Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks at Saleforce Dreamforce convention

ByTiffany Wilson KGO logo
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Michelle Obama speaks at Dreamforce convention in SF
Former first lady Michelle Obama was the keynote speaker of the Dreamforce convention put on by Salesforce.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Former first lady Michelle Obama was the keynote speaker of the Dreamforce convention put on by Salesforce.

Many who waited in line for hours to see her. It was very off the cuff and candid and she got the crowd laughing and cheering at least a dozen times.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff led the conversation. Dozens of local school children were seated in the front row and they received quite a bit of attention from the former first lady.

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After the hour long discussion, one woman said she still had goosebumps. A man says he took away the need for internal change to lead external change and another listener called the talk amazing.

Michelle Obama is not the only former first lady to speak at Dreamforce, Hillary Clinton has also spoken at the tech convention.

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