<p>I kicked off the session with an ice breaker to energize the crowd. Took them back to their childhood with the rhyme - "If you are happy and you know it.." and made them clap, stomp and say hello :D. <a href="http://in.linkedin.com/in/gaurangbhatt1">Gaurang </a>then introduced Ahmedabad Salesforce DUG and shared all its activities and what's in it for participants and volunteers. After that, I introduced the current trends in technology and how "cloud" picked up in the last decade and how learning Salesforce can lead to good career opportunities. <a href="http://in.linkedin.com/in/rushabhacharya17">Rushabh </a>continued explaining different offerings (Sales, Service, Wave etc) along with a small demo</p>

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<header><time>Published on September 17, 2016</time></header><img alt="Rajiv Bhatt" src="https://media-exp3.licdn.com/dms/image/C5603AQFDFDC6cxGyNA/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0/1575952494032?e=1631750400&amp;v=beta&amp;t=MyAg-zNymqAw_ZVf-Uxl8GW3DWfcThXb2fPlpX1WG0k" width="54" height="54"><h4>Sr. Technical Architect at Apttus</h4><UL><LI><button type="button" data-tracking-control-name="urn:li:control:d_flagship3_pulse_read-like" dir="ltr">Like</button><span dir="ltr">40</span></LI><LI><button type="button" data-tracking-control-name="urn:li:control:d_flagship3_pulse_read-comment_intent" dir="ltr">Comment</button><span dir="ltr">3</span></LI><LI><div data-tracking-control-name="social_share" data-share-message="Introducing Salesforce to MscIT/MCA students in #Ahmedabad"><label for="social-share__state-social-share-article"><span>Share</span></label></div><span>0</span></LI></UL><p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ahmedabad?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=10154390321160140" rel="nofollow noopener" dir="ltr">#Ahmedabad</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/hashtag/salesforce?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=10154390321160140" rel="nofollow noopener" dir="ltr">#Salesforce</a>&nbsp;DUG was invited by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/hashtag/glsit?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=10154390321160140" rel="nofollow noopener" dir="ltr">#GLSIT</a>&nbsp;college to introduce Salesforce to their MscIT and MCA students. It was a full house and fun speaking in front of ~200 students in the room. Harshal sir(who heads the MscIT dept) hosted us and gave us the background of the college and its activities on how they are helping students to gain exposure to new trends in technology which will help them in their career.</p><img src="https://media-exp3.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E12AQHXA9YfC5dT3A/article-inline_image-shrink_1000_1488/0/1520518201377?e=1631750400&amp;v=beta&amp;t=1X7FYmLKGJG1GZlqybfv9rHQcEnZDeafgH_ggQnX5-4" width="708" height="708"><p dir="ltr">I kicked off the session with an ice breaker to energize the crowd. Took them back to their childhood with the rhyme - "If you are happy and you know it.." and made them clap, stomp and say hello&nbsp;:D. <a href="http://in.linkedin.com/in/gaurangbhatt1" dir="ltr">Gaurang</a> then introduced Ahmedabad Salesforce DUG and shared all its activities and what's in it for participants and volunteers. After that, I introduced the current trends in technology and how "cloud" picked up in the last decade and how learning Salesforce can lead to good career opportunities. <a href="http://in.linkedin.com/in/rushabhacharya17" dir="ltr">Rushabh</a> then continued explaining different offerings (Sales, Service, Wave etc) along with a small demo. He also explained how there are two different aspects and career paths (config vs dev) along with a simple code example to demo what customization/force.com can offer. Concluded the session by sharing different learning resources (of course, trailhead!!) but unfortunately couldn't walkthrough that as we were out of time.</p><img src="https://:0/" width="16" height="16"><p dir="ltr">Thanks to <a href="http://in.linkedin.com/in/rahul-dave-59267a50" dir="ltr">Rahul</a> for connecting the college with us (missed you in the session). <a href="http://in.linkedin.com/in/gaurangbhatt1" dir="ltr">Gaurang</a> and <a href="http://in.linkedin.com/in/rushabhacharya17" dir="ltr">Rushabh</a> for volunteering on a very short notice, the faculty members for fantastic arrangements and of course all the students (for bearing us :D).</p><img src="https://:0/" width="16" height="16"><p>Feel free to reach out to us if you want a similar session to be conducted in your college which will introduce Salesforce platform to students and how they can leverage it for better career opportunities or final year project. This is completely voluntary activity.</p><p>Just the beginning...exciting times ahead...&nbsp;:)</p><img src="https://:0/" width="16" height="16">

#Ahmedabad #Salesforce DUG was invited by #GLSIT college to introduce Salesforce to their MscIT and MCA students. It was a full house and fun speaking in front of ~200 students in the room.

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<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ahmedabad?source=feed_text&story_id=10154390321160140">#Ahmedabad </a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/hashtag/salesforce?source=feed_text&story_id=10154390321160140">#Salesforce </a> DUG was invited by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/hashtag/glsit?source=feed_text&story_id=10154390321160140">#GLSIT </a> college to introduce Salesforce to their MscIT and MCA students. It was a full house and fun speaking in front of ~200 students in the room. Harshal sir(who heads the MscIT dept) hosted us and gave us the background of the college and its activities on how they are helping students to gain exposure to new trends in technology which will help them in their career. </p>

<p>I kicked off the session with an ice breaker to energize the crowd. Took them back to their childhood with the rhyme - "If you are happy and you know it.." and made them clap, stomp and say hello :D. <a href="http://in.linkedin.com/in/gaurangbhatt1">Gaurang </a>then introduced Ahmedabad Salesforce DUG and shared all its activities and what's in it for participants and volunteers. After that, I introduced the current trends in technology and how "cloud" picked up in the last decade and how learning Salesforce can lead to good career opportunities. <a href="http://in.linkedin.com/in/rushabhacharya17">Rushabh </a>then continued explaining different offerings (Sales, Service, Wave etc) along with a small demo. He also explained how there are two different aspects and career paths (config vs dev) along with a simple code example to demo what customization/force.com can offer. Concluded the session by sharing different learning resources (of course, trailhead!!) but unfortunately couldn't walkthrough that as we were out of time. </p>

<p>Thanks to <a href="http://in.linkedin.com/in/rahul-dave-59267a50">Rahul </a>for connecting the college with us (missed you in the session). <a href="http://in.linkedin.com/in/gaurangbhatt1">Gaurang </a>and <a href="http://in.linkedin.com/in/rushabhacharya17">Rushabh </a>for volunteering on a very short notice, the faculty members for fantastic arrangements and of course all the students (for bearing us :D). </p>

<p>Feel free to reach out to us if you want a similar session to be conducted in your college which will introduce Salesforce platform to students and how they can leverage it for better career opportunities or final year project. This is completely voluntary activity. </p>

<p>Just the beginning...exciting times ahead... :) </p>

Introducing Salesforce to MscIT/MCA students in #Ahmedabad

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