Hi All,

I would like to send out a huge apology for my lack of follow up for the last couple of months. Things have been extremely hectic settling into the new job. This is both a great thing and a bit of a curse. I feel that I've neglected the Power User Group and for that I apologise.

However, to make amends, I would like to announce that I will be holding the next one in May. The date will be the 20th of May and will be at the same place, same time as below.

• Wednesday 20th May
• 4pm to 6pm
• Salesforce.com Sydney Office
• Tower 3 - Darling Park
• Level 11, 201 Sussex St
• Sydney, NSW, Australia

 I look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible, and I really would like to get some ideas on the type of things you would like to discuss. Please send me any items that you'd like to know more about, or have had trouble or success with recently. The more ideas the better!!

Thanks,
Keith Franks

salesforcepowerusersgroup@gmail.com

I hope this finds you all well and winding down to an Easter break full of chocolatey indulgence. Before you switch your brain off for the long weekend, however, be advised that you're cordially invited to our next Sydney Salesforce User Group Learning Session. If you've been to one of these before, you'll know that it's a great opportunity to pick up some tips and tricks to help you use Salesforce better, and to learn from the experiences of your fellow local Salesforce users. You can bring along your questions, joys, frustrations, recommendations and comments, and we'll even throw in some nibblies and a drink or two afterwards. Astonishingly, you get all of this for precisely zero dollars, which is a recession-buster if ever there was. The logistics are as follows: Date: Wednesday 6 May Time: 4:00pm to 6:00pm (followed by drinks and chat thereafter) Venue: salesforce.com Sydney office Level 11, Tower 3 - Darling Park, 201 Sussex St, Sydney Space is limited, so please register for the event here: 6 May registration. Any questions, feel free to call me on 02 82971122 or email me at ssug@myriadminds.com.au. Looking forward to seeing you all there. Regards, Glenn.

Hi All,


Thank you to all who made it along to the user group learning session last Wednesday. We had a great turnout of enthusiastic users, which is always nice to see. We covered a lot of detail about some lesser known Salesforce features, looked at the Spring 09 release and discussed a number of AppExchange apps, so hopefully everyone was able to take away some useful information.

Hi All,


I hope this finds you well and revelling in self satisfaction, having stuck to your new year's resolutions for nearly a month now. If one of those was to learn more about the myriad exciting offerings that Salesforce presents to you each day, then I have excellent news for you.

Our next Sydney User Group Learning Session is gearing up and you're cordially invited. Details are:

Date: Wednesday 11 February
Time: 4:00pm to 6:00pm (followed by drinks and chat thereafter)
Venue: salesforce.com Sydney office Level 11, Tower 3 - Darling Park, 201 Sussex St, Sydney

As always, the meeting will involve a blend of "how to" demos, some expert guidance and some robust and entertaining discussion on important Salesforce functionality. It's a great opportunity to share experiences of Salesforce and to meet a variety of friendly and like-minded users.

To help us keep track of numbers, please register for the event here: 11 February registration. Any questions, feel free to call me on 02 82971122 or email me at ssug@myriadminds.com.au.

Looking forward to seeing you all there.


Regards,

Glenn.
glenn.elliott@myriadminds.com.au
0416 728395

Hi all,

I just wanted to notify you all about the next session of the Power Users Group - Number 5! The last Power Users Group had a fantastic turn out and I'm looking forward to a lot of people at the next one as well.

Due to popular demand, I have decided it's about time for a themed Power Users Group meeting. The next meeting will focus specifically on Visual Force! So, if you've always wanted to know about Visual Force but been afraid to wade in, now is the time to know more. If you have had any successes or failures in implementing Visual Force into your instance we want to know about it. I'm hoping that our members can share their experiences in this area and open the way for others to start experimenting.

The usual details are as follows: 

• Wednesday 18th February
• 4pm to 6pm
• Salesforce.com Sydney Office
• Tower 3 - Darling Park
• Level 11, 201 Sussex St
• Sydney, NSW, Australia

I'm expecting a great turnout so be on time to get the best seats. If anyone outside of the Sydney area would like to join in, please contact me and we'll see if we can sort something out.

Also, there is an email distribution list that sends out information and notes from meetings to Power Users Group Members. If you would like to be a member of this email group, please send an email to salesforcepowerusersgroup@gmail.com

See you there!

Keith Franks
salesforcepowerusersgroup@gmail.com

Now that 2009 is underway, I wanted to wish everyone all the best for the new year.
 
Here are the details for the next meeting:
 

• Wednesday 14th January
• 4pm to 6pm
• Salesforce.com Sydney Office
• Tower 3 - Darling Park
• Level 11, 201 Sussex St
• Sydney, NSW, Australia

It's going to be a huge year for me and I hope to see the group do great things as well. I look forward to seeing you all there!
 
