Cornell Redefines the 
Student Experience Using 
Communities 
Oct 23, 2014
Featured Presenters 
Rebecca Joffrey 
Director, Interactive Services 
Cornell University 
Sandra Sanvido 
Sr. Director, HE Marketing 
Salesforce Foundation
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#1 in Enterprise Cloud Computing 
& CRM 
Enterprise Cloud 
Computing 
Market Share 
#1 
World’s Most 
Innovative Company 
2011, 2012, 2013, 
2014 
#1 
#1 
Market Leader: 
Enterprise, MidMarket, 
SMB & Sales Force 
Automation
1-1-1 Model adopted by: 
sharethemodel.org 
Celebrating 15 Years of Giving Back 
680K+ $68M+ 23K+ 
Service Hours Grants Higher Ed & 
Nonprofits 
1%T ime 1% Equity 1% 
Product
Become a Connected Campus: Put Your Students at the Center 
360° student view 
Marketing 
Communications 
Student Success 
Recruitment 
Advancement 
Community 
Engagement
Higher Education Involves a Complex Ecosystem 
Faculty 
Administrators 
Students 
Staff 
Donors 
Prospect 
Alumni 
Parents 
Corporations
Today’s Approaches Have Limited Appeal 
Legacy Customer Portals 
One-to-one 
Transactional data 
disconnected from social 
Social Point Solutions 
Many-to-many 
-OR-Social 
disconnected from transactional data
Communities Extend the Value of Portals 
Current Portals 
Social 
Intelligence 
Branding & 
Customization 
Social 
Collaboration 
Business 
Process 
Integration 
Mobile 
Access 
Security & 
Reliability
A Single Platform for Every Kind of Engagement 
SOCIAL MOBILE BRANDED BUSINESS 
INTEGRATED 
RELIABLE 
Site.com 
Visualforce 
Themes 
COMMUNITIES 
Optimized Pages 
Hybrid App 
Mobile SDK 
Q&A 
Chatter 
Ideas 
CRM Data 
Operational Data 
Engagement 
Secure 
Scalable 
Unified Platform
for Applicants for Students for Alumni for Staff & Faculty 
Marketing & 
Communications 
Online Application 
Application Task 
Management 
One Stop Shop 
Coursework 
Collaboration 
Career Services 
Event Marketing 
Online Donations 
Networking 
Social Intranet 
Case Management 
Cross-departmental 
Collaboration
Redefining the 
Student Experience 
Rebecca Joffrey 
Cornell University 
@rebeccajoffrey
Service Problem #1: Email 
*Torrey Jacobs from Cornell University gets credit for this slide
Service Problem #2: Personal but not Scalable
Service Problem #3: Scalable but not Personal
Goal: Personal, Scalable Service…for Everyone, All the 
Time 
Community and Collaboration 
One Student, One Message at a Time
Key To Success: Solve the “Customer’s” Problem vs. Staff 
STUDENT’S
Mobile 
360° student view 
Communicate more 
effectively 
Ensure student 
Recruit the right 
students 
success 
Raise 
more funds 
Real-Time Data 
Social 
CRM gives you a 360°view of each student
Communities gives students a 360°view of the University 
Save time 
reading email Find relevant 
information 
Take the right classes 
Social 
Mobile 
Real-Time Data 
Discover career 
options 
Figure out 
deadlines 
Graduate 
on time 
Get support 
when needed 
See what’s 
going on 
360° university view 
CORNELL
Product 1: New Student On-boarding 
Use community to get students excited about coming to Cornell
The Information Model for On-boarding
A Communities Model for On-boarding 
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
College of Agriculture 
& Life Sciences 
Engineering 
School of Hotel 
Administration 
A Communities Model for On-boarding
Product 2: Student Resource Center 
Make it easy for students to navigate the resources of the University
Student Communities Starter Pack 
Enable. Connect. Accelerate. Succeed.
A social front end with a big data back end 
*infograph is from periodiCALS, vol. 4, issue 1, 2014 
THE WAVE Track 
EXACT TARGET 
Collaborate 
CHATTER 
Guide & Assist
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  • 1.
    Cornell Redefines the Student Experience Using Communities Oct 23, 2014
  • 2.
    Featured Presenters RebeccaJoffrey Director, Interactive Services Cornell University Sandra Sanvido Sr. Director, HE Marketing Salesforce Foundation
  • 3.
