tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70487908138082446662024-03-05T03:48:25.616-08:00Salesforce Community ChampionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048790813808244666.post-13500226464149793392018-11-15T22:26:00.000-08:002018-11-15T22:26:00.888-08:00Akash Mishra - New Delhi, India Nonprofit Group<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This blog is part of a blog series to highlight Salesforce Community Champion, from user group leaders, developer group leaders, and members from around the world #Ohana</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, I would like to introduce one of the community champions from New Delhi - India, <a href="https://twitter.com/Akash_SFDC">Akash Mishra</a></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Senior Salesforce Developer and T</span><span style="font-size: large;">eam Lead at <a class="" href="http://dazeworks.com/">Dazeworks</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">6+ years of dedicated hard-core development on the Salesforce success platform, been through different roles in my career like Developer, Sr. Dev., Team Lead. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Core member of <a href="http://www.indiadreamin.in/">IndiaDreamin</a>, founder of <a href="https://trailblazercommunitygroups.com/new-delhi-in-nonprofit-group/">New Delhi - India Non-profit Group</a>, Non-profit speaker at Hyderabad Trailblazin, founder Not-For-Profit Hackathon in India.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Fun Facts</span></b>:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Salesforce Developer | Salesforce Evangelist | Creative Nerd | Blogger | Supports WIT and Race to Equality | Supports Non-profits and Pledge 1% | Trailhead Geek | Father of two | Sportsperson | Extreme Foodie</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Career</b></span>:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Started my career as a Jr. Chef in the year 2006 at Holiday-Inn where I worked for 1.5 yrs after I completed Hotel Management.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Due to the family of engineers where I belong to, I turned back and took admission in B-Tech, while I was in my final semester, one of my close friend (<a href="https://success.salesforce.com/mvp">Salesforce MVP</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/vinay_sfdc?lang=en">Vinay Chaturvedi</a>) suggested me to learn Salesforce and that turned out to be a life-changing moment for me. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I started my Salesforce journey in 2012 and never looked back, I really appreciate and admire <a href="https://twitter.com/CherFeldman">Cheryl Feldman</a> for her words <i>The best thing I ever developed over the Salesforce Platform is my career</i>, I feel exactly the same. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Salesforce according to me is a "Customer success platform if you're a customer/end user, Student Success Platform for all Students/Aspirants, Employee success platform if you're a Salesforce employee, WIT success platform if you're one among "Women who Salesforce", all I want to say is, It's a success platform for every soul that breathes in Salesforce ecosystem", and I am proud of being a member of this incredible #Ohana. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've co-leaded Noida Salesforce Developer group and still lead New-Delhi, India Nonprofit Group, where I managed all the meetup activities and till date, we have successfully hosted 11 meetups and involved in the volunteer-ship activities for Nonprofits in the region. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I also helped in planning strategies and execution of the first ever IndiaDreamin and am a core member. I have been running the #SFDC4Students campaign with Vinay Chaturvedi, since 2016, focusing on students from different colleges and helping them learn and build a successful career on the Salesforce Platform. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Due to recent changes in the ecosystem, I had a choice between Noida Salesforce Developer group and New Delhi, In Nonprofit Group, I choose to be a part of the Nonprofit group as I believed there's still something missing that needs help, organizing India's first Not-For-Profit Hackathon was a big success. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I am part of campaign #SFDC4Students initiated by/with Vinay Chaturvedi to support the Notion of “Giving Back” to the Salesforce community. #SFDC4Students is the campaign run and managed under Salesforce community in the region, to bring more developers in Salesforce, for the reason we target colleges and do regular meetings in there, help the students learn Salesforce through Trailhead.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: medium;"><b>How and where will you see your </b></span><b style="color: #660000;">Salesforce </b><b style="color: #660000;">group and community in the future?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My definition for the amazing Trailblazer community in one line is, "People helping people grow". This is what inspires and motivates you to be at your best and support the person next to you and the person next to him and next and so on, that's really a #BAM show. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I watch the amazing Trailblazer community reaching new heights and lead the world by example, it's 4th Industrial revolution and this is the world of Salesforce, building a new culture for the technology industry, that's so incredible. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">New Delhi, India Nonprofit Group, is my life; it allows me think beyond Salesforce Evangelism and philanthropy, finding new initiatives and ways to impart more knowledge and skills to the members of the Trailblazer community in my region, collaborating and communicating to various NPO’s/NGO’s in the region to discover more volunteers activities, generating more fundraising opportunities through community events and help them use Salesforce success platform to grow like never before. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Till now it’s been an absolutely exciting journey from nowhere to state of stability as far as knowledge about Salesforce for Nonprofit is concerned in the region, but lot to be mended still, I see more Nonprofit/HEDA/K12 customers of Salesforce in India in the coming years as there is a huge count of Non-profits and Educational societies- trusts working in every region of India.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The #TrailblazerCommunity is placed we work together to help the people, we grow together and equal, we follow the true values of our technology and we evangelize the same way across. Keep inspiring! Keep <b><span style="color: #660000;">motivating</span></b>! Keep <b><span style="color: #660000;">trailblazing</span></b>!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048790813808244666.post-4712259492536407682017-07-28T01:31:00.000-07:002017-07-28T01:31:39.791-07:00Pritam Shekhawat - Noida Salesforce User Group<span style="font-size: large;">This blog is part of a blog series to highlight Salesforce Community Champion, from user group leaders, developer group leaders, and members from around the world #Ohana</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-size: large;">In this blog, I would like to introduce one of the community champions from Noida - India, <b><a href="https://twitter.com/pritamsfdc">Pritam Shekhawat</a></b>, he is Salesforce Noida User Group co-leader, and he is also very active in <a href="https://success.salesforce.com/">Salesforce Answer </a><a href="https://success.salesforce.com/">Community</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us about yourself, which User Group you lead?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am 3x Salesforce Certified Developer and Salesforce Lightning lover and champ. The most imperative thing which I like about Salesforce is giving back. There aren’t sufficient words in the lexicon to portray the essentialness of giving back. Also, egotistically, when I give my time and vitality to others, I simply feel better — about myself and my group.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">No matter how much time I have, I am a big fan of Answers Community where I have been answering for almost 2.5 years. My count is over 9000 answers now and I am inspired to never stop contributing.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Here’s my example of overcoming adversity that as of late got distributed on:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Salesforce MVP Vinay’s (Noida User Group Leader) "<a href="http://www.vinaychaturvedi.com/blog/know-your-answers-community-leaders-pritam-shekhawat/">Know Your Answers Community Leaders</a>" site. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">My Salesforce story distributed at 3x Salesforce MVP Eric Dreshfield’s <a href="https://ericforcefield.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/im-the-kevin-bacon-of-the-salesforce-community-introducing-pritam-shekhawat/">online journal</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Salesforce in 2017: Predictions for the Future with <a href="https://www.masonfrank.com/salesforce-blog/salesforce-predictions-2017">Mason Frank</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">My guest blog “<a href="http://www.classictolightning.com/blog/2016/12/22/1ku9a2ycv8x33crkul78dne6tt0n9j">Tips For Classic To Lightning</a>” on Salesforce MVP Sharif’s site.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I started my career back in the year 2014 and I hold 3-year hardcore Salesforce Implementation experience. Currently, I lead <a href="http://events.salesforceusergroups.com/noidaindiausergroup">Noida Salesforce User Group</a>, which is the most vibrant user group in India. It was set up by my friend <a href="https://twitter.com/VINAY_SFDC">Vinay Chaturvedi</a>, who supported me here. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I am also involved in the campaign #SFDC4Students which focus on Students and train them to be successful with Salesforce, with the sole aim of bringing more developers in Technology.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">How do you become User Group leader? and how is your journey when taking the role as User Group leader?</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I use to collaborate in the events managed and run under Noida Salesforce User Group. Also, I am involved in other meetups by other User/Developer groups in the region. That gave me to gain experience in managing and executing such events successfully and that's the reason why Vinay assigned me the group leader for Noida User Group, which is the most successful group in the region and India, I was always a big fan of.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often your User Group meet up?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As we have a large community here who support us, we plan a meetup every 40 days, more than just the members, we all are friends, the reason is we meet so frequently and so many exciting stuff keep on </span><span style="font-size: large;">happening here in the Noida region.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How long have been your User Group established?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I believe 2+ years approx if I am not wrong.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How big is your user group member attend for the meetup in average?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The last event held here recently "#TDX17", we got an attendance of 134 members who joined us.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as User Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So one big learning is "Team work is dream work". We have a really big team of developers here in the region which is ready to help us in everything and every decision. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Every member here is technically sound and good speakers, they all are real gems from the community.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being User Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Being a team leader, I feel proud being within the community and support it grow. I look at it as an opportunity to learn and live together. I am a fan of #OhanaCulture.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges become User Group leader and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Two big challenges I believe here are:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a) How to grow the size and how to improve the quality of meetups.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">b) What important steps could be, in order to raise the number of #WIT members in the group.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us what is unique about your User Group</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">One big unique here is that: "Noida Salesforce User Group" helping the campaign #SFDC4Students to support the Notion of “Giving Back” to the Salesforce community. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">#SFDC4Students is the campaign run and managed by Salesforce community in the region, to bring more developers in Salesforce, for the reason we target colleges and do </span><span style="font-size: large;">regular meetups in there, help the students learn Salesforce through Trailhead.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us tips that make your User Group success</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am a co-leader in Noida Salesforce User Group and I should say, every member of our group is a leader, with equal opportunities to present himself or to speak, equal opportunities to </span><span style="font-size: large;">learn and teach. We respect every girly appearance in our group and with each meetup, we plan something special for our #WIT soldiers.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What would like to see your User Group in the future? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am currently looking at and focus on the students, so I would love to see more students joining us and being successful with Salesforce.</span><br />
<b style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></b> <b style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></b> <b style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">One last thing you would like to share with the community</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As I always said and will say it again, "For I can't help falling in love with" #SalesforceOhana. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love being here and I really love the words said by "Cheryl Fieldman": "The best thing I developed on the Salesforce Platform, is my Career". </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Working on Salesforce Platform has worked wonders for me and many others I know. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048790813808244666.post-48685502643266725952017-07-24T18:47:00.000-07:002017-07-27T16:58:05.398-07:00Vipul Goel - Ohanachai of Salesforce community from New Delhi<span style="font-size: large;">This blog is part of a blog series to highlight Salesforce Community Champion, from user group leaders, developer group leaders, and members from around the world #Ohana</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this blog, I would like to introduce one of the community champion from New Delhi - India, he is active in <a href="https://www.meetup.com/Noida-Salesforce-Developer-Group/">Noida Developer Group</a>, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Salesforce-Developer-Group-Chandigarh/">Chandigarh Developer Group</a>, and </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.indiadreamin.in/">India Dreamin '17</a></span><span style="font-size: large;">. </span><span style="font-size: large;">also heading Ohanachai a virtual coffee session with <a href="https://twitter.com/SalesforceAmy">Amy Oplinger</a>.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello Vipul, t</span><span style="font-size: large;">ell me about yourself, which Salesforce group you lead, and how many co-leaders in your Developer Group?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm associated with Salesforce for more than 4 years now. I'm Senior associate now & holding 2 certifications, much more lined up this year. I'm also leading Salesforce Chandigarh Developer Group with <a href="https://twitter.com/JollyPaarth">Paarth Jolly</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/madankhichi">Madan Khichi</a> as well as a helping hand to Salesforce Indian Community driven event "<a href="http://www.indiadreamin.in/">INDIA DREAMIN</a>" and Moreover, I'm collaborating with <a href="https://twitter.com/SalesforceAmy">Amy Oplinger</a> to have virtual coffee sessions with Salesforce Ohana Family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was the most de-motivated & discourages person and never thought about my career to follow this #salesforce route with a big success.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still, I remember the day when I attended the first Salesforce Noida Developer Group Meetup with Zachary Jeans in June 2016. I was new to this Salesforce Community and got the guidance from <a href="https://twitter.com/VINAY_SFDC">Vinay Chaturvedi</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/madankhichi">Madan Khichi</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/atul31gupta">Atul Gupta</a>. Due to this Salesforce Ohana family collaboration, now our group has been grown up to more than 200 members. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I have a lot of key discussions with Madan Khichi about the handling, responsibilities of Developer Group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Responsibilities of handling Salesforce Developer Group:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1. It's a tough job to manage all the things simultaneously.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2. Events, Salesforce Success community collaboration, Handling all the Developers & admins to collaborate with each other, knowledge sharing sessions, Salesforce awareness.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3. It looks very simple from outside but behind the scene, there are many things we need to manage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love people motivating, inspiring and discussing the Salesforce new features which kick off me to work hard myself for the new features and spread over to the community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">NOTE: Sharing is caring, so giving back to the community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Moreover, today I want to discuss the career growth of students who are involved in Salesforce, and who are keen to know about Salesforce.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whosoever wants to think about their career in Salesforce, It's better to do certification of their own before getting into the job.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Because this helps you in getting the job little easier because you should be knowing the Salesforce infrastructure before getting to the Salesforce career.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mainly in India with a lot of population and software engineers, people find it difficult to get into the job. It's just a way around so that they can give a try to get the job this way and build their career. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All credit goes to my brother who helps me in every way. Moreover, I've surprise for Salesforce Community that I do have a TWIN brother "Vineet Goel" and he loves blogging about Salesforce: <a href="https://vineetgoelcloudblog.wordpress.com/">https://vineetgoelcloudblog.wordpress.com/</a></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048790813808244666.post-33798503589731897942017-07-20T23:32:00.000-07:002017-07-24T07:25:00.817-07:00Freya Crawshaw - London Salesforce Women in Tech User Group<span style="font-size: large;">This blog is part of a blog series to highlight Salesforce Community Champion, from user group leaders, developer group leaders, and members from around the world #Ohana</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">In this blog, I would like to introduce one of the leaders from the United Kingdom, <b>Freya Crawshaw</b>, co-leaders of London Salesforce Women in Tech User Group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My name is <a href="https://twitter.com/FreyaMCrawshaw">Freya Crawshaw</a>, I’m a Community & Collaboration Practitioner based in London for the past 2 years. I lead the <a href="http://events.salesforceusergroups.com/londonukwomenintechusergroup">London Salesforce Women in Tech User Group</a> along with the awesome MVP’s <a href="https://twitter.com/louiselockie">Louise Lockie</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/jmwagner">Jodi Wagner</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I first attended a Salesforce User group back in 2013 and met <a href="https://twitter.com/JMLstirling1010">Jennifer Laing</a>, who at the time was setting up the <a href="http://events.salesforceusergroups.com/scotlandwomenintechusergroup">Scotland Women in Tech User Group</a>, I jumped at the chance to join other women for </span><span style="font-size: large;">a cause I was passionate about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I moved to London in 2015, I immediately got in touch with Jodi, who was at the time found</span><span style="font-size: large;"> the London Women in Tech group. She invited me to co-lead, 8 months later along with Louise and we’re now an unstoppable force.