Blazing Trails
260 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 368 ratingsBlazing Trails explores Salesforce values in action through thought provoking conversations with global leaders, innovators and icons who are shaping the world for the better. Join host Michael Rivo to dive into topics surrounding innovation, equality, net zero energy, work and well-being. New episodes debut Wednesdays.
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The Road to Dreamforce: Customer & Industry Experiences in the Dreamforce Campground
October 10, 2017 16:37 - 8 minutes - 7.65 MBThe Campground is where you can find all the best of Salesforce - our products, customers and partners - all under one roof located in Moscone South. It is your one-stop-shop to learn about the entire Customer Success Platform. And in the campground we have feature six customer success stories, that are mapped to across industries.
The Road to Dreamforce: Dreamforce Campus Tour
October 10, 2017 16:36 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBGet a full tour of the Dreamforce '17 campus, focusing on Zones, Lodges, Keynotes, and more!
The Fight for Equal Pay Continues
October 05, 2017 15:19 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBLast Dreamforce, we held the second annual Women & Equality Summit. This day was dedicated to topics focused on economic equality, diversity, inclusion, the role business leaders can play, and more. Salesforce is an active supporter of equality and we were excited to continue the conversation with visionary speakers and real, honest conversations. Some of the brightest, most forward-thinking, and driven leaders joined us from government, business, media, sports and beyond. This episode is Par...
The Road to Dreamforce: Marketing at Dreamforce
October 03, 2017 16:53 - 9 minutes - 8.29 MBThis year's Dreamforce is exciting for Marketers because we have content and areas built specifically around the way that marketers run their business.
The Road to Dreamforce: Trailhead Academy at Dreamforce
October 03, 2017 16:51 - 4 minutes - 4.01 MBThere will be plenty of learning opportunities during Dreamforce from Team Trailhead all over the campus. We look forward to our trailblazers being able to LEARN with our experts, EARN the credentials critical for their careers and CONNECT with others!
The Road to Dreamforce: The Dreamforce Equality Summit
October 03, 2017 15:36 - 14 minutes - 13 MBThe Dreamforce ’17 Equality Summit is on Wednesday, November 8. Equality trailblazers will talk about economic equality, diversity, inclusion, and the role business leaders can play. Learn more about these special sessions with Molly Ford, Director, Global Equality Lead.
The Road to Dreamforce: The Fortune CEO Series
October 03, 2017 15:36 - 7 minutes - 7.25 MBThe Fortune CEO Series is an invitation-only CEO event that brings together CEOs across industries to learn from each other on how to transform the customer experience, leverage the latest and great technologies such as artificial intelligence to supercharge employee productivity, and how play a bigger role as a business to make the world a better, more equal place. Learn more about this event, and how ANYONE can take part in some of the great content.
The Road to Dreamforce: The Dreamforce Giving Back Quest
October 03, 2017 15:36 - 8 minutes - 7.83 MBThis year, we’re empowering the Dreamforce community to unlock donations throughout the week with the goal of raising $1M to go towards equal access to education and opportunity. We had quests in Trailhead last year, but this year they’re going campus-wide and every time an attendee completes one, he or she will unlock a donation.
The Road to Dreamforce: Lightning at Dreamforce
October 03, 2017 15:36 - 7 minutes - 7.14 MBLightning is a more productive and modern way to work. It's a completely reimagined experience, application framework and ecosystem that takes CRM to the next level. Learn more about what's happening with Lightning at Dreamforce.
Women & Equality Summit Dreamforce '16
September 28, 2017 18:30 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBDuring Dreamforce 2016, we held the second annual Women & Equality Summit. This day was dedicated to topics focused on economic equality, diversity, inclusion, the role business leaders can play, and more. Salesforce is an active supporter for equality and we were excited to continue the conversation with visionary speakers and real, honest conversations. This episode is Part 1 of our coverage of the Women & Equality Summit. The word "leadership" is multi-faceted. For women today, it takes on...
The Road to Dreamforce: The Salesforce Platform at Dreamforce
September 26, 2017 17:52 - 10 minutes - 9.34 MBThe Salesforce Platform of today has been completely been re-imanged. It is more intelligent, more mobile and more integrated than ever before. At Dreamforce '17 we'll show you how you can build almost anything using the technology you know and love.
The Road to Dreamforce: The Dreamforce Campground
September 26, 2017 17:52 - 6 minutes - 5.9 MBThe Dreamforce Campground is a 40,000 square feet experience in the middle of the Customer Success Expo. It is your one-stop-shop to learn about top industries, customers, and the entire Customer Success Platform. Get all the details!
