Inside the Ohana

By Qualified

Salesforce veteran and legend, Dan Darcy, takes us to the tops of Salesforce Towers across the globe, chatting with Trailblazers, Salesforce execs, employees, partners, and more. You don't want to mis... more

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How many episodes does Inside the Ohana have?

The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.

Inside the Ohana episodes:

January 03, 2023Inside the Ohana: The Value of Service and Impact
Meet Ann Weeby, the SVP of Trailhead at Salesforce, and learn how she’s helped plug thousands of people into the Salesforce ecosystem. Ann defines her career by service and impact, from her military service to building the veterans program for Salesforce, and shares some of the lessons that have shaped her journey.
Quote
“My career has always been about service and impact. How do I help people? When I got to Salesforce, I started thinking about how can I help more people?”
Episode Timestamps:
*(1:34) - Ohana Origins: Meet Ann
*(7:43) - What Does the Ohana mean to Ann?
*(10:08) - What’s Cooking: Ann’s Current Role at Salesforce
*(15:09) - Future Forecast: What’s in Store for the Salesforce ecosystem?
*(16:43) - Advice for Aspiring Trailblazers
*(18:04) - Lightning Round!
Sponsor
Inside the Ohana is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.
Links
Follow Dan on LinkedIn
Follow Ann on LinkedIn
www.caspianstudios.com
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20min
November 22, 2022Inside the Ohana: Our Favorite Ohana Moments
This bonus episode delves into the meaning of “Ohana”, and how being part of it has left a lasting impact on current and former Salesforce employees. You’ll hear past guests describe their own experiences and discover why the Ohana is forever.
Quotes
“I think of the Ohana as a tree with rings. Ohana is where we put the employees but there are some MVPs in the Salesforce ecosystem who fit right in there too.” - Woodson Martin, EVP and GM, AppExchange, Salesforce
“In the Ohana, nobody gatekeeps knowledge. When people build something cool or they learn about something cool, they cannot wait to share it. They are shouting it from the mountaintops, and I love that. - Marquita Sidibe, Sr. Systems Support Analyst at Liberty Mutual Insurance
“I've been a part of probably 5 major corporations, 4 of which were public companies and I never experienced that kind of Ohana that we have at Salesforce.” - Jim Steele, President, Global Strategic Customers, Salesforce
“The Ohana is everybody rallying around a cause that you believe in. In my case, it was software but it was always more than software. It was how Salesforce can help your business, how Salesforce could help the world, and how you could drive change and do good.” - Jamie Domenici, CMO, GoTo
“It's the employees that really give of themselves that demonstrate the Ohana.” - Suzanne DiBianca, EVP Corporate Relations and Chief Impact Officer, Salesforce
Episode Timestamps
* (1:28) - What does the Ohana mean to Dan?
*(2:19) - Woodson Martin’s meaning of Ohana
*(3:53) - Marquita Sidibe’s meaning of Ohana
*(5:02) - Jim Steele’s meaning of Ohana
*(6:37) - Jamie Domenici’s meaning of Ohana
*(7:27) - Suzanne DiBianca’s meaning of Ohana
Sponsor
Inside the Ohana is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.
Links
Connect with Dan on LinkedIn
www.caspianstudios.com
...more
10min
November 08, 2022Inside the Ohana: The Value of Emotional Engagement to Drive Action
Meet Robin Daniels, a leadership expert who has mastered driving action through messaging. With more than two decades of experience spanning companies like Salesforce, Box, WeWork, LinkedIn, and Matterport, Robin has transformed the way people communicate and connect at work. Hear about his insights from launching Chatter and much more in this episode.
Quote
“If storytelling with urgency was easy, everybody would do it, but this is what it takes to become a great company today.”
Episode Timestamps:
*(1:57) - Ohana Origins: Meet Robin
*(10:30) - What Does the Ohana mean to Robin?
*(12:40) - What’s Cooking: Robin’s Current Role
*(21:03) - Future Forecast: What’s in Store for the Salesforce ecosystem?
*(22:19) - Advice for Aspiring Transformational Leaders
*(23:06) - Lightning Round!
Sponsor
Inside the Ohana is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.