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We try to meet at least once a month, we have lots of User Groups in London so it’s great to be able to have joint meet ups and bring our members together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The user group has been up and running since September 2015. Our first big event was in May 2016 at Salesforce Tower where we had 126 Women in Tech and allies attend for </span><span style="font-size: large;">a panel session and preview of the <a href="http://stemettes.org/">Stemettes</a> documentary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We hold lots of different types of meetups so or numbers vary month to month. Our evening with Ladies who Salesforce was the biggest at 126, we hold Saturday brunch meetings where we have roughly about 15 spaces. An average meetup has around 50 people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love bringing people together over a shared connection. That’s the driving motivation for me as a User Group leader – build a safe space for people to come and be themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Getting the location, sponsor, and people together all in one place can be a logistical challenge with a full-time job and a personal life, it isn’t always easy to find that balance of time which is important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and if it’s sunny in London people would rather be outside (perhaps we move our meetups to the park when it is sunny) – we get about a 50% dropout rate here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us what is unique about your WIT group</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We’ve had two speakers who have been awarded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire">MBE</a>’s and one who has received an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire">OBE</a> in the Queen’s honors</span><span style="font-size: large;"> list. We’ve also had a Paralympic Gold medalist.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us tips that make your group success</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Our biggest success? Mixing it up! We keep a mix of formal and informal meetings – our August 2017 meet up might even be a User Group first! Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/LondonSFDCWiT">@LondonSFDCWiT</a> to find out what we got up to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What would like to see your group in the future? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I’d love to see our User Group come together more outside our monthly meetings. We’re already seeing some of that, but I want to keep the conversation going, for people to know they can reach out on any other day of the month. That’s what’s in my master plan for the rest of the year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>One last thing you would like to share with the community</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">At our WiT group, everyone is welcome. It isn’t just for Women; in fact, we love for our allies to join us in conversation. We can only make a change if we come together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Simplysfdc comment</span></b>: thanks for sharing London WIT group, love to hear you guys have varieties of contents and speakers. Having a meetup in the park, why not????</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <iframe height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1mYJourCWm7MTqAuHF9HDLJ3rbIk" width="720"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048790813808244666.post-89490611649467667222017-07-17T22:55:00.000-07:002017-07-17T22:55:18.645-07:00Sonika Tomar - Salesforce, Gurgaon Women In Tech User Group (India)<span style="font-size: large;">This blog is part of a blog series to highlight Salesforce Community Champion, from user group leaders, developer group leaders, and members from around the world #Ohana</span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Introducing our community champion <b><a href="https://twitter.com/sonika_sfdc">Sonika Tomar</a></b> - <a href="https://success.salesforce.com/featuredGroupDetail?id=a1z3A00000766vcQAA#a0L3000000Rq7PyEAJ">Salesforce, Gurgaon Women In Tech User Group</a> leader.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us about yourself, how is your Salesforce journey? Are you the group founder, and any other co-leaders in your group?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My name is <a href="https://twitter.com/sonika_sfdc">Sonika Tomar</a>. I have been working as a “Salesforce Consultant” for more than 3 years. At the very outset, I started my journey as VFX</span><span style="font-size: large;"> artist. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">After then, SaaSnic gave me an opportunity to step in Salesforce. I started learning Salesforce through “SaaSnic Technologies”. I am pleased to change my direction in Salesforce as it has many valuable career opportunities to volunteer. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Today, I am proud to be part of Salesforce echo system and I am proud that I am leading “<a href="https://success.salesforce.com/featuredGroupDetail?id=a1z3A00000766vcQAA#a0L3000000Rq7PyEAJ">Salesforce, Gurgaon Women In Tech User Group</a>”. I don’t have any co-leader as I myself can flourish the group efficiently.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Yes, I am the group founder and leader of the WIT group and I am administrating the group with brimming competence. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What is WIT group? Is that only for women?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I do believe that every individual is exclusive in his own way just as a fingerprint is and women also must be given equal chance to prove their individuality. </span><span style="font-size: large;">The contribution of women can be seen enormously in all fields. Nowadays, women are becoming more and more inclined towards mechanization. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Current scenario has witnessed many welfare programs for women. Salesforce development is one of the platforms</span><span style="font-size: large;"> which has taken a great initiative for women empowerment by launching WIT groups globally.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">WIT is the acronym for “Women Integrated Technology”. The aphorism of WIT is “Cheers to feminism and the strength all women possess”. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">WIT will work seamlessly for a betterment of women, and to make them realize how valuable, powerful and commendable they are. The purpose of starting WIT group is to promote more and more females in this high-tech world by conducting stirring discussions with them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Yes, WIT is a female-centric group where they have the freedom to come up with their vision, issues, ambitions, and guidance they are viewing for in the technical world. I hope this initiative will influence more females to work distinctively.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have the standard </span><span style="font-size: large;">local group (User or Developer) in your city?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, we do have few groups around the city which comprise</span><span style="font-size: large;"> of both male and female. Executives from various spheres come up with their unique outlook. This group basically organizes technical sessions and hold discussions on the essence of Salesforce. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How long have been your group established?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It has been approximately 6 months since “Gurgaon WIT User Group” started. I have organized two kickoff events so far. The events were graced by the presence of more than 20 females and to my surprise, most of them had already made a mark in Salesforce. Conversations of the members were mainly concentrated on how revenue is earned from CRM, advanced outgrowth and how rapidly market is booming in Salesforce. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often your group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have proposed to organize an event quarterly. Women from all areas can hook-up the link with the group and can debate on the topics like high valued marketing companies, cloud computing, and other vital issues. This made the members more acquainted with the current trends in the market.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How big is your user group member, and members attend for the meetup in average?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The thought of WIT-a new beginning for females gave me the courage to take a step which will make a significant difference for the place of women in society. I knew I had to broaden my vision with more brilliant and innovative ideas and plans to gather members. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I started the group with the aim of involving as many females as possible. I managed to attract 50 girls and more than 20 members attended the events. As WIT excelled more and more women came in. I am delighted to reveal that at present my group constitutes 120 members and I hope to lay an everlasting impact with my modest initiative.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">What have you learned as a group leader?</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The thought of becoming a leader is a matter of great responsibility as you have to supervise all the tasks by yourself. Leading a Salesforce group demanded extensive knowledge about not only Salesforce but social media, web services, IT infrastructure and all the latest technologies. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I would like to convey my genuine and earnest acknowledgment to “SaaSnic Technologies” and its efficient executives for their commendable support and cooperation which assisted me to master in Salesforce. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">As a group leader, I learned the art of coordination and how to cope up with different people. I even expanded my knowledge regarding the recent developments prominent in the market.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being a group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Leadership requires many skills like good orientation, positive attitude, and commitment towards your work. Discovering your group’s vision is vital to prosper in your endeavors. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Being a group leader I got an opportunity to come in contact with some of the incredibly talented people not only in Salesforce but from other spheres as well. The group consisted of people from all age groups. Some were college students and were seeking for appropriate career choices. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">After attending the event they were swayed to choose Salesforce as a career. I always love to meet new folk and share my knowledge & experiences with them. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges become a group leader and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The biggest challenge which came during my journey of establishing WIT was to inculcate in myself the appropriate proficiency in Salesforce. Apart from this I also had to deal with time-management, prioritizing the events, thinking wisely and making correct decisions.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">To overcome this I had to increase my efficiency so that I could be an inspiration for the members of the group. After seeing the success of my group all these things seem trivial now.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you think the "uniqueness" of your Group compare to others?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to serve as a guiding light in the lives of those women who felt hesitant to face the world. Keeping this perception in mind I took a step forward to lay a foundation of WIT. The concept of bringing women at the front foot in the field of automation is unique in itself. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Salesforce has elaborated the group’s perspective to a next level. My main motive is to lend voice to all the females and encourage them to work productively which will enhance an individuals’ personality. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us tips that make your group success </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When we initiate a group then it is expected from the group leader to be patient as you need to deal with people with different psychologies. It is expected from a leader to be open-minded and listen to the audience as only then can the leader give his advice. It is the responsibility of a leader to be more flexible and committed and serve his role systematically. As of my group my association with Salesforce made it huge. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What would like to see your group in the future? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As the group is progressing with time my expectations are also growing. I have the perception of making WIT an epic in Salesforce through the participation of women. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">A number of female intellectuals are prompting to be associated with the group which is a great achievement for me. WIT acknowledges the unbeatable spirit of women.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>One last thing you would like to share with the community?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Women must be given equality in every sector. They must be stimulated to work by identifying their strengths be it in gathering knowledge in Salesforce, Information Technology, cloud-computing or any other field. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <iframe height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1mYJourCWm7MTqAuHF9HDLJ3rbIk" width="720"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048790813808244666.post-82251630265683969252017-07-14T05:56:00.000-07:002017-07-16T22:12:29.416-07:00Keiko Niimi 新美啓子 - Salesforce Tokyo W power group<span style="font-size: large;">This blog is part of a blog series to highlight Salesforce Community Champion, from user group leaders, developer group leaders, and members from around the world #Ohana</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I would like to introduce our next champion </span><span style="font-size: large;">from <i>the land of the rising sun</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"> - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/keiko.niimi.12">Keiko Niimi </a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/keiko.niimi.12">新美啓子</a></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">(that link is not Twitter, but it's Facebook, from my experience connect with Japanese friends, they are mostly on Facebook, and not really on Twitter).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Niimi-san is "Salesforce Tokyo W power group" leader - I would assume W power group in Japan is similar with WIT. S</span><span style="font-size: large;">he would like to share with us </span><span style="font-size: large;">Salesforce </span><span style="font-size: large;">Tokyo </span><span style="font-size: large;">W power group</span><span style="font-size: large;">. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>If you can't read Japanese, you know google is your friend :)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us something about yourself, which Salesforce group you lead?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">W power groupでリーダーをしています。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">17人の頼れるコアメンバーがいます。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How do you become Tokyo W power group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">W power group は、Salesforceユーザー会の女性メンバーで立ち上げたUGです。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">※Salesforce社は主体でなく、事務局としてご支援いただいています。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">私がリーダーとなったのは、W power group 発足会で立候補したからです。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">本当は、私よりもずっと優れた方がたくさんいらっしゃいました。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ただ、皆さんお忙しいので、リーダーの役割を担うことが難しかったのです。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">発足会で、皆さんの熱い想いを聞いて、「この人達と一緒にやっていきたい」と思い立候補しました。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">この発足会で、ご参加いただいた方がコアメンバーとして、現在も一緒に運営しています。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you share with us the journey and history of W power group </span><span style="font-size: large;">establishment?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">日本のUG全体のメンバの女性比率は2~3割(感覚値)で、圧倒的に男性の方が多いです。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">■2013年~2015年</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">W power groupを立ち上げた2013年は、安倍首相が総理大臣になり、</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">いわゆるアベノミクス「3本の矢」を掲げた年です。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">そして、3本の矢の一つである「成長戦略」の中で「女性の活躍」が挙げられています。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">日本では、男女雇用機会均等法が制定されてから長く経ちますが、仕事で女性にスポットが当たるのは、難しい状況でした。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">そこで、「Salesforceと女性の力で日本の変革を推進する会」というのをサブタイトルとして掲げ、「女性も働きやすい社会」になるためにどうすべきかの情報提供、情報交換の場として運営してきました。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">■2015年~2016年秋</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">W power groupの名前は徐々に浸透してきましたが、女性の参加者は毎回8割以上でした。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">女性も働きやすい環境を作っていくためには、女性だけでなく、男性の意見も必要です。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">そしてワーキングマザーだけでなく、経営層などいろんな視点での考え方が必要であることに気づきました。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">そこで「workstyle」に重きを置いた運営に変えて行くことにしました。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">■2016年冬~現在</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">「働き方改革」というワードがトレンドとなり、</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">W power groupの活動が、注目されるようになりました。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">みんなが無駄だと思っている日々の業務を改善するための、アイディアを出す場としています。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Are you the group founder, what made you accepting the role as the group leader? </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">私は、発足時からのメンバーなので、割愛します。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often your group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">今年は、4回開催予定です。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">時々、特別講師を招いた会やお食事会も開催しています。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How big is your user group member, and the average number of members attend for the meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">130人です。(フォロー数)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">先日開催された企画では、約50名のユーザーが参加して下さりました。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as a group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> 私は、UGleader になった事で、</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">本当に多くのことを学びました。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ユーザー会の運営、「働く」事の意味など、たくさんの尊敬できるUGメンバーから教えてもらいました。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being a group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">W power groupをきっかけに、とても尊敬できる素敵なメンバーと出会う事が出来ました。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges become a group leader and how do you overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">発足時と現在で、テーマが変わるように、その時代に合ったみんなが興味を持つテーマを考えて企画したいです。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ただ、根幹の「女性も働きやすい社会の実現」は残した上で、これからもやっていきます。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us something what unique about your group</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">機能にフォーカスするのではなく、その時の話題となっているトピックから、</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Salesforceをどう生かせるか、ディスカッションする点です。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">また、他のユーザー会よりも女性が多いです。