The Road to Dreamforce: Developers at Dreamforce: Update #2
September 26, 2017 16:46 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBThis is second update from the Salesforce Developer team - get details on sessions and hands-on experiences that you can't miss at this year's Dreamforce!
The Road to Dreamforce: Travel, Transportation, and Hospitality at Dreamforce
September 26, 2017 16:41 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBOur platform is going to change the way you and I interact with Airlines, Airports, Hotels and Logistics companies. Learn more about how you can get involved at Dreamforce.
The Road to Dreamforce: Healthcare and Life Sciences at Dreamforce
September 26, 2017 16:41 - 9 minutes - 8.61 MBThis is an amazing year for healthcare and life science Dreamforce attendees with content tailored to providers, payers, pharmaceutical and medical device customers. Learn more about how you can find tailored content just for you!
The Road to Dreamforce: Commerce Cloud at Dreamforce
September 26, 2017 15:23 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBLast year’s Dreamforce was a coming out party for Commerce Cloud - they have come a long way in one year, and are thrilled to be part of the Salesforce Ohana. Learn more.
The Road to Dreamforce: Salesforce CPQ at Dreamforce
September 26, 2017 15:20 - 9 minutes - 8.74 MBAt Dreamforce '16, CPQ made their debut as part of the Salesforce Ohana, and this year, CPQ and the revenue platform are going to have a bigger and better presence!
Fortune CEO Series: Dreamforce '16
September 21, 2017 19:19 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBIn this episode, we're sitting in on insights and conversations with some of the most inspiring and powerful CEOs in the world. We held the first Fortune CEO Series at Dreamforce '16. This exclusive series was designed as a way to get some of the most innovative company leaders together, in order to learn and grow from one another. The learnings and takeaways from these leaders are applicable to everyone, not only to those at the C-Level. We will be hearing from CEOs of legacy industry compan...
The Road to Dreamforce: The Quotable Sales Summit
September 19, 2017 17:06 - 10 minutes - 10 MBSales leaders must embrace change and pay attention to the trends in order to stay ahead. And at Dreamforce, the Quotable Sales Summit is the place to find motivation, strategic sales insights, practical tips and expertise from the best sales leaders & analysts in the business.
The Road to Dreamforce: Heroku at Dreamforce
September 19, 2017 17:05 - 5 minutes - 5.14 MBGet to know Heroku, the cloud platform that lets companies build, deliver, monitor and scale apps, and their presence at Dreamforce.
The Road to Dreamforce: The Dreampitch
September 19, 2017 17:03 - 6 minutes - 6.14 MBFor the second year, Dreamforce will feature the Dreampitch competition, which provides early stage startups building on the Salesforce Platform the opportunity to showcase their innovation onstage at the world’s largest software conference. This year we’re going bigger than ever by increasing the prize to $250,000 investment from Salesforce Ventures.
The Road to Dreamforce: Pledge 1% at Dreamforce
September 19, 2017 17:00 - 8 minutes - 7.7 MBFollowing the 1-1-1 model that Salesforce pioneered, Pledge 1% encourages companies to dedicate 1% time, 1% product, 1% profit and/or 1% equity to improve the world. Learn more about the program and how you can get involved at Dreamforce.
The Road to Dreamforce: Equality Programming at Dreamforce
September 19, 2017 16:57 - 7 minutes - 7.16 MBAt Salesforce, Equality is a core value. We are excited to see this value come to life at Dreamforce. We’ll be infusing Equality throughout the entire week via the Equality Summit, an Equality theater style area, as well as the many Equality Breakout Sessions infused throughout the week. Learn more!
Seeking Compassion and Kindness
September 14, 2017 15:33 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBIn this episode, we're diving into Compassion. At Dreamforce 2016, we dedicated an entire day to Compassion. How can compassion change the world? How can kindness, mindfulness, and creativity shape who we are–and the companies we work for? From doctors, to authors, to Monastic monks, the Day of Compassion served as an important reminder for all of us under the human condition. We all seek compassion and kindness. Let's learn how we can cultivate and develop that even more. Compassion has the ...
The Road to Dreamforce: Customer Success Group at Dreamforce
September 12, 2017 00:01 - 10 minutes - 9.2 MBCustomer Success is the #1 value for Salesforce. Hear how CSG is growing, changing, and focusing on customer success before, during, and after Dreamforce.
