WizardCast

Brian Kwong the Salesforce Wizard and Mark Ross - Salesforce Yoda
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WizardCast

The podcast for salesforce.com products, features, and community all with a sense of humor. Perfect for Salesforce Admins, Salesforce Developers, and other Salesforce professionals everywhere. Brian Kwong - aka Salesforce Wizard - and Mark Ross - aka Salesforce Yoda - explore the world of salesforce.com with some fun and humor. Learn tips and tricks, Salesforce career options, new features, and other topics around the Salesforce world all with a smiles and puns. Listeners are invited to interact with us. Maybe we'll interview you or you could join us for a quiz episode. Perhaps you'll send us a question or a bit of audio we can play on the podcast. So come and join us. I hope you learn something. I hope you laugh. Above all I hope you have some fun.

  1. 01/26/2022

    Compassionate Documentation

    Send Us Your Feedback & Suggestions! Voicemail: 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email: wizardcast@thewizardnews.com Website: https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast We know it's been a while. Things have been a bit rough pandemic-wise in the studio. Here's an interview we actually recorded mid-2021 with Jon Varese. Jon is the Senior Director, Documentation, Salesforce.org at Salesforce. He used to be Mark's old boss. We talk about the importance of documentation and more importantly the importance of Compassionate Documentation. It was a fun interview. I hope you enjoy listening as much as we had recording it. Until next time! Show Overview 0:00 Last time of the Wizardcast - a smashing success 1:40 Intro 3:50 Joke 4:24 Interview with Jon Varese on Compassionate Documentation Senior Director, Documentation, Salesforce.org 48:47 Outro 50:28 Post Outro Links in the Show Jon Varese's Book The Spirit Photographer Salesforce Compassionate Documentation Guide FEEDBACK You can ask your questions, make comments, bad jokes, and your requests! Contact Us via Website https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast Leave a Voicemail 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email wizardcast@thewizardnews.com HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We'd love it if you could please share #WizardCast with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! Amazon Alexa Skill - REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS! Review Us Support the show! WizardCast Merchandise Store Shop On Amazon Libsyn podcast hosting:  Get a free month with promo code: podmagic Other Ways To Support Participate In The Show! Share an IdeaExchange idea for our Ideas Highlight episodes! http://bit.ly/ideahighlight Ways to subscribe to The WizardCast Click to Subscribe via iTunes/Apple Podcasts Click to Subscribe via Google Podcast App Click to Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via RSS music & sound effects https://freesound.org/ Audio and Music provided by: Cherry (Instrumental Version) (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 4.0 Sounds from: http://www.freesfx.co.uk episode!

    51 min

  2. 07/06/2021

    Salesforce Summer '21 Release Note Overview

    Send Us Your Feedback & Suggestions! Voicemail: 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email: wizardcast@thewizardnews.com Website: https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast It's the lazy days of summer, and because of that our Salesforce Summer 21 release notes overview is out AFTER the release. Okay, it wasn't really laziness just lots of schedule conflicts. In this episode, Mark and Brian go thru the Salesforce Summer '21 release notes and highlight some features. Show Overview 0:00 Is it a bit hot in here? 1:30 Introduction 2:25 Coconut Joke 2:38 Summer '21 release overview 53:07 Outro Emily Hirsch 55:15 Post Outro Links in This Show Salesforce Summer 21 Release notes FEEDBACK You can ask your questions, make comments, bad jokes, and your requests! Contact Us via Website https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast Leave a Voicemail 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email wizardcast@thewizardnews.com HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We'd love it if you could please share #WizardCast with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! Amazon Alexa Skill - REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS! Review Us Support the show! WizardCast Merchandise Store Shop On Amazon Libsyn podcast hosting:  Get a free month with promo code: podmagic Other Ways To Support Participate In The Show! Share an IdeaExchange idea for our Ideas Highlight episodes! http://bit.ly/ideahighlight Ways to subscribe to The WizardCast Click to Subscribe via iTunes/Apple Podcasts Click to Subscribe via Google Podcast App Click to Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via RSS music & sound effects https://freesound.org/ Audio and Music provided by: Cherry (Instrumental Version) (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 4.0 Sounds from: http://www.freesfx.co.uk episode!

    56 min

  3. 05/13/2021

    Debugging Flow with Tim Peng

    Send Us Your Feedback & Suggestions! Voicemail: 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email: wizardcast@thewizardnews.com Website: https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast We're talking about the history of debugging flows. What we used to have to do and how we got to have the tools we now have - including new debugging updates in Summer '21 release. Tim Peng - Directory of Product Management at Salesforce shares the journey of Debugging Flow. Show Overview 0:00 Debugging the computer 1:30 Introduction 2:46 A mite-y joke? 3:29 Debugging Flow with Timothy Peng aka Tpeng! 53:30 Outro 55:49 Post Outro Links in This Show Architect Record-Triggered Automation href="https://architect.salesforce.com/" target="_blank"> Saesflroce Architect resource FEEDBACK You can ask your questions, make comments, bad jokes, and your requests! Contact Us via Website https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast Leave a Voicemail 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email wizardcast@thewizardnews.com HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We'd love it if you could please share #WizardCast with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! Amazon Alexa Skill - REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS! Review Us Support the show! WizardCast Merchandise Store Shop On Amazon Libsyn podcast hosting:  Get a free month with promo code: podmagic Other Ways To Support Participate In The Show! Share an IdeaExchange idea for our Ideas Highlight episodes! http://bit.ly/ideahighlight Ways to subscribe to The WizardCast Click to Subscribe via iTunes/Apple Podcasts Click to Subscribe via Google Podcast App Click to Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via RSS music & sound effects https://freesound.org/ Audio and Music provided by: Cherry (Instrumental Version) (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 4.0 Sounds from: http://www.freesfx.co.uk episode!

