Author Archives: Douglas Golden

7 Reasons for Our Salesforce Success

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Douglas Golden

At work, I manage a team that provides technology solutions to several small but important departments within my organization. In the not-so-distant past, others in my role resorted to using tools like MS Access (hardly scalable), Spreadsheets (not easily shareable), … Continue reading →

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Salesforce tip: Compose formulas in Excel first

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Douglas Golden

I was working on a fairly complicated formula in Salesforce and realized that it may be easier just to build in Excel. As many of the formula conventions in Salesforce are the same as Excel formulas, this little trick can … Continue reading →

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Getting Sharepoint to talk to Salesforce on the Cheap: Part II

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Douglas Golden

This is the second and last part of a series of posts that explains how to create integration between Salesforce and Sharepoint without using web services or an off-the-shelf product. The key parts of this solution includes: Creating a method … Continue reading →

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Getting SharePoint to talk to Salesforce on the cheap – Part 1

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Douglas Golden

At work, we are using Salesforce.com to meet the needs of several departments. We’ve extended the platform to not just manage CRM data, but to track other business processes as well.  We also use Sharepoint to manage documents, publish dashboards, … Continue reading →

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What if you could do it all over? [Good Book]

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Douglas Golden

Ever thought about going back to that one critical moment or decision you made when you were 18? Maybe it was about a girlfriend/boyfriend; or a class you took; a bet you made (or didn’t); or a vacation you took. Jeff Winston, … Continue reading →

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My 2010 Professional Development Retrospective

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Douglas Golden

Looking back at 2010 (we can do that now, right?) I’m proud of my professional development.  I’m lucky to have a boss that (with the appropriate rationale) supports my professional development.  In 2010 I was fortunate to attend two conferences, … Continue reading →

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Creating an RSVP template in Sharepoint (Part II)

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Douglas Golden

In the last post I outlined how to setup the lists and newform.aspx for the RSVP template.  Let’s test to make sure the form is functioning, then we can complete the project by tying off some loose ends. Testing the … Continue reading →

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Creating an RSVP template in Sharepoint (Part I)

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Douglas Golden

***Alert: If you don’t use Sharepoint, you will find this post irrelevant*** As part of my day job, I spend a fair amount of time working in Sharepoint.  It’s not a perfect application,  but it allows people without any programming … Continue reading →

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Sharepoint has a Maturity Model

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Douglas Golden

Just ran across a new Sharepoint Maturity Model in the End User Sharepoint Blog.  I’m going to spend some time looking it over and analyzing where my company fits.  At first glance, we are somewhere in the middle in most areas. … Continue reading →

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Testing Blackbird Pie

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Douglas Golden

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