The Road to Dreamforce: Admin at Dreamforce: Update #2
September 12, 2017 00:01 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBDreamforce is truly the event of the year for Admins because we pack in so much opportunity to learn Salesforce skills, earn new credentials, and connect with our incredible community of Trailblazers...not to mention some serious fun. Check out our second segment with admins, and hear their awesome updates!
The Road to Dreamforce: Community Cloud at Dreamforce
September 12, 2017 00:00 - 5 minutes - 5.27 MBDiscover and learn all that Community Cloud has to offer to exponentially extend the power of CRM, and what to expect from them at Dreamforce.
The Road to Dreamforce: Salesforce Ventures
September 11, 2017 23:59 - 5 minutes - 5.18 MBSalesforce Ventures is Salesforce's corporate investment arm and the only strategic investor 100% focused on investing in enterprise cloud companies. Learn how to get to know them, and their portfolio at Dreamforce.
The Road to Dreamforce: Get Productive with Quip
September 11, 2017 23:59 - 8 minutes - 7.37 MBThere's so much great stuff to take in at Dreamforce, but at the same time, it can be tough to fully disconnect from the demands of your regular job. So how does one juggle it all? Use Quip! Here are our top 5 tips.
Trailblazing Women Behind Dreamforce
September 07, 2017 22:25 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBThis is a very special episode of Blazing Trails. We're bringing you an exclusive conversation with two of the trailblazing women who are driving forces behind Dreamforce. We'll also be taking a closer look at the intricate details that make Dreamforce come to life. Vivi Forny, Director of Events Demand Generation has been working at Salesforce for 8 years. In that time, she has led the charge behind demand generation, website production, and a whole lot more. Her role not only encompasses Dr...
The Road to Dreamforce: Small & Medium Sized Business Tips
September 05, 2017 17:01 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBFor any entrepreneur, startup leader, or trailblazer at a growing business, Dreamforce has something for you. Join Marie Rosecrans, SVP of small and medium business marketing at Salesforce, as she shares her top tips for small business trailblazers on how to maximize their Dreamforce experience, and will provide the inside scoop on what’s in store for SMBs at Dreamforce.
The Road to Dreamforce: Einstein at Dreamforce
September 05, 2017 16:58 - 6 minutes - 6.03 MBAt Dreamforce '16, we launched Salesforce Einstein - Artificial Intelligence (AI) embedded in the Salesforce Platform. It's one year later, and we have some exciting new AI innovations to share! Just like last year, Einstein will be everywhere at Dreamforce this year. So we want to make sure all our AI trailblazers know exactly how they can learn more about Einstein at Dreamforce '17.
The Road to Dreamforce: Non-Profits at Dreamforce
September 05, 2017 16:56 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBDid you know that Dreamforce is the world’s largest nonprofit technology conference with more than 3,000 non-profit attendees? For those who venture to San Francisco to partake in the festivities, it’s an opportunity to get inspired about how technology can propel your mission so you can expand your impact.
Salesforce Design Leadership Conference: Reevaluate Your Perspective
August 31, 2017 18:42 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBIn this episode, we're heading to the Salesforce Design Leadership Conference. Our creative department gathers every year for a full day of unique speakers. Design inspiration, storytelling, and learning about different artists and their craft are pivotal for all of us, whether or not we work in the creative field. The Salesforce Design Leadership Conference brings together some of the brightest minds for a day of pure inspiration. Hear from J Mays - former Chief Creative Officer at Ford Moto...
The Road to Dreamforce: #DFTrailblazer
August 29, 2017 15:56 - 3 minutes - 2.84 MBPeople have had some really amazing memories at Dreamforce. We’ve heard stories of people making giant leaps in their careers, meeting their soulmate, meeting their future coworkers, and even falling in love with San Francisco and moving across the country. This year, we want to hear from everyone who has been inspired by their Dreamforce experience. Learn about our new campaign, #DFTrailblazer, and how a lucky winner can win a free Dreamforce pass!
The Road to Dreamforce: IoT Cloud at Dreamforce
August 29, 2017 15:54 - 6 minutes - 5.56 MBEvery company is on a journey to digital transformation - a journey that will transform their business from selling and delivering a physical product or asset, to delivering proactive customer experiences tied to connected products. Hear how we are bringing this to journey to life at Dreamforce.
