Visit them all to shake hands and hug everyone!
Overview
This page lists where you can actually meet people face-to-face.
Online Events
In the Covid-19 era:
Events by Salesforce
https://developer.salesforce.com/calendar is where you find and register for events.
Trailhead DX (Developer Experience) #TDX19, #TDX18, etc. occurs in San Francisco around May 29-30. A Bootcamp is May 30-June 2 for $3,999 vs. $699.
- theextracurricular.org (The Extracurricular) is a technical learning event for Salesforce developers and architects. It is a community-built mini-event hosted inside TrailheaDX at Moscone West.
World Tour
- There is a mobile app (by Debra Nacimento) for the Salesforce World Tour.
Lightning Now Tour was a multi-city tour in 2017 and 2018:
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Lightning Now Tour for Developers includes a Workshop Lab from https://developerforce.github.io/LightningNowWorkshop/Exercise_d1.html
Regional conferences
How about I just travel around the world attending Salesforce conferences?
BLOG: “All the dreamin’ lists regional annual community-led Salesforce gatherings. Dates need updating frequently, so I created a table sorted by date within the year for easy reference: Click on the Name for their website.
| Event Date | Name (website) | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan, 2020 | CactusForce | Phoenix, AZ, USA | - |
| March 8, 2019 | London's Calling | London, UK | - |
| March 9, 2018 | Punta Dreamin' | Punta del Este, Uraguay | - |
| March 20-22, 2019 | Snowforce | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | website gone? |
| March, 2020 | Southeast Dreamin' | Atlanta, GA, USA | - |
| April 12, 2019 | Dream Ole | Malaga, Spain | - |
| April 12-14, 2019 | Skiforce | Obergurl, Austria | groups from Vienna, Munich, Zurich, Geneva |
| May 4, 2018 | Down Under Dreamin' | Melbourne, Australia | - |
| May 6, 2019 | PhillyForce | Philadelphia, PA, USA | - |
| May 13, 2019 | Los Angeles Force Academy | Los Angeles, CA, USA | - |
| June 13-14, 2019 | Texas Dreamin' | Austin, Texas, USA | - |
| ? | Banff Dreamin' | Banff, Canada | No date on website |
| June 15, 2019 | YeurLeadin’ | Amsterdam, Netherlands | GCL only |
| June 27-28, 2019 | NorCal Dreamin’ | Sacramento, CA, USA | - |
| July 11-12 2019 | True North | Ottowa, Canada | - |
| July 18-19, 2019 | Big Sky Dreamin' | Bozeman, Montana, USA | - |
| July 26, 2018 | Down Under Dreamin' | Sydney, Australia | - |
| July 26, 2018 | Dreamin' | Denver, CO, USA | - |
| July 26-27, 2019 | Witness Success | Nashville, TN, USA | For women |
| July 31 & Aug 1, 2018 | Forcelandia | Portland, OR, USA | Angela Mahoney |
| August 7-9, 2019 | Midwest Dreamin' | Chicago, IL, USA | - |
| August 16, 2019 | Czech Dreamin' | Czech Republic | - |
| September 12-13, 2019 | Florida Dreamin' | Tampa, FL, USA | @dreamin_florida #FlDreamin19 |
| September 20, 2019 | French Touch Dreamin' | Paris, France | - |
| October 4, 2019 | Inspire East | Cambridge, UK | - |
| November 16, 2019 | Northeast Dreamin' | Manchester, NH, USA | - |
| December 1-2, 2018 | India Dreamin' | Delhi, India | - |
| December 6, 2018 | Down Under | Brisbane, Australia | - |
PROTIP: Pluralsight recorded each speaker at Snowforce and made a video course (for those who have a subscription).
Local Meetups
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salesforce.meetup.com lists meetups secheduled at meetups.com. Some organizers have shifted away from meetup.com’s $200 per year charge to use the Salesforce meetings platform.
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https://developer.salesforce.com/dugs (developer user groups)
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bit.ly/TwitchSF by the San Francisco user group
#SalesforceSaturdays occur worldwide
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sign-up for @DenverSfSat, #DenverSalesforceSaturday (by @dougdunfee)
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Berlin, Germany https://twitter.com/IAmStephanVogel
NPSP (Non-Profit Success Pack) website and conferences around the country:
- seattlenpsf.wordpress.com is the Seattle Non-profit [ask to be invited to view]
Dreamforce Conference
Dreamforce is Salesforce’s annual conference, usually 4 days in September (Tuesday thru Friday).
