Dreamforce for Nonprofits postmortem
A large number of members from the NY Nonprofit User Group attended Dreamforce and here was their feedback
Memorable Experiences and Take-aways:
- Networking, especially at the birds of a feather lunch.
- Hack-a-thon – Nonprofits formed a team, delegating. Built a “event”manager in an hour and a half.
- General observation that Nonprofits are fueling much of Salesforce's innovation.
- Attending the sessions
NY Nonprofit's Favorite Dreamforce Sessions:
It wasn't possible to attend all the sessions, so group members shared which were their favorites. Please note that the videos will be available for a limited time, but the Power Points will be available longer.
Connect with the Community
Session: http://www.salesforce.com/community/crm-best-practices/dreamforce08-industry-sessions/2008-nonprofit-connect-with-community.jsp
Ppt.: Download NEP004_Breckinridge(3)
So Many Apps, So Little Time:
Session: http://www.salesforce.com/community/crm-best-practices/dreamforce08-industry-sessions/2008-nonprofit-so-many-apps.jsp
Ppt: Download NEP007_Breckinridge
Elevate Your Force Platform Apps with the Google Visualization API:
Session: http://www.salesforce.com/community/crm-best-practices/dreamforce08-developer-sessions/2008-tdf-mastering-force-platform-google-visualization.jsp
Ppt.: Download TMF015_Carroll
Cleaning Dirty Data
Session: http://www.salesforce.com/community/crm-best-practices/administrators/data-management/data-quality/2008-admin-no-bad-data.jsp
Ppt.:Download A_BPshort_DirtyData
More info: Data Import Preparation: http://www.salesforce.com/community/crm-implementation/golive-data-import-prep.jsp
Zuora- Subscription billing and management
(Session not available)
Hands-on: Creating Wizards with Visualforce
Session: http://www.salesforce.com/community/crm-best-practices/dreamforce08-developer-sessions/2008-tdf-mastering-create-wizards-visualforce.jsp
(Ppt. not available)
Social Media Marketing with Twitter, Facebook, and Blogs
http://www.salesforce.com/community/crm-best-practices/marketing-professionals/market-feedback/2008-mktg-exec-social-media-mktg.jsp
Larry Brilliant, Google Foundation and Malcom Gladwell
The keynotes go in sections, and you have to go to the end of a section to get to the next one (i.e. they're in this link, but you have to look):
http://www-waa-akam.thomson-webcast.net/us/dispatching/?event_id=3134ceda90a252042f4bc3036b9fd051&portal_id=490b5b11bea71c00458d586691c5b5f5>
Snip of Larry Brilliant easily available here: http://news.zdnet.com/2422-19178_22-246609.html
