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As the dust settles on another amazing conference in San Francisco, here’s our Cloud Galacticos Dreamforce 2022 review.

This year’s event was extra special, not because it being the 20th anniversary, but it being billed as ‘the big Salesforce Ohana reunion’. It was the first full scale event since 2019. There was plenty of excitement during the build up on Twitter.

Dreamforce 2022 Review

We all know Dreamforce can be overwhelming with plenty going on. Everyone has their own experience and takes away something different. 

Dreamforce is a great chance for the team at Cloud Galacticos to be part of the biggest event of the year, get the latest updates on all things Salesforce, and re-connect in-person with our international Salesforce Ohana.

It’s also a great opportunity to attend various sessions and keynotes to learn things that can be used in our everyday work life.

Cloud Galacticos at Dreamforce 2022

This year our CEO Phil was joined by our Salesforce Consultants Mark and Adam.

“It was great to be back in San Francisco for Dreamforce with the Cloud Galacticos team. There’s nothing like it. It’s always good to meet new friends, as well as catch up with people from the Salesforce community I haven’t had the chance to see in-person.

Dreamforce will always be the peak of the ecosystem, the Ohana. Every other event will be trying to emulate that buzz, that feeling. Alas it will fail. DF FTW!” Phil

Mark also did a couple of sessions which covered Flow, Slack, and presentation skills:

“Dreamforce was a real highlight for me. It was my first time visiting the US, and what a way to do it, right? I was fortunate to speak at not one, but two sessions. Not only that, I got to meet a bunch of amazing people for the first time including Jen Lee and Gillian Bruce. This was really cool as I’ve looked up to both Jen and Gillian for a very long time.” Mark

“There was a lot of information to soak in, but it was an awesome experience. I hear there wasn’t as many people as previous but if there’s normally more i think that would be to much.  It felt like the right amount of people, you could move and travel around without issues and bumping into people.” Adam

Dreamforce Keynote

“With the Dreamforce keynote you can’t help but get drawn in by the hype. You can taste the expectation in the air, but this year was so much more than others. It wasn’t a case of comparing it to previous years, it was us all feeling this was new or we haven’t been here in years!

I was lucky to get a seat near the front with my fellow mvps. It was opposite Matthew McConaughy and Lars Ulrich of Metallica! And just 10 metres from special guest Lenny Kravitz. But back, front, or side, it was like my first DF keynote all over again, where the buzz is palpable!” Phil

Dreamforce Sessions

“I have seen U2 three or four times over 15 years or so, but I’m not sure I have ever seen a long interview with Bono. I’m not a super fan, but Bono came across really well. Yes a genuine entertainer – I loved his quote “Don’t trust people who aren’t funny”’ – but also someone who can put across a message of a great way to live your life and do the right thing… without being preaching or patronising. I listened to a lot of old U2 on the flight home!

He also came up with a great quote …something like ‘I’m actually a salesman, I focus on the top melody and make sure that appeals. He definitely does that well!” Phil

“The sessions I went to will help me develop new ways of implementing things.  The silent sessions are good to go to because if you don’t feel one session is for you, without walking you can tune your headset quickly to another talk near you without walking to another building which could take 15 minutes.” Adam

“I got to go to a number of great sessions including the Admin Keynote and Release Readiness Live. A real highlight for me was seeing the focus on the Admin Skills Kit. I have been quite involved with this venture over the past 12 months. It was really great to chat to a number of new Admins in the Trailblazer Community about the kit and to see the announcements made about the Skills Kit going forward.” Mark

Salesforce Genie

As per previous Dreamforce events, there were plenty of exclusive Salesforce announcements. This year it was all about Salesforce Genie. 

“Salesforce Genie is the real-time platform for customer magic. By harmonizing data that’s updated every millisecond, it enables your teams to meet your customers right where they are, like never before.”

There are plenty of business benefits with Salesforce Genie. Get more information here.

Dreamforce 2023

Missing Dreamforce already? Don’t worry, the date for Dreamforce 2023 has been announced, it’s September 12th to 14th. See you there!

About Cloud Galacticos

Cloud Galacticos is a Salesforce consultancy with a growing all-star team. We are user and developer group leaders, bloggers, MVPs and all round Salesforce nerds. Our company has people all over the UK including Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, and London.

So if you are looking for a Salesforce partner with experience to help you make the most of your org, why not get in contact?

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