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>One last thing you would like to share with the community</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">偶然にも、salesforce 社が掲げている「equality 」とW power groupの考え方が通じるところもあり、よりsalesforce のUGである事の意味がでてきたように思います。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">これからも、「女性も働きやすい社会の実現」を根底として、楽しみながらたくさんの企画を考えたいです。</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b><span style="color: #660000;">Simplysfdc comment</span></b>: thanks for sharing about W power group Niimi-san, thanks for your leadership and hospitality #Ohana</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Introducing <a href="https://twitter.com/amit_sfdc">Amit Chaudhary</a>, he is a regular blogger, active in Salesforce developer forum, and the leader for </span><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Farmington-Hills-Salesforce-Developer-Meetup/"><span style="font-size: large;">Salesforce </span><span style="font-size: large;">Farmington Hills - Michigan</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Developer Group leader</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Hello Amit, tell us something about yourself? Which Developer Group you lead, and how many co-leaders in your group? are you the group founder?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My name is <a href="https://developer.salesforce.com/forums/ForumsProfile?userId=005F00000055f6VIAQ&communityId=09aF00000004HMGIA2">Amit Chaudhary</a> and I </span><span style="font-size: large;">am working as Salesforce Developer in IBM. I am active on Developer Forum from a couple</span><span style="font-size: large;"> of years with more than</span><span style="font-size: large;"> 35K points, and I am a regular blogger at <a href="http://amitsalesforce.blogspot.com/">http://amitsalesforce.blogspot.com</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I have created a free product, "<a href="https://appexchange.salesforce.com/listingDetail?listingId=a0N3000000DXzlpEAD">Code Coverage Report</a>" which is available for free</span><span style="font-size: large;"> download at AppExchange.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Currently, I am running "<a href="https://www.meetup.com/Farmington-Hills-Salesforce-Developer-Meetup/">Farmington Hills Salesforce Developer group</a>" alone. I started this group with Brad but after our first meetup he moved to New York. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How do you become Developer Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have shifted from India to the US in July 2016. Then I found we have a new developer group here in Farmington Hills and they we were looking for there first Meetup. I joined the group as co-organizer and help them for first Meetup.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How long have been your Developer Group established?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We are going to complete 1 year in this August 2017.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often your group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Once in a month. We are also doing "Salesforce Apex Hours" online event where anyone can join us online.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How big is your user group member, and the number of members attend for the meetup in average?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Currently, we are more than 388 members. As we are also doing online event "Salesforce Apex Hours". In online event average, 100+ person is joining us from all over the world.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as a group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have learned how to plan and promote events and Lots of learning involved, organizing skills, managing skills or public speaking skills. And Most Important is giving back to the community</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being Developer Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Knowledge sharing, fun activities, and networking</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges become Developer Group leader and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As I told, I joined the group just after coming to the US. So I struggle a lot to find a place for meetup (new country, unknown place and without any vehicle). Initially, we did some meetup in Starbucks, I used to walk 3-4 miles to reach Starbucks.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you think the "uniqueness" about your Developer Group compare to others?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We are doing "Salesforce Apex Hours" online event, so anyone can join us online all over the world.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>One last thing you would like to share with the community</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love getting to talk to the #Ohana and help others, and I </span><span style="font-size: large;">will recommend everyone to join your local user group or developer group for Networking and Learning with Fun.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Networking: it's a great opportunity to meet other professionals in the same field and share ideas. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Learning: presentations are always informative.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Fun: enjoy the meetup fun activity as well :) </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Simplysfdc comment</span></b>: thanks for sharing Farmington Hills (Michigan) Salesforce Developer Group. I spot the photos taken from Starbucks, and love to see group meetup anywhere, that's #Ohana spirit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello ladies, tell me about yourself, which User Group you lead and any other Salesforce community groups in your city</span><span style="font-size: large;">?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/jeanvelonis">Jean Velonis</a></b>: Sr. Salesforce Admin, Phoenix Women In Technology.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/MistyRaeJones">Misty Jones</a></b>: Sr. Salesforce Admin, Phoenix Women In Technology.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">We have 5 awesome leaders in Phoenix:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Phoenix WIT - Jean & Misty.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Phoenix User Group - Gloria Gutierrez & <a href="https://twitter.com/marisahambleton">Marisa Hambleton</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Phoenix Developer Group - <a href="https://twitter.com/NortonMD">Mike Norton</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>When is your group established and when you become the group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Group has been around since 2006 for core user group, but WIT has been </span><span style="font-size: large;">around for the last 3 years. We love helping our fellow Salesforce </span><span style="font-size: large;">members. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Jean has been an admin since 2001 and Misty since 2011. We </span><span style="font-size: large;">encourage women in tech to step up and share HER story in the WIT </span><span style="font-size: large;">group. </span><span style="font-size: large;">This helps them practice for a larger audience and/or build </span><span style="font-size: large;">confidence.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often you plan for User Group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Phoenix Women In Tech meets once a month.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How long has been your User Group established?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The last 3 years.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">How many members </span><span style="font-size: large;">attend the meetup in average?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We get anywhere between 5 to 25 ladies.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as a User Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">All of our community members are so grateful to have a group that they </span><span style="font-size: large;">can come and share stories, bounce ideas and learn new skills. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">For </span><span style="font-size: large;">Misty, she initially joined because she felt more comfortable and that </span><span style="font-size: large;">it is a "safe place" in an industry traditionally dominated by men. </span><span style="font-size: large;">We've heard the same initial sentiments from other attendees.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being a group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We love giving back, sharing and learning about what others are doing </span><span style="font-size: large;">in life balance, career, and health. Teaching, helping, and inspiring </span><span style="font-size: large;">others, in turn teaches, helps, and inspires us!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges become User Group leader and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Finding a location that works for all our members. Phoenix is a wide </span><span style="font-size: large;">city. We see members from 50 miles. This is hard to meet in a </span><span style="font-size: large;">centralized location.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you think the "uniqueness" about your User Group compare to others?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Phoenix WIT User Group has a vast span of members. We have OGs to Newbies. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Admins, business users</span><span style="font-size: large;">, and developers. We encourage everyone to </span><span style="font-size: large;">participate and share HER story. You never know who else is having a </span><span style="font-size: large;">similar issue, solution or career opportunity.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us tips that make your group success</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Meeting regularly with a day</span><span style="font-size: large;"> of the month and location. We are lucky</span><span style="font-size: large;"> in </span><span style="font-size: large;">that University of Phoenix partners with us. They allow us to have a </span><span style="font-size: large;">permanent home on one of their campuses. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">We also evolve the community </span><span style="font-size: large;">members in share their stories and experience. We try to find a topic </span><span style="font-size: large;">like a movie showing for She Started It to bring in allies. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Relating </span><span style="font-size: large;">topics to discussions that have happened at meeting and bring in </span><span style="font-size: large;">experts to help facilitate specific skills.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What would like to see your group in the future?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We would love to see more executives join us! Admins, developers, and </span><span style="font-size: large;">business users are the core but having executive sponsorship from the </span><span style="font-size: large;">top down really gives Salesforce the sparkle it deserves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jean & Misty are "swagaholics". We love to collect, trade, and give </span><span style="font-size: large;">out swag! Both of our spouses desperately wish for us to declutter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">confidence. So, I believe both of you have submitted your presentation for DF17.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I had a chance to visit Phoenix, Arizona two years back, where my ex-company US regional office located in </span><span style="font-size: large;">Scottsdale, it's around Jun and it's so hot!!!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Introducing the next Salesforce champion from Bay Area, <b><a href="https://twitter.com/CynthiaSaalfeld">Cynthia Saalfeld</a></b> - <a href="http://events.salesforceusergroups.com/marincountycausergroup">Marin County Salesforce User Group</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/CynthiaSaalfeld">Cynthia Saalfeld</a>, Salesforce Administrator at my current job but a Salesforce Evangelist inside and outside of work. I’m the founder and co-leader of the <a href="http://events.salesforceusergroups.com/marincountycausergroup">Marin County Salesforce User Group</a> covering a region north of San Francisco and I’m also an active member of other Bay Area UGs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My previous co-leader, <a href="https://twitter.com/lcgladstone">Liz Gladstone</a> and I met virtually in the Success Community, as both of us are Marin </span><span style="font-size: large;">County</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">residents, we noticed the existing gap in our neighborhood between San Francisco and the Wine Country. We decided to do some research on the requirements of how to become a User Group leader and started hosting events. Two years went by, <a href="https://twitter.com/iangotts">Ian Gotts</a> has joined me in the leadership.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We’ve been meeting every other month, but working on expanding our frequency.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have a loyal core group of 15-25 attendees, over 100 members subscribed in all media combined. The attendance varies upon the topic and the day of the week. We avoid scheduling our events that would conflict with others in the Bay Area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’ve learned that it’s important to have a User Group to rely on and, somewhere you feel a sense of community that is there for you. It’s also a place where you can share your issues without being criticized because we’re constantly learning new features, new workarounds, something new almost every single day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love being there for the people. The guests choose to spend a couple hours of their lives with us in order to learn together, brainstorm as a group, debate as a community, network as friends and have fun along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time management: started using Trello as a guide for the planning, execution and post-event phases.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Venue: started hosting events not only at tech offices but also local business unrelated to the cloud computing. Our last meetup was taken place at a MINI dealership.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The proximity to San Francisco and Salesforce’s headquarter. This allows our User Group the ability to get a number of key Salesforce people as speakers and participants. Additionally, Marin County is known for wonderful outdoor activities that help draw attendees even from San Francisco to our meetups. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">- Relevant topics</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Good speakers</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Creative venues</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Wonderful food and wine</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A guest appearance from <a href="https://twitter.com/Benioff">Marc Benioff</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Never underestimate the power of the Salesforce Community!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From the biggest Salesforce User Group / Developer Group, I would like to introduce <b><a href="https://twitter.com/madankhichi">Madan Khichi</a> -</b> Salesforce Bengaluru Developer Group leaders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have associated with Salesforce 5 years back. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Currently, </span><span style="font-size: large;">I am a Sr. Salesforce Consultant and holding 4 certifications.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I am leading:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- <a href="https://www.meetup.com/SalesforceDeveloperGroupBengaluru-Meetup/">Bengaluru Salesforce Developer Group</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/goabhigo">Abhilash Kuntar</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- <a href="https://www.meetup.com/Bangalore-Student-Salesforce-Developer-Group/">Bangalore Student Salesforce Developer Group</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/iKishorebt">Kishore BT</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- </span><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Salesforce-Developer-Group-Chandigarh/"><span style="font-size: large;">Chandigarh</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Salesforce-Developer-Group-Chandigarh/">Salesforce Developer Group</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/JollyPaarth">Paarth Jolly</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/vipulgoel19">Vipul Goel</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- <a href="https://www.meetup.com/Coimbatore-Salesforce-Developer-Group/">Coimbatore Salesforce Developer Group</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/ramsujesh">Sujesh Ramachandran</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I am working very closely with</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Bengaluru Salesforce Developer Group. So, Today, I want to discuss </span><span style="font-size: large;">Bengaluru Group.</span><br />
<b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><br /></span></b> <b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Would you like to share the journey with Salesforce and User Group? and what made you would like to lead the group? </span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember the days when I was searching the job and one of my friends </span><span style="font-size: large;">told me about Salesforce</span><span style="font-size: large;"> meetups. First time I have attained meetup, was on October 21, 2012</span><span style="font-size: large;"> and from that</span><span style="font-size: large;">, I got depth knowledge of Salesforce</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One day I was discussing with my friend <a href="https://twitter.com/Anurag13">Anurag Malpani</a> to be a part of developer group, by looking my interest he made me the Co-Leader of Bengaluru group and I announced my first meetup on Oct 11, 2014.</span><br />
