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6 Newly-Certified Awesome Admins Share What They Learned at TrailheaDX ’18

March was a big month for #AwesomeAdmin Trailblazers! We welcomed Trailblazers to San Francisco for TrailheaDX ’18.  And, all over the country, we celebrated National Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day! Making their own history (or her-story, if you prefer), many women joined their #SalesforceOhana in San Francisco to blaze new trails in their […]

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Move to Lightning in 60 Days Webinar Recap

Our recent Admin webinar: Move to Lightning Experience in 60 days was all about showing #AwesomeAdmin Trailblazers tried and true steps that would allow them to successfully move their orgs to Lightning Experience. Nana Gregg and Marshall King of JLL involved their users in the design and configuration of Lightning while encouraging initial and ongoing […]

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5 Strategies to Increase Your Productivity at Conferences

Spring has arrived in the U.S. and much like the flowers and trees, the number of events and conferences have begun to grow on our calendars. The first big event? Next week’s TrailheaDX conference on March 28 & 29! It’s a perfect opportunity for you as a Salesforce Admin, Developer, or Business User to meet […]

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The Process Before Process Builder

There’s much more to being a Salesforce Administrator than just knowing the features of the Salesforce platform. A truly #AwesomeAdmin also has to know when and how to use those features. We don’t just build a Process Builder solution to fire off an email until we understand why that email needs to exist in the […]

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5 Ways to Include Your Remote Meeting Attendees

When it comes to productivity, calling a team meeting to collaborate and align is one of the best tools. But for your attendees who are remote, they may be more of a challenge than you know. Technology issues, not being present to assess people’s reactions, and time differences can all impact the productivity of a […]

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10 Sessions Admins Shouldn’t Miss at TDX18

TrailheaDX is just around the corner on March 28 and 29! While you should definitely create your own ideal agenda, we think adding these 10 sessions below will help you get the most out of your time at TDX18.   Use your Salesforce Powers for Good! Marc Baizman, Cheryl Timoney, Jason Wurtz Calling all volunteers! […]

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How the Salesforce UX Team Thinks About Productivity

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Ian Schoen, Senior Product Designer at Salesforce, about how the Salesforce UX team thinks about productivity, and what lessons Admins can learn from their perspective. Marc: How do UX people think about productivity as it relates to Salesforce? Are there high-level principles that Admins should know about […]

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Security Updates in Spring ‘18

Every Spring season brings with it the opportunity for a fresh start. Another thing that Spring brings every year: a new Salesforce release! What better time to think about making some updates to the way you secure your data? In this post, we’ll highlight some of the most important security updates for Admins in the […]

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5 Ways to Increase Productivity with List Views

When was the last time you looked at a list view on any object? Probably today – and probably multiple times a day every day! A list view is simply a list of records meeting specific criteria, and customizing list views is a simple thing for you as a System Administrator to do that will […]

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