Duncan Boyne
The Power BI Kinda Guy
Norwich, United Kingdom
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Duncan Boyne – Data & Applications Analyst, Power BI & Power Automate Specialist
Duncan is a low-code enthusiast focused on weaving together Power BI, Power Automate, and Azure to deliver streamlined enterprise solutions. With a flair for practical problem-solving and candid storytelling, he brings clarity to complex workflows. Outside the code, Duncan’s either fine-tuning dashboards, drafting the perfect LinkedIn update, or plotting his next sarcastic quip in a post.
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Stop Building Dashboards That Look Like Excel: How to Design Reports People Actually Want to Use
Too many reports look like data dumps with a title slapped on. We can do better. This session shows you how to take a clunky, boxy dashboard and turn it into something sleek, clean, and interactive. You’ll walk away with simple design tricks that make a massive difference to how your data feels and flows.
Good Design Isn’t Optional: Making Power BI Reports Accessible and User-Friendly
Most Power BI reports look fine, until you try to use them. Then you realise they’re cluttered, hard to navigate, or downright inaccessible. In this session, I’ll share practical ways to design with users in mind, making your reports not just pretty, but actually usable for everyone.
Bulletproof Your Email Flows: Secure, Scalable Email in Power Automate with Microsoft Graph
Are service account failures and MFA policies sabotaging your most critical Power Automate flows? It’s a common frustration, but it doesn’t have to be. Join us for a practical, live-build session where we solve this problem for good. We will construct a secure, scalable email solution from scratch using Microsoft Graph and a custom connector. You'll leave not with a theoretical idea, but with a production-ready pattern you can implement immediately to make your email automations truly resilient.
Wireframes to Wow: Building Beautiful Power BI Dashboards in Minutes
Level: Intermediate
Length: 45 minutes
Category: Power BI / Data Visualization / Design Thinking
Session Summary
“Can you build us a management dashboard?” a simple ask that can spiral into chaos.
In this fast-paced, hands-on session, I’ll take you from that initial request to a finished, polished Power BI report, all in just 45 minutes.
We’ll start with a basic SQL database, three brand colours, and the goal of building something efficient, repeatable, and ready to wow. Along the way, you’ll see how templating and wireframing aren’t just for designers, they’re the secret to faster builds, cleaner visuals, and happier stakeholders.
Expect plenty of live clicking, practical takeaways, and a few design “a-ha!” moments as we go from idea to insight right before your eyes.
You’ll Learn How To:
✅ Build reusable Power BI templates that scale
✅ Use layout grids, brand colours, and typography to make visuals pop
✅ Translate stakeholder requests into clear wireframes
✅ Turn Figma mock-ups into live, working dashboards
Takeaways:
A repeatable design-first approach to reporting
Power BI efficiency tips that actually save time
The confidence to create dashboards that look as good as they perform
How the Power Platform Turned Two Strangers into a Community
What happens when two people, both obsessed with the Power Platform, spend months travelling hundreds of miles to community events, only to discover they live in the same city?
That’s where the story of the Norfolk Power Platform User Group begins.
In this session, Duncan and Adam take you on a journey through their first year of throwing themselves fully into the Power Platform community, from shy attendees to speakers, organisers, and content creators. They’ll share how connecting with like-minded people across the ecosystem has shaped their careers, boosted their confidence, and led to opportunities they could never have planned for.
Expect honesty, laughter, and a few light-hearted lessons learned along the way, from building a local user group from scratch to standing on stage for the first time, to discovering that when you give back to the community, it gives back tenfold.
Whether you’re a newcomer looking to get involved or a seasoned pro wondering what’s next, this talk will remind you why community isn’t just a side effect of the Power Platform, it is the power behind it.
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