<b style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></b> <b style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></b><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often you plan for group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We planned to announce meetups in the interval of 2 months but looking at the interested of people till date we have announced 22 meetups in 34 months.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How long have been your group established?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Around 7 years (May 3, 2010).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How big is your user group member, meaning the number of members attend for the meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This is the “World Biggest Group” with 3318 members. Every meetup we are crossing the</span><span style="font-size: large;">150 attendees.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There are lot more things which I have learned while leading developer group such as:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Taking the responsibility</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Coordinating with the leaders and attendees</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Management skills and knowledge</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being a group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It’s lot more fun to share my experience and knowledge with others and get connected with new people.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges as a group leader and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Challenges:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As the meetups are very frequent, it’s hard to arrange speakers and relevant topics. The arrangement of place as sometimes the count of attendees are more than from expectation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have prepared a Google sheet, which is attached to our meetup page. Whom so ever is interested, can fill their information with the topic. </span><span style="font-size: large;">For high level meetups companies are coming to sponsor.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you think the "uniqueness" about your Developer Group compare to others?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We are in “India's silicon valley”, where we can get a diverse audience like dev’s, admin, consultant, and customers also.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are pushing Bengaluru Salesforce Ohana to came and present/share their knowledge.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What would like to see your groups in the future? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Planning for a big event where thousands of people can attend and take the knowledge from speaker’s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s a great platform where everyone can share their knowledge and ideas. Salesforce Ohana is always there to give hands for the growth and always appreciate the efforts which we are putting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Simplysfdc comment</span></b>: </span><span style="font-size: large;">I am very impressed with your dedication to the community. I</span><span style="font-size: large;">s being a Developer Group leader your hobby? All the best with Bengaluru Calling and hope it makes a great impact and benefits for the community!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From Bucharest, Romania, I would like to introduce <b><a href="https://twitter.com/ndyLengyel">Andy Lengyel</a> -</b> Bucharest Salesforce Developers Group leaders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Andy Lengyel: first of all, I want to introduce <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/emanuela-ariciu-44205016/">Ema Ariciu</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anca-gusetoiu-b85b5855/">Anca Gusetoiu</a></span><span style="font-size: large;">, my the co-leaders of <a href="https://www.meetup.com/Bucharest-Salesforce-Developer-Group/">Bucharest Salesforce Developers Group</a></span><span style="font-size: large;">. Both Ema and Anca prepared this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Anca Gusetoiu</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Q: Tell us about yourself, which Developer Group you lead, and how many co-leaders in your </span><span style="font-size: large;">Developers Group</span><span style="font-size: large;">?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A: My name is Ema Ariciu, Salesforce.com consultant and together with my friend and former colleague, Anca Gusetoiu, we are co-organizers of the Bucharest Salesforce Developers Group. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">However, this is an open group and each member contributes to its growth and development. We currently have a few senior members (among them, Andy Lengyel) who help us shape the following meetups, in order to increase collaboration and facilitate knowledge sharing. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The idea behind creating this group was a natural step for us, because of the need to have a community of Salesforce enthusiasts who can share knowledge and ideas in a friendly environment. Therefore, because this Salesforce community was not present in Bucharest in an organized way, we decided to build it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Q: How often you plan for group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A: We plan our meetups monthly.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Q: How long have been your group established?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A: We founded the Bucharest Salesforce Developers Group in October 2016, immediately after our return from Dreamforce. We met a lot of people there who were part of similar communities and we learned about this Salesforce program. We had our first meetup in November.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Q: How big is your user group member, and the average of attendee for the meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A: The meetup group holds 108 members. However, the attendance per meetup is at 15-20 people. Usually, there are about 5 people who attend all meetups, while the others “rotate”.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Q: What have you learned as group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A: They key takeaway of the first meet-up was that, as leaders of the group, we will have to be more than the people who started the “conversation”. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We will have to keep that “conversation” live, listen to the group’s interests and do our best to address them. It is challenging to get people to initiate a discussion, but once the right discussion starts, everyone is open to share their experience, ask questions and provide answers. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Finding the right speakers and the right topics is key to keep a group like this engaged.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Q: What do you love being Developer Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A: We want to facilitate people’s access to information, to knowledge, to other people with common interests and we love to see them responding to that. We are still small, but for sure this will grow, because the people who joined the group are people who want to make a difference and who are open to share and connect.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Q: What do the challenges become DG leader and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A: The greatest challenges we are facing, as organizers, is to find a diverse range of speakers to present during these meetups. We are yet at the beginning, so we are still trying to find the best format, so we can already see that things are progressing, but it is sometimes difficult to convince people (especially developers) to present. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">As I said, we can already see progress and more people open to sharing their personal experience, but there is still some work to do on this part.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">As a way to overcome this challenge, we are constantly communicating with the group (mostly using social media) so we can get their insights on what they would like to learn about in the following sessions, what they would like to focus on in the context of this community, and then find the right people to present on that topic. We found that in some cases people are afraid they are not experienced enough to share their knowledge, but when they learn the group’s requirements, they realize they can shed light on that subject.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Q: What do you think the "uniqueness" about your DG compare to others?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A: I don’t know if this qualifies as “uniqueness”, but for sure I would highlight the fact that we are a very young community (young in terms of Salesforce experience), with people who are enthusiastic about Salesforce.com and are all connected by the desire to grow (both from a personal perspective, and from a community perspective).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Q: Share us tips that make your DG success</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A: We keep the conversation always open - whatever topic, whatever the experience, anyone can share their input and will be listened to - and we shape the meetings based on the member's’ feedback. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Also, we try to keep the group engaged through communication via social media (LinkedIn and Facebook). After we noticed Meetup does not offer the right framework to reach the members at the right time, we added Facebook into the mix (based on one of the member’s suggestion), which allows us to communicate at the right time, to all people and ensure the message is received. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">It also helped us increase the contribution of the members, as they are all added as Group admins and can invite more and more people to join.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Q: What would like to see your group in the future? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A: First of all, we would like to see the group getting mature and expanding - to have the current members get more involved and to raise the awareness and attract new members. Moreover, we would like to diversify the information shared and increase the engagement. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Also, following a recent brainstorming session with some of the senior members of the group about how to attract also the younger generations (students in Romania are not familiar or exposed usually to Salesforce), we are thinking about reaching out to students that can become interested in developing Salesforce skills in the future.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Q: One last thing you would like to share with the community</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A: Some of us were working together before this community was created, some of us have never met each other before. This is why it is great that we have this opportunity to learn and grow together. It is a great feeling to meet people that you have a lot to learn from and it is also a great feeling to be able to give back. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">We could summarize our group with the famous Humphrey Bogart quote “this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Simplysfdc comment</span></b>: great story Andy, Ema and Anca. Indeed, I love the quote </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship</i>, that's #Ohana.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From Boston Massachusetts, introducing </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/agmatczynski">Amanda </a></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/agmatczynski">Matczynski</a> - </b>Boston User Group leader and #AwesomeAdmin Trailblazer.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Hi Amanda, tell us something about yourself, which User Group you lead, and how many co-leaders in your group?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I’ve been in the Salesforce ecosystem for 3 years now. And just took over as a co-leader of the Boston User Group last summer. I lead together with one other member of the community, <a href="https://twitter.com/davidpier">David Pier</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b><span style="color: #660000;">I see you have a gold trailblazer hoodie, do you want to share a bit about that?</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I was awarded the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23awesomeadmin&src=tyah">#AwesomeAdmin</a> Trailblazer award at Salesforce World Tour in Boston. It was an awesome experience, and I am loving <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23lifewithgoldie&src=tyah">#LifeWithGoldie</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How do you become User Group leader? are you the group founder? and what make you interested in accepting the role as user group leader? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am not the group founder. The Boston UG has been around for quite a while, and has had a significant presence in the UG community. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When approached to take over last year, I was excited to start planning events and engaging the Boston community. We have such a large community, and I was excited by the challenge to try and provide useful, engaging content to the community.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often your User Group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Quarterly</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How long have been your User Group established?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I’m not actually sure, but I know it’s been many years.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How big is your user group member, and the average number of members attend for the meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We have over 2,500 members in the community, but we usually have 75-100 attendees.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as a User Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am constantly learning from our community. The knowledge of our member is incredibly vast, and I love seeing new ideas presented at each meeting.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being a User Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have met so many incredible people through the User Group. I love getting to meet new folks and either sharing knowledge with them or getting them connected to the right person for the job!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges become User Group leader and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Finding space in Boston proper is generally our biggest issue. We’ve tried out a variety of spaces in the last few years, and want to continue to focus on meeting in the Boston area where folks have access to public transport if necessary.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b><span style="color: #660000;">Tell us what is unique about your User Group?</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We do have an awesome MVP group here in Boston! Some familiar faces there for sure. Even in a city where tech is pretty big, we still have a good variety of companies represented at the User Group which I think is exciting!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">What would like to see your User Group in the future? </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I’d love to be able to grow our attendance back up to what it used to be. We have an incredible group of folks who come regularly, and we frequently have some new faces. But I’d love to engage some others in the community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Imposter syndrome is a real thing. And man has I been there. But when others see potential in you, hold onto that insight and remember that you have worked hard for and deserve the recognition you’re receiving. Own it and remember that our Salesforce Ohana is incredibly supportive and encouraging! Embrace it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for sharing about Boston User Group, it is a famous city, also a big name for the universities!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri, I would like to introduce <b><a href="https://twitter.com/DZieg11">Dale Ziegler</a></b>, Salesforce MVP and <a href="https://success.salesforce.com/featuredGroupDetail?id=a1z30000006IDauAAG#a0L3000000Rq7LmEAJ">Salesforce Kansas City User Group</a> leader. Let's hear his story and transformation as user group leader.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello Dale, </span><span style="font-size: large;">tell us about yourself, which User Group you lead, and how many co-leaders in your group?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I've been in the Salesforce Community since January 2011, the first 6 years as a customer admin and now a consultant. I am the co-leader of the <a href="https://success.salesforce.com/featuredGroupDetail?id=a1z30000006IDauAAG#a0L3000000Rq7LmEAJ">Kansas City User Group</a> with Jason Kort.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How do you become User Group leader? and what make you interested in accepting the role as a group co-leader? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When I first started attending User Groups, I was completely lost and actually stopped attending.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My boss then told me I *HAD* to go, and even tied my attendance to my annual bonus! From that point on, I made a point to be as engaged as possible, and gave my first presentation to the group in July 2012.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">By 2014, I was a frequent contributor, and in Spring 2015, I decided to put my name in the hat to be co-leader of the group.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often your group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Post-Dreamforce 2016 has seen a fairly regular frequency of every 2 months!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How long have been your user group established?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I couldn't tell you when the KCUG started up, but it's been strong for at least 6.5 years (i.e. as long as I've known it's a thing!).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How many members attend for the meetup in average?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We'll usually draw anywhere from 50-70 attendees...free lunch at a free site in the middle of an uncongested metropolitan area helps with that :)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as a group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I've learned that everyone attends user group meetings for different reasons, so it's important to provide a variety of content that's still aimed at capturing the entire audience's attention.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being a user group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love knowing we've organized a local forum for everyone to come together with their questions and insights, and in a safe place where everyone can drop their company affiliations and just be Community members.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges become a User Group leader and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Honestly, the biggest challenge can be finding willing presenters :) I know, I have a solid core of veteran presenters, but we all love seeing people get up on stage for the first time and tell their story.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us what is unique about your User Group?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">From what I've gathered in talking with other UG leaders, we're very fortunate to have access to an amphitheater-style room at a customer location, which means facilities are free! This makes our group very competitive with sponsors, so it's definitely not a bad problem to have!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us tips that make your User Group success</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Commitment. To lead a solid and sustainable user group, you have to be committed to planning. But also make sure it's fun and light. No one wants to take time out of their day to be in another boring meeting. Do whatever you can to make your user group meetings a local destination!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What would like to see your User Group in the future? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I would love to see our group come together for some charitable work. Kansas City has several non-profits that love to host work groups, so I think that would be a prime opportunity to practice Salesforce's spirit of giving back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have the best BBQ in the world...if you want to come to KC to present at our user group, be prepared for some fine smoked delicacies!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Simplysfdc comment</b></span>: this is the first time I heard that boss pushing the employee to attend Salesforce User Group, and even tied it to the bonus, if only more and more companies do the same thing, that would be really cool!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">In this series, one the most famous person in Salesforce #Ohana "<a href="https://twitter.com/NotIsBlank">Notisblank Monica</a>" from Los Angeles, California would like to share Los Angeles Women in Tech User Group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Hello Monica, tell me about yourself, which User Group you lead, and how many co-leaders in your group?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Aloha #salesforce ohana! I am known in the community as <a href="https://twitter.com/NotIsBlank">Notisblank Monica</a></span><span style="font-size: large;">. The nickname comes from my love of Salesforce formulas inspired by Steve Mo and other formula gurus I learn from by reading their Answers Community posts. I learn something new every day and therefore consider myself to be a "community taught" button click developer. I co-lead the newly created </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://events.salesforceusergroups.com/losangelescawomenintech">Los Angeles Women in Tech UG</a></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">with <a href="https://twitter.com/nickkiforce">Nickki </a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/nickkiforce">Gibaut</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>I heard that your User Group just launch a few months ago, would you like to share the journey? and what made you would like to start the group? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Last June, I met <a href="https://twitter.com/lexpisani">Alex Pisani</a> (Community Program Coordinator) at the <a href="https://developer.salesforce.com/trailheadx">TrailheaDX</a> developer conference and mentioned in an offhand manner that I was a member of the Southern California Women in Tech user group but had never made it to one of the meetups. