Thank you Megan for not only offering me such a warm welcome but for also playing such a big role in creating a much needed user group in Brisbane. I would like to thank you on behalf of all current and future Brisbane user group members.
 

Brisbane User Group - Next Meeting: 26th June 2008 (4:00pm to 6:00pm)

The next release of Salesforce, Summer '08, is getting close.  Salesforce are presenting their Summer '08 Seminar on 26/06/2008 (2:30pm – 4:00pm). So while us Salesforce users are up and about we will hold our User Group meeting just after the Seminar at the same venue.

Our main topic is "AppExchange Discoveries”. What have you found that has become an essential part of your Salesforce.com implementation?" Please come along with some thoughts to share on an area that surely is a key opportunity to leverage your Salesforce.com investment.

Brisbane User Group Agenda

1. New member welcome - Welcome and introduction for new members

2. Salesforce.com news - Announcements, news and rumours and what they mean to us. This meeting will obviously further discuss the details of the Summer '08 Seminar?

3. Meeting Topics - Pre-arranged discussion topics / presentations.

    o AppExchange discoveries. What have you found that's become an essential part of your Salesforce implementation?

4. Member activity - What you've been doing since we last met

    o Successes

    o Discoveries

    o Problems

5. Next Meeting - Planning for next time

    o Propose topics of interest to your organisation and others.

6. Calls for help - Your chance to ask the group for advice or help another member

The group will be as useful and effective as the contributions we all make. Please consider the strengths and weaknesses of your organisation's Salesforce implementation. We'd like to learn from you and help you at the same time.

Summer 08 Seminar - 2:30-4pm

Visual Force is Here - Build any User Interface, Any Application

Summer '08 delivers breakthrough technologies that let you build any user interface and any application on Force.com. With Visualforce now available in every edition, it's easy to build custom user interfaces using Visualforce and new custom components from the Force.com developer community.

Summer '08 empowers users with two new applications for your communities with Salesforce Content and Ideas now available in the Customer and Partner Portals. With more than 50 new CRM features and our new Salesforce for Google Apps office, it's easier than ever to collaborate with your employees, customers, and partners.

Register here for free Summer 08 Seminar

NB. Salesforce '08 Seminar first, then our Brisbane User Group meeting.  Same day. Same Venue.

Where:

    Sofitel Hotel

    249 Turbot Street

    Brisbane

See you there,

Luke Sirl

Hi all,

On behalf of salesforce.com, I would like to thank all those who came along to Brisbane's first User Group meeting on 17 April 2008.  It was a huge success! 

To recap the meeting, Luke Sirl of Rain Harvesting Pty Ltd volunteered to be our new Brisbane User Group Leader. Thanks and congratulations Luke!  I spoke about our Customer Success Program and also informed you about some of our latest Spring '08 release features, in particular Salesforce Content and Ideas. And we finished the night off with some networking and had fun getting to know each other better.

Additional points to remember are the Force.com seminar that Dana mentioned that is being held on May 8th in Brisbane. Also remember that the next administrator workshop in Brisbane is in late May for those that want to attend. And finally we mentioned the new announcement of our Strategic Partnership with Google and the exciting news of our integration with Google Apps.

We definitely look forward to the next User group, Luke! :)  In the meantime, please encourage other Brisbane customers to sign up to join your user group via the Usergroups Homepage.

Thanks again,

Megan Turner - Customer Success Manager

Please come and join us for the first Brisbane User Group!

When: Thursday April 17th

Time:  5:30pm-7pm

Where: Sofitel Brisbane

            249Turbot Street

            Brisbane, QLD 4000

Come and join fellow salesforce.com customers for an informal and relaxed networking session.

The user community is one of the best places to learn how to extend the value of your investment in salesforce.com and to discover new and innovative ways to drive even more success at your business.

We strongly encourage you to participate in our first meeting and help develop this User Group because this forum is all about YOU and what you would like to get out of it.

The user group is run autonomously BY customers FOR customers! It will be a huge success if you help drive it, and because of that, in our first meeting, we will be electing a User Group leader (volunteers are welcome!).

This is also an opportunity to meet salesforce.com professionals to discuss new features of our Spring 08 release and answer any questions you may have.

Come along and learn how you can actively participate in your local User Group and network with your peers through the salesforce.com community.

We look forward to seeing you there!

If you have any questions, please email Cara Josse at: cjosse@salesforce.com.

We are very excited to announce the creation of the Brisbane User Group.  We are currently looking for a leader to help make this user group a valuable resource where you can network, share ideas, and find creative solutions.  Feel free to submit any comments to get the group started off and email me if you have suggestions or are interested in helping to lead the group.