Intro to App Building with Salesforce - Saturday, July 15th

Interested in an in-demand career with salaries up to six-figures? The job market for Salesforce professionals is growing, with over 300,000 job openings for Salesforce skills created last year*. In this class, you'll get a crash course in building simple employee-facing business apps that run on both a web browser and a mobile device - without writing any code!

This is not a sales pitch. I’m a Salesforce professional, and I’m passionate about bringing diversity to the tech sector and helping women learn about powerful career options.

Whether you’re familiar with Salesforce from your work experience or are just looking for a career in a hot field, join us to learn about app-building on Salesforce.

What this class will cover:

• What is Salesforce and what are the career opportunities for Salesforce Admins and Developers?

• App-building concepts including data modeling, user interfaces, business logic, reports, dashboards, and mobile.

• Hands-on and guided project building to build a sample app in one day.

• Introduction to Trailhead (https://developer.salesforce.com/trailhead/), a fun online learning platform for Salesforce.

• Resources for connecting with the Salesforce community (https://success.salesforce.com/).

The tools for learning to develop with Salesforce are free:

• Trailhead (https://developer.salesforce.com/trailhead/), the fun free way to learn Salesforce

• Salesforce1 Mobile App (AppStore and Google Play)

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DATES & TIMES

Saturday, July 15 from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

INSTRUCTOR

We are honored to have Kim Katzenmeyer, a Salesforce Solution Architect at Slalom, teach this class.

Kim is an innovative and driven relationship builder with expertise in Salesforce implementation, business development and customer service management. Her areas of expertise in Salesforce are Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Communities Platform APP Development and Pardot. She is 12x times Salesforce certified.

Kim is highly skilled in functional development of Salesforce, effectively collaborating with clients, end users, executive leadership and key stakeholders to address both strategic and tactical initiatives. Extensive track record identifying problems, developing action plans, and implementing solutions.

Kim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Graphic Communication from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN.

PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE

Students should be fairly familiar with using web and mobile applications and Googling for answers to all of life’s questions. You do not need any prior Salesforce experience.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Laptop & Charger (there will be Wi-Fi and power strips available)

• Don't own a laptop? No problem! GDI has a few extra laptops on hand, just e-mail Amy at amyg@girldevelopit.com to request one for this class.

• Google Chrome (https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/) installed on your computer.

VENUE & MEAL SPONSOR BY

A huge thank you to our venue and meal sponsor, Slalom!

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PARKING

Parking in the IDS ramp is $6. There will also be someone meeting students on the main floor to bring you up to the room on the 39th floor.

IDS Ramp Address: 80 S 8th St., Minneapolis, MN 55402. Entrance between 7th and 8th Street off of Marquette Ave.

LUNCH / MEALS

Slalom will be sponsoring a meal during our class. If you have other dietary restrictions such as gluten free, dairy free, vegan, etc., please be sure to bring your own lunch. We will notify attendees a day or two before the class on whether a meal will be provided.

FINANCIAL NEED

A limited number of scholarships are available for those with a financial hardship. To apply, click here (http://gdiminneapolis.com/resources/policies-forms/scholarship-request/). Scholarship applicants will be notified a week before the class begins. Class capacity does not impact scholarship students.

QUESTIONS?

We're here to help! If you have additional questions or would like to talk further before signing up for a class, please contact Amy at amyg@girldevelopit.com.

NOTE: We will be communicating with you about this class via the email address you have in Meetup.com. Please make sure you check the email address you use for Meetup regularly.

REFUND POLICY

Refunds will be provided only if the class is cancelled. Please take a look at our refund policy and procedure at http://gdiminneapolis.com/resources/policies-forms/refund-policy/

ABOUT GIRL DEVELOP IT

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