Cloud TnT

Tim, Joni, and Tracy talk about the massive changes each are undergoing, including departing Now It Matters and BrightStep Partners, and their ongoing commitment to the community and Cloud TnT. There’s a lot of love and appreciation in this recording, as well as talk about how doing the podcast together has changed each other. Tracy cries, Tim swears he isn’t, and Joni reminds everyone why we’re grateful for our world. Everyone gets #TheFeels, and we set the stage for a short summer break and return to recording together.

A Very Special Cloud TnT with Salesforce superstar Steve Molis. Cloud TnT covers all kinds of ground, from answering questions and being of genuine service, to equality for all. Tracy fangirls out, and then cries (again). SteveMo chokes up. This is a golden recording, and there are no words for how much fun we had, just listen…

While Tracy is away, Joni and Tim continue Cloud TnT’s #AwesomeAdmin series. Mothers Against Drunk Driving uses Salesforce to help deliver its nationwide services, and Chris talks about his journey implementing, his organization’s work, creating buy-in, and how being a Salesforce administrator fits in to all of it.

Joni and Tracy take the helm while Tim is away for another foray into the world of higher education... Eventually. In the meantime, we talk about space, the upcoming Dreamforce band and speakers, and other topics and hijinks. We cover more about how Salesforce works for higher education institutions, the HEDA and Unity applications, integrations and instance proliferation, and change management in large-scale enterprises to help Salesforce move them forward. The episode in which The Woz touches all of Tracy’s special places.

Cloud TnT has its oddest start yet, and talks goings-on in the nonprofit world with a #BundleofFundle. The crew takes its first foray into higher education, talking about how Salesforce is being used by colleges and universities to break down data silos in these institutions. Kari educates us about the politics, needs, and innovation happening with Salesforce and HEDA, Unity, and other ways of using Salesforce for these schools. Cloud TnT gets its second sponsor, and - Pssst! Kari is Joni’s fiancée.

Cloud TnT talks enterprise system teams, running the internal systems behind the Nonprofit Starter Pack, growing and supporting staff in their work, and making Salesforce.org a better place one team at a time. By focusing on why organizations work, and knowing how they work as it relates to technology, they can deliver their mission with greater strength. Tracy gives epoxy to all the Cloud TnT listeners and sponsors, Joni is working on picking her “Very Girlforce” wedding.

Joni and Tracy play while Tim’s away and talk about creating the core features of the Nonprofit Starter Pack, scalping hotel rooms and AirBnB spots for Dreamforce, mentorship and its impact on our lives, thinking big picture, and what the heck a Technical Product Manager actually does. Tracy talks NA14, and CloudTnT gets it’s first official sponsor!

While Joni’s away, Tim and Tracy talk incredibly personal with Salesforce MVP Ashima Saigal about business, mindfulness, spirituality, racism, and women in technology. Tracy cries, Tim learns, and all three of them walk away from a conversation about hard topics with new levels of respect, joy, and awe for the world we inhabit. This was one of our all-time favorite discussions to-date, and we are profoundly grateful for being able to share it.

Cloud TnT is reminded that we’re still the colonies, that everything sounds better in a British accent, and theater and the arts are amazing forms of community service. Aptitude gets you a long way, and helps a person to understand how to unpick data, get over data silos, and use cool and amazing tools. But, it’s how you use it that matters.

Just in time for the March 2016 San Francisco Nonprofit Starter Pack Sprint, product manager and developer extraordinaire, Dave Habib talks about how to build a product and how his contributions to the Salesforce for nonprofits community, Volunteers for Salesforce and Auctions for Salesforce, were developed. A pinnacle story of community contribution ensues, along with perhaps one of the best celebrity impressions we’ve ever heard. Joni tells everyone more about the Girlforce trip to Ethiopia, with a shout out to the work of previous Cloud TnT guest, Ben Beisswenger.