DREAMFORCE
THE CLOUD MEETS MARDI GRAS

Creating an immersive experience is what I imagine conducting an orchestra is like. Integrating multiple players, harnessing huge talent, yielding a singular, compelling experience for tens of thousands of people. It needs to be seamless, breathtaking and inspire awe in the casual listener and the most ardent fan.

I led a team of hardworking creatives and external partners to transform a large corner of San Francisco to deliver a heightened brand experience. starting with the physical look and feel, product activations & loyalty-enhancing experiences that include the social good of all. Next, was to transfer the experience around the world. This means synthesizing hundreds of creative people, product events and activities and to extend the unique experience of Dreamforce around the world. I managed up, down and sideways to ensure the success of Salesforce’s events, all without any special wand.
Leading a team, we create thousands of signage pieces, experiences and activations, OOH, collateral pieces, uniforms, and more, as well as digital assets including email, social, and the event website itself. It's impossible to capture the scale and experience of it all, but below is a small glimpse of Dreamforce, the largest software conference on earth.
Here’s a look at Dreamforce by the numbers:
  • 172,705 registered to attend (+15% YoY) - the largest software conference on earth.
  • 67,011 attendees (+11% YoY)
  • 30,796 Full Conference and Executive Summit registrations (579 Exec Summit).
  • Over $2.1B in registered pipe (105% to goal, 27% growth YoY)
  • 11.7M Salesforce Live viewers.
  • 2,178 press articles
  • 160K+ social mentions including 4,400+ mentions of #DFWomenLead
  • Over 1 million books raised and $10M raised by the UCSF Benefit.
Dreamforce is a big deal. There were over 172,000 people registered for Dreamforce and another 11.7M joined online. Salesforce delivered 35 keynotes, over 1,600+ breakout sessions, two Cloud Expos and Salesforce Showcases, plus we shutdown Howard Street and made a park full of grass and trees simply used for attendees to chill.
I’ve been to office parties before. This ain’t no office party. This has turned out to be a Rock ‘n Roll masterpiece.
— Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters
Experiences and activations are the most fun
We built the first ever schoolhouse built with empty shelves only to be filed during the event — resulting in the world’s largest book drive raising over 1 million books! Produced a 360 degree social activation celebrating the launch of Salesforce Communities. Created the largest inflatable tent in North America to date. Transformed a cruise ship into “the Dreamboat” to create a floating hotel and solve occupancy issues. Plus threw a giant a rock concert (with the first ever green screen stage dive activation) featuring The Killers, and the Foo Fighters that raised 10M for UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Good times, good times.