Mike Gerholdt

Mike Gerholdt is the Senior Director of Salesforce Admin Evangelism at Salesforce. He is part of a group of World-class Admin Evangelists who are helping Salesforce Admins realize their dreams by being technology leaders and advancing their careers.

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Best Practices for Attending Salesforce Events

Editor’s note: This post was updated on February 2, 2023, with the latest information and resources. Throughout my career, I have been to many events for Salesforce. Whether it’s a community event, Salesforce User Group, World Tour event, TrailblazerDX, or Dreamforce—feeling like you rocked an event doesn’t just happen. It takes planning, strategy, and a […]

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Using Salesforce for Social Good with Melissa Prcic

Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast we’re speaking with Melissa Prcic, a Developer at Stand for Children. Join us to hear about how she builds the technology behind Stand for Children’s anti-bullying efforts, as well as her work on the steering committee for Rad Women, and her unique path to becoming a Dev. You should […]

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Why Matheus Goncalves is so Passionate About Salesforce

Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast we’re speaking with Matheus Goncalves, a Senior Salesforce Developer at eVestment. Join us to hear about how Salesforce brought Matheus from Brazil to Atlanta, his philosophy of combining troubleshooting with learning, and how he approaches the Admin side of Salesforce as a Senior Dev. You should subscribe for the […]

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How John Schaaf Reinvented his Career with Trailhead

Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast we’re speaking with John Schaaf, Salesforce Admin at MDLIVE. Join us to hear John’s amazing story about learning a new career after a significant injury and the program that made it all happen. You should subscribe for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation […]

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Connecting the Dots with Kiran Manyala

Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast we’re speaking with Kiran Manyala, a Senior Developer Advocate with Salesforce India and Gillian’s co-host for the Trailhead DX Preshow. Join us to hear about how Kiran’s three-point strategy of running Salesforce workshops with students while they’re still in school, bringing new people into the community to learn more, […]

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Building your Community Presence with Daniel Peter

Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast we’re speaking with Daniel Peter, Lead Engineer at Kenandy and Salesforce MVP. If you’ve looked at anything Salesforce-related on Twitter, you’ve probably come across something Daniel posted, and we got a chance to talk about how you can build your community presence. Join us to hear about how Daniel […]

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Everything under the Gear with Shane and Rod

Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast we’re speaking with Rod Dixon, Senior Manager for the Setup Platform, and Shane McLaughlin, Principal Demo Engineer for App Cloud Product Marketing. On this episode, we’re focusing on what you can do to be successful “under the gear” in the setup menu. Join us to hear about all about […]

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Transitioning to Lightning with Matt Bertuzzi

Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast we’re speaking with Matt Bertuzzi, Salesforce MVP, author of Lightning Sales Ops, and host of the One of These Things podcast. We caught up with Matt at the Salesforce World Tour in Boston and had a great conversation about Lightning and why you should jump in and make the […]

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Effective Presentation Tips for Salesforce Admins

Standing up in front of users, executives, or presenting at a Salesforce User Group is all part of a day-in-the-life of a Salesforce Admin. Since we just rolled out our Summer 17 release, it’s likely you are being called in to demo new features or give walkthroughs of the app you recently built. As a […]

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