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Thanks to those of you who braved the weather to come to last night's User Group session. Once again, we had a lot of content to get through which hopefully was useful to you. Thanks very much to Annamarie Jamieson of Fairfax Sundays for hosting the session and putting up with straglers getting stuck in stairwells etc!

Attached is the ppt presentation (5.7MB) which has a number of slides that were 'hidden' last night due to time constraints.

Please let us know how you found the session by posting a response.

Thanks
Craig

No, I'm not burnt out after just two sessions.....On Monday 23 Feb I join Salesforce.com as Corporate Sales Executive so we need a new User Group Leader!

I will of course stay involved in the NZ User Group, but we need someone to step in to co-ordinate the sessions and content. As discussed at last nights meeting, it's been great to see the degree of enthusiasm that people have for the User Group so we're very keen to keep it going.

I'm happy to spend some time with the new leader to share my ideas regarding what we could do to ensure the role of leader is not too much of a burden, how we could utilise the Salesforce.com Partners to host events and contribute content.

If you're interested in taking over, please either drop me a line, or email Jeff Challis jchallis@salesforce.com

Regards, Craig

Location:
Fairfax Sundays
3rd Floor Boardroom
155 New North Road
Eden Terrace
(just before the Dominion Road overpass)

Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Agenda:
1. Introductions
2. Survey results
3. Overview of the Pollzter application
4. Spring '09 release highlights
5. Best Practice: Contact and Activity Management
6. Overview of the Certification Programme

See you all then!

In response to strong market demand, salesforce.com now offers official certifications for Salesforce CRM administrators and Force.com developers. The Salesforce.com Certification Program provides unique qualifications for cloud computing professionals who have best-in-class software-as-a-service (SaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) skills. Ours is the world’s first accreditation program for SaaS and PaaS, designed and administered by salesforce.com.

Why Get Certified?
Demand for Salesforce CRM and Force.com experts continues to grow rapidly. By getting certified, you identify yourself as one of those experts.

Salesforce.com are holding the first series of exams for the following courses on 18th of February

• ADM 201: Administration Essentials (for Enterprise & Unlimited Editions)
  http://www.salesforce.com/au/services-training/training_certification/training_classes/adm_201.jsp
• ADM 301: Advanced Administration (for Enterprise & Unlimited Editions)
  http://www.salesforce.com/au/services-training/training_certification/training_classes/adm_301.jsp
• CON 201: Implementation Essentials for Consultants
  http://www.salesforce.com/services-training/training_certification/training_classes/con_201.jsp

Cost: $200 USD per exam (Salesforce are trying to see if they can organise discounts for User Group members- will post a follow up message if there is an update)

Exam times:
9:00am - ADM 201 / ADM 301 / Con 201 (90 minutes)
11:00am - ADM 201 / ADM 301 / Con 201 (90 minutes)

Location:
AULDHOUSE
338 Ponsonby Road
Ponsonby
Auckland
Ph +64 9 360 0338

Registration Process:
Go to the following site, create a username by clicking on link titled 'Create a new Webassessor login now'. You will be emailed a username/ password- log back in to the system then select New Zealand, Auckland - Auldhouse.

https://www.webassessor.com/wa.do?page=publicHome&branding=SALESFORCE

If you have any issues or questions, please contact Peter Durie, Practice Director, Salesforce.com on +61 2 9394 7352