Dreamforce 2025 — Orchestrating a Citywide Experience

September 2025
Supporting one of the world’s largest technology events through trusted partnerships and multi-client execution.

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The Scale of Dreamforce

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Salesforce’s Dreamforce isn’t just a conference — it’s a citywide production. Each year, more than 150,000–200,000 attendees converge on San Francisco for three days of innovation, education, and community, spread across 12–15 venues throughout downtown.

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For Mountain View Staging, Dreamforce 2025 represented another chapter in a long-standing relationship supporting this flagship event — working both directly with Salesforce and in close partnership with George P. Johnson (GPJ), alongside additional activations for other clients throughout the show footprint.

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Much of that continuity is driven by experienced leadership behind the scenes, including Donte Jones, who has successfully managed Dreamforce operations for MVS across multiple years — bringing consistency, institutional knowledge, and calm execution to one of the industry’s most demanding events.

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Operating Inside a Citywide, Multi-Client Environment

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Dreamforce spans nearly every corner of downtown San Francisco, including:

• Moscone Center (North, South, and West)

• Salesforce Tower (executive and C-suite environments)

• Hilton, Marriott, and InterContinental Hotels

• Expo floor activations and auxiliary venues

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MVS provided production services, technology, and staffing across multiple environments, collaborating with GPJ on major show areas while also supporting direct Salesforce needs and select expo activations for Sparks.

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The production timeline reflected the scale and complexity:

• 8–10 days of load-in

• 3 days live

• 3–4 days of strike

• Approximately 75 MVS crew members supporting concurrent venues and clients

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Enterprise-Grade Technology Built for Complex Shows

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A major highlight of Dreamforce 2025 was the expanded deployment of MVS Marquee, MVS’s proprietary digital signage platform.

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Across GPJ-led environments, Salesforce-direct spaces, and select expo activations, Marquee enabled:

• Real-time signage updates across multiple venues

• Executive-level flexibility for last-minute changes

• Consistent branding and wayfinding in high-traffic areas

• Rapid pivots without printing delays

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Built to scale, Marquee proved its value in one of the most demanding live event environments in the world.

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Anticipation Over Reaction

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Dreamforce requires partners who can operate inside layered approval structures, overlapping scopes, and fast-moving priorities.

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Through years of collaboration with Salesforce and GPJ, MVS has learned how to anticipate needs across multiple stakeholders — delivering solutions that align with the broader vision while responding quickly to individual client requests.

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Trusted Inside the Biggest Shows

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What Dreamforce 2025 demonstrated most clearly was MVS’s ability to:

• Integrate seamlessly with lead agencies like GPJ

• Support direct client needs for Salesforce

• Execute smaller but critical activations for partners like Sparks

• Maintain consistency, reliability, and creative problem-solving across all of it

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At this scale, success isn’t about owning everything — it’s about delivering your part flawlessly.
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