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The reason was that the locations and times did not work due to Los Angeles traffic. I could not afford to miss one-half day of work to travel to the meeting. Folks from other areas find it inconceivable but in Southern California, it can take an hour or more to travel just a couple of miles. And since the So Cal group stretched from Orange County to Ventura County with every city in between, planning, coordination and attendance were huge challenges for the So Cal leaders <a href="https://twitter.com/girlygeeksocial">Melinda Smith</a> and <a href="https://success.salesforce.com/_ui/core/userprofile/UserProfilePage?u=0053000000BeK0rAAF">Melonie Scott</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Then, in February Melonie and I were volunteer teaching assistants for a Girl Develop It course taught by <a href="https://twitter.com/gilliankbruce">Gillian Bruce</a>. During one of the Melonie asked for a volunteer to lead a new Los Angeles WIT group since Salesforce was splitting Southern California into two groups. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Yay! Now I had no more excuses for not getting involved in WIT. I had to help make it happen, so I submitted the User Group leader application and drafted Nickki to co-lead with me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often you plan for User Group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Since we are new and are building our membership base we are meeting every month to get acquainted and discover what times, locations, topics and event types work best.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How big is your user group member, how many members attend for the meetup in average?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We have 56 members as of today and are growing every week. It has been amazing so far. Our first two meetings have each had about 14 attendees and we were blessed to have Gillian Bruce attend for very first meetup April 11, 2017.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as a User Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Nickki and I are still finding our groove. The last meeting we had at a wine bar. Great idea we thought... until the acoustic musicians started playing so loudly we could no longer hear each other. Our meetup was in jeopardy until one of our members convinced the manager to give us a private dining room which was already taken by another party. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being a User Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We love spending time with our ohana. Every time is different and there is always something unexpected to learn and, advice and support to share.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges become a group leader and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I was very lucky because my #gifsquad friend, Melinda Smith, had already convinced Salesforce to create the Los Angeles WIT group. She was moving to Denver so they needed a leader for the new group. The application is very easy and the process takes a month or so.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you think the "uniqueness" about your UG compare to others?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I think every group has its own character and personality that comes from the members. Los Angeles is a mecca for dreamers who want to change the world and I see our members as powerful, creative, and generous. So far we have not had trouble keeping the conversations lively and I love the fact that everyone feels comfortable enough to express their opinions.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us tips that make your User Group success</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Promotion and growing membership is a challenge so do not be afraid to ask for help from any Salesforce ohana you meet.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I tagged Gillian Bruce on our meetup tweets and she came to our first event and has offered to come to other meetings on occasion. I just recently met Peter Coffee at the Force Academy LA and asked if he would speak at a meeting. He said 'yes" (schedule permitting of course). So don't be shy. Invite and they will come!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What would like to see your User Group in the future? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I would love for Los Angeles WIT group to become a mentoring resource for women who are interested or just starting out in a Salesforce career. It would be fantastic to see women helping women succeed in their careers with no strings attached.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>One last thing you would like to share with the community</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Don't be intimidated to think you need to be an MVP or have thousands of followers on Twitter to start a user group or a group on the Success Community. Don't be afraid. Other Ohana is eager to hear what you have to say. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Simplysfdc comment</span></b>: Thanks for sharing on Los Angeles Women in Tech User Group</span>,<span style="font-size: large;"> and great to see more and more user group sharing their experience. But, I love this quote </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Los Angeles is a mecca for dreamers who want to change the world!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From San Francisco Bay Area</span><span style="font-size: large;">, <b>Daniel Peter </b>-</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Salesforce MVP, and Bay Area Salesforce Developer Group leader would like to share with us how Salesforce Developer Group in Bay Area is doing!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Hi Dan, tell me about yourself, which Developer Group you lead, and are they any co-leaders in your group?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Name is <a href="https://twitter.com/danieljpeter">Daniel Peter</a>. I’m a Salesforce MVP with 22 Salesforce Certifications. I’m a Lead Applications Engineer at <a class="" href="http://www.kenandy.com/">Kenandy</a></span><span style="font-size: large;">. </span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Currently, I’m running </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><a href="https://www.meetup.com/ForceDotCom/">Bay Area Salesforce Developer Group</a></u></span> </span><span style="font-size: large;">group solo, with the help of amazing Salesforce people like <a href="https://twitter.com/thisisnotapril">April Nassi</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/LangstonJessica">Jessica Langston</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ReginaWalton">Regina Walton</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/mleggere">Mallory Leggere</a></span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How do you become Developer Group leader? would you share your journey when starting your the group?? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I started the North Bay DG in Sonoma County, CA in 2013 since I was living in Sebastopol at the time. This was a really cool group with some interesting industries (like the wine industry) that use Salesforce. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I passed the torch on this group to <a href="https://twitter.com/curiousjbird">Jason Curtis</a> when I moved closer to San Francisco in 2014. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 2015 the <a href="https://www.meetup.com/ForceDotCom/">Bay Area Salesforce Developer Group</a> in San Francisco was in need of a new leadership. <a href="https://twitter.com/dschach">David Schach</a> was running the group at the time, and he took a job at Salesforce, so he could no longer run the group. This has happened more than once with that group!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/shannonsans">Shannon Hale</a> and I both heard about the group needing new leadership, so we took it on as co-leaders. I really loved this group and would drive an hour to attend sometimes before I was living in the area, so I was excited to contribute to it. Eventually, Shannon had to step down as her company had her traveling out of the Bay Area quite a bit.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often your group meetup?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last Wednesday of each month.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How long have been your group established?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I believe this was the first DG ever established, and I think it predates the formal DG program as we know it now. It goes back to 2010 on meetup.com. The early meetups were held at the Salesforce office in San Mateo. This even meetup traveled around to other locations like New York and San Jose because it was the only meetup at the time. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">How big is your user group member, and how many members attended the meetup in average?</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There are 2,774 members of the group. A typical meetup will get 75-300 RSVPs and about 50% of the RSVPs actually show up. Since it is a free event, there is a high drop-off rate. Fortunately, we plan for this, so we typically end up with a full house.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">In a nutshell, we get about 100 showing up. Here is a graph our growth over time. The blue arrow is when Shannon and I rebooted the group:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as a group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I’ve learned that our group members are incredibly talented, and I love having them present topics. It always amazes me. I have learned how to plan and promote events. I have improved my public speaking skills. I have learned that there is tremendous value in getting developers together “just to hang out”. You never know what conversations will flow.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">What do you love being a group leader?</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love the networking it brings. I have met so many people leading the Bay Area Salesforce Developer Group. I love being able to create something that gives value to others. When they thank me for a successful meetup, it feels great to have been a part of it!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">What do the challenges become a group leader and how to overcome it?</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It is always a challenge coordinating everything. I’m a developer, not an event planner! Getting the speakers and the dates to line up, and having enough lead time to promote is always a challenge.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The best way to overcome this is to brainstorm with others for ideas well in advance and try to get a big roadmap built out, even if it is rough.</span><br />
<b style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><br /></b> <b style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><br /></b> <b style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Tell us what is unique about your group</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are located at Salesforce HQ! This means we have easy access to many Salesforce employees as guest speakers. This makes for great content. We are also the oldest, and one of the largest groups. However many other groups have grown to be our size now, so size is no longer that unique.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us tips that make your group success</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We follow a pretty regular formula, that seems to work great: </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">30 mins of networking, with food and drink, 15 mins announcements/news/jobs, 90 mins of content. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Networking and taper off at the end. And of course, some short breaks sprinkled in for grabbing a drink or hitting the restroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In addition, you need to strike a balance between surveying the group for topics, but also pushing them topics they might not have thought of. Some of the best topics are ones you didn’t realize you wanted to know until you heard about them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">What would like to see your group in the future? </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I think once a year or so it is nice to tackle a social issue or soft skills area instead of just talking code every time. Last month we had a Women in Tech meetup which brought a huge number of new women attendees into the group. Coding is important, but it’s not the only topic important to Salesforce Developers.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I’m looking forward to doing something like this in the future. Also, it would be super cool if we could have a meetup at the top of the Salesforce Tower on the Ohana floor in the future!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>One last thing you would like to share with the community</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Follow us on Twitter: @<a href="https://twitter.com/ForceDevMeetup">ForceDevMeetup</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Subscribe to our youtube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/BayAreaSalesforceDeveloperGroup">https://www.youtube.com/c/BayAreaSalesforceDeveloperGroup </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...and if you are ever in the San Francisco around month end, stop on by. You can even be a guest speaker!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Simplysfdc comment</span></b>: Thanks Daniel for sharing Bay Area Salesforce Developer Group, that's awesome to be in the same city with the HQ !!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/ericdresh">Eric Dreshfield</a></b> - a familiar name in the Salesforce Community, he is Salesforce MVP, Southern Indiana User Group leader, blogger - <a href="http://ericforcefield.wordpress.com/">the Kevin Bacon of the Salesforce Community</a>, and the founder and leader of the world biggest </span><span style="font-size: large;">Salesforce Community Conference - <a href="http://midwestdreamin.com/">Midwest Dreamin'</a>. He would like to share with us his journey on starting </span><span style="font-size: large;">Midwest Dreamin'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been a Salesforce user since late 2009. After spending a day or two on the road every month to attend user group meetings in cities like Chicago, Cincinnati and Indianapolis, I decided it was time to start a user group in Southern Indiana, with our first meeting taking place in May</span><span style="font-size: large;"> 2010. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">There were 5 people who attended the meeting in addition to me. We met monthly at first,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> and slowly saw the size of the group grow to about 15 people. I still lead the <b><a href="http://events.salesforceusergroups.com/southernindianainusergroup">Southern Indiana User Group</a></b> today, and at its peak, the average attendance is about 25 people, with one meeting playing host to over 35 attendees.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">You are also the leader and founder of <a href="http://midwestdreamin.com/">Midwest Dreamin'</a> Salesforce Community Conference, </span><span style="font-size: large;">what make you interested in starting this conference</span><span style="font-size: large;">? </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I was unable to attend Dreamforce in 2010. The company I was working for did not have the budget to send me,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> since it was the first Dreamforce event for anyone at the company, those in senior management and those in more the technical roles were given the opportunity to attend. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I watched what I could online during the event, which back then was very little - the keynotes were live streamed, and I followed on Twitter. After the event,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> I talked to some of my colleagues who did attend, as well as members of the Salesforce Community to learn more. Somewhat selfishly, I decided I wanted to bring a bit of Dreamforce to me, and in early 2011, the idea for Midwest Dreamin' was born.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often this conference? How was the journey when starting Midwest Dreamin'?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Midwest Dreamin' is an annual event. The first was in 2011, in Louisville, KY, and was attended by about 100 people. Midwest Dreamin' did not happen in 2012 or 2013 (for a number of reasons) but people kept talking about it, asking me when I would be holding it again.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">In late 2013, I decided it was time to really make it happen again. I reached out to members of the Salesforce Community who were either user group leaders or MVPs in the Midwestern US to see who else wanted to help organize this event, as well as to ask the Community two specific questions:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1 - "If a regional "super user group" event was to happen, and couldn't happen in your home city, where should it be held?", and</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2 - "Would you be likely to attend such an event?" Chicago was the overwhelming response to where the event should be held, and a nearly unbelievable number of people indicated they would attend.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">How big is the attendees?</b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Midwest Dreamin' saw 100 attendees at its first event in 2011</span>,<span style="font-size: large;"> and has grown to nearly 800 attendees in 2016, with an expected 850 to 900 for 2017.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as the leaders of Midwest Dreamin'?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Every year Midwest Dreamin' takes place is a learning experience. As the ecosystem grows and becomes more diverse, the event needs to provide content that attendees will find interesting and engaging...but it goes beyond simply having good breakout sessions, it also includes making sure keynote sessions and speakers are timely and relevant to community conversations. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">And since this is so much more than a user group meeting, we also need to consider how to improve the event year after year from not only the attendee perspective,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> but also the speakers AND the sponsoring partners.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">What do you love being </span><span style="font-size: large;">Midwest Dreamin' </span><span style="font-size: large;">leaders?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I think being a member of the Midwest Dreamin' core team helps me enjoy doing more of what I'm most passionate about within the Salesforce Community, and that's connect people to others who can help them solve a problem or gain more knowledge. I say it all the time, For me, one of the greatest strengths of the Salesforce Ecosystem is its people and the connections that are shared.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges become this leader for such this big event, and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It was a big personal risk to organize the first Midwest Dreamin' - I had to believe that I would be able to find sponsors to help cover the costs of the meeting, and I had to believe that other members of the Community would be willing to attend the event. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I took a chance, found a venue willing to work with me on an unproven, first-year</span><span style="font-size: large;"> event with no upfront money to hold the space. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tell us what is unique about </span><span style="font-size: large;">Midwest Dreamin'</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">While most people consider Midwest Dreamin' the event that started all the regional community-led events, it really wasn't the first one. </span><span style="font-size: large;">There had been an event called "Dreamforce To You" event in Florida for a year or two before, as well as "<a class="" href="http://snowforce.io/">Snowforce</a></span><span style="font-size: large;">" in Utah. