movement to nurture marketing

The growing importance of web visitor tracking

Lead scoring defined and how to implement it without a PhD

CRM data as a driver for nurture marketing

Understanding the B2B lead life cycle

Understanding where….and WHY to integrate marketing/sales data in CRM

About the Speakers

Kevin Miller serves as EVP Marketing & Sales for SalesFUSION and has over 17 years of retail and B2B database marketing experience as well as CRM experience. Kevin is a principle for SalesFUSION, a leading B2B demand generation platform that integrates marketing and sales for Microsoft CRM.

David Micksch is the VP Marketing/Sales at Technoligence, a software solutions company specializing in Microsoft Dynamics CRM. David has extensive experience managing complex B2B sales and currently specializes in working with organizations to improve their implementation of CRM to optimize their sales and marketing processes.

More "Midwest" In The User Group List

Jeff Vilimek — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:13:20 +0000

(this post is a continuation of my post on Midwest Microsoft Developer User Groups)

Angela Binkowski, one of the stellar team of developer and architect evangelists for Microsoft in the Midwest, pointed out last night that I needed more “Midwest” in my post listing Midwest user groups. She’s helped out by adding a few more of these excellent user groups that their team gets involved with in the WI, IN, MI areas.

A big thanks to Angela for the additions. Be sure to check out Angela’s blog and keep an eye out for her presentations. She gave a great walkthrough on Visual Studio 2010 and the updates to the architect tools to the CAG last night.

More Midwest User Groups

Links, Descriptions, Next Event

Michiana Area .NET User Group (MADNUG)

http://www.madnug.net

The goal of Our .NET User Group is sharing knowledge and experience between .NET developers. We make meetings on the first Tuesday every month and we organize a two-day Code Camp once a year. You can join us for free by submitting the form below.

Next Meeting: 2/17/2009 5:30:00 PM

Wade Wegner an Architect from the Developer and Platform division of Microsoft will present the new Cloud Services offering called Windows AZURE. This will be a joint meeting between MITPUG and MADNUG.

Michiana IT Professionals User Group (MITPUG)

http://www.sharepointgroups.org/mitpug/default.aspx

Welcome to the new home of the Michiana IT Professionals User Group. We hope to provide a lot of content and information about the user group here. We now have a location to host all presentations slides so you can refer to them later. We also will provide links to MITPUG members and other relevant blogs. Look for an updated event calendar and announcements section updated on a regular basis. Note that you can even subscribe to the events and announcements via your favorite RSS reader.

2009 event planning not posted on the site yet.

Wisconsin .NET Users Group

http://www.wi-ineta.org/

The Wisconsin .NET Users Group was founded on February 12, 2002 at the launch of Visual Studio.NET. Our mission from inception has been to develop a peer group of developers, architects, and managers who are interested in learning, sharing and growing their Microsoft .NET knowledge and capabilities. The group’s vision is to provide members with a forum to hear top industry experts speak, learn and teach others who are interested in the same technologies as you and are facing the same challenges. The Wisconsin .NET Users Group covers the entire spectrum of .NET technologies, including the Windows Server System, XML web services, application development with Visual Studio.NET and the .NET Framework (including web, mobile, and desktop applications.)

Next Meeting Listed: Tuesday, Jan 20, 2009 at 07:00 PM

Speaker: Angela Binkowski

In the spirit of an agile sprint, see how to use the next version of Visual Studio Team System to manage user stories and re-factor existing architecture. Learn how to diagnose real production problems, debug in-production virtual labs, capture test data to eliminate the no-repro bugs, and transparently plan, monitor, and adapt software projects.

Indianapolis’ .NET User Group (IndyNDA)

http://www.indynda.org/

IndyNDA is Indianapolis’ .NET user group. We are an organized group of professional software developers in the Indianapolis area with a specific interest in Microsoft’s .NET technologies. We meet on the second Thursday of every month on the north side of Indianapolis.

Next Meeting: February 12th, 2009 (Second Thursday)

The Future of Managed Languages: C# and Visual Basic

Presented by Mark Strawmyer of Crowe Horwath

Keep those user group recommendations coming. Any others I missed?

Midwest Microsoft Developer User Groups

Jeff Vilimek — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:00:53 +0000

(Update 1/30/2009: This post was continued in an update on additional IN, MI and WI groups here.)

