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Lauren Zolp: “My top tips for passing your first Salesforce Certification”
My hands trembled and I stared at the cursor, watching it make a circle as I waited for one of two words to come up: pass or fail. My heart skipped a beat when I saw: PASS. I hadn’t felt quite ready to take the exam, as you hear so many people talk about failing Learn More »
Merivis at TrailheaDX ’18
As Merivis continues to grow its alumni over the years, VetForce has been kind to invite each of the last two years a few of our alumni to Salesforce’s TrailheaDX conference in San Francisco. TrailheaDX is Salesforce’s developer conference and a great way for attendees to take a few trails, get a certification or two Learn More »
Merivis and VetForce take on SXSW 2018!
Authored by Stephanie Herrera, Nolan Melson and Hector Perez Merivis was at South by Southwest in full force this year. For the first year, both Merivis and Vetforce presented on a panel discussion (Transitioning Vets: From Battlefield to Tech Career) and we hosted a Merivis community mixer with all our friends and supporters in Austin. Learn More »
Merivis and Vetforce at SXSW 2018!
It’s that time of year again! We all love the free BBQ events, tech startup happy hours, and corporate sponsored concerts with Grammy award winning artists performing at your local Austin dive bar, however, more importantly SXSW Interactive brings some of the world’s biggest thought leaders across multiple industries and sectors. The Merivis Foundation is so excited Learn More »
Alumni Spotlight: Sheldon Simmons
Sheldon was in the Merivis Foundation’s inaugural cohort 1 back in the Fall of 2015. Since then Sheldon has stayed the course, become Salesforce certified and has been an example of whats possible when you connect the dots of Salesforce, the community and drive. We are proud of you Sheldon and thanks for sharing your Learn More »
Merivis at Dreamforce 2017!
Earlier this month over 170,000 people descended onto San Francisco for the annual pilgrimage called Dreamforce. Over time, this Dreamforce has taken a life of its own and is always is a great opportunity to reconnect with friends, colleagues and be inspired by the Salesforce non-profit community. The Merivis Foundation was fortunate to be a Learn More »
Merivis Foundation Cohort 4 Presented by Accenture
Accenture first partnered with Merivis in 2016 and is now the proud sponsor of our fourth Cohort for Fall 2017. Amy Flamenbaum, our guest Blogger, is a Merivis Foundation board member and Senior Manager at Accenture. Accenture prides itself on leadership, discipline, management, and partnership. It’s no coincidence that our organization, right up to Learn More »
Cohort IV is coming October 2017!
It’s been a busy few weeks over at the Merivis Foundation. Between SXSW panelpicker, planning for Dreamforce 2017 and most importantly, the launch of our next Salesforce training program starting this fall! Since starting the organization two years ago the program has evolved so we wanted to provide a quick overview of what Learn More »
Alumni Spotlight: Glenn Goodwin
Glenn is a U.S. Army veteran and member of the Merivis Foundation Cohort III Salesforce training program. He is currently a Salesforce System Admin for a small energy company, Elect Energy based in Plano, Texas. Through the Merivis Foundation in partnership with Vetforce, I have recently gone through the Salesforce Admin 201 training program in Learn More »
Merivis Grads Get to Experience TrailheaDX
Merivis Grads Get to Experience TrailheaDX! This blog post was written by Merivis cohort II grad Chrissy Wojtewicz who recently attended TrailheaDX in San Francisco with fellow grads Yann and Sheldon. Attending TrailheaDX, two words come to mind: the first is ‘whirlwind’, the second is ‘blessed’. I got a call that along with Yann and Sheldon, Learn More »
Military Innovation Aligning to Salesforce Delivery
Recently, I finished reading General Stanley McChrystal’s book entitled “Team of Teams” which outlines a massive strategic change in how the U.S. Special Forces operates overseas. These changes reflect much of what is happening in the software development world today and within many teams working on Salesforce delivery teams. McChrystal outlines how working in smaller, nimble teams Learn More »
Sponsor Spotlight: Capgemni Veterans Employee Resource Group
Merivis Foundation programs are supported entirely by individual and corporate donations; because of that we’re proud to have the support of Capgemni as our program sponsor for Cohort III. Our guest blog written by Nolan Melson, Merivis Foundation board member and senior consultant at Capgemni shares more about their commitment to supporting and hiring military Learn More »