Diary of a Saasy Girl

Last year I decided to expand on my broader learning and looked outside the usual Salesforce Community groups and events.  My first stop was a side step from technology with a few events hosted by the magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, covering topics that women may face in today’s work environment, such as the 'Mastery of Your Mindset' and a 'Power Refresh Workshop'. I also was lucky enough to attend a TedX London Women event in December. The day was packed with a range of speakers covering a multitude of subjects all dear to their heart, and the majority of speakers were women, or those who identified as women too. Earlier in the year I joined Ada’s List, an online community of like-minded people (mostly women, allies welcome) in the digital industry who openly share work, speaking and event opportunities.  It’s from Ada's list that I have found and attended 2 other groups, the Women in Technology and Telecoms and mostly recently 10 Digital Ladies.  Today I want...

Start of 2019 and we kicked off with the first London Admins Community Group for 2019. Having recently celebrated our 4th birthday we decided to make a few tweaks to our familiar format.  We’ve decided to concentrate on 2 main talks for each evening and we’ve introduced a new feature, Interview an Admin.  Many of the regulars know each other, and are social together. It’s a great family we have nurtured. But we’ve noticed, having moved to our new meeting platform that we’ve gained a wider audience and we are seeing more new faces join us each month.  So, Interview an Admin is an opportunity to give one of our members a chance to share their journey with Salesforce and their top tips. You never know, it might just inspire someone else.  For our January meeting we actually bent our new formula for a special evening with the Ladies Be Architects.  The LBA was founded by Gemma Emmett in November 2017 when she realised that studying for architecture exams was a h...