Finding Your Salesforce Journey Path.pptx

Get some tangible resources to help you find your own Salesforce Journey Path. Whether you are looking for resources to help you get certified, find ways to get some initial experience or looking to network with others in the community, this presentation will let you know about lots of great resources available to help you in your journey.

1. Finding Your Salesforce Journey Path Dauda Emmanuel Data Analyst

2. Agenda Get Certified Networking Gain Experience NOTE: This presentation includes lots of links to resources. We will share this deck after today’s session.

3. Why I decided to focus on this topic

4. Start on Trailhead Focus on Admin Training My Trailhead Trailmix: Learn the Basics of Salesforce Focus on Projects and Superbadges Get to Ranger status (and brag about it on social media…I’ll talk about this later) Complete Modules, Projects, Superbadges and Trails specific to Admin Certification Build Your Admin Career on Salesforce Administrator Certification Attend a Salesforce Certification Days Webinar (at end you receive a discount code on exam) Salesforce Ben: Salesforce Certification Days: Free Preparation Webinars with Trailhead

5. Join Success Community Chatter Groups And don’t just join them and get a weekly digest on Saturday Nights--- BE ACTIVE IN THEM!!! These are just a few, but search in the community and find others that will help you on your journey. Trailhead Academy Certification Days ADM201 Study Group Update the Email Frequency to either Every Post or Daily Digest for now, you can always change it later Also, post in your local Success Community Group about any potential local study groups (more on this later)

6. Cert Prep Resources For when you are ready to schedule and take the exam! Almost everyone that posts about passing an Exam thanks one or both of these resources Focus on Force Great for Practice Exams Mike Wheeler Media Flashcard Apps – these are great for the types of questions asked, but be careful about accuracy Quizlet Cram

7. Always recommend starting with the Admin Certification This is the foundation for all other certifications, including Developer Certs Find your passion and work towards it! In these current times it is impossible for a person to know everything about Salesforce. Focus on a particular area of interest to advance your learnings and career Resources to help you find that passion Salesforce Career Path Different Salesforce Roles and related Certifications Choose Your Role Don’t forget to consider Tableau or MuleSoft as options They are both part of the #SalesforceOhana Recommended Order of Certifications

8. NETWORKING!!

9. Join Local Groups! Possible Local Groups: Admin / User Developer Nonprofit Higher Education Marketer (Pardot or Marketing Cloud) Women in Tech Salesforce Saturday

10. Types of Groups in the Community Success Community Chatter Groups Join this group to stay up to date on communications among the group members between events Success Community is actually old terminology, but I still use it to help people understand the difference in the groups. Trailblazer Community Event Groups Find out about all the events happening in and around your area Salesforce Saturday events are not found here, they are normally found on Eventbrite of Meetup Twitter Groups Not all groups have one, but they help provide a more common means of communication to members Tableau User Groups MuleSoft Meetup Groups

11. Types of Meetings Virtual events for now In-Person (once locally safe to do so) Learning events – at local customer/partner site Networking events – At local pub, bar or restaurant Global Gatherings Volunteer events Virtual or in-person watch parties

12. Join and Get Active! Post, Tweet, and Share with #TrailblazerCommunity #SalesforceOhana Social Media TWITTER! TWITTER! TWITTER!....Did I say TWITTER! Twitter is where the Trailblazer Community Lives and Breaths The is an abundance of resources shared and connections made Here are a few recommended Twitter accounts I recommend to follow: @lexpisani - Alex Pisani - Sr. Community Manager, Salesforce @tiffeoda - Tiffany Oda - Sr. Program Manager, Salesforce Trailblazer Community @MikeGerholdt - Sr. Director of Salesforce Admin Evangelism, Salesforce @salesforce @Dreamforce - Dreamforce & Salesforce Events @salesforcejobs - Salesforce Careers @trailhead @partnerforce - Salesforce Partners @davidgiller - David Giller | Salesforce Geek @dreamin_florida Florida Dreamin’ Conference Salesforce Ben: Salesforce Ohana Twitter Starter Pack What and Who to Follow LinkedIn Update all info on your Profile I include Superbadges and Trailhead Rank, as well as Certifications Like and Share Posts

13. Community Conferences & Salesforce Events Attend Community Conferences These are great resources to learn and network True North Dreamin’ Florida Dreamin’ Nonprofit Dreamin’ WITness Success Here is a current schedule of Community Conferences Attend Salesforce Events Dreamforce TrailheaDX (coming up on June 23 rd ) Connections (coming up on June 2 nd ) World Tour Events Campfire Events Salesforce Ben: 2019 Salesforce Events – USA & Canada (for pre-pandemic reference)

14. Great Articles To help understand the value of the Trailblazer Community The Stats Are In! Pave Your Path to Success with the Trailblazer Community Salesforce Ben: The Power of the Salesforce Trailblazer Community

15. GAIN EXPERIENCE!!

16. NETWORKING!! SEE AGENDA ITEM 2

17. Salesforce Provided / Coordinated Resources Trailblazer Connect Find career fairs and other career related events and webinars Join the Salesforce Trailblazer Mentorship Program Salesforce Talent Alliance Included Salesforce Partners committed to hiring individuals new to the ecosystem Provide a lot of great resources for job seekers Some of the companies/organizations involved: Trailblazer Military Merivis PepUp Tech HBCUforce SuperMums Salesforce Essential Advisors Salesforce Essential Advisors Program Become an Approved Salesforce Essentials Advisor

18. Recommended Support Organizations / Groups Salesforce-Focused Support Organizations Hiring our Heroes Ladies Be Architects LinkedIn Support Groups Salesforce Talent Alliance Salesforce Volunteers and Mentors Third-Party Services (not Salesforce-focused) Catchafire Taproot Foundation

19. Additional Resources One more from Salesforce Ben: Advice From the Experts: Salesforce Best Practices From Influencers and MVPs The Salesforce Career Playbook Published by Martin Gessner (founder of Focus On Force) Includes a lot of great resources and real-life examples Because I just don’t think I have provided enough 

20. Additional Resources One more from Salesforce Ben: Advice From the Experts: Salesforce Best Practices From Influencers and MVPs The Salesforce Career Playbook Published by Martin Gessner (founder of Focus On Force) Includes a lot of great resources and real-life examples Check out pages 328-331 to find out a Day in My Life! Because I just don’t think I have provided enough 

21. One Final Resource YOU!! Learn on Trailhead Get Certified Post in your local groups Get out there on social media Join Trailblazer Community Events Network with like-mind people OWN YOUR FUTURE!!

22. Q&A