    56 min

  4. 02/23/2021

    We’re Back! A Spring 21 Release Notes Story

    Send Us Your Feedback & Suggestions! Voicemail: 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email: wizardcast@thewizardnews.com Website: https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast It's been a while since the last episode. Thanks for your patience during this pandemic scheduling craziness. We're here to share what's coming in the Spring '21 release. So stay awhile and listen! Show Overview 0:00 Getting back to things 0:36 Introduction 1:36 A joke? 2:04 Another joke? 2:27 and another joke? 2:39 more jokes! 4:10 Actual Release notes 58:00 Outro 1:00:11 Post Outro Links in This Show Release Notes FEEDBACK You can ask your questions, make comments, bad jokes, and your requests! Contact Us via Website https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast Leave a Voicemail 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email wizardcast@thewizardnews.com HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We'd love it if you could please share #WizardCast with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! Amazon Alexa Skill - REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS! Review Us Support the show! WizardCast Merchandise Store Shop On Amazon Libsyn podcast hosting:  Get a free month with promo code: podmagic Other Ways To Support Participate In The Show! Share an IdeaExchange idea for our Ideas Highlight episodes! http://bit.ly/ideahighlight Ways to subscribe to The WizardCast Click to Subscribe via iTunes/Apple Podcasts Click to Subscribe via Google Podcast App Click to Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via RSS music & sound effects https://freesound.org/ Audio and Music provided by: Cherry (Instrumental Version) (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 4.0 Sounds from: http://www.freesfx.co.uk episode!

    1h 0m

  5. 09/14/2020

    True to the Confetti with Aria Niazi and Scott Allan

    Send Us Your Feedback & Suggestions! Voicemail: 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email: wizardcast@thewizardnews.com Website: https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast True to the core (TTTC) sessions are now virtual and Monthly via Trailhead Live! Scott Allan, Senior Manager Product Strategy of Customer & Market Insights at Salesforce, joins us to talk about why this is a big deal and how you can participate. Plus, we have Sales Cloud Product Manager Aria Niazi who shares what TTTC impacts him and why Opportunity Product Lookups are no longer coming out in Winter 21. Aria is also the PM responsible for confetti. Show Overview 0:00 Getting to the core of things 1:32 Introduction 2:32 Super Batman 2:50 True to the Core sessions & Sales Cloud with Scott Allan, Senior Manager Product Strategy of Customer & Market Insights & Aria Niazi, Director of Product Management Sales Cloud 8:38 How to participate in True to the Core Sessions 11:45 A Product Manager's perspective of True to the Core 13:50 Lookups to Opportunity Products delayed - WHY Aria WHY! 27:38 Confetti... WHY 41:29 Idea Prioritization September 14 - September 28 43:19 Why did some ideas get worked on even if they didn't win prioritization? 46:30 Why are we doing mix-cloud prioritization lists? 57:53 Outro 1:00:20 Post Outro Links in This Show Idea: Audio responses for True to the core on Trailhead Live! Opportunity Product Lookup Idea & PM Response Trailhead Live True to the Core live - Platform True to the Core on Trailhead Community Introduction Salesforce Celebration by Aria Niazi Prioritize Ideas for future development! Trailhead Basics What's on the other side of the Earth   FEEDBACK You can ask your questions, make comments, bad jokes, and your requests! Contact Us via Website https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast Leave a Voicemail 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email wizardcast@thewizardnews.com HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We'd love it if you could please share #WizardCast with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! Amazon Alexa Skill - REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS!Review Us Support the show! WizardCast Merchandise Store Shop On Amazon Libsyn podcast hosting:  Get a free month with promo code: podmagic Other Ways To Support Participate In The Show! Share an IdeaExchange idea for our Ideas Highlight episodes! http://bit.ly/ideahighlight Ways to subscribe to The WizardCast Click to Subscribe via iTunes/Apple Podcasts Click to Subscribe via Google Podcast App Click to Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via RSS music & sound effects https://freesound.org/Audio and Music provided by: Cherry (Instrumental Version) (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 4.0 Sounds from: http://www.freesfx.co.uk episode!

