Soapbox Engage Blog

The PUB Crawl is opening a little late today. You see, many of us are coming back to work a bit bleary-eyed due to the craziness that was last week. NPSP Community Sprint. Salesforce Day. Nonprofit Technology Conference. Phew.

Here's a heaping portion of knowledge served with a rich cup of coffee to start your week off right.

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Great Posts from the Salesforce Power of Us Hub

1. Nonprofit Starter Pack - A Decade of Innovation and Community Partnership
   Judi Sohn (Salesforce.org)

   A fantastic article that reminds us of the NPSP's uniqueness and community investment. Your contributions make this open source project better!

2. San Francisco Chronicle Highlights the Success of the NPSP Community
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   Fantastic coverage of the NPSP Spring 2016 Community Sprint by the San Francisco Chronicle. That's right, front page of the business section, baby!

3. Nonprofit Starter Pack v3.69 release video
   Tim Forbes (Soapbox Engage)

   One video. 60 seconds. Life altering. Okay, maybe that's not accurate. It's about 55 seconds. Welcome to the new features in the NPSP v3.69!

4. How to I roll my sandbox over into production?
   Brian Dodd (Community Resources for Children)

   You've toiled for hours in your Salesforce sandbox, and have everything setup perfectly. How the heck do you get all your handy work into your production account? Here's your guide.

5. Adding a couple as a single contact
   Stephen Wood (Growth Through Learning)

   Couples might be legally bound, but should they be bound in your Salesforce account? Consider this your public service announcement on using Contacts to represent two people.

6. Can organizations be added to campaigns?
   Elizabeth VanSlyke (Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women)

   Are organizations people? How about we sidestep any political debate and focus on how to track organizations in Campaigns, shall we? Awesome. Thanks.

7. Rollups on gifts from divorced couples
   Mk Davis (Avodah The Jewish Service Corps)

   Life's relationship challenges might impact your Salesforce data. Before you head in to visit a Salesforce therapist, here's some things to consider about divorced couples and donor data.

8. How to tell the version of my upgrade
   Amanda Styles (Literacy Action)

   With new features added to the NPSP every few weeks, it can be tough to figure out what was released when. Here's how you can stay on top of things.

9. How do others deal with soft credits and households?
   Jennifer Otremba (Breakthrough Twin Cities)

   Tracking household soft credits can be, let's say, challenging. Here's a way to escape the challenge of the Opportunity Contact Role to get household soft credit report data.

Great Events for the Salesforce Nonprofit Community

1. HUB Office Hours on Fri, April 1 at 12pm ET
   Caroline Renard (Technology Interpreter for Arts Groups)

   Join Kristina Winters (Kristina Winters Consulting), Cat Monaghan (Swift River Consulting) and Katie McFadden (Swift River Consulting) to have all your questions answered. All of them. I plan to ask about my NPSP custom burrito app add-on.

That's all for this week! Did I miss something? Have any tips or suggestions? Send all tip jar suggestions to me at cozimek@picnet.net.

Keep soaking up the goodness!

Your barkeeper,
Ryan