Travel Day At 4:50am my eye glances at the clock. What’s the point? The alarm is set to go off in ten minutes, so I roll out of bed and start getting ready for my 8am flight. Quick peak at email, shut down the laptop and I head out. Driving in the light early morning…
And I’m spent. Some things never change. I’m on a plane heading back to Dallas, and at the expense of my neglected inbox, I can’t help but blog about the amazing two days I just spent attending the 2014 MVP Summit in San Francisco. For the most part, what happens at the MVP Summit stays…
At Dreamforce ’13 Marc Benioff took to the stage with some amazing flashy sneakers. The red soles were a clue that he was wearing Christian Louboutin shoes once again. In fact, Marc let the cat out of the bag with this Tweet: So let’s take a look at Marc Benioff ‘s “Cloud Walker” shoes in…
As I’m typing away on a plane heading home to Dallas, I wanted to take a moment and reflect on our day of “Salesforce Goodness” – the first MVP Summit. A few of my co-MVPs are already putting out some great recaps, so I’ll to take a bit of a different angle. Arrival started with…
It’s official. Hordes of Salesforce MVPs are converging on San Francisco at the end of August 2013 to participate in the very first MVP Summit. This event was put together by our very own Erica Kuhl and Matt Brown (affectionately referred to by the MVPs as our “Den Mom & Dad”). The MVP summit is…
Registration for Dreamforce 2013 has begun and we’re counting down the days! Let’s get the basic information out of the way first. What does is cost? I’ll try to keep this section up-to-date as we get closer to the event. UPDATE (9/20): $1199 registration price ($300 off) up though November 17 (the day before Dreamforce starts…
People that know me know that I love Salesforce. I consider myself to be a “super fan” not only of Salesforce.com, but also of their CEO Marc Benioff. Though there were some incredible announcements made during Dreamforce ’12 and “amazing” demos, we all know the real excitement this year centered around Marc Benioff’s shoes. Though…
Dreamforce ’12 is only a few days a way. We arrived early to see San Francisco, the host city of the Dreamforce X (the 10th annual Salesforce event). As we walked the streets outside the Moscone Center on Saturday the 15th, workers were buzzing putting up window clings, hanging banners and unloading trucks with forklifts….
It’s been a few years since the Salesforce circus had made a stop in Dallas, but now they are back. In 2010, almost two years to the day, the message was around Service Cloud 2: “The Next Generation of Customer Service.” On that day the wake-up message was that your customers want information on their…
On September 21, 2011, Shell Black teamed up with Salesforce MVP Matt Lamb to present “Usability and Salesforce” to the Dallas Salesforce Users Group. The agenda consisted of: What is Usability? What is Usability Testing? Configuring Salesforce for Usability Usability Boot Camp Q & A Matt and I presented for an hour sharing our secrets…