Remember the last scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark? The one where Army Intelligence agents wheel away the Ark into a giant government warehouse among a countless number of crates? As a Dreamforce attendee, you might feel the same way when searching for your sessions — but don't despair! There are ways to find your Ark out of those thousands of crates.
Remember that Agenda Builder is your best friend, and use it to sort by day, time, location, theme, product and industry (just to name a few). And don't forget to use the keyword search if you are looking for a specific session. And, because we have such a great variety of sessions at Dreamforce, you might not have looked for sessions outside of your industry or job focus — so here are just a few of our Hidden Gems that you may have missed.
1. The Science of Weird: Why Weirdos Outperform Normals
As kids, we're taught to be normal. To just fit in. Pay attention in school and don't draw too much attention. And then we enter the real world and learn that normal is boring. Boring people are forgettable. In order to succeed as a person — and business or brand — you can't be normal. You need to stand out. You need to be different.
Join us to hear Salesforce executive and Buddy Media founder Michael Lazerow share his journey as he makes an argument for why we should strive not to fit in, but to stick out. Join Mike as he celebrates all that is weird and outlines a five-step process to embrace weird to reach new personal and professional heights.
2. Salesforce Wear Keynote: The Dawn of Wearables in Business
From smart watches to head-mounted displays, this is the year of wearable technology. Perpetually connected wearables will enable workers, partners, and customers to experience new levels of immediacy, simplicity, and context in their mobile computing experiences. Join us to learn how Salesforce Wear — the industry's first initiative for wearable computing in the enterprise — is enabling you to use wearables to connect with customers in new ways.
3. Video Games and Neuroscience: A Vision of the Future of Medicine and Education
A fundamental challenge of modern society is the development of effective approaches to enhance brain function and cognition in both healthy and impaired individuals. Join us as innovative neurologist Adam Gazzaley describes an approach developed in his lab that uses custom-designed video games to achieve meaningful and sustainable cognitive enhancement. He will share with you a vision of the future in which video games are used as an underlying engine to enhance our brain’s information processing systems, thus reducing our reliance on non-specific drugs to treat neurological and psychiatric conditions, as well as better target our educational efforts.
4. Reimagine Customer Engagement with the Community Cloud
Top models hit the runway and connect to the
recently announced Salesforce Community Cloud with a mind-blowing technology never seen before. It's about experiencing the whole brand, and Community Cloud has it! Come see our all-star panel: Google, PopSugar, UN Ambassador of Style, PowerReviews-BizarreVoice and The Head of the Fashion Incubator in San Francisco show us how real-time ratings and reviews in Community Cloud turn moments of influence into moments of purchase. We will begin with a quick fashion show to demonstrate the future of brand experience. Be the brand!
5. The 40-Year Old Intern: How a Woman Went from out of Commission to Fortune 500
What does life look like when you're at a turning point in your Salesforce career? How do you find people to open doors for you when you're new in town and undergoing life changes? One woman did just that — a random email introduction, a big dose of courage, and the bravery to ask for help over coffee unfurled a new career path that took her from a Salesforce Admin in a 30-person org to a respected consultant for Fortune 500 companies. Do you have the hidden skills to do the same? Julie's story is an inspiration for any Admin who's ever wondered what else is out there and how the heck they can find it.
These are just five out of thousands of hidden gems you'll find at Dreamforce. If you are already registered, see if you can find a few hidden gems of your own. And if you haven't yet registered, what are you waiting for? I guarantee there are hidden gems waiting just for you.