    Safe Harbor Safeharbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This presentation may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. If any such uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions proves incorrect, the results of salesforce.com, inc. could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed forward-looking, including any projections of product or service availability, subscriber growth, earnings, revenues, or other financial items and any statements regarding strategies or plans of management for future operations, statements of belief, any statements concerning new, planned, or upgraded services or technology developments and customer contracts or use of our services. The risks and uncertainties referred to above include – but are not limited to – risks associated with developing and delivering new functionality for our service, new products and services, our new business model, our past operating losses, possible fluctuations in our operating results and rate of growth, interruptions or delays in our Web hosting, breach of our security measures, the outcome of any litigation, risks associated with completed and any possible mergers and acquisitions, the immature market in which we operate, our relatively limited operating history, our ability to expand, retain, and motivate our employees and manage our growth, new releases of our service and successful customer deployment, our limited history reselling non-salesforce.com products, and utilization and selling to larger enterprise customers. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of salesforce.com, inc. is included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year and in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the most recent fiscal quarter. These documents and others containing important disclosures are available on the SEC Filings section of the Investor Information section of our Web site. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other presentations, press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase our services should make the purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com, inc. assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
  • 4.
    #1 in EnterpriseCloud Computing & CRM Enterprise Cloud Computing Market Share #1 World’s Most Innovative Company 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 #1 #1 Market Leader: Enterprise, MidMarket, SMB & Sales Force Automation
  • 5.
    1-1-1 Model adoptedby: sharethemodel.org Celebrating 15 Years of Giving Back 680K+ $68M+ 23K+ Service Hours Grants Higher Ed & Nonprofits 1%T ime 1% Equity 1% Product
  • 6.
    Become a ConnectedCampus: Put Your Students at the Center 360° student view Marketing Communications Student Success Recruitment Advancement Community Engagement
  • 7.
    Higher Education Involvesa Complex Ecosystem Faculty Administrators Students Staff Donors Prospect Alumni Parents Corporations
  • 8.
    Today’s Approaches HaveLimited Appeal Legacy Customer Portals One-to-one Transactional data disconnected from social Social Point Solutions Many-to-many -OR-Social disconnected from transactional data
  • 9.
    Communities Extend theValue of Portals Current Portals Social Intelligence Branding & Customization Social Collaboration Business Process Integration Mobile Access Security & Reliability
  • 10.
    A Single Platformfor Every Kind of Engagement SOCIAL MOBILE BRANDED BUSINESS INTEGRATED RELIABLE Site.com Visualforce Themes COMMUNITIES Optimized Pages Hybrid App Mobile SDK Q&A Chatter Ideas CRM Data Operational Data Engagement Secure Scalable Unified Platform
  • 11.
    for Applicants forStudents for Alumni for Staff & Faculty Marketing & Communications Online Application Application Task Management One Stop Shop Coursework Collaboration Career Services Event Marketing Online Donations Networking Social Intranet Case Management Cross-departmental Collaboration
  • 12.
    Redefining the StudentExperience Rebecca Joffrey Cornell University @rebeccajoffrey
  • 14.
    Service Problem #1:Email *Torrey Jacobs from Cornell University gets credit for this slide
  • 15.
    Service Problem #2:Personal but not Scalable
  • 16.
    Service Problem #3:Scalable but not Personal
  • 17.
    Goal: Personal, ScalableService…for Everyone, All the Time Community and Collaboration One Student, One Message at a Time
  • 18.
    Key To Success:Solve the “Customer’s” Problem vs. Staff STUDENT’S
  • 19.
    Mobile 360° studentview Communicate more effectively Ensure student Recruit the right students success Raise more funds Real-Time Data Social CRM gives you a 360°view of each student
  • 20.
    Communities gives studentsa 360°view of the University Save time reading email Find relevant information Take the right classes Social Mobile Real-Time Data Discover career options Figure out deadlines Graduate on time Get support when needed See what’s going on 360° university view CORNELL
  • 21.
    Product 1: NewStudent On-boarding Use community to get students excited about coming to Cornell
  • 28.
    The Information Modelfor On-boarding
  • 29.
    A Communities Modelfor On-boarding College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
  • 30.
    College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Engineering School of Hotel Administration A Communities Model for On-boarding
  • 42.
    Product 2: StudentResource Center Make it easy for students to navigate the resources of the University
  • 44.
    Student Communities StarterPack Enable. Connect. Accelerate. Succeed.
  • 45.
    A social frontend with a big data back end *infograph is from periodiCALS, vol. 4, issue 1, 2014 THE WAVE Track EXACT TARGET Collaborate CHATTER Guide & Assist