Last year prior to Dreamforce I did a countdown that included the five (or so) sessions that Button-Click Admins should attend. This year I will do the same. Dreamforce can be a bit overwhelming for a newbie (and even returning veterans).  Starting today I will kick off a 5 post countdown to help you get ready for Dreamforce. I’ll be pointing out sessions that should be on your agenda. We will start with a three-fer because two are not really sessions, but something that will aid in returning to Dreamforce if you can pull it off. And just as a side note- all of the descriptions were taken from the Dreamforce website. #5a- Formula Ninjas (8/31 3:30 am- 4:30pm) Ever wonder how you can really exploit the power of formulas? Want to learn some new advanced automation tricks? Look no further! Join us to learn the many ways to use formula

This week ButtonClickAdmin is proud to have a guest post by Matt Brown, Salesforce MVP and Salesforce Admin for Blackboard Inc. He is very active on the Salesforce Community Answers board, in fact I bet he’s at the top right now. So I consider him one of the go-to guys when I’m in a jam or need an answer and if you don’t follow him on twitter, I’d suggest doing that as well. Ok, enough of me take it away Matt! I am a Salesforce Admin for a company of about 600 users that engages in 3-6 acquisitions per year. This means the cleansing and migration of data, the mapping of fields, the installation of custom metadata components, the adjustment of any business processes and the setup of new users. These new acquisitions can require simple rip the band aid off migrations with no data and only training necessary while

In 2008 after an epic Admin 301 class I came in to work and was tasked with ‘fixing Salesforce’ which meant doing a soup to nuts customization of our entire org. At that time, twitter was fairly new, I used facebook to keep up with only my closest friends and the Help & Training section of Salesforce was, well to be honest, a bit less than. Over the past few years these channels have exploded- in a good way. I remember thinking to myself “I need to add a Salesforce column to tweetdeck because I’m following so many people who talk Salesforce.” What a ride the last few years have been for social media and collaboration! It’s 2011 and I have seen this question pop up a few times- “Where should I go for help with Salesforce?” And the follow up statement for those of us who are active in