Links
Follow Robin on LinkedIn
Connect with Dan on LinkedIn
www.caspianstudios.com
...more
26min
October 25, 2022Inside the Ohana: The Value of Owning Your Narrative
Meet Jamie Domenici, GoTo’s Chief Marketing Officer. Previously, Jamie spent 10 years at Salesforce as a marketing leader in various roles, learning the power behind a strong brand narrative. Now, Jamie brings those same lessons to Inside the Ohana, where she shares her best advice about writing your brand’s story and crafting your own personal narrative.
Quote:
“The narrative is something a product marketer will craft, but the inspiration is from everywhere else. It’s from your customer success agents on the front line, your sales reps who are pitching every day, from your customers who are living and breathing and using your products.”
Episode Timestamps:
*(1:38) - Ohana Origins: Meet Jamie Domenici
*(10:42) - What Does the Ohana mean to Jamie?
*(14:42) - What’s Cooking: Jamie’s Current Role at GoTo
*(17:16) - Future Forecast: What’s in Store for the Salesforce ecosystem?
*(20:59) - Advice for Aspiring Marketing Leaders
*(23:10) - Lightning Round!
Sponsor
Inside the Ohana is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.
Links:
Connect with Jamie on LinkedIn
Connect with Dan on LinkedIn
Learn more about GoTo’s services
www.caspianstudios.com
...more
26min
October 11, 2022Inside the Ohana: The Value of a Beginner’s Mindset
Meet Jim Sinai, CMO at Vanilla and former marketing leader at Salesforce. During his 8 years at Salesforce, Jim worked on various businesses including Salesforce Einstein, Salesforce Platform, AppExchange, Data.com, and Salesforce Industries. In this episode, Jim shares the lessons he’s learned from his biggest projects at Salesforce and how keeping a beginner’s mindset has helped him succeed.
Quote
“If you’re not rooted in the concept of a beginner’s mind, your projects will fail.”
Episode Timestamps:
*(1:56) - Ohana Origins: Meet Jim Sinai
*(7:29) - What Does the Ohana mean to Jim?
*(11:53) - What’s Cooking: Jim’s Current Role at Vanilla
*(19:45) - Future Forecast: What’s in Store for the Salesforce ecosystem?
*(19:07) - Advice for Aspiring Marketing Leaders
*(22:22) - Lightning Round!
Sponsor
Inside the Ohana is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.
Links
Connect with Jim on LinkedIn
Connect with Dan on LinkedIn
Learn more about Vanilla
www.caspianstudios.com
...more
26min
September 27, 2022Inside the Ohana: The Value of Connecting the Dots
Meet Drew Sechrist, the CEO & Co-Founder of Connect the Dots—a company that helps employees understand the full scope of their network. With that kind of experience, Drew understands the power of forging genuine connections more than anyone. In this episode, he shares his tips from the lessons he learned while forging his own network within Salesforce and how it led him on the path to co-founding Connect the Dots.
Quote
“Everybody in the company should help everybody in the company. It’s just good for all of us. If we can help our team sell better, recruit better, or build better relationships with partners: do it.”
Episode Timestamps:
*(1:29) - Ohana Origins: Meet Drew Sechrist
*(7:29) - What Does the Ohana mean to Drew?
*(10:27) - What’s Cooking: Drew’s Current Role at Connect the Dots
*(18:21) - Future Forecast: What’s in Store for the Salesforce ecosystem?
*(19:07) - Advice for Aspiring Salesforce professionals
*(20:09) - Lightning Round!
Sponsor
Inside the Ohana is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.
Links
Connect with Drew on LinkedIn
Connect with Dan on LinkedIn
Learn more about Connect the Dots
www.caspianstudios.com
...more
23min
September 13, 2022Inside the Ohana: The Value of Personal and Professional Goals
Meet Josh Sangster, the Director of Product Management at Conga and a true go-getter in every sense of the term. He loves nothing more than seeing his colleagues achieve success, which is why he’s a Trailblazer mentor. In this episode, Josh shares advice for setting personal and professional goals so that you too can elevate your colleagues.
Quote
“If it’s not good enough and if it only gets 60% done, the good news is that you didn’t only get 60% done-you got 60% of the way there. It’s a mindset change of driving towards outcomes in an iterative way.”