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Both of these are what I would call the start of the regional, community-led events. I think Midwest Dreamin' simply got more attention from the Salesforce Community, as well as Salesforce (the company) for two reasons, it was held in Chicago (2014 to date) and the event got <a href="https://twitter.com/petercoffee">Peter Coffee</a> to provide a keynote address in 2014, and has been fortunate to have Peter return every year since.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us some tips that make your group and conference success.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The one key thing I can point to that makes Midwest Dreamin' a success year after year is the group of people helping me lead and organize the event. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">In 2011 it was small enough I could do everything myself. It's way too big now for that. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Over the years the following people have played key roles in making the event a success: <a href="https://twitter.com/DeniseCarbone4">Denise Carbone</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/aognenoff">Andy Ognenoff</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/carbonejim">Jim Carbone</a>, <a href="https://success.salesforce.com/_ui/core/userprofile/UserProfilePage?u=0053000000AL07QAAT&tab=sfdc.ProfilePlatformFeed">Jen Nelson</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/tcsfdc">Leyna</a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/tcsfdc"> Hoffer</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/DZieg11">Dale Ziegler</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/NickersUniverse">Nick Lindberg</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/thesafinhold">Samantha Safin</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/susanthayer">Susan Thayer</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/gnatrae">Natalie (Regier) Gunther</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Any undertaking that you want to succeed, needs to have a great team working to make that happen. Midwest Dreamin' has had a great team year after year. Additionally, the success of the event could not happen without the support of all the sponsoring companies who put faith in the event, that it would deliver value to their companies. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Another component of the event's success is the people who have presented at the event. Great content requires great speakers, and the Salesforce Community is absolutely full of those! Finally, no event could happen at all if it were not for the people who attend the event. All the planning in the world won't make an event a success if no one attends, so to all the great people who have attended Midwest Dreamin' since 2011, thank </span><span style="font-size: large;">you very much! </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">What would like to see your </span><span style="font-size: large;">Midwest Dreamin' </span><span style="font-size: large;">in the future? </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It's both exciting and terrifying to think that Midwest Dreamin' could cross the 1,000 mark on registrations this year. As the events grow</span><span style="font-size: large;"> year after year, it becomes more and more challenging to make the event a success, but I'm confident that with the great team of people on the Midwest Dreamin' team, the event will continue to thrive for many years, no matter how large it gets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you haven't already registered for Midwest Dreamin', what are you waiting for? Watch our website <a href="http://midwestdreamin.com/">http://midwestdreamin.com</a> and follow Midwest Dreamin' on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/MidWest_Dreamin">@Midwest_Dreamin</a> to stay up to date on the latest news about the event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, we have <b><a href="https://twitter.com/LaurenTouyet">Lauren Touyet</a></b> from Ireland, the leader of OhanaCoffee and co-leader of Ireland User Group, she would like to share with us how great is Ireland meetup.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Hello Lauren, tell us about yourself, which User Group you lead, and how many co-leaders in your User Group?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I started off with Salesforce back in 2011 and am now 2 times</span><span style="font-size: large;"> certified and I currently work for a partner DocuSign as a Senior Business Systems Analyst. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My hobbies are Salesforce! I found and lead <a href="https://twitter.com/SFOhanaCoffee">OhanaCoffee</a> a virtual meet up for the community</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"> I am a co-organiser of <a href="https://www.surfforce.co/">Surf Force</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">and a co-leader</span><span style="font-size: large;"> of the <a href="http://events.salesforceusergroups.com/irelandusergroup">Ireland User Group</a>, there are 2 leaders of our group <a href="https://twitter.com/BartleyDoyle">Bartley Doyle</a> and myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How do you become User Group leader? what does your journey become co-leader? and what make you interested in accepting the role as group co-leader? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I had been attending the user groups for nearly 2 years and had presented at 2 meet ups. Salesforce loved how passionate I was and how much I loved to talk about Salesforce that they asked me to be a leader! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I became a leader in Oct 2016 just 1 week before Dreamforce 2016, when I got to Dreamforce I went to the State of the Union and instantly started connecting to other leaders and getting ideas on how they ran their groups.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We meet once a quarter and meet for some ad hoc meetings like the Dreamforce Outpost, Lightning World Tour, our next ad hoc is Lightning in a Box on July 12th. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The group was founded in 2013 by Bartley Doyle my co-leader, but I didn’t find it until 2015 when I was looking to meet others who worked with Salesforce.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How big is your user group member, and the average number of members attended the meetup? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We have over 400 on the Communities Group however for the meet ups the numbers vary depending on the time of year we get a steady 30-40 people ranging from Admins to Devs, business users, and new customers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is no shortage of help and Ideas from the community and it is important to get feedback from the members and act on the feedback!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being User Group leaders?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love getting to talk to the #Ohana and help others – our user group meeting last night I did an unplanned presentation on Trailhead as we had 2 customers who were new to Salesforce and asking where can they get training. Being able to connect people to the wider #Ohana also makes me so happy! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I experienced impostor syndrome (<a href="http://www.mostlycloud.com/blog/how-trailhead-helped-me-tell-my-doubters-i-know-what-im-doing">http://www.mostlycloud.com/blog/how-trailhead-helped-me-tell-my-doubters-i-know-what-im-doing</a>) early in my career and didn’t have the support of the community as I didn’t know it was there, what really motivates me is making sure every salesforce user in Ireland has a place they can come and get advice.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges do you face a User Group leader and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Trying to get speakers and picking relevant topics for a wide section of people can be tough – if anyone reading this wants to talk at our next meet up just let me know!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us what is unique and special about Ireland User Group</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We don’t just talk about releases or new products we talk about actual problems we have faced and how we have solved them – you’d be surprised how many people say, “I had a similar issue and now I know how I can solve it”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think it is the same for all user groups! Swag! The Salesforce Community Loves Swag!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really would love to see more users attending and maybe some people from Salesforce America come over to Ireland and present to us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Community is amazing I have never seen a community so close even when not close geographically! I have met some of my best friends on the community and know everyone has my back – it’s a fantastic feeling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Simplysfdc Comment</span></b>: wow <a href="https://twitter.com/SFOhanaCoffee">OhanaCoffee</a>, <a href="https://www.surfforce.co/">Surf Force</a> - seems like you have all the cool stuff and fun of the community. But, only for people from Salesforce America? come on, we are <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ohana">#Ohana</a>, not just America, kidding ;)</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello Simon, t</span><span style="font-size: large;">ell us something about yourself, which User Group you lead, and how many co-leaders in your group?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have been involved with Salesforce for over 10 years both as a customer and more recently a partner. I co-lead the Sydney Salesforce User group along with 3 other co-leaders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 2015, I was asked to take part in a rebooting of the user group by Salesforce MVP <a href="https://twitter.com/peterjchalmers">Peter Chalmers</a>. As an active member of the community for many years, I was keen to give back. Very early in my Salesforce journey, I was lucky enough to spend time with fellow customers at several events (pre-dating the user group program we now know). </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The openness and willingness to help of attendees at these meetings really sold me on Salesforce as the place to be. I am really keen to bring that to everyone. We now have a word to put on it, our Ohana.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>I heard something about ‘<a href="http://www.downunderdreaming.com/">Down Under Dreaming</a>’ in Sydney, what is that and can you share with us?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We had been watching with interest as <a href="http://midwestdreamin.com/">Mid West Dreamin'</a> and the events that followed around the world like <a href="http://www.londonscalling.net/">London Calling</a> caught fire. We are really keen to bring a community led Salesforce event to Sydney. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We are excited to be hosting our event at Taronga Zoo overlooking iconic Sydney Harbour. We are putting together an amazing agenda and are thrilled that <a href="https://twitter.com/ericakuhl">Erica Kuhl</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/petercoffee">Peter Coffee</a> will be joining us. Early bird tickets are now on sale! <a href="http://www.downunderdreaming.com/">http://www.downunderdreaming.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the things we wanted to achieve when we rebooted the user group was regular meetings, so we have a meeting monthly. The roots of the user group go back many years but in it's current rebooted from </span><span style="font-size: large;">is around one year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Depending on the meeting we normally have 50-200 attendees. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The people, our Ohana are very special. Someone saying they found value in a session is all we need to hear to know it's worth it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finding suitable spaces for the size of our group can be very challenging. We just do our best to come up with different solutions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were very proud at our end of year celebrations last year that we were able to raise 10,000 AUD for charity. This was due to the generosity of our sponsors and members. To have over 400 people attending </span><span style="font-size: large;">was impressive in itself, but seeing the money raised was truly inspiring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As mentioned before meeting regularly, working to get engaging speakers and varied topics. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Not being afraid to ask for things! We are fortunate to have had some amazing speakers from Salesforce come to our user group because we asked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We would like to explore chapters that cover verticals in more details as part of the User Group. For example, Financial Services. Allowing those members to meet as well during the year to focus on their vertical while still being part of the main group. Also to look at Satellite groups in Greater Sydney.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please get involved with the community, I guarantee you will get out more than you put in! Be it online in the Success Community, on Twitter, at you local User Group meeting or by joining us in Sydney for Down Under Dreaming on Aug 29th! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Hi Martin, tell us about yourself, which User Group you lead, are you the founder of the group? and what made you start the group?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I started with Salesforce 5 years ago as a consultant and learned more and more. At the same time, I <a href="https://martinhumpolec.cz/">blogged</a> about my experiences and findings, <a href="https://twitter.com/mhumpolec">tweeted</a> links to interesting articles. I also became members of the Prague Salesforce User & Developer Group, but as Salesforce doesn't want to combine users and developers, I started the <a href="http://events.salesforceusergroups.com/pragueczechrepublicusergroup">Prague, Czech Republic User Group</a> and right now I'm trying to promote it to existing customers. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">I heard that your User Group just launch a few months ago, would you like to share the journey? </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Yeah, I've been accepted as UG leader in February 2017 and it took me a while to find the free time to organize our first meetup, which we held just in the middle of May 2017. We had 15 people signed up to learn more about Lightning and I was really surprised that ALL of them attended. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">It wasn't as hard as I expected, the hardest part was to find the right theme which might be interesting for a lot of people. And the second hard thing, in which I really haven't been successful, was reaching out to the customer. I emailed those I knew, I asked other Salesforce partner to promote it among their customers and also reached out to Salesforce's account exec for the Czech Republic. I hoped to be able to reach out to more people, but at the same time, 15 of them isn't really bad for such small market, which the Czech Republic is.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often you plan for the group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I hope we'll have at least four a year, as Salesforce requires. But I hope to have them every two months. It is all just matter of how many interesting ideas we'll come with and will find someone to talk about them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">How big is your user group member, meaning the number of members attend for the meetup?</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">At the moment only those 15 who attended the first meeting, but there is a <a href="https://success.salesforce.com/_ui/core/chatter/groups/GroupProfilePage?g=0F93A000000TrhG">Czech and Slovak user group</a> on the success community, where is more people, so I hope to convert more of them into our group and motivate them to attend our meetings.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as User Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">That it isn't as hard as one would expect to organize the meeting, at least at this size. And that it is a lot of fun to meet with other people and hear their stories, problems, and successes. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being a User Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It is great to be part of the Salesforce Ohana and the feeling, that you do something to promote this great platform. I also love answering peoples' questions and finding the answers. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges become User Group leader and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I think that for me the biggest challenge about being User Group leader is to stay ideally behind the scene. As I work for the Salesforce partner I don't want to be seen by other partners as someone, who do this to get their customer, I really want the user group to be a user group of all Prague users, no matter which partner works with them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you think the "uniqueness" about your User Group compare to others?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">How about 100% attendee on the 1st meetup?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us tips that make your User Group success</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Care about people, let them ask questions and find answers if needed and no-one else knew it. Start the conversation and involve all in it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Grow bigger, be known by every user in Prague and around, be respected and motivate its' users to share their knowledge with each other, not just listen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't be afraid to start User Group in your city and help spread the word about Salesforce. It is fun and it also helps you to learn more about this technology and meet great people. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Simplysfdc comment</span></b>: Congrats for the 1st successful meetup Martin, and the group photo looks really cool!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, I would like to introduce a leader from <i>the land of rising sun -</i> <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/yamada.shinya0917">Shinya Yamada</a> </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>山田真也</b></span><span style="font-size: large;">, leader of Salesforce Kansai Osaka User Group, he would like to share with us how awesome is the Japanese user group. <i>If you can't read </i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Japanese, google is your friend :)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Yamada-san, tell us about yourself, which Salesforce Group you lead, and how many co-leaders in your group?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">SFUG ルーキー会関西でリーダーをしてます。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>I heard something called "Umekita Force" related to your group, would you like to share more on it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Umekita Force は、関西のSalesforce 開発者が集まるコミュニティとなります。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">※Salesforceさんが主体ではなく、ユーザー主導で活動してます。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">活動内容は以下となります。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">関西において</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ビジネス抜きに</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">開発者がワイワイと気軽に集まり</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">コミュニケーションを楽しみつつ</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">お互いいい刺激を受けながら技術力アップをめざし</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Salesforceを愛でる</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">主にApexやVisualforceを利用されるDeveloper系の方が対象となります。(ポイント&クリックの宣言的開発を行うAdministrator系の方は若干外れるかもです) これからの方もエキスパートさんもお気軽にどうぞ。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">一緒に関西でもSalesforceを盛り上げていきましょ~</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/266521910164921/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/266521910164921/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://umekitaforce.connpass.com/"><span id="goog_2080329778"></span>https://umekitaforce.connpass.com/</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What made you interested in accepting the role as the group leader? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">日本のSFUGでもっとも古いグループとなります。