Learn why attending EMPOWER 2017 can help you grow your QuickBase skill set, optimize your processes, and transform your organization. Get a first look into some of EMPOWER’s most anticipated sessions!
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EMPOWER2017 Sneak Peek
1.
2. EMPOWER2017
May 22-25th in Boston at the
Copley Marriott
• 700 Attendees
• Pre-Conference
• 3 Keynotes
• 48 Educational Sessions
• 60+ Speakers
• Sponsors/Exhibitors
• 3 Networking Parties
3. • QuickBase Event of the Year!
• Grow your QuickBase skill set, and solve more problems!
• Network with 700+ QuickBase App Builders & Experts
• 1:1 time with QuickBase experts:
– Tech Bar
– Sessions
– Exhibit Hall
– Demo Theater
• Get the Inside Scoop on the Latest and Greatest QuickBase Product Developments
Why EMPOWER?
8. #2: Keynote Speakers!
Jeff Prus
Dir. Product Management, QuickBase
Mike Walsh
Author and Futurist
Rick Willett
CEO, QuickBase
9. Session Tracks:
1. Optimizing Your Process: Learn to
connect your people and data for
better efficiency
2. “How To” in QuickBase: Grow your
QuickBase skill set
3. Transforming Your Organization:
Learn how to break down silos and
cross functional barriers for a more
collaborative workplace.
#1: 48+ Sessions!
Experience Level:
• All Level: Sessions that are designed
for all QuickBase users regardless of
building experience.
• Fundamentals: Are you a new builder?
Learn the core features and best
practices when starting to build an app.
• Intermediate: You’ve been building
apps for longer than 6 months and your
looking to learn more complex
functionality like formulas and
relationships.
• Power User: You understand and can
build apps using complex functionality
and are looking to take it to the next
level (API’s)
10. All Levels
• “Functional & Industry Open Space”: Come network with like builders in the
same function and industry and be apart of the interactive discussions that will be
participant-driven (you’ll drive the agenda!)
Fundamentals:
• “Basic Formulas”: Learn the basics for creating formulas in QuickBase
• “Should You Add a Table or Build a New App?”: Learn strategies for
answering that question when building
Intermediate:
• Extending QuickBase with Webhooks and Workato: See real world examples
• The Power of “Everyone on the Internet:” Learn everything you need to know
about this QuickBase feature
Power User:
• Magic Buttons in QuickBase: (Back by popular demand) 60+ practical how-to
formulas, code and API invocations that will help you get your work done faster
#1: 48+ Sessions!
11. • “Birds of a feather” Opportunities
– Open Space sessions by function
& industry
– Meals: Opportunity to sit with like
users from the same
function/industry
– EMPOWER Mobile App Search
Capabilities
• Improvements to the EMPOWER Mobile
App
• Give-away’s! Participate in the
EMPOWER Scavenger hunt
What’s New at EMPOWER2017?
• Social Center
– Get Social With Us
– Get help navigating the
EMPOWER Mobile App
– Need help deciding on a session?
• New QuickBase Lounge in the Exhibit
Hall
13. Fun fact: In an effort to
increase my cooking
skills, I’ve cooked over
200+ recipes in the
past year!
Benjamin
Buday
14. • Key requirements are often uncovered once the app is mostly built. In discoveries, the
builder needs to be able to draw out the needs that the stakeholders may not be
thinking of up front.
Why is this important?
15. ① Why App Launches Go Wrong
② The Basic Tenets of Discovery
– Determine their Ideal v1
– Set Expectations for v1
– What Comes after v1
③ Translating Needs into QuickBase Features and Functions
– When you hear “_____,” consider using the _____ function in QuickBase
– Methods of questioning to uncover hidden requirements
④ Q&A
Session Agenda
17. Fun fact: I used to be
indecisive but now I’m
not so sure
Stephen
Deese
18. API Basics with Code Pages:
Part 1, & Part 2
Stephen Deese
QuickBase, Customer Success
Engineer
19. • Automate business logic tasks
• Allows you to go beyond QuickBase native functionality
Why these sessions are important?
20. ① Review Java Script Basics
– Learn how to initiate GET and POST requests
② Basics of API usage
– Learn how to: add, edit, delete, & query records
③ Learn how to manipulate the responses in XML
Part 1: Session Agenda
21. ① Learn how to utilize QuickBase Code pages to run Java
Script and API commands
② Learn how to utilize buttons to import your Java Script
code into forms
③ Put into action what we’ve learned (cool stuff!!)
