Join us as we talk about the origins of the Trailhead cast, including Astro, Codey, Einstein, Earnie, Meta, Hootie, Blaze, and more. It’s super easy to do, and it really helps more Admins find the podcast. Add to Trailmix Tap into an incredible source of inspiration to be your best.
The next day she sent me Astro.”“We consider Astro not only just your guide to Salesforce but a representative of community and inclusion,” Domenique says, “they always leave a space for you, they’re always welcoming to you— they want to go on an adventure with you.”Astro was by themselves for about a year, but now the floodgates have opened and we have a huge cast of Trailhead characters. With the help of Amanda Cheung, Lily Glass and the rest of my Trailhead design dream team along with Chris Duarte, Sarah Franklin, and Colin Fleming…
As host of the Salesforce Admins podcast, she has helped deliver 250+ interviews from Admins, product experts, and community leaders to listeners around the globe. “Astro wouldn’t be Astro without the help of Rochelle Truong, who was the office manager for our Developer and Admin Groups but also a secret illustrator,” Domenique says, “and I was banging my head on the table trying to come up with an idea, so I asked her to take a shot at an astronaut idea. We caught up with her just as she stepped off the Salesforce Admin keynote stage. If she doesnât know the answer, she uses her extensive network to connect the right people together to solve your problems. Trailhead naturally had always had a running thing with badgers (and puns), so it made sense. Avoid Missed Sales Opportunities: How Calavo Growers Keeps Their Pipeline Fresh Add to Favorites. Whether itâs coding an app on Salesforce, or pouring lattes as a âBearistaâ, Codey isnât afraid to get noticed or dive in to get things done. Pronouns: they/them/their. “Cloudy knows the cloud inside and out, she believes that you can do anything,” she says, “no matter how you got here she’s here for you and she’s going to make it happen.”“Earnie Badger came about in a really fun way because we were creating a badger character for breakfast at Dreamforce,” Domenique says. Dive into these stories of Trailblazers from all walks of life. Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast we talk to Domenique Sillett, Senior Creative Director at Team Trailhead at Salesforce, to find out about the creation process of all the Trailhead characters you know and love. Astro: Your guide to Salesforce. But with everything we do at Salesforce, we’re trying to show you that we’re a different kind of tech company.” That kind of thinking is how we end up with waterfalls and goats inside of Moscone.“We didn’t really create these characters as much as our community did,” Domenique says, “we created them in tandem with our community in response to the activities going on around the company, the accomplishments of our Ohana and Trailblazers, the adventures that our Admins, Developers, and partner communities have, and really just life inside of team Trailhead and Salesforce.”Astro just celebrated their fourth birthday, so to get the story you need to go back to 2014.