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">私は6代目のリーダーで、推薦によってリーダーに選ばれました。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">近日7代目リーダーに引き継ぐ予定です。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often your group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3ヶ月に1回開催してます。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How long have been your group established?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2011年ごろから開催しており、4半期に1度の開催を目標としてます。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How big is your user group member, and in average how many members attend for the meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">メンバーは219人(2017年5月)で、参加者は40人前後となります。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">W</span><span style="font-size: large;">hat have you learned as group leader?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">システム管理者同士の悩みの共有、</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">懇親会まで参加していただくことで情報共有頻度がUG以外でも行われるようになりました。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">D&Dで簡単に機能追加ができるSFの手軽さを皆さんに伝えることができた。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">W</span><span style="font-size: large;">hat do you love being DG/UG leaders?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">関西でTOPクラスのSF愛</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">新しい人にも積極的に話をすることで周りを巻き込む</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges become a group leader and to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">SFのCSMメンバーと打ち合わせすることで、何に困ってる人が多いから解消するために、</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">どのような勉強会をするかを検討、開催すること。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us what is unique about your Kansai Osaka group</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">懇親会までが勉強会(お酒を飲んで仲良くなる)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">自社のSF環境を隠すのではなく、見せ合うことで他社、他業種を超えて、</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">いい部分は共有しあう。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">ギブアンドテイクの精神</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us tips that make your group success</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">懇親会までが勉強会、積極的に周りを巻き込む。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">聞いてるだけじゃなく、参加者も手を動かす、ディスカッションを行う。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What would like to see your DG/UG in the future? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ずっとリーダーはしないですが、どんどん世代交代をしていき、</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">10年、20年と見続けていたいと考えてます。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>One last thing you would like to share with the community</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">コミュニティのおかげで自分がここまで成長できたので、</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">この感動をもっとたくさんの人に広げていきたい。</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">また新しいグループも積極的に作っていきたいです。</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">#Ohana means - you know that you have friends at the other side of the world, all thanks to Salesforce for building this community, check out this <a href="https://twitter.com/simplysfdc/status/802638479221932032">tweet</a>! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This blog will share about Ahmedabad Salesforce Developer Group - <b><a href="https://twitter.com/rajivbhatt">Rajiv Bhatt</a></b>. Rajiv is Technical Architect at the world Leader in Quote-to-Cash - APTTUS.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us about yourself, which Salesforce Developer Group you lead, and how many co-leaders in your group?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am currently working as a Technical Architect at <a href="http://www.apttus.com/">APTTUS</a>, and I co-lead the <a href="https://www.meetup.com/Ahmedabad-Salesforce-Platform-Developer-User-Group">Ahmedabad Salesforce Developer Group</a> along with two other co-leaders - <a href="https://twitter.com/_GaurangB">Gaurang Bhatt</a> and Anil Yadav.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>But, I also heard that you also build Chrome extensions related to Salesforce, would you like to share a bit?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Record and Metadata Comparator</b>: This extension lets you compare Record data values and object metadata in Salesforce and compare the differences in just four clicks! Get it from here</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/record-and-metadata-compa/laghgcpekjofijkmojnhfeiplbffaljp?hl=en">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/record-and-metadata-compa/laghgcpekjofijkmojnhfeiplbffaljp?hl=en</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>SOQL Extractor</b>: Extract SOQL queries with their execution counts from Debug Logs of Salesforce. Helps you analyze the 'Too Many SOQLs' error. For installation instructions, users should check the instructions under "Support" tab. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Get it from here</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/soql-extractor-and-analyz/deihalhihjdilndoidoclmhmgllebkfj">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/soql-extractor-and-analyz/deihalhihjdilndoidoclmhmgllebkfj</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you share how do you become group co-leader? and </span><span style="font-size: large;">what make you interested in accepting the role as the group co-leader? </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Last year few college students reached out to me as they were curious to know more about Salesforce and they had no idea where to get started. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://trailhead.salesforce.com/">Trailhead</a> came to rescue but they had a lot of follow-up questions. Around the same time, </span><span style="font-size: large;">I came to know about <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SalesforceSaturday">#SalesforceSaturday</a> from <a href="https://twitter.com/atul31gupta">Atul Gupta</a></span>.<span style="font-size: large;"> It was just a perfect click. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">A lot of my peers and Salesforce devs from other organizations agreed to volunteer and we planned to meetup every Saturday and do trailhead modules together. We wanted to reach out to as many people as we could so we created a <a href="https://www.meetup.com/Ahmedabad-Student-Salesforce-Developer-Group">meetup</a> group and started sharing information on social media. These #SalesforceSaturday sessions were not just for students but for anyone who wanted to get started with their career on Salesforce or wanted to learn more about Salesforce. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Our first meetup was in April '16 and then we did around 10 #SalesforceSaturday sessions until August'16 to complete the Admin trail. The group went on to have 500+ members however the sessions came to a halt as colleges started again and the students could no longer make it coz of their exam and other busy schedules. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/SfdcKiran">Kiran</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/_GaurangB">Gaurang</a> for recognizing our community efforts around the same time and they appointed me as one of the co-organizers for Ahmedabad DG to take the community ahead. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately I was on back to back business trips after that so I could actually start contributing to community efforts only since Jan '17. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Btw, I am now looking forward to collaborating with student leaders from different colleges who can be the co-organizer of that group and make it an official "Student Salesforce Developer group". We can provide them the required guidance and mentor-ship and this way they also get to inculcate leadership and other skills during the course of their education. It would be a win-win for everyone!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often your group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We try to meet up once or twice in a quarter. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">When is the Ahmedabad Salesforce Developer Group </span><span style="font-size: large;">established?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> It was founded in September 2012 though I got involved and started contributing only since last 6 months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The user group is around 450 members of which at least 100 are active. We usually have around 30-50 people attending the meetups. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as group co-leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There is definitely lots of learning involved, be it organizing skills, managing skills or people skills. Through these meetups I learned that there is nothing more fulfilling then giving back to the community.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being group leaders?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The best part is getting to interact with everyone in the community and a platform to give back to the community. It offers excellent networking opportunity as group leaders are the hub connected to different spokes. We help people by connecting them with each other. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Like few months ago few students reached out to us when they needed guidance for their final year project. We called out for few volunteers who would be interested to help them. Initially few volunteers helped them and after they got busy I took up the challenge and guided them through the entire phase. It gives a tremendous sense of achievement when we heard back that because of this project and their hands-on experience they managed to crack an interview and got a job even before their results are out. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges become a group leader and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The biggest challenge is to get more active participation from the community to attend the meetups. We are trying our best to get good speakers with relevant content so that more people attend meetup and understand the value of attending these meetups. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">We have also planned to invite MVPs and other DUG leaders to our meetups so that they could share their experiences and motivate others. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us what is unique about your group</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We have a very diverse audience - admins (aspiring to be devs), devs, entrepreneurs having industry experience of 1-10+ yrs.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us tips that make your group success?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We give equal opportunity to everyone to present at the meetup. Many people want to present but have no idea about the topics and need some guidance to get started. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">With little push and guidance, we try to encourage new speakers to present at the meetup. This is an excellent platform to develop personal/professional skills and everyone should get to leverage and experience it. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What would like to see your group in the future?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, growth in terms of participation in meetup group. We would also like to see more people stepping up to present at the meetups. We have plans to kickoff new batches of #SalesforceSaturday, trailheadathon or if possible even a hackathon.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>One last thing you would like to share with the community</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Don't wait, just get started! Many people wait to take initiatives i.e. they want to do things only after they get officially appointed as DG leader or MVP. I would say if you really want to contribute back to the community then never wait for anything. Just start contributing in a way you want and things will fall in place. #SalesforceOhana is always there to support you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Simplysfdc comment</span></b>: that is awesome to see the students in Ahmedabad are so enthusiast in learning Salesforce and how awesome Trailhead for this. I see you guys doing a very good for the community with #SalesforceSaturday, thanks again for sharing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Good to see you in Apttus, it is a big name and great product in Salesforce ecosystem, and Apttus just sponsor our last Singapore meetup with a great speaker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/SimonDriscoll1">Simon Driscoll</a>, leader and founder of <a href="https://twitter.com/SFDCScotland">Salesforce Scotland User Group</a> would like to share with us on how awesome Scotland user group. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us something about yourself, which Salesforce User Group you lead? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Simon Driscoll, Salesforce user since 2009 within the Sales, Service & Communities Platforms. I’ve been the User Group Leader of the <a href="http://events.salesforceusergroups.com/scotlandusergroup">Scotland User Group</a> since 2013.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How do you become User Group leader? are you the group founder? what is your journey when starting your </b><b>User Group</b><b>? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I founded the group in 2013, based on feedback from other Salesforce users within the Scotland region. At the time, there were several user groups south of the border and mainly London based which some people struggled to attend due to travel costs, therefore the first user group in Scotland was formed. A couple of years down the line we now have 3 User Groups in Scotland; the main <a href="https://twitter.com/SFDCScotland">Scotland User Group</a>, <a href="http://events.salesforceusergroups.com/scotlandwomenintechusergroup">Scotland Women in Tech</a> and <a href="http://events.salesforceusergroups.com/Scotlandnonprofit">Scotland Non-Profit User Group</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often your User Group meetup? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Our user group meets 4 times per year; March, June, September and December, along with hosting social meetups at events such as the World Tours and Dreamforce. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How big is your user group member, and in average how many members attend for the meetup? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We currently have over 300 members within our Communities Group and have an average attendance of 50-60 people per meetup. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as User Group leader? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">That the Salesforce Community is awesome to be part of! I don’t think I fully appreciated the experience and knowledge you can gain from the Community before leading the Scotland User Group. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>What do you love being a </b></span><b style="color: #660000;">User Group </b><span style="color: #660000;"><b>leader? </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love creating an experience for our members to learn, share and network with other Salesforce users. We all have challenges in our day to day roles but don’t always have someone within own our businesses who do the same type of role so it’s great to have somewhere to bounce ideas off each other. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Any challenges to run User Group and how you overcome it as a leader? </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes getting customer speakers! For me this is the most important part, members are coming along because they want to hear how other customers have utilized all areas of Salesforce, what they should and shouldn’t do. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you think the uniqueness of Scotland User Group? the traditional costume ;) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Group has a very relaxed, open and honest feel about it. Whilst we’re very serious about the business end of things it’s also about creating a great social atmosphere and we love a good after-party! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">For the last couple of years, our Christmas Specials have not to be missed, every member gets a Christmas goodie bag along with us holding raffles for Helicopter Rides, iPads, Weekend Breaks, Paintballing and some other fantastic gifts. We’ve also now aligned our group to the <a href="http://events.salesforceusergroups.com/scotlandwomenintechusergroup">Scotland Women in Tech Group</a> led by <a href="https://twitter.com/JMLstirling1010">Jennifer Laing</a>, this session runs directly before the main User Group. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us some tips that make your User Group success</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The members firstly have helped drive the success of the group with their feedback on the types of topics, sessions, and speakers they want to hear about. Planning also helps, we schedule our user group meetups a year in advance and share the dates at the beginning of each year with our group making sure everyone then has it in their diary. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">What would like to see your User Group in the future?</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Our group continuing to be the success it has been over the last few years and continuing to grow. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>One last thing you would like to share with the community</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Scotland User Group is a group I am extremely proud to lead and have huge support from <a href="https://twitter.com/FranD55">Francesca Donaghy</a> who is one of the Salesforce Success Manager. You can follow us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SFDCScotland">@SFDCScotland </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Who doesn't know who is <b><a href="https://twitter.com/SalesforceAmy">Amy Oplinger</a></b>? The most awesome people in the Salesforce community, Queen of GIF <a href="https://twitter.com/GifSquad__c">#GIFSquad</a>! She also leads not one, but two Salesforce User Group in Cleveland Ohio.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello, I am Amy Oplinger, 3x certified Salesforce Consultant with Coastal Cloud, a Platinum Salesforce partner. I currently lead two user groups in Cleveland Ohio: <a href="https://success.salesforce.com/_ui/core/chatter/groups/GroupProfilePage?g=0F9300000009QEZ">The Women in Tech</a>, and <a href="https://success.salesforce.com/_ui/core/chatter/groups/GroupProfilePage?g=0F93A000000HTf7">Non-Profit User Group</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>You are the leader and also the founder for 2 user groups in Cleveland, what make you interested in starting those user group?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I became a user group leader after speaking with <a href="https://twitter.com/KristiForce">Kristi Guzman</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ToyaGatewood">Toya Gatewood</a> at Dreamforce '15. I was complaining there was no WiT group in my area, and both of them said the exact same thing: START ONE! So, returning from Dreamforce, I applied and was approved, with our first Cleveland WIT meeting in December 2015! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">As for the Non-Profit (NP) Group, I recently met with a Salesforce NP Account Executive who suggested the NP users in our area was underserved, and would I be interested in starting the group. I said I would be happy to, and our first meeting will be in June! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The user groups are a fantastic way to connect with local users and I love that I am able to facilitate that in some part. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Would you like to share what is </b></span><b style="color: #660000;">WIT</b><b style="color: #660000;">(</b><b style="color: #660000;">Women In Tech</b><b style="color: #660000;">) success community group, are all the members' women only? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Men are welcomed and encouraged to attend our WIT meetings! We appreciate their support and willingness to hear issues affecting WIT. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often your group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Last year, the WiT group met every other month, and we will continue that cadence this year. Depending on the input from the group, I foresee the NP group following a similar schedule. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>When is your User Group established?