Episode Timestamps:
*(1:32) - Ohana Origins: Meet Josh Sangster
*(11:18) - What Does the Ohana mean to Josh?
*(15:40) - What’s Cooking: Josh’s Current Role at Cogna
*(25:14) - Future Forecast: What’s in Store for the Trailblazer community?
*(28:54) - Advice for Aspiring Trailblazers Mentors
*(30:04) - Lightning Round!
Sponsor
Inside the Ohana is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.
Links
Connect with Josh on LinkedIn
Connect with Dan on LinkedIn
Learn more about Conga
www.caspianstudios.com
...more
33min
August 30, 2022Inside the Ohana: The Value of Community
Meet Thomas Theunen, Head of Commerce at Forward and the first Belgian Golden Hoodie winner. Thomas is a Salesforce Instructor, Trailblazer, and advocate of building valuable connections within the Salesforce ecosystem. In this episode, Thomas shares practical tips for networking within the Ohana. Hear how he has built his own community and how to start one on your own!
Quote
“You can’t do everything. You can’t know everything. You need to rely on the knowledge of other people and not just within your own company, but also outside.”
Episode Timestamps:
*(1:33) - Ohana Origins: Meet Thomas Theunen
*(9:28) - What Does the Ohana mean to Thomas?
*(15:50) - What’s Cooking: Thomas’ Current Role at Forward
*(19:13) - Future Forecast: What’s in Store for the Trailblazer community?
*(20:04) - Advice for Aspiring Trailblazers
*(21:29) - Lightning Round!
Sponsor
Inside the Ohana is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.
Links
Follow Thomas on LinkedIn
Follow Dan on LinkedIn
Check out Thomas’ Salesforce B2C Commerce Cloud Blog
Learn more about Forward
www.caspianstudios.com
...more
26min
August 16, 2022Inside the Ohana: The Value of Rediscovering Your Future
Meet Marquita Sidibe—a true Trailblazer, she changed careers after a decade in the service industry with help from the Salesforce Pathfinder Program. In this episode, she shares how she went from a bartender to a Sr. Systems Support Analyst of Salesforce Solutions at Liberty Mutual Insurance. Find out what advice she has for anyone looking to do the same!
Quote
“There's a big myth that when you're applying for a new job, you have to check off all the boxes and meet all the requirements. Still apply because chances are you do have transferable skills that you could use in that position.”
Episode Timestamps:
*(1:31) - Ohana Origins: Meet Marquita Sidibe
*(9:58) - What Does the Ohana mean to Marquita?
*(12:43) - What’s Cooking: Marquita’s Current Role at Liberty Mutual Insurance
*(15:17) - Future Forecast: What’s in Store for the Trailblazer community?
*(17:08) - Advice for Aspiring Trailblazers
*(17:56) - Lightning Round!
Sponsor
Inside the Ohana is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.
Links
Connect with Marquita on LinkedIn
Follow Marquita on Twitter
Connect with Dan on LinkedIn
Learn more about the Salesforce Pathfinder Program
Watch Marquita in Trailblazer (Ep. 4) on Salesforce+
www.caspianstudios.com
...more
21min
August 02, 2022Inside the Ohana: The Value of the Future of Sustainability
Meet Suzanne DiBianca, the EVP of Corporate Relations and Chief Impact Officer at Salesforce, and the former president of the Salesforce Foundation and Salesforce.org. In this episode, Suzanne talks about pioneering the 1-1-1 model of integrated corporate philanthropy and Salesforce's efforts to create a sustainable future – from growing 1 trillion trees to energizing the ecopreneur revolution.
Quote
“Start small and find out what people are passionate about and lift them up. Don't wait to work on the climate - we need all hands on deck.”
Episode Timestamps:
*(1:29) - Ohana Origins: Meet Suzanne DiBianca
*(8:31) - What Does the Ohana mean to Suzanne?
*(11:36) - What’s Cooking: Suzanne’s Current Role at Salesforce
*(19:12) - Future Forecast: What’s in Store for the Salesforce Foundation?
*(21:23) - Advice for Aspiring Philanthropists
*(21:59) - Lightning Round!
Sponsor
Inside the Ohana is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.
Links
Connect with Suzanne on LinkedIn
Connect with Dan on LinkedIn
Learn more about Salesforce Foundation
www.caspianstudios.com
...more
25min

FAQs about Inside the Ohana:

How many episodes does Inside the Ohana have?

The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.