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.

How Salesforce Admins Communicate Effectively

One of the key qualities to a successful Salesforce Admin is the ability to communicate effectively. Previously I wrote about The New Habits of a Successful Salesforce Admin, included in those habits is communication. Effective communication will not only drive adoption, but will actually lower the amount of time you spend supporting user requests. For this […]

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Breaking down communication barriers with Carolina Ruiz

 “Sometimes we think the language is a barrier, right? And we think that it’s difficult to understand. But at the end of the day, for me as a developer, we have the code that is the common language.”   About Carolina Carolina Ruiz is an accomplished certified Force.com Developer with experience and skills in design, implementation and […]

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Salesforce Spring 15 Release overview with Becky Webster

“If you are a new Admin, or new to Salesforce you should feel really glad that you are coming into this world. Because I have never ever seen a platform or a community that is stronger than this one. The amount of resources that are available to you… just are unending. The most important thing […]

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Salesforce Spring 15 Release Notes- First Look

It’s that time of year again. The birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, and… and who am I kidding? It’s January and I’m frozen. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be spring in your Salesforce org. Yes, it’s that time of year again. Time to get ready for a Spring release and many new features! […]

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TL;DL- December

Too Long; Didn’t Listen We know that you are busy as a super #awesomeadmin, so we’ve put together this monthly re-cap episode so you can hear what you missed and get the main messages from our amazing guests. December was all about how to be successful. How to get the information you need to learn […]

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Twas the Night Before Deployment…

‘Twas the night before Deployment, and all through the company Not an admin was stirring, not even the new trainee. The requirements had been built out with care, In the hopes that St. Benioff soon would be there. The users were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of Dreamforce danced in their heads. […]

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Superhero Spotlight: Security Master

Last week we kicked off our series introducing our #AwesomeAdmin Superheroes and their journey through Trailhead. With Trailhead, Salesforce Admins can learn how to build cloud apps for free with fun, interactive tutorials. In the coming weeks we will introduce you to each Superhero and how they blazed their own trail, followed learning paths at their own […]

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Tim Hill on integrating Salesforce into College Curriculum

This week we talk to Tim Hill, Dept Chair,  Management Information Systems in the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business at SJSU. Tim is doing something very cool that Admins should take note of- he is integrating Salesforce into the MIS courses. In this podcast you will hear an overview of the program at San […]

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TL;DL- November

Too Long; Didn’t Listen   Welcome the first-ever “Too Long, Didn’t Listen” episode! We know that you are busy as a super #awesomeadmin, so we’ve put together this monthly re-cap episode so you can hear what you missed and get the main messages from our amazing guests. In November, we heard from some real-life #awesomeadmins […]

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