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Cleveland WIT was established December 2015.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Cleveland Non-Profit was established April 2017.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How big is your user group member, and in average how many members attend the meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For the WIT group, I have 86 members in the Success Community group and the core set of 10-15 members that attend every meeting. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as UG leaders?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As a UG Leader, I have learned that it is very important to listen to your members, and facilitate the group in a manner consistent with what they want, be it learning, hands-on demos, or just a nice dinner to catch up on everything!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being an UG leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love that it’s another way to connect with the Salesforce Ohana. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do the challenges become UG leader and would you like to share how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My biggest challenge is attendance. My goal is to really invigorate the local Salesforce community and ignite the same Ohana passion locally, face-to-face, as I see online. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What would like to see your DG/UG in the future? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I would love to see our WIT group grow our membership in NE Ohio. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyone that knows me for any period of time knows how much I love the community! I am happy that I am able to serve and give back via my User Group Leadership. I encourage everyone to get actively involved in user groups and if there isn’t one in your area, START ONE! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this blog, I would like to introduce another awesome leader from Nashville, Tennessee - <b><a href="https://twitter.com/DouglasCAyers">Douglas Ayers</a></b> is Salesforce </span><span style="font-size: large;">Nashville Developer Group co-leaders, and also Salesforce MVP. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Doug, tell us about yourself, which Developer Group you lead, and any other co-leaders in your group?</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Funny story, my first encounter with Salesforce was my first job out of college in 2007. Ironically, my first project was to migrate the company from Salesforce to an in-house CRM our team was building. Fast forward 5 years to 2012 and the IT regime had shifted and I then was leading the migration from in-house applications back to Force.com and “the cloud”. Since 2012, I’ve focused my career heavily on the capabilities and agility of the platform and have personally grown from being an Administrator to Developer to Architect and MVP.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I began leading the <a href="https://www.meetup.com/Nashville-Salesforce-Developer-User-Group/">Nashville Developer Group</a> in 2015. There are 2 co-leaders with me, <a href="https://success.salesforce.com/profile?u=0053000000AySGe">Mark Morrison</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ckelley7bd">Chris Kelley</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Sidetrack a bit, I heard that you recently develop open source projects related to Lightning, would you like to share what is that?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for thinking of my conversion project! Yes, to help customers migrate to Lightning Experience and adopt the new Files and Notes related lists I've developed two open-source projects aptly named "<a href="https://github.com/DouglasCAyers/sfdc-convert-attachments-to-chatter-files">Convert Attachments to Files</a>" and "<a href="https://github.com/DouglasCAyers/sfdc-convert-notes-to-chatter-notes">Convert Notes to Enhanced Notes</a>". </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I also provide managed packages for each project too for easier install, or developers can install the source code directly from GitHub if they wish to customize the conversion logic. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The projects have received <a href="https://success.salesforce.com/0D53A000033UAYK">high praise</a> from Salesforce Product Managers including <a href="https://twitter.com/ArBose">Arnab Bose</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/yenjuilhenryliu/">Henry Liu</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/cfaves">Cari Aves</a>; as well as other customers. I'm very honored that the projects are being talked about at the <a href="https://success.salesforce.com/0D53A000033UAYK">Lightning Now</a>! tours and <a href="https://success.salesforce.com/0D53A000036R72C">user groups</a> around the world.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How do you become Developer Group leader? What made you interested in accepting the role as Developer Group leader? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I had been attending the group since 2014 and at the time they were hosted quarterly by a local Salesforce partner, Virsys12. In 2015, I joined Virsys12 and, having really enjoyed the meetups and got a lot of value out of them, offered to take on responsibility for organizing the group and move to a monthly cadence. A year later I joined another Salesforce partner, GearsCRM, and continued to organize the monthly meetups as I do today.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often your group meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We meet every month and alternate between Admin-focused content one month then Developer-focused content next month.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How long have been your group established?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I think the group has been around about 4 years and I’ve been involved with it for the past 2 years.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How big is your user group member, and in average how many members attend for the meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We average 10-15 attendees each meetup but the group overall has about 30-40 active members.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as Developer Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As they say in Real Estate, “location, location, location!” Nashville and surrounding areas is a large city and drawing a large audience, in my experience, really depends on how conveniently located the venue is. To accommodate our members across the area we alternate each month meeting in a different location. I’ve also learned how valuable the Salesforce Community really is by networking and talking with the members, the business problems they’re solving, and the creative solutions they come up with. It is a vital support line for many of our Nashville admins and developers.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being a Developer Group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My two passions are teaching and Salesforce. The opportunity to lead the Nashville Developer Group brings those two passions together. I really enjoy helping people learn how to use the platform and grow their careers.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Any challenges become the group leader and how to overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As they say in Real Estate, “location, location, location!” Nashville and surrounding areas is a large city and so finding locations that are convenient for most of our members is difficult. Honestly, I think geographically the area is large enough that we need more groups.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us what is unique about your Developer Group</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We are relatively close to Atlanta, GA where a major Salesforce office is located so we’ve been fortunate to have hands-on workshops presented by Salesforce and partners.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I also think our camaraderie among the members is special too. People don’t just attend, listen, leave; no, they come to hang out with their friends who are also doing awesome things with Salesforce. New friendships are forged and they begin to meet for lunch or coffee between meetups to talk shop and grow. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us some tips that make your Developer Group success</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Be proactive and frequent about communicating with the group on upcoming meetups, special events, tips and tricks, and overall just trying to be a helpful resource. Understand the needs and interests of the members and cater to them with the types of presentations, workshops, and vendors that are brought in to speak. Encourage members to speak and share their story and successes.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What would like to see your group in the future? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I would like to see more groups form to help cover the whole greater Nashville area. We have lots of users, admins, and developers in the area but not all can be accommodated with a single monthly meetup that doesn’t cause some portion of the group to have to commute an hour or more.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>One last thing you would like to share with the community</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love the Salesforce Ohana! I’ve never come across a tech community so friendly and eager to help each other out, encourage each other, and want nothing but the best for the community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Personal notes: thanks for sharing and promoting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee">Nashville - </a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee">Tennessee</a></span>,<span style="font-size: large;"> a city that I believe not many people outside of the United States heard about; this is the magic of #Ohana</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;">This is the 4th blog from a blog series to highlight Salesforce Community Champion, from user group leaders, developer group leaders, and members from around the world.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I would like to introduce </span><span style="font-size: large;">Salesforce expert</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">from </span><span style="font-size: large;">#SwissForce Community, he has many certifications under his belt, he is also founder and leader of Salesforce Geneva Switzerland User Group - introducing </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/cyril_louis">Cyril Louis</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us something about yourself, which Salesforce User Group you lead, and any co-leaders in your User Group?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm working in the CRM industry since 2006 and fell in love with Salesforce on 2012 to never come back. I'm now <a href="http://certification.salesforce.com/verification?&fullname=Cyril%20Louis">8x certified</a> and have planned to update the certs, especially on the Marketing track and Architect track.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I am the co-founder and co-leader of the <a href="https://twitter.com/SwitzerlandUG">Geneva Switzerland User Group</a>. The 2 others co-leaders are <a href="https://twitter.com/melelbilali">Mehdi El Bilali</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/HichamTabbak">Hicham Tabbak</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">My 2 co-leaders have moved to Lyon, France, and as Geneva is less than 2 hours from Lyon, we still can manage our meetings with the three of us onboard! Actually, it was also the perfect opportunity to start a similar initiative in Lyon, that we have launched in December 2016 ;-)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I've also been involved in several Salesforce World Tours as speaker. And more recently, I have been kindly invited to be a speaker at the very first <a href="http://frenchtouchdreamin.com/">French Touch Dreamin</a> event, and I really enjoyed this Ohana feeling, "kind of Dreamforce spirit", run by the community for the community ;-) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I liked it so much that I should be more involved in the organization team for the next FrenchTouch Dreamin (chut...)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">During the FrenchTouch Dreamin, I had many talks with so many awesome people, but I will particularly underline one discussion with <a href="https://twitter.com/sergeyer">Sergey Erlikh</a> as he asked me why Geneva has no Nonprofit User Group yet... For the notice, Sergey is the Netherlands Nonprofit User Group co-leader and is the very first non-US-based Nonprofit Salesforce MVP. The discussion was so interesting, and we do have numerous of the non-governmental organization and small organizations that we can help here in Geneva, so we committed to starting the Geneva Nonprofit User Group with <a href="https://twitter.com/soniakarkare">Sonia Karkare</a>. And we are proud to confirm that the group has been officially launched in January 2017.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Understand you are the user group founder, what make you start the group? And how is the journey when starting the User Group?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When I moved to Switzerland, </span><span style="font-size: large;">I've been regularly involved in the <a href="https://www.meetup.com/Switzerland-Salesforce-Developer-Group/">Geneva Developer Group</a> lead by <a href="https://twitter.com/gthoppae">Gnanasekaran Thoppae aka </a><a href="https://twitter.com/gthoppae">Gnana</a>, and I really enjoyed to share knowledge, to help people, to meet other Salesforce fans. As this group was "developer oriented", I </span><span style="font-size: large;">thought</span><span style="font-size: large;"> it was an ideal timing to set up a User Group with more generic content and more "Admin oriented". </span><span style="font-size: large;">And this is how all of this started with my 2 co-leaders.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How often your group has meetup?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We try to meet every 2 to 3 months, and we at least do a meeting to focus on each release in order to highlight best new features.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For some meetings, we try to host special guests like Salesforce MVPs (and Johan, you are still more than welcome if you stop by Geneva).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How long have been your group established?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Geneva Switzerland User Group has just celebrated its first anniversary!! Woot woot!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>How big is your user group member, and how many members attend the meetup in average?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We have the community of nearly 200 members in the Geneva area, and we have between 20-30 people attend the meetup.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What have you learned as user group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The power of giving back! It is so pleasant to be able to help people: help with my experience, or just help by connecting people :-) We have a community of awesome people and they are all ready to share tips and tricks! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What do you love being a user group leader?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The best part is to be so close to the Ohana! As a leader, you have this particular position to animate the local community, to build your local Ohana. And as User Group Leader, you are also part of a bigger Community of all User Group Leaders on which you can rely on if you have questions on how to animate your group, to find topics, to promote your group, etc.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Any challenges when you start the user group and how you overcome it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The biggest challenge was to start from scratch... Build the group, promote the group, animate the community, involve people, engage with members, select interesting topics, find speakers... it's a lot of work :-) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We deal with all challenges thanks to a mindset: Start Small and Keep it simple! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"Rome wasn't built in one day" ;-)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Tell us what is unique about your user group?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The view!! A meeting between the Lake and the Mont-Blanc is something you should see ;-)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The diversity of our audience is also what make us unique: from newbies to Salesforce superstars, from Admins to Developers, IT-side & Business-side people, operations, and C-Level...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>Share us any tips that make your user group success</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Keep the community engaged: ask members to be a speaker, as the biggest value is Knowledge Sharing! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Don't let people think they only come to a User Group to learn from you; they do have something to share too ;-)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>What would like to see your user group in the future? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I would love to see the Geneva Community keep growing... and I would like to see more User Groups in Switzerland!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For now, Geneva leads the country with User Group, Nonprofit User Group, Women in Tech and Developer User Group... </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This is what I call the #SwissForce Community ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would like to name all the leaders and co-leaders of the #SwissForce Community:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- User Group: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/cyril_louis">Cyril</a>, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/HichamTabbak">Hicham</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/melelbilali">Mehdi</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Nonprofit User Group: <a href="https://twitter.com/soniakarkare">Sonia</a>, Dalvinder Chandok Singh aka DC, and <a href="https://twitter.com/SamyBoumala">Samy Boumala</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Women in Tech: <a href="https://twitter.com/pelicanlaurich">Laura Diaz</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Developer Group: <a class="" href="https://twitter.com/gthoppae">Gnana</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><b>One last thing you would like to share with the community</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">DO JOIN A USER GROUP ;-) If you are not yet in a local user group, go and join a group nearby.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If there is no user group, create a new one! You don't know it, but you already have tons of friends in the Community to support you in this initiative.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The last thing, if you see me in a Salesforce event, feel free to ask for chocolate! I always have some real swiss chocolate to share with the Community ;-)</span><br />
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the leaders - in the order left to right: Hicham, Mehdi and Cyril</div>
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#SwissForce leaders having a drink (WiT, DG, UG)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunset over the Lake on mountains with Mont-Blanc (pink at sunset) and the famous Jet d'Eau :-p </div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Simplysfdc</b> <b>comment</b></span>: I just feel that Ohana is all over Geneva Switzerland User Group, and yes it's my debt for a trip to present between the Lake and the Mont-Blanc, hopefully, can make it this year. Just a simple input if you haven't done so, in Singapore User Group, we create a full year calendar for meetup, so we can plan properly plan in advance to avoid holiday break, dreamforce, F1 race, etc., it also help us to promote the event, and get speakers or sponsor with a fixed date.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Personal notes: </span><span style="font-size: large;">#SwissForce is awesome and what kind of the most famous chocolate in Swiss, but don't tell me it is a </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Toblerone</i>!</span><br />
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