Let me start by saying thanks to the Microsoft Developer and Partner Evangelism Team for the Chicago MSDN Developer Conference this past week. The event was well attended, the content was solid, and the food was good! The event was designed as a road show showcase for core developer information that was announced and delivered at the 2008 Professional Developers Conference. There are a few more of these around the country this week and next if you didn’t make it to the PDC and want to catch the content live. You can get to them here: http://www.msdndevcon.com

I plan on writing up a few posts that cover my thoughts on the content, including perspectives on Azure and Silverlight, but wanted to kick things off with a summary of a series of Midwest Microsoft related user groups that Larry Clarkin highlighted at the close of the keynote. I’ve attended a few of these and plan on attending more this year. These are great groups and an excellent opportunity to discuss technology topics with peers in the industry.

Please add comments here on other technology groups around the Midwest that you would recommend and I’ll update this list over time.

I’ll likely be at the cloud computing group session downtown this Thursday. Hope to see you there!

Midwest Microsoft Developer Technology User Groups

Links, Descriptions, Next Event

The Chicago.NET Users Group (CNUG)

http://www.cnug.org/Default.aspx

Mission: To share deep .NET experience with individuals who are interested in learning, sharing and growing their Microsoft .NET knowledge and capabilities.

The Chicago.NET Users Group (CNUG) was founded in March 2001. The group’s vision is to provide members with a forum to hear top industry experts speak, learn and teach others who are interested in the same technologies as you and are facing the same challenges. The Chicago .NET Users Group covers the entire spectrum of .NET technologies, including the .NET Enterprise Servers, XML web services, application development with Visual Studio.NET and the .NET Framework (including web, mobile, and desktop applications.)

Meetings are held the 3rd Wednesday of Each month (Unless otherwise posted) at Microsoft’s Office in Downers Grove IL

Meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of each month at Clarity Consulting in Chicago (Unless otherwise posted)

Meetings start at 5:30PM and run until 9:00PM (Unless otherwise posted)

Lake County .NET Users Group

http://www.lcnug.org/Home.aspx

We normally meet from 7-9 PM on the last Thursday of the month at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois. November and December meetings are on different dates. The College of Lake County provides space for us in the Technology Building in room T326-328. Please register before each meeting.

January Meeting: Nhibernate – January 29, 2009 06:30 PM

Midwest Cloud Computing User Group

http://www.azureusergroup.com/group/midwestcloudcomputingusergroup
Cloud computing group for the Midwest Region.

Time: January 22, 2009 from 5pm to 7:30pm

Location: Chicago Microsoft

Street: 200 East Randolph Drive

City/Town: Chicago, IL

Register: https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=134422

Chicago Designers and Developers User Group

http://cd2ug.org

cd2 is a new user group in the Chicago area that is focused on nurturing the collaboration between designers & developers and the importance of the user experience.

If you’re interested in rich platforms and pairing functionality with creativity to provide better experiences for users, cd2 is for you. cd2 is the place for theory and application based presentations, discussions, and networking.

Join the cd2 group to become the coolest person ever! Seriously.

February 4 2009 6:30 PM CST

200 S. Wacker Drive, 15th Floor

Chicago, IL 60606

Chicago Architecture Group

http://chicagoarchitecturegroup.com

Enterprise, Solution, and Infrastructure architects are the hearts of their businesses. We each try to make sense of the landscape that is our business and form order out of chaos. We do this with knowledge and experience.

The Chicago Architects Group is founded with the goal to unite architects into a community for collaboration and knowledge sharing. The group is for people to meet their peers and share some stories and ideas. Architects and those aspiring to understand technical architecture better will enjoy the group.

We encourage members to join us for our monthly meetings. Incorporating a presentation by a fellow architect, our meetings engage members in collaboration to better understand our own and other architect’s challenges.

Monthly Community Meeting – January 2009

When: Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Where: Illinois Technology Association

Visual Studio Team System 2010 : Architect Edition Tools Preview

by Angela Binkowski

http://chicagoarchitectsgroup.eventbrite.com/

Chicago Visual Studio Team System Users Group

http://vsts.sogeti-chicago.com/default.aspx

The official site for VSTS Users in Chicago. Sponsored by Sogeti and Microsoft.

February/March event planning is in progress and will be posted on the site soon.

Chicago SharePoint User Group (CSUG)

http://www.sharepointusergroup.com/default.aspx

Midwest SharePoint group discussing all things MOSS.

January-February User Group Meeting: SharePoint Designer

Microsoft, 200 E Randolph, Suite 200 – MPR 2, Chicago, IL

February 10, 2009, 1-4pm

What other user groups or local events would you recommend?