SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- DREAMFORCE 2017—Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, today announced myTrailhead, enabling businesses to reinvent corporate learning and enablement. Salesforce launched Trailhead in 2014 with a mission to create a gamified online learning platform that empowers anyone to skill-up for a job in the thriving Salesforce Economy. Now, with myTrailhead, Salesforce is extending this platform to enable companies to customize the learning environment with their own content and branding—from custom onboarding trails to company-specific enablement skills.
"In this digital age, continuous learning is more critical than ever to keep pace with rapid technology changes and the increasing velocity of business," said Sarah Franklin, SVP Developer Relations and GM of Trailhead, Salesforce. "myTrailhead fosters a culture of learning, which drives both employee and business success."
As technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, every job is being redefined with new skills and companies are struggling to keep up. Traditional corporate learning techniques and tools simply won't cut it. myTrailhead transforms the corporate learning model—empowering organizations with tools needed to make learning customizable, fun and at the center of their business. Now, companies will be able to move from disparate learning tools—FAQs, slide decks and static manuals—to a single modern platform for all corporate learning.
"The global demand for 21st century skills is increasing," said Josh Bersin, Principal and Founder, Bersin™, Deloitte Consulting LLP. "Offerings that provide fun, easy-to-use, gamified training in modern topic areas can add value to individuals and companies all over the world."
Introducing myTrailhead
The myTrailhead platform will bring together new and existing technologies including:
About Trailhead
Trailhead is Salesforce's interactive, guided and gamified learning platform, where anyone can learn the skills that empower them to land a job in the workforce of the future. Trailhead is democratizing education and providing a direct path for anyone to start learning in-demand skills for free, from anywhere. Since launching in 2014, Trailblazers have earned 4 million badges, which directly relate to in-demand job skills. In fact according to Indeed, two of the top 10 best jobs of the future are in the Salesforce Economy.
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About Dreamforce
Dreamforce 2017 is four days of inspiration, growth, innovation, learning, equality and fun for the Salesforce community. More than 170,000 Trailblazers from more than 91 countries are registered to attend, and 10 million viewers will join online for the sold out event. Salesforce will share its vision for customer success, unveil the latest industry innovations and showcase the Trailblazer community that is driving innovation, transforming their companies and advancing their careers. Dreamforce includes more than 2,700 sessions to give Trailblazers the opportunity to get hands-on with the latest product innovations, learn from Salesforce experts and each other and earn Trailhead badges. Dreamforce also brings together global leaders and visionaries to share how they have challenged the status quo in their own unique way. Every day, attendees will have a new opportunity to learn about Salesforce's commitment to equality through sessions and activities focused on workforce development, education, environmental sustainability and philanthropy. Dreamforce provides attendees a number of opportunities to give back, including our Dreamfest, featuring Grammy award winners Alicia Keys and Lenny Kravitz, which is expected to raise $10 million for UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals.
About Salesforce
Salesforce, the global CRM leader, empowers companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way. Salesforce has been democratizing business technology since 1999 for companies of every size and industry. With industry-leading clouds that span sales, service, marketing, commerce, communities, collaboration and industries, all on a single trusted platform, the Salesforce Customer Success Platform will power more than 1.7 trillion B2B and B2C transactions this year for more than 150,000 customers. For more information about Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit: www.salesforce.com.
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