5 Ways to Experience Dreamforce Virtually

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Not making it to Dreamforce this year? No worries! We have you covered. We have compiled a list of resources and activities for you to be engaged from afar!

1. Live Stream the Keynotes

Visit Salesforce LIVE, our free broadcast experience featuring keynotes and breakout sessions as they happen in real-time, plus interviews with special guests, so you can experience the best parts of Dreamforce from wherever you are!

Be sure to mark your calendars for Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff’s keynote, Wednesday, October 5th, at 1 p.m. PST.

REGISTER HERE!

2. Join a Dreamforce Outpost

We have partnered with hundreds of Salesforce User Group Leaders around the world to host Dreamforce Outpost Viewing Parties for their local communities.

Join a viewing party near you to watch the Dreamforce keynote live with your community, participate in exclusive Dreamforce Outpost content and activities, and of course, to score some swag created just for you! We have 156 community-led Salesforce User Groups participating in Dreamforce Outposts in over 30 different countries around the world.

These events are open to anyone, check this listing of all the User Groups hosting Dreamforce Outposts and sign up to attend!

3. Participate on Social

Join the conversation on:

If you’re attending a viewing party, be sure to take pics and share with the community! We’ll be compiling Facebook photo albums and will include virtual participants!

4. Keep up with Exciting Product Updates

If you haven’t already heard, last week we introduced Salesforce Einstein, AI for everyone. Salesforce Einstein is artificial intelligence (AI) built into the core of the Salesforce Platform, where it powers the world’s smartest CRM. It delivers advanced AI capabilities to sales, service, and marketing — and enables anyone to use clicks or code to build AI-powered apps that get smarter with every interaction. As Admins, it’s our responsibility to take advantage of these new capabilities and bake it into our core business processes!

Read more about AI and how Salesforce is making it accessible to all.

Of course, it’s also time to get up to date with the new release:
Read through release notes for Winter ’17
Read our favorite features of Winter 17

5. Earn new Badges on Trailhead!

Trailhead has released lots of new content this past month and this is a great time to get on top of it!
A couple we recommend:

*Bonus*

Read this post by Ryan, SFbulletblog, for a chuckle: 10 Ways To Experience Dreamforce Without Actually Going To Dreamforce

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