The Road to Dreamforce: Higher Education Content at Dreamforce
August 29, 2017 15:51 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBFor our higher ed attendees, Dreamforce is an opportunity to really get inspired about technology and how it can propel their students’ success and ultimately their institution’s success.
TrailheaDX: Tech for Change
August 24, 2017 19:10 - 36 minutes - 33 MBIn this episode, we're heading to TrailheaDX, our second annual Salesforce Developer Conference. This unique event brought together engineers, scientists, and product leaders to guide attendees on a path of discovery and adventure. TrailheaDX went beyond tech, with fireside chats and panels discussing career insights and how technology has the potential to change the world. Hear from television screenwriter and producer Damon Linedlof (LOST, The Leftovers), as he sheds light on the hard work ...
The Road to Dreamforce: Dreamforce Speakers
August 24, 2017 16:36 - 7 minutes - 6.74 MBBreaking news! We are thrilled to announce our first round of speakers - watch the video to see who you can be excited to see at Dreamforce!
The Road to Dreamforce: Analytics at Dreamforce
August 22, 2017 17:30 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBLearn how and where at Dreamforce everyone can use analytics to further their business.
The Road to Dreamforce: Tips for Partners
August 22, 2017 00:21 - 8 minutes - 7.76 MBDreamforce partners collaborate with each other throughout the year online in the Partner Community and the Partner Outfitters allows that all to come to life.
The Road to Dreamforce: Dreamforce for Sales: Update #1
August 22, 2017 00:17 - 16 minutes - 19.3 MBIn our first update from our sales experts, hear how to make the most of Dreamforce so you don’t miss a single opportunity.
The Road to Dreamforce: Trailblazer Awards
August 22, 2017 00:15 - 4 minutes - 5.09 MBBreaking news: we are announcing the finalists for the Trailblazer Awards! Learn more about the competition and the trailblazing companies that are participating.
Dreamtalks: Digital Transformation
August 17, 2017 23:13 - 42 minutes - 48.4 MBIn this episode, we are highlighting content from Dreamtalks recorded at Dreamforce 2016 that discusses business and digital transformation. Dreamtalks showcases thought leaders from across numerous industries and professions. Digital transformation is imperative for all businesses, of all sizes. What is Digital transformation? It is the profound changes necessary of business and organizational activities and processes to fully leverage the changes and advances of digital techology. But what ...
The Road to Dreamforce: Service Cloud - Update #1
August 15, 2017 15:19 - 9 minutes - 10.7 MBService professionals, want to make your customers happier and more successful than ever before? Get your first Dreamforce update about all the products and opportunities available at Dreamforce that can help you do it.
Part 2: Sustainable Development Goals
August 10, 2017 20:04 - 36 minutes - 42.3 MBIn our last episode, we looked at Sustainable Development Goals, also known as SDGs, and how businesses can make the world a better place. On this episode, we'll be diving even deeper into fascinating interviews from the Salesforce World Tour in London as part of the Fortune CEO Series. If you haven't had the chance, we suggest going back to listen to Part 1 of our SDG series in Episode 4. We speak with Cherie Blair, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. As well as fighting for hu...
The Road to Dreamforce: AppExchange at Dreamforce - Update #1
August 08, 2017 14:18 - 14 minutes - 16.3 MBAppExchange is the leading business app marketplace, and through it, we get to enjoy watching innovative new ideas evolve into businesses. On our first update from the AppExchange, learn about how you can engage with them at Dreamforce, how you can get involved prior to the event, and meet our newest mascot, Appy!
The Road to Dreamforce: Salesforce Community
August 08, 2017 14:16 - 8 minutes - 9.98 MBLeveraging the Salesforce Community is an important key to getting the most out of Dreamforce. Holly Firestone, Director, Salesforce Community shares her top tips for the community, and how to connect with User Groups and Salesforce MVPs.
Part 1: Sustainable Development Goals
August 03, 2017 04:25 - 30 minutes - 34.6 MBTo quote Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, “The business of doing business is to improve the state of the world.” This principle guides us at Salesforce — as it does for many other companies. We can and should blend doing good with doing well. We not only believe in our products, but we believe in combining good business with good works. In this episode of Blazing Trails we are focusing on how businesses can make the world a better place, and Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs, the 17 major issu...
The Road to Dreamforce: Pre Dreamforce Learning Experiences
August 01, 2017 12:50 - 4 minutes - 5.19 MBWant to get Salesforce Certification? Amy Regan Morehouse, VP, SalesforceU GTM, tells you more about Salesforce University and its presence at Dreamforce.