Keeping up on Ze Twitters @Dreamforce

Yes, there are a TON of Dreamforce-related Twitter hashtags and handles…

…but these are the biggies. If you keep up with these hashtags and handles, you will MORE than stay in the know!

• @CRMjen:  (Yep, this is my Twitter handle) Not that my handle is necessarily a top ‘Twitter @Dreamforce’ resource, BUT I’d love to connect with you @Dreamforce and Twitter is a GREAT way to make that connection happen!
• #DF14: THE official Dreamforce 14 hashtag
• #DFGives: THE official hashtag of the One Million Meals Dreamforce Community food drive
• #DFCoS: Official Dreamforce Circles of Success tweetstakes hashtag.You can win some pretty snazzy prizes  (right up to a premium #DF14 pass) just for sharing packing tips. I mean, why even think about it? Tweet to win? Yes, please.  
• #DF14NGO: For all things Nonprofit at Dreamforce 14, use this hashtag!
• #DFHED: Stay in touch with the Higher Ed crowd at Dreamforce 14 by searching for and Tweeting with this hashtag.
• @Dreamforce: Official Dreamforce Tweets
• @SFDCFoundation: Official Salesforce Foundation handle.
• @Salesforce: Official Salesforce handle for the host of this shindig
• @Exacttarget: Official ExactTarget Marketing Cloud handle

The New Way to Socialize at Dreamforce 2014

You know what? I’m with Mr. Mark Ross AND Harvard on this one. The (un)official greeting of Dreamforce 2014 *should* be the Fist Bump!

The Swamps of Salesforce-Dagobah

Influenza. Enterovirus. Ebola.

Ok, come back, it’s alright. Just reading the names won’t make you sick, alright?

It’s no secret that 2014 has been a bit of a banner year for infectious disease. And, not to scare anybody, but a LOT of us are about to all gather in a location with 150,000 other people from around the world, all at the same time. I don’t know about you, but that gives me just a liiiiittle pause.

But there is a solution! And it is a good one. Recently, the Harvard Medical School published its findings on the nature of hand-to-hand communications, and the likelihood of transmission of diseases in its different forms. The short version: fist bumps are a safer and cleaner alternative to handshakes.

That’s right, you read correctly. Harvard has officially stated that we should all be fist bumping.

Absurd as it sounds, there is a very…

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Today’s Goal: High Fives All Around!

Today, I’ve got some really juicy puzzles in front of me. And a big block of uninterrupted time to focus on how to re-engineer wonkiness into efficiency. Will I rock it? That’s the plan. And since today is National High Five Day, I hope you’ll all be available for a #VHF (virtual high five) when my work day is done to celebrate a day of puzzles solved, improved margins, and happier customers.

While you’re feeling the camaraderie, might I suggest that you consider supporting the American Red Cross today? Giving to those in need is the sweetest type of #VHF!