You Might Be An Admin If THD21.pptx
- 1. You Might Be An Admin If… Eric Dreshfield - Twitter: @ericdresh
- 2. “For me, one of the greatest strengths of the Salesforce Ecosystem is its people and the connections that are shared.” Eric Dreshfield • Salesforce MVP since Spring 2013, now MVP Hall of Fame • Founder, Midwest Dreamin’ (@Midwest_Dreamin) • Leader, Southern Indiana Salesforce User Group (@sfdcug_Sindiana) • Organizer, Annual Dreamforce Newbie Reunion Breakfast benefitting @ProjectNightx2 (@DF_Bacon_Bfast) • Twitter Addict (Admitting you have a problem IS the first step, right?) Twitter: @ericdresh
- 4. You Might Be An Admin If... • Users will come to you when they forget your password or when “the IT Department forgot to install Salesforce” on their computer What that means (in your daily work life): • Managers will come to you with challenges they have already solved
- 5. You Might Be An Admin If... What that means (in your daily work life): • Your default tabs in Chrome are: Salesforce, Trailhead, Twitter & the Trailblazer Community • You create so many Dev Orgs you need one just to track all your logins • When you search your name on the Trailblazer Community, there are more than 1 (or more than 10) versions of you!
- 6. You Might Be An Admin If... • What that means (in your daily personal life): • You plan visits to relatives around Community-led events • You constantly have to explain that, no you don’t for FOR Salesforce, you work WITH Salesforce.
- 7. You Might Be An Admin If... • What that means (in your daily personal life): • You miss your best friends wedding because of Dreamforce
- 8. You Might Be An Admin If... • What that means (in your daily personal life): • People looking at your social feeds think your children are named Cloudy, Astro, Blaze and Appy (or Kris, Gillian, Codey and Mike!)
- 9. You Might Be An Admin If... • What that means (in your daily personal life): • Conversations with friends (not in the #Ohana) become increasingly difficult • Your thought process for everything is ‘How can I solve this with Salesforce?’ • A dev org to track the flowers in your garden • An app to organize the volleyball meets for your child’s team • Homework tracking for your kids with automated notifications and scoring for rewards
- 10. You Might Be An Admin If... • Signs you may have joined a cult: • All your user names or passwords have “force” in them somewhere • Your friends wonder why you only drink on the job instead of after work • You manage your family & friends addresses, birthdates, & anniversaries in a Salesforce org (using the Salesforce mobile app on your phone, of course!) • You dye your hair blue – Salesforce blue.
- 11. You Might Be An Admin If... • Take Aways • Learn more about the Power of One: https://www.salesforce.com/video/296533/ • Community Events: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/community/conferences • Developer Orgs! Create one (or as many as you like): https://developer.salesforce.com/signup
- 12. You Might Be An Admin If... • Things to do in your ‘Spare’ time! • Never stop Learning! • https://trailhead.salesforce.com/ • Never run out of reading! • Salesforce Ben • Automation Champion • Never Stop Listening! • Campfire Stories, hosted by Stacey Cogswell & Melissa Hill Dees • SalesforceWay, hosted by Xi Xiao • Salesforce Admins Podcast, hosted by the Salesforce Admin Evangelism Team • Never stop Watching! • https://www.salesforce.com/plus/