We had a great meeting and good turn out for the Raleigh October User
Group meeting. Thank you to Genworth and Erica Stinson for hosting. We
benefited from hearing about Genworth's use of Exact Target for their
marketing campaigns. Jennifer did a super job of helping us learn to
Navigate DreamForce. First Citizens Bank will be hosting the next
meeting. Please email Deborah.Martin@FirstCitizens.com with ideas for
the main topic of discussion. 

Our next meeting will be focused on Dreamforce: How to navigate, what to expect while attending the conference and of course, networking opportunities! 

The meeting will be  held on Wednesday, October 29th from 9-11:00am. Breakfast  refreshments will be served.

             

Agenda

             

• Welcome             

• Introductions and Icebreaker             

• Genworth Mortgage  Insurance and Salesforce.com Best Practices-Erika Stinson, Genworth Mortgage Insurance             

• How to Navigate Dreamforce-Jennifer Olaru, Customer Success Manager for Salesforce.com          

• Q&A             

• Networking   

             

Location

             

Genworth Mortgage Insurance

             

6601 Six Forks Rd              

             

Raleigh, NC  27615

             

*If you are coming from 440, it will be the 2nd building on your left. If you are coming from 540, it will be the first building on your left.  You may park in any open space. Someone will be at the  door to greet you and will direct you from there.

             

 

             

Please RSVP   to erika.stinson@genworth.com by October  24th. Looking forward to seeing you there!

             

 

Our next User Group meeting will be focused on Dreamforce: How to navigate, what to expect while attending the conference, etc. We will have representatives from Salesforce.com presenting at the User Group meeting and available to answer questions.  It will be held October 29st, 2008 @ 9:00AM - 11:00AM.

Keep checking back for a detailed agenda.

Thanks for attending the 1st Raleigh User Group.  It was a huge success!  We had about 40 people attend and lots of networking going on.  Special thanks to Bobby Tharrington @ Red Hat and Brian Bell at CRM-Advantage for speaking at the event.  Please continue to check the blog to look for upcoming information for our next User Group meeting in October.

1. Welcome - Raleigh User Group Co-Chairs (5 min)
   
2. Introductions & Icebreaker - All Attendees (15 min)   
   
3. Kickoff Topic: Overcoming IT Obstacles when deploying Salesforce.com - Bobby Tharrington, Sr. IT Manager- Red Hat, Inc. (15 min)
4. Partner Spotlight: CRM Advantage - Brian Bell, Managing Partner (25 min)
5. Q&A - 20 minutes
6. Networking Activity - Meet & Greet / Group Breakout Sessions (40 minutes)
7. Wrap-up

I would like to extend a warm welcome to the Raleigh User Group co-chairs:

1) Melissa Bell, Red Hat, Inc. - Email: melissa.bell@redhat.com
2) Angela Daniels, Red Hat, Inc. - Email: adaniels@redhat.com
3) Deborah Martin, First Citizens Bank - Email: Deborah.Martin@firstcitizens.com
4) Erika Stinson, Genworth - Email: erika.stinson@genworth.com

If you have any questions about upcoming events, or would like to host a User Group meeting, feel free to reach out to the contacts above.

I am excited to announce the formation of the Raleigh User Group!        

There will be a Kickoff meeting hosted by Red Hat, Inc. on Thursday,  8/21/2008 @ 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM. Red Hat is located on NC State’s Centennial Campus. The address is 1801 Varsity Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606. Lunch will be provided. If you are planning to attend, please  RSVP to adaniels@redhat.com   by 8/11/2008.        

Check the Blogs weekly to get the latest information and updates on upcoming meetings and events in the Raleigh area.  A detailed agenda will be posted soon.

   

The response to the group has been great and we have a couple of local customers who are interested in helping to get things started.  We hope to have a meeting in the Raleigh area during the month of December, so encourage your colleagues to sign-up and watch this space for details.

If there are topics you would like to see covered, add comments below!

Welcome to the North Carolina User Group!

We are very excited to announce the creation of the North Carolina 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 overcome challenges.  Feel free to submit any comments to get the group started off and email me if you have any suggestions or are interested in helping to lead the group!