dallas salesforce user group september meeting
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CRM Success In The Cloud
Dallas User GroupSeptember 2009 Meeting
Agenda
Welcome & Introductions
About the User Group
Events/Happenings
Winter ‘10 Release Details
Open Discussion
Housekeeping
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About the User Group
Vision– Build an enthusiastic local community group that enables
members to be more successful with salesforce.com.
Objectives– Success – provide a forum for members to exchange ideas,
best practices, and lessons learned using salesforce.com
– Flexibility – develop a meeting structure that allows for
flexibility, changing member needs, and maturity level
– Quality - ensure that the content being delivered reflects the
needs of a majority of the members
About the User Group – Where to Connect
Blog– http://usergroups.salesforce.com/dallas/
Twitter– https://twitter.com/dallasusergroup
LinkedInNEW
What’s in it for you?
New ideas Tips & tricks Explore partner tools and services Networking
Updates/Events/Happenings
Upcoming Events
Cloudforce Tour: Dallas– October 21st 12:30 – 6:00pm
– Sheraton Dallas (downtown)
– FREE
– Register here
– Tracks for prospective/new, experienced & platform customers
Question: Dallas UG lunch prior to event?
Upcoming Events
Dreamforce– November 17-20, 2009 (www.dreamforce.com)
– Remember to use the UG promotion (CRUSER)
– $100 off thru October 31st (making it $899)
– User ROI site to justify the trip
Winter ‘10 Release Overview
Winter ‘10 Release
Ideas Released in Winter ‘10– http://ideas.salesforce.com/popular/coming_in_winter_10
Release Notes– http://na1.salesforce.com/help/doc/en/salesforce_winter10_relea
se_notes.pdf
Winter ‘10 Release Preview– http://www.salesforce.com/community/assets/docs/Winter10_Rel
easePreview.pdf
Winter ‘10 Release
Sales Cloud Highlights
Dashboard Microscope
Color Picker
Chart Mixer
Campaign Scorecard
Campaign Assistant
Winter ‘10 – Dashboard Enhancements
Winter ‘10 – Campaign Scorecard
Winter ‘10 – Campaign Scorecard Con’t
Winter ‘10 – Campaign Assistant
Winter ‘10 Release
Service Cloud Highlights
Community – Answers (Pilot)
Salesforce Knowledge
Salesforce for Twitter
Winter ‘10 – Salesforce Knowledge
Winter ‘10 Release
Custom Cloud Highlights
Package Anything
Bulk Loader
Sandbox to Production – Production to Sandbox
Custom Help on Standard Fields
Lookup Filters
Winter ‘10 Release Schedule
Group Q & A
A few sites to bookmark…
Dallas User Group
Salesforce.com Community
Salesforce Ideas
Salesforce on Facebook
Lots of options on Twitter (@asksalesforce,
@successforce, @salesforcenews, @forcedotcom,
@salesforcejobs
Salesforce.com Jobs
YouTube – Growing online demo video library
Final Items
Next UG Meeting – December?
Future Meeting Themes/Sponsors?
Continue/Start/Stop Survey Coming Out
Suggestions to Maximize Dallas User Group
Thank you!