Many thanks to Pip for taking the time to speak to us. Countries represented on today's call: NZ, Australia, USA, Canada, Ecuador, and community group leaders from around the world, representing community groups in Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Portland (Maine), Sacramento, Indianapolis, covering at least 12 other community groups! Check out the photos below, Pip can be spotted in one with one of her cavoodles, Ollie. Salesforce Auckland offices have reopened with two teams, Astro and Codey. Marc Benioff is looking to New Zealand as Trailblazers for how the world is reopening. Salesforce ANZ is definitely growing, and Pip is determined that roles will be distributed not just based in Sydney and Auckland (check job listing links below). For the uninitiated, Pip and myself (Anna) are both from the same small city of Palmerston North, New Zealand I asked her Foxton or Himitangi.... Foxton Beach - the winner with Pip https://www.google.com/maps/place/Foxton+Beach/@-40.4650732,175.2029751,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6d4060d06f58e31b:0x500ef6143a2c480!8m2!3d-40.458469!4d175.2239279 (also check out Foxton Fizz - world famous in New Zealand: https://www.foxtonfizz.com/) Himitangi Beach - runner up Upcoming community group meetings mentioned by group leaders: Melbourne Admin: Wed June 24: https://trailblazercommunitygroups.com/events/details/salesforce-melbourne-au-administrators-group-presents-summer-in-winter-and-mission-control/#/ Job Openings (main focus was around Wellington specific location, but some are NZ based), and at present you must already be based in NZ as borders are closed: Xero roles, different locations: https://jobs.lever.co/xero Deloitte Wellington functional consultant: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1879443854/?alternateChannel=topapp Salesforce Wellington Program Architect: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1842814751/?alternateChannel=search Other info: Info about the data recovery retirement as mentioned by Charles on the call: https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=000352139&type=1&mode=1 Trailhead News - check out Trailhead Live: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/live/ for a new release Tuesday 23 June :-) (every second Tuesday - Megan Petersen) Fri June 27 here in NZ TrailheaDX, virtual free one day event: https://www.salesforce.com/trailheadx/ ** REGISTRATION NOW OPEN** The Wellington Salesforce Trailblazer Community is excited to host Pip Marlow for a virtual Q&A session. Pip was appointed as Salesforce's ANZ CEO in mid 2019, and is a highly respected business leader. Pip will join us for an informal Q&A session,, and will share what is top of mind for her and Salesforce, as we navigate these challenging times. Read more about her appointment here: https://www.salesforce.com/au/blog/2019/08/pip-marlow-appointed-ceo--salesforce-anz-.html This meeting will be run virtually even though we are no longer in lockdown in New Zealand! All of our extended Salesforce Ohana worldwide are welcome to attend this meeting, but please only register if you genuinely plan to attend, to allow as many as possible to attend! THIS MEETING WILL START PROMPTLY AT 12 NOON NZT. **Please update your RSVP if you will not be attending, as there will be a waitlist in place due to the popularity of this session! ** NB: If you are waitlisted please check spam for meeting acceptance, as you need to confirm your spot. (NB: our weekly meetings will proceed throughout June and July, some weeks are still to be finalised) Wed 17 June 4pm NZT Virtual Circle of Success: Drive Einstein Analytics Adoption - https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/837789784350739969 Wed 24 June 12 noon: SF Welly weekly meeting (watch for announcement) Wed 24 June 4pm NZT Virtual Circle of Success: Email Integration - A Simple Approach to Sales Productivity - https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/1954055770314698753 **Thurs June 26 (but in all likelihood Fri June 27 here in NZ!), TrailheaDX, virtual free one day event: https://www.salesforce.com/trailheadx/** REGISTRATION NOW OPEN** Wed 1 July 12 noon: SF Welly weekly meeting (watch for announcement) Wed 1 July 4pm NZT Virtual Circle of Success:Improve Customer Service Using Reports & Dashboards - https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/4357357291191087107 Tues 7 July 4pm NZT Virtual Circle of Success:Best Practices for Planning & Adjusting Your Journey Strategy - https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/6583834252577278977 