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Gill Walker

Insightful CRM Keynote Speaker and Influencer
Opsis
Country or state 
Australia
Available to 
Australia & New Zealand
City 
Sydney
Fee 
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Languages 
English
Volunteer
Yes

Personal Details

Bio

Gill Walker has a passion for CRM, and for sharing her knowledge about CRM in Dynamics 365. Gill has the unusual knack of beng able to explain the big picture and also do a deep dive into the detail.

She is a CRM trainer and an all-round Microsoft Dynamics 356 (formerly CRM) including ClickDimensions for your Marketing Automation, guru as well as a keynote speaker.

As a trainer, she delives a range of courses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 - for more details see http://www.opsis.com.au/crm-training-and-crm-workshops/crmtraining.html .

Gill empowers people to design, implement and manage their organisation's CRM.

She loves getting underneath the problem and making it easy for you to understand. Gill fervently believes that people are more capable than they let on, and loves to work with all users to give them the confidence to fly with CRM.

Gill says "I especially like making esoteric information easily understandable for everyone, even if they know little about CRM, technology or IT".

Gill is a CRM Thought Leader who has interviewed with various people including:

The BigSmoke

Steve Brossman on Business Online TV  

Rashid Kotwal of Revealed Resources

Angela Vithoulkas and John Hagerty on Eaglewaves Radio .  

Gill Walker’s CRM thoughts have been published in several places including:

The Sauce

Family Business Owner Magasine 

The Opsis Blog .

Gill Walker has spoken at City Business Swap, she was a keynote presenter at CPA Week Sydney in 2015 and she was part of Australian Institute of Management’s inaugural meeting in the Illawarra. More recently, she spoke at InnovestSME's "Start Up Business Ownership certificate" on "CRM - Why? Why small businesses need a CRM solution", and for an Advanced Toastmasters club on Marketing yourself as a Speaker and at Testing Mind's Software Testing Symposium in Sydney on "Essential Steps for Successful User Acceptance Testing". All of these can be seen on her website at http://www.opsis.com.au/media.html .

Gill illustrates her training and speaking with real life stories taken from the dozens of CRM projects where she has helped with CRM implementation & strategy, CRM solution design and architecture, data migration or CRM functional consulting.

Current position (3)

Insightful CRM Keynote Speaker and Influencer

Opsis

CRM Trainer and Facilitator

Opsis

CRM Leadership Expert and Dynamics CRM Consultant

Opsis

Degrees (1)
Experimental Pathology
St Andrews University
1981 to 1985

Presentations

Presentations (3)
The nine steps of CRM success

The nine aspects of your CRM project that must be addressed to avoid project failure.
Choosing the technology is not where your efforts should go
Ensuring that your team have the right value

Leading a CRM leadership change

Why CRM project failure rates are so high
How to maximise on the functionality that the technology already has
What successful CRM comprises

Taming the beast of CRM data

There is little point in capturing all your customer / client and prospect information, and diligently entering it all into Microsoft Dynamics 365 (or CRM), if neither you nor anyone else can get it out in a meaningful way.

Data is useless – information and knowledge are powerful
How do we convert our data into valuable information?
The options in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (or CRM) to enable you to make the right decisions from your data

Past talks (11)
Leading a CRM Leadership change
Australian Insitute of Management
Wollongong
December 31, 2015
Selecting the best CRM for you
CPA week
Sydney
December 31, 2014
Taming the Beast of CRM data
Ahead of the Pack - a series of CRM seminars organised for business decision makers
Sydney
December 31, 2012
Train the Toastmasters Trainer
Toastmasters International
Tamworth
December 31, 2015
Train the Toastmasters Trainer
Toastmasters International
Sydney
December 31, 2015
What CRM delivers to the Savvy Business
City Business Swap
Sydney
December 31, 2011
An overview of Customer Relationship Management and how it can benefit your business
Quantum Dynamics
Sydney
December 31, 2008
Selecting the best for you from the CRM smorgasbord
Ahead of the Pack - a series of CRM seminars organised for business decision makers
Sydney
December 31, 2012
How to market yourself and get booked as a speaker
How to market yourself and get booked as a speaker
Sydney
January 25, 2018
CRM - Why? Why (sm)all businesses need a CRM solution
CRM - Why? Why (sm)all businesses need a CRM solution
Sydney
December 8, 2017
Essential steps to successful user acceptance testing Gill Walker's presentation from the 2018 Software Testing Symposium #STS18
Essential steps to successful user acceptance testing
Sydney
October 22, 2018
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Gill Walker
Gill Walker
Why CRM projects go south
Gill Walker - your CRM success catalyst - speaking bio
Is your CRM system a waste of time and money? - an interview with Dylis Guyan

Books & Articles (5)

The three keys to a successful CRM leadership team
Marketing Automation with Microsoft Dynamics 365 a review of marketing automation and your options when using Microsoft Dynamics 365
Is your CRM system a waste of time and money?
How to build customer loyalty in the age of choice
Dos and Don'ts of Business Training

Expertise (6)

Business
Technology
Customer Relationship Management Dynamics CRM Dynamics 365 CRM

Awards & certifications (4)

Competent Communicator
Toastmasters International
2013
Advanced Communicator Bronze
Toastmasters International
2016
Competent Leader
Toastmasters International
2013
Advanced Leader Bronze
Toastmasters International
2016
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Why choose me? 

I speak on CRM, highlighting how a successful CRM solution builds sales & delivers a personal touch.

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