    1h 0m

  6. 08/24/2020

    Midwest Streaming with Peter Coffee

    Send Us Your Feedback & Suggestions! Voicemail: 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email: wizardcast@thewizardnews.com Website: https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast We couldn't hold Midwest Dreamin' this year due to the pandemic. So we decided to bring you an opening keynote session closing keynote podcast streamed for your safety and convenience. Peter Coffee with a special introduction by Eric Dreshfield joins the WizardCast with a discussion on technology, trends, and impacts of the pandemic. Peter is the VP of Strategic Research at Salesforce and has often spoken at Midwest Dreamin'. We talked about how some of the responses to the pandemic is an actual accelerant of trends we were already seeing before the outbreak. Show Overview 0:00 Message in a bottle 1:07 Introduction 2:07 Pooling Jokes 2:42 Midwest Streamin' Intro by Eric Dreshfield 3:33 Peter Coffee "Keynote" 5:33 Eric Dreshfield Midwest Dreamin' story 9:10 How have things gotten different 10:30 The pandemic is an acceleration of trends that were already underway 15:02 Built a ventilator management tool app in 4 days 20:20 What's wrong with the term "digital transformation" 23:17 Digital Transformation in Education 35:50 Scenario Planning 36:55 Efficiencies of Cities 42:50 Is Midwest Dreamin' still Midwest & virtual conference 56:30 Browser Brave & Privacy 1:0840 Outro 1:10:30 Post Outro Books Mentioned Future Shock Ted Nelson Computer Lib Dreammachines Links in This Show Overnight digital transformation: Welcome to the year 2025, 60 months early ZdNet Joe Mckendrick   Starlink Satellites Internet Scenario Planning with Peter Schwartz Brave Browser FEEDBACK You can ask your questions, make comments, bad jokes, and your requests!   Contact Us via Website https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast Leave a Voicemail 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email wizardcast@thewizardnews.com HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! Share this podcast! Amazon Alexa Skill - REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS! Review Us Support the show! WizardCast Merchandise Store Shop On Amazon Libsyn podcast hosting:  Get a free month with promo code: podmagic Other Ways To Support Participate In The Show! Share an IdeaExchange idea for our Ideas Highlight episodes! http://bit.ly/ideahighlight Ways to subscribe to The WizardCast Click to Subscribe via iTunes/Apple Podcasts Click to Subscribe via Google Podcast App Click to Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via RSS music & sound effects https://freesound.org/ Audio and Music provided by: Cherry (Instrumental Version) (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 4.0 Sounds from: http://www.freesfx.co.uk episode!

    1h 11m

  7. 06/22/2020

    User Experience with David Tsai

    Send Us Your Feedback & Suggestions! Voicemail: 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email: wizardcast@thewizardnews.com Website: https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast What is User Experience and why is it important to us as Admin and Devs?  Show Overview 0:00 I give up! 1:31 Introduction 2:31 Joke 3:36 David Tsai User Experience Lead for IdeaExchange at Salesforce 4:42 What is User Experience 5:35 Difference between End User and Customer 9:40 A storied difference to solving problems. Story-driven problem statements 15:00 Salesforce Relationship design 23:50 The User Experience journey for Prioritization on the IdeaExchange 39:43 Continuous improvement 49:25 Outro 51:20 Post Outro Book recommendations Competing Against Luck Links in This Show Relationships by Design - Salesforce   Better Build with Ux Trailhead App Design and Prototyping Trailhead FEEDBACK You can ask your questions, make comments, bad jokes, and your requests!   Contact Us via Website https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast Leave a Voicemail 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email wizardcast@thewizardnews.com HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We'd love it if you could please share #WizardCast with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! Amazon Alexa Skill - REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS! Review Us Support the show! WizardCast Merchandise Store Shop On Amazon Libsyn podcast hosting:  Get a free month with promo code: podmagic Other Ways To Support Participate In The Show! Share an IdeaExchange idea for our Ideas Highlight episodes! http://bit.ly/ideahighlight Ways to subscribe to The WizardCast Click to Subscribe via iTunes/Apple Podcasts Click to Subscribe via Google Podcast App Click to Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via RSS music & sound effects https://freesound.org/ Audio and Music provided by: Cherry (Instrumental Version) (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 4.0 Sounds from: http://www.freesfx.co.uk episode!

    52 min
  8. A Message

    06/05/2020

    A Message

    Organizations you can donate your time and money to if you're able. https://www.naacp.org/ https://bailproject.org/ https://www.aclu.org/

    1 min
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The podcast for salesforce.com products, features, and community all with a sense of humor. Perfect for Salesforce Admins, Salesforce Developers, and other Salesforce professionals everywhere. Brian Kwong - aka Salesforce Wizard - and Mark Ross - aka Salesforce Yoda - explore the world of salesforce.com with some fun and humor. Learn tips and tricks, Salesforce career options, new features, and other topics around the Salesforce world all with a smiles and puns. Listeners are invited to interact with us. Maybe we'll interview you or you could join us for a quiz episode. Perhaps you'll send us a question or a bit of audio we can play on the podcast. So come and join us. I hope you learn something. I hope you laugh. Above all I hope you have some fun.

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  • Creator
    Brian Kwong the Salesforce Wizard and Mark Ross - Salesforce Yoda
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2022
  • Episodes
    123
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019
  • Show Website
    WizardCast

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