Trailhead Live: Make sure you check out https://trailhead.salesforce.com/live/ - there is a lot of great content broadcast live, then available on demand, some in NZ-friendly times! Recent items to check out are Low Code Love and Trailhead News. Watch out for live trivia sessions on the schedule too! Virtual Dreaming: http://virtualdreamin.com/ Although this event has now completed, keep an eye out for the recorded sessions, many were excellent, in particular those on the special architect track, and presented by CTAs, or near CTAs. These are slowly being uploaded to their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXk5YIxoQ3KaZT331q3SayQ/videos This is copied from Fiona Coote's post on the Success Community... APAC FRIENDLY TIMES DETAILED BELOW (but link to all: https://pub.s7.exacttarget.com/ryqkengawga) Preparation for Your Administrator Certification 13 JULY 2020 - 3.30pm - 8.30pm NZT Registration URL: https://help.salesforce.com/LA_ShoppingCart?id=a1y0M000000yK3V Preparation for Your Platform App Builder Certification 14 JULY 2020 - 3.30pm - 8.30pm NZT Registration URL: https://help.salesforce.com/LA_ShoppingCart?id=a1y0M000000yK3a Preparation for Your Platform Developer Certification 15 JULY 2020 - 3.30pm - 8.30pm NZT Registration URL: https://help.salesforce.com/LA_ShoppingCart?id=a1y0M000000yK3f Preparation for Your MC Email Marketers Certification 20 JULY 2020 - 3.30pm - 8.30pm NZT Registration URL: https://help.salesforce.com/LA_ShoppingCart?id=a1y0M000000yK3u Are you a new Salesforce customer or looking to revisit the fundamentals of success? Are you looking for best practice guidance focused on getting started? Then please join us at our virtual Camp Success Getting Started event coming up in June. You will be able to connect with our Salesforce Success experts who will provide you with practical advice, tips and tricks and resources to accelerate your time to value! With this 3 part series, you can tailor your learning journey to your interests or attend the whole experience. Two session times available each day. Day 1 | Tuesday June 16 : Sales Cloud Manage data effectively and customize Salesforce to align with your business processes and enhance your sales user experience. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/CampSuccessDay1 Day 2 | Wednesday June 17 : Service Cloud Get setup quickly to move your business forward and improve your operations with Reports & Dashboards. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/CampSuccessDay2 Day 3 | Thursday June 18 : Marketing Cloud Create personalised emails at scale and enhance your Content Marketing with Social Studio. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/CampSuccessDay3 ** PLEASE CHECK SPAM FOR WAITLIST ACCEPTANCE / ZOOM MEETING LINK! Note there will not be a valid Zoom link in your original registration confirmation** Please keep your RSVP accurate as that really helps with the planning. I am working with scheduling other speakers as well for future meetings, if there is someone or specific content that you would be interested in, then please reach out to me. We may also schedule further virtual meetings with no formal content planned, if this is something you would also be interested in, let me know! Thanks for your continuing support, and I look forward to connecting virtually. Please feel free to contact me for any reason, I am happy to continue to support our local SF Welly Ohana, to chat, have virtual coffee, provide advice on Salesforce, careers, Trailhead, certifications, introductions, all the usual! Just virtually for now :) You can reach me at: anna.loughnan@trailblazercgl.com Kind regards... Anna LoughnanMeeting Wrap Up
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Palmerston+North/@-40.3530976,175.5599902,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6d41ad9fbda34483:0x500ef6143a29915!8m2!3d-40.3523065!4d175.6082145
Brisbane Admin: Tues 23 June: https://trailblazercommunitygroups.com/events/details/salesforce-brisbane-au-administrators-group-presents-every-decision-you-make-is-wrong-just-not-yet-architecting-salesforce-to-scale-with-steven-herod/#/PIP MARLOW, SALESFORCE ANZ CEO - Q&A
Upcoming Dates
Links to Note
Great News...Free Certification Prep Days are Back!
Join Salesforce at APAC Camp Success Getting Started June 16-18!
My aim is to keep these meetings to 1 hour, but it is flexible. I ask for your patience! The meeting info with Zoom link will be sent out to those that are registered, 30 minutes prior to the meeting start. You may need to check your spam folder for the email.
