For March, the Lehigh Valley Salesforce Developers User Group faces off 16 Salesforce features in a winner take all, single elimination tournament. For the Championship Game, Trailhead took on Salesforce Connect and emerged victorious.

1. Trailhead – the fun way to learn Salesforce
March SaaSness
Championship Game
Carl Brundage

2. About Me
• Director, Product & Solution Architect
– Fortimize (Salesforce SI/ISV Partner)
– Financial Services/Real Estate focus
• 11x Salesforce Certified
• MBA/Computer Engineering
– Lehigh University
• PMP Certified
• Rowed over 3.6 million
meters
Carl Brundage
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3. • Round 1: Trailhead over Developer Forums
• Round 2: Trailhead over Developer Console
• Final Four: Trailhead over REST API
• Championship: Trailhead vs. Salesforce Connect
SaaSy Bracket Champion
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4. What Is Trailhead
• A fun, guided, interactive to learn Salesforce
• Did I mention it was Free!
• Follow paths for Admins, Developers, Users and
Manager
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5. How Does It Work
• Start on a Trail, which a collection of Modules
• See an estimate of the completion time and
progress so far
Trails
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6. How Does It Work
• Each Module is focused on a particular topic
Modules
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7. How Does It Work
• Within a Module complete Units to earn Points
and Badges
Units
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8. Units
• Learning Objectives
• Instructions
• Videos
• Charts/Figures
• Examples
• Related Resources
• Challenges
– Questions
– Hands-On Exercises
Badges and Points
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9. Exercises
• Connect to a dev org to complete
– Does not have to be the same account as your login
– Can be different orgs for different challenges
– Some modules require special orgs
• Check your
work & verify
the results
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10. Trailhead’s History
• Launched at Dreamforce 2014
– Initial Developer/Technical Focus
• Expanded content, trails and modules over the
next year
• Expanded presence at Dreamforce 2015
– Admins, Users, Lightning
• Continued 2016 expansion to non-technical
topics
– Management, Coaching, Equality, Salesforce way
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11. Who Is Trailhead For
• Developers - Apex/Visualforce, Lightning, mobile
and more
• Admins – customization, data modeling, SF1
• Managers – coaching, management, equality
• Analytics – reports/dashboard, Wave
• ISVs – specific modules for getting started
• Users – CRM, Salesforce basics, Lightning
• Non-Profits – fundraising, NPSP
• And More ---- Everyone!
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12. How To AccessTrailhead
• http://trailhead.salesforce.com
• Login with an account to track progress
– Use a personal developer account for portability
– Or use a business account to track to a company
• Find of trail of interest and jump in
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13. Trailhead Highlight Reel
• Lightning Series – great for deployment planning
(Dev, New Admin, Migrating Admin)
• Mobile – iOS, Android and Hybrid
(Mobile SDK, Salesforce1)
• .Net Transition – devs coming from Microsoft
(Also Exchange Email Integration)
• Spring 16 – release training
• Wave – all about analytics
My Favorite Modules
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14. Show Your Trailhead Pride
• Share on LinkedIn
• Show Badges in Success Community Profile
– (Certifications too)
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15. Why Trailhead Should Win
• Trailhead is continually evolving
• New trails, modules and content regularly
released
– Currently have 83 badges and I’m 7 behind
• For Everyone - Admins, Developers & Users
• All Levels – Beginners, Intermediate & Advanced
• You can even learn about Salesforce Connect
• It’s FREE!!
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16. Additional Resources
• http://blog.canntechnology.com
– Frequent reviews of Trailhead modules (plus
additional topics)
• http://peterknolle.com/
– Reviews Trailhead modules (plus lots of great
Lightning topics)
• Trailhead Group – Salesforce Success
Community
– Communicate with peers around Trailhead
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17. Q&A
Thanks for your participation
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