Part 2:Session Agenda
22. QuickBase Open Space: A
Participant-Driven Session
“Come Geek Out with Us”
Stephen Deese & Kirk Trachy
Customer Success Engineers, QuickBase
Hi everyone…. Thank you for joining us today for a Sneak Peek into EMPOWER 2017….my name is Beth Hyland and I’m excited to walk you through everything you need to know about EMPOWER 2017!!
QuickBase is very excited to be hosting its 3rd annual User Conference EMPOWER 2017 this May 22nd through the 25th in our hometown of Boston at the Copley Marriott.
With 700 attendees….EMPOWER 2017 is kicking off with a Pre-Conference Day which offers Fundamentals Training or the chance to compete in the App-a-thon, followed by 2 ½ action packed days featuring 3 keynotes, 48+ educational sessions, 13+ Sponsors/Exhibitors, 60+ speakers, and 3 Networking Parties
So you might ask: Why EMPOWER….why should I attend
EMPOWER is the QuickBase event of their Year
Come grow your QuickBase Skill set, and network and learn from your peers and QuickBase Product Experts
Spend some 1 on 1 time with a QuickBase expert! You can make an appointment at the tech bar, attend multiple educational sessions, visit with sponsors in the exhibit hall, or watch a demo in the demo theater.
And lastly get the Inside Scoop on the latest and greatest coming from the QuickBase Product team.
So lets get into the Top 5- What not to miss at EMPOWER 2017
Reason #5- On Monday May 22nd we will be hosting a Pre-Conference Day featuring fundamentals training and our 2nd annual App-A-Thon
Are you new to QuickBase or do you want to get new QuickBase app builders up and running? The Fundamentals Training is designed just for you! Attendees will spend the day with Freddie Sabbs learning the QuickBase core features and will leave ready to build Apps.
If you are a more seasoned builder, join us for our 2nd annual App-a-thon, a competition that will challenge builders of all levels to create innovative solutions to real world use cases. $10K in prizes is up for grabs.
Both of these sessions are VERY close to selling out, so register today to save your seat!!
Reason #4….BOSTON!
EMPOWER is being held in the heart of Boston at the Copley Marriott. All week you’ll be within walking distance to so many great sights such as Fenway, the Boston Public Library, Newbury Street, and so much more!
Reason #3- Networking Opportunities!
EMPOWER 2017 is a great opportunity to meet and learn from other users, and QuickBase experts. One of my favorite things about EMPOWER each year is seeing the community our customers have built and the relationships and friendships that have formed over the past 3 years.
EMPOWER this year will feature 3 networking parties, with the final party at the House of Blues (which is right next to Fenway) with food, drinks, awards, and a couple of surprises!
Reason #2: Our Keynote Speakers-
We have an exciting line up for our keynotes this year. Including Author and Futurist Mike Walsh who’s going to teach us how to thrive in the current era of disruptive technological change!
Also our very own CEO Rick Willett, and Dir. of Product Management Jeff Prus, along with many others will be taking the stage to share exciting announcements and momentum at QuickBase and a look at the road ahead……
Reason #1: Educational Sessions!
EMPOWER 2017 will feature 48+ sessions designed against three tracks, and varying experience level. Whether a new builder, or a power user we have something for everyone.
Sessions are being led by QuickBase Experts, Partners, and Customers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Texas A&M University, Government of the District of Columbia, MIT, PSL Group, Dominion Dealer Solutions, and many more!
And To give you a sneak peek into some of sessions being led by QuickBase experts, I’d like to introduce 2 of our very own, Benjamin Buday, and Stephen Deese to walk you through the sessions they’ll be leading, and why you don’t want to miss them.
Bio slide
Why app launches go wrong
The basic tenets of discovery
Determine their ideal v1
Who uses it / Who administrates it
What it tracks
When do people use it
Where information should be (dashboards, reports, automated emails)
Why a QuickBase app will improve the process
How
Set expectations for v1
It won’t be perfect at launch (hence v1)
When is v1 needed
Who will test it?What comes after v1
Who will incorporate feedback and relaunch?
Translating needs into QuickBase features and functions
When you hear “_____,” they mean (report, form, dashboard, notification, formula field)
Bio slide
Join Kirk and I for an QuickBase Open Space on Friday morning. During these sessions you’ll supply what you want to talk about/further explore. All week we’ll be taking suggestions at the Social Center, and then Friday morning we’ll vote as a group where we want to start, and then will cover as many topics as we have time.