For any queries, information or to be put on the email list for the Power Users Group, please use the email below.

salesforcepowerusersgroup@gmail.com

I will be leaving my current job and therefore the keith.franks@citect.com email will no longer be able to be used.

Thanks and see everyone on the 14th of January.

Keith Franks

salesforcepowerusersgroup@gmail.com

The Power User Group will be meeting for the last time this year on the Tuesday the 9th of December.

The suggested theme for this meeting will be dealing with Relationships in Objects (Parent/Child) and, if time permits, some discussion about Force.com added functionality: Content, Ideas and Sites.

If you have any experience with any of the above, please come along and share your experiences, or if you would like to know more, be there to find out! These are just suggested topics, so other topics may be raised as well.

The meeting will be held in the usual place at the usual time:

• Tuesday 9th December
• 4pm to 6pm
• Salesforce.com Sydney Office
• Tower 3 - Darling Park
• Level 11, 201 Sussex St
• Sydney, NSW, Australia

We will be trying to reach out to new members in other states by use of GoToMeeting, so if you are interested in participating, but can't make it to Sydney, please email me for details. Please note that the GoToMeeting will start at 4:15pm to allow for setting up.

An email will also go out to the email group I have set up for existing members, but if you are interested in joining the group, or know someone who is interested, please email me.

My email address is: keith.franks@citect.com

I hope to see you all there!

Keith Franks

Hi All,

Just a quick reminder about our Salesforce Sydney User Group Learning Session next week. There's no end of topics to discuss, tips and tricks to share and great ideas to learn, so it'll be well worth the entry fee, which as always is nothing at all. Here's the rough agenda for the meeting:

- Brief welcome and intro from Glenn
- An update on the Referral Partner Program from Gareth Baker, salesforce.com Alliances Manager, Corporate Sales, Australia/NZ.
-- Gareth will fill us in on how you can make money simply by referring new customers to Salesforce.
- A run through the new features in the forthcoming Winter '09 release (due in early October).
- Demo and discussion of some underused Salesforce features, such as public tagging, custom report types and inbound email services.
- General discussion on anything Salesforce-related, e.g.:
-- what's your favourite AppExchange app?
-- what features do your users like or dislike?

Venue and time details are:

Date: Wednesday 8 October 2008
Time: 4:30pm to 6:00pm (followed by drinks and chat thereafter)
Venue: The board room at salesforce.com Sydney office Level 11, Tower 3 - Darling Park, 201 Sussex St, Sydney

So if you haven't registered for this meeting, please do so here: 8 October registration

Come along, bring some questions you want answered, or tips you want to brag about, and meet some like-minded Salesforce users. Any questions, just give me a call, otherwise I'll see you on the 8th.

Regards,
Glenn.
0416 728395
glenn_dot_elliott_at_myriadminds_dot_com_au

Hi All,

I hope this finds you all well and enjoying the fact that spring is sputtering into life after an occasionally brisk winter. Salesforce.com have been as busy as ever, with last week's City Tour event in Melbourne and the upcoming Tour de Force event in Sydney next week. If you haven't registered for that one yet, you can do so at http://tour.force.com/city?city=65. I'll be going along of course, so if you'd like to catch up over a corporate-funded beverage and a mouth watering canape, then do give me a call or drop me an email.

It's also worth mentioning that the Winter '09 release of Salesforce is due in October and detailed release notes have now been made available here. There are a variety of interesting inclusions here, a few highlights being revisions to Connect for Outlook, scheduled emailing of reports and Visualforce email templates.

Most importantly, however, is the news that our next Sydney User Group Learning Session has been arranged and is set for:

Date: Wednesday 8 October 2008
Time: 4:30pm to 6:00pm (followed by drinks and chat thereafter)
Venue: The board room at salesforce.com Sydney office Level 11, Tower 3 - Darling Park, 201 Sussex St, Sydney

Now, as I mentioned recently on the user group blog, Keith Franks from Citect is hosting the Power User session on 30 September (contact him directly if you want to join that one). This Learning Session, however, is aimed at all levels of user and will be a mix of the latest news from Salesforce, "how to" advice on key features plus a lively open discussion on any Salesforce topics you'd like to cover. I'll be in touch nearer the time with a more detailed agenda, but if you'd like to come along, please register here: 8 October registration

Any questions, do feel free to call me on 0416 728395 or email me at glenn.elliott@myriadminds.com.au. I look forward to seeing you all on the 8th!

Cheers,
Glenn.
0416 728 395
glenn_dot_elliott_at_myriadminds_dot_com_dot_au