Pulse Academy Live
Go Deeper. Discover More.
Lead the Expedition.
Before you step into Pulse, venture off the beaten path and deepen your Gainsight product knowledge with Pulse Academy Live (PAL)! Two full day courses designed for seasoned CS Admins with at least six months of experience, featuring interactive hands-on sessions and workshops, expert speakers, and advanced tips on journey orchestrator and data insights. PAL is where seasoned Admins and CSM’s decode the ancient secrets of scalable success. Add PAL to your Pulse Registration today!
Pulse Academy Live Speakers
Ben Wanless
Post Sales Program Manager
Josh Schachter
SVP Strategy &
Marketing Developoment
Jennifer Palawasta
Business Systems Analyst
Brian Holmes
Sr. Technical Trainer
Bradley Bazhaw
Principal Customer Success
Systems Administrator
Michael O’Brien
Customer Experience Operations
Keith Mattes
Sr. Customer Success
Operations Analyst
Choose Your Expedition Path
Gainsight Admin 200: Advanced Series
($599 per person)
Spend the day sharpening your Gainsight expertise alongside other experienced Admins in a hands-on, highly interactive learning environment. We’ll dig into advanced capabilities like APIs, Rules, and Journey Orchestrator, explore smarter ways to automate and optimize, and learn directly from Admins who’ve been in the trenches. With a mix of expert-led sessions and peer-driven stories, this is your opportunity to collaborate, swap ideas, and walk away with practical takeaways you can use immediately.
Mastering Gainsight for CSMs: From Strategy to Action
($399 per person)
Master Your Workflow. Scale Your Impact. Future-Proof Your Career.
Join us for a high-impact, collaborative day designed for today’s CSM. Whether you are managing a few strategic enterprise accounts or a high-volume portfolio, this event is built to help you navigate the increasing complexities of Customer Success with more efficiency and less friction.
PAL is a separate ticketed experience and requires an additional registration beyond your Pulse pass.
Detailed Agendas
Gainsight Admin 200:
Advanced Series
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9:00am - 9:15am
Welcome and Introductions
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9:15am - 11:00am
Uh-oh, We’re In Trouble(shooting) with Admin Guest Speaker Keith Mattes
Learn practical tips, tricks, and best practices for troubleshooting your Gainsight instance—then put them to work. You’ll team up with fellow attendees to investigate and resolve issues in a hands-on demo environment, navigating a few twists and turns along the way. You’ll leave with greater confidence in your ability to diagnose problems and navigate troubleshooting with ease.
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11:00am - 11:15am
Break
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11:15am - 11:45am
Effective Rule Building: Standards, Patterns, and Pitfalls to Avoid with Admin Guest Speaker Bradley Bazhaw
Struggling with complex, hard-to-debug Gainsight builds? This session focuses on effective rule design strategies and architectural patterns that bring consistency and clarity across Rules, Data Designer, and JO queries, helping you build solutions that are easier to manage, scale, and troubleshoot.
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11:45am - 12:15pm
Signals to Strategy: Leveraging JO for Internal Alignment with Admin Guest Speaker Michael O'Brien
As CS Orgs continue to take on more responsibilities within organizations, ensuring internal alignment is more critical than ever. Using standard Gainsight functionality (Cockpit, Surveys and Journey Orchestrator), learn more about how we’ve scaled the collection of Executive Business Review insights for distribution to key business stakeholders.
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12:15pm - 1:15pm
Lunch Time
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1:15pm - 3:15pm
Hands-On API Patterns: Gainsight External Actions + Slack with Admin Guest Speaker Ben Wanless
Learn how to use Gainsight External Actions and the Events/Real-Time Rules framework to call APIs and automate Slack workflows from Gainsight MDA Objects. You’ll build a working integration that posts structured Slack messages from CTA events, then extend it into a hands-on lab that implements an automated “Risk CTA → Slack collaboration channel” process. Attendees will leave with reusable patterns for payload design, field mapping, and troubleshooting.
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3:15pm - 3:30pm
Break
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3:30pm - 4:00pm
Boost Engagement with On-Demand Emails with Admin Guest Speaker Jennifer Palawasta
Successful email campaigns target the right person at the best time. Your Customer Success Managers have valuable insight into the needs of their customers. This knowledge can be used to “drop” specific contacts into relevant targeted on demand email campaigns, boosting customer engagement. This session will address the configuration of an on demand request form, the development of an advanced Journey Orchestrator program, and the generation of analytics reports.
