Carlos Balam Kuk Solís
engage - empower - Transform
Austin, Texas, United States
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Digital Transformation - Digital Equity - Digital Inclusion Evangelist.
Dr. Carlos Balam Kuk Solís, Associate Vice President for Technology Innovation at Texas State University, is passionate about identifying technologies that allow people and organizations to innovative and accelerate towards their goals, while minimizing obstacles to success.
He is a Regional Leader for the Microsoft Global Community Leader, Member of the Microsoft Higher Ed Community Advisory Board, and the RTM Higher Ed CIO Advisory Board.
As a speaker and trainer with more than 20 years of experience, Dr. Solis holds bootcamps, training events, and workshops on a regular basis.
His interests include the application of networked technologies to education and to empowering individuals to leverage cloud-based solutions to tackle their own challenges. As a result, Dr. Solís is focusing on the power of low-code no-code solutions as innovation enablers, and as viable alternatives to digital equity and inclusion.
Dr. Solís is the recipient of The Computer World Smithsonian Award, as well as the Microsoft Connected Learning Community Award. He is a member of the Microsoft Higher Education Customer Advisory Board, and a Regional Leader for the Microsoft Global Community Imitative.
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Power up your workflow: Harnessing Forms, Power Automate, SharePoint and Power Apps to Digitize the
A beginner-friendly workshop to learn how to use powerful tools to streamline and digitize workplace processes and create user centric experiences.
What will you learn?
• How to create personal and group forms with branching logic to collect data and feedback.
• How to build simple power automate flows to automate tasks and workflows.
• How to build enhanced SharePoint lists to store and manage data.
• How to build a desktop based app to process information submitted via forms.
Why should you attend?
• You will discover how to leverage the synergy between Forms, Power Automate, SharePoint, and Power Apps, empowering you to create efficient workflows.
• You will gain practical skills and knowledge that you can apply to your own workplace scenarios.
• You will learn how to transform manual tasks into automated solutions with standard licensing packages.
• You will have the opportunity to ask questions and interact with the workshop facilitator and other participants.
A personal CRM from the ground up
Learning is more meaningful when we build things that matter to us. In this session you will learn how to build a personal CRM that will allow you to keep track of your contacts with custom cadence-based notifications, project related information, task-lists per client, and information sharing capabilities, along with automations to help you stay on track.
This workshop combines multiple Microsoft tools into a solution, SharePoint, Power Apps, Power Automate, Outlook,
Nurturing Digital Leaders: Power Platform Empowers the Future Workforce in Higher Education
This session explores the democratization of the Power Platform in higher education and for career switching adults, focusing on its potential to empower institutions, educators, students and those who want to switch careers. By breaking down traditional barriers to entry, the Power Platform enables easy creation and deployment of applications and solutions, regardless of technical expertise. We delve into practical strategies and best practices for implementation, showcasing successful use cases from pioneering institutions. Additionally, we address challenges such as data security and integration, providing insights into maximizing the benefits of this technology. Join us to discover how the Power Platform can drive digital transformation and enhance the learning experience in higher education. Join Dr. Carlos Balam Kuk Solís and Heather Cook as they delve into best practices and innovation in this space.
Community Innovation Spotlight: Our roadmap for empowering the low-code revolution
The power of community to connect, inspire and skill people is being realized inside and outside of Microsoft. Join us in this session to hear the Microsoft north star vision for community including our roadmap of new features and programs that are a part of the Microsoft Global Community Initiative announced in April of 2022. You will also hear from Dr. Carlos Balam Kuk Solís, Associate Vice President for Technology Innovation, Texas State University who has taken an innovative approach to extending community and training to students outside of the computer science disciplines to further power the low-code revolution in his University. This model of outreach and inclusion is an inspiring story for us all.
Carlos Balam Kuk Solís
engage - empower - Transform
Austin, Texas, United States
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