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Recorded vidoes of sessions are on the Salesforce YouTube channel.
The Saturday, Sunday, and Monday before Dreamforce are Bootcamp courses for $2,499 each (vs. $3,499 at other times).
Use https://dreamforce.twibbon.com to make put your profile picture inside a frame, for use in social media.
The Dreamforce Campus in downtown San Francisco has over 85 rooms in nine different locations.
Before Dreamforce
The hype before the event:
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Hastags #RoadToDF18 and #DF18 (from Twitter account @Dreamforce), on Instagram, and other social media.
Agenda Builder
Take Trailhead Module: Dreamforce & Next Steps [40 mins] to make the most of your time at Dreamforce and keep learning after the event.
Free shuttles and pedi-cabs take people between major locations. It’s about 20 minutes from one end of the campus to the other. There is a bike valet in Jessie Square.
Free Expo Pass holders and all other pass holders get access to:
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Customer Success Expo 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Thursday & 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Friday - has line-of-business zones.
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Dreamforest is 8 a.m –7 p.m. Thursday & 8 a.m.–3 p.m Friday
Dreamforce drew 170,000 to San Francisco in 2017 (the largest software conference in the world), despite the $2,199 per person cost (before travel and hotels) for the full pass, which provides access to Tuesday or Wednesday events, conference materials, meals, plus:
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VIDEO: Opening Keynote Oct 8, 2016 [5:16]
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Welcome Reception
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Marc Benioff Keynote Streaming Party 2-5 Tuesday and by New Voice Media
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Dreamfest (7pm+ Wednesday) is the party of the conference hosted by Salesforce, featuring incredible live music, food, and drinks. In 2017 it was held at AT&T Park with Alicia Keys and Lenny Kravitz. Previous Dreamfest headliners include U2, Foo Fighters, The Killers & Green Day.
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The $1,000 per ticket also gets you in the Dreamfest after-party https://www.theconcertforkids.com/ by Salesforce.org benefitting the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, at the Civic Center Plaza features Metallica in 2018. After Party Featuring MC Hammer immediately follows the concert.
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2,700+ expert-led sessions of 40-minute breakout sessions and 20-minute theater sessions, with majority of them customer led. 25% of all seats (except for those in Hands-On Trainings and a few other workshops) are blocked for walk-ins.
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Workshops at Dreamforce are facilitator-led sessions with group discussion and exercises that dive deep into a specific challenge and solution.
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Circles of Success sessions are where facilitators lead 10-person groups in problem-solving exercises.
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Salesforce Campground.
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Hands-on Training (HoT) classes are offered for additional fee, where you can learn directly from Salesforce University experts, live and in-person.
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Half-priced ($99) certification exams
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Dream Valley gives back to the community.
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Experience zones?
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Developer Forest and Admin Meadow are powered by Trailhead
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Internet of Things (IoT) Cabin
Partner-sponsored parties and events also take place all week long.
Hackathon?
Read about preparing for and getting the most from Dreamforce:
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Take Trailhead Module: Dreamforce Ready [30 mins]
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The Developer’s Guide to Dreamforce September 21, 2016
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40+ Dreamforce parties 2018 That You Must Attend (by WhatFix)
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WhatsApp Chat Group created by Pranav Varma
More about Salesforce
This is one of a series about Salesforce
- Salesforce Ohana (about the Salesforce company, offices, mascots, emojis, and store)
- Salesforce Glossary (of acronyms)
- Salesforce Events (Conferences, local Meetups, ) to meet people face-to-face
- Salesforce Exhibitors (at Dreamforce)
- Salesforce Onboarding (Trailhead and IDEs)
- Salesforce Offerings (Clouds, Industries, Domains, GitHub, editions, pricing, features, versions)
- Salesforce Certifications (training and exams)
- Salesforce Projects, Superbadges, and Sample Apps
- Salesforce Project Plans
- Salesforce Jobs (within Salesforce, with partners, etc.)
- Salesforce Apps (in AppExchange)
- Salesforce Alexa
- Salesforce Heroku (external apps)
- Salesforce Non-Profit support
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Salesforce NPSP (Non-Profit Success Pack) performance (with Gatling)
- Salesforce Data Management
- Salesforce Einstein
- Salesforce Selenium (test automation)