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4::00pm - 5:00pm
Admin Idea Exchange: Bring Your Own Challenge
Got a tricky configuration or a problem you don’t know how to solve? This collaborative session is your chance to gain fresh perspectives and actionable solutions. Bring your toughest challenges and tap into one of the best resources available—the collective expertise of your fellow Gainsight Admins. Whether you’re looking to start solving or refine your approach, this interactive exchange will leave you with new insights and ideas to tackle your obstacles head-on.
Mastering Gainsight for CSMs:
From Strategy to Action
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9:00am - 9:15am
Welcome and Introductions
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9:15am - 9:30am
The Pulse Check: Finding Your Tribe - Quick Icebreaker
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9:30am - 10:45am
The AI-Powered CSM
A deep dive into the evolving tech stack of the modern Customer Success Manager. We will kick off with an overview of the current AI landscape—covering both native Gainsight AI features and external productivity tools. Following the intro, we’ll break into groups to swap “in-the-trenches” stories of how these tools are actually saving time, improving customer outcomes, and reducing administrative overhead.
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10:45am - 11:00am
Break
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11:00am -12:00pm
Collaborative Round-Tables: Breakout 1
You select the topics that matter most to your daily work! Our Collaborative Round-Tables move away from presentations and into in-the-trenches problem-solving. Choose from deep dives including:
- The Strategic Edge: Mastering the “Art of No” to protect your time and prevent burnout.
- Navigating the C-Suite: Shifting from feature clicks to business outcomes for executive stakeholders.
- Advanced Risk Management: Identifying the soft signals of churn before the data catches up.
- The Value Accelerator: Shortening Time-to-Value (TTV) and using Radical Candor to rescue ghosted accounts.
- The Growth Engine: Spotting expansion signals and pivoting technical syncs into revenue opportunities.
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12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lunch Time
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1:00pm - 2:00pm
Breakout 2
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2:00pm - 3:00pm
Breakout 3
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3:00pm - 3:15pm
Break
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3:15pm - 3:30pm
Breakout Wrapup
We’ll come back together as one group to share learnings, discuss insights, and key takeaways.
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4:00pm - 4:45pm
The Human Advantage: Future-Proofing Your Career in the Age of AI with [Un]Churned podcast host and SVP of Strategy and Market Development, Josh Schachter
This interview-style panel features industry experts and hiring managers pulling back the curtain on the CS talent market. In an industry rapidly shifting due to AI, you’ll hear first-hand what it takes to build a world-class skill set that keeps you indispensable. Learn exactly which marketable skills the top leaders are looking for right now, and how to ensure your professional brand remains on point in a shifting landscape.
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4:45pm - 5:00pm
Closing & Photo
FAQs
Pulse Academy Live offers multiple tracks designed to help you navigate AI, expansion, retention, and customer experience with clarity and confidence.
Build your map!
Pulse Academy Live is designed for seasoned CS Admins with at least six months of experience, featuring interactive hands-on sessions, expert speakers, and advanced tips on Journey Orchestrator and data insights. Attendees will explore topics like Event Framework, API-based Rules, and creative solutions from experienced Gainsight Admins. The day concludes with an Admin Idea Exchange for collaborative problem-solving and sharing innovative solutions.
Pulse Academy Live will take place on Tuesday, May 26th from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST.
PAL will take place in-person in Las Vegas at the
Ceasers Forum
3911 S. Koval Ln.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Pulse Academy Live is for in-person attendees only.
Snacks and beverages are included with Pulse Academy Live registration. Attendees will be free to head out for lunch on their own in the surrounding area.
Anyone can participate, but please make sure to read the course description for additional recommendations and prerequisites.
Pulse Academy Live tickets can be purchased by going to the Pulse event website.
You do not need a Pulse Conference Pass to attend Pulse Academy Live. We do recommend purchasing both to get the full Pulse experience, but it’s not required.
Cancellations are not offered for Pulse Academy Live. Please contact pulseus@gainsight.com if you have any questions.
Please reach out to pulseus@gainsight.com if you need assistance transferring a ticket to someone else.
We will not be recording any academy sessions, as these courses are tailored to an in-person experience.
Please ensure you bring a charged laptop/with power, and notepad/pen if you wish to make notes on a session. For some sessions, we will encourage you to keep laptops closed and phone usage minimized to achieve full engagement from all participants. There will be breaks built into the day for opportunities to check emails. If there is prep work for your course, you will be notified in advance.
There will not be any on-site certification. For any attendees of the Admin 200 course who would like to attain their Level 3 Gainsight NXT Admin certification, there will be a discount voucher to the value of $150 which is 50% of the certification cost.