Soapbox Engage Blog

Welcome back from Thanksgiving break, my American friends. Time to get back to work, changemakers! Somewhere, deep in the halls of your organization, your fundraising team needs a big hug as they hurtle towards tomorrow's Giving Tuesday. Aside from handing them keys to a fantastic online fundraising toolset, how about pouring them a healthy glass of Salesforce knowledge here at the PUB Crawl?

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Great Posts from the Salesforce Power of Us Hub

1. [Video] Error Handling and Scheduled Nightly Batches: NPSP v3.83
   Tim Forbes (Soapbox Engage)

   In the first of two Release Notes Rundown videos, Tim leads you down the path of how the NPSP carefully handles those errors that might come up, and the hard work the NPSP does every night while we all sleep. Grab some popcorn!

2. [Video] Friendlier, More Helpful Error Messages: NPSP v3.84
   Tim Forbes (Soapbox Engage)

   Imagine a world of friendlier, happier reminders that you made a small mistake. No, I'm not having a knee-jerk reaction to a year of American politics, I'm talking about the NPSP v3.83.

3. Suggestions for Managing Inactive Accounts
   Holly Chaimov (Parkinson's Resources of Oregon)

   In a technological world where we're typically hesitant to delete anything, here's a little dose of data cleanliness knowledge. Ready to do some end-of-year cleaning?

4. You're Not a Special Snowflake: 5 Reasons Why You Should Really Be Using Standard Objects
   Tal Frankfurt (Cloud for Good)

   Using standard objects is near and dear to our Soapbox Engage hearts (see: pretty much anything we've ever made). Tal found a gold nugget of knowledge with Jon Aniano's great blog post.

5. So much thanks!
   Dean Martin (Salesforce.org)

   Our community has, let's say, a je ne sais quoi. A sense of awesomeness that extends in all directions. What better than to call out that goodness in one annual thank you post?

6. The current Limitations of Lightning
   Katie McFadden (Swift River Consulting)

   Anything "Lightning" is one of the top subjects of every NPSP Day, so it's fantastic that Katie found this blog post by Brent Downey giving you a front row seat of a migration to Lightning, with all its beauty and current challenges.

Great Events for the Salesforce Nonprofit Community

1. NPSP Day Philadelphia - December 9, 2016
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   The home of the Liberty Bell, the best cheesesteaks in America, and now...an NPSP Day! Come one, come all to the City of Brotherly Love for a day of networking, knowledge sharing, and training on the NPSP.

2. HUB Office Hours - Fri, Dec 2 @ 12pm ET
   Caroline Renard (Technology Interpreter for Arts Groups)

   For our US readers, consider this your memory booster after having too much tryptophan-induced sleep from the turkey. Gurus Justin Barss, Tal Frankfurt, and Sara Metheny are here to answer all your questions.

Great Ideas for Nonprofits Using Salesforce

1. Have Engagement Plans work with recurring tasks
   Jessica Kwok (Dayspring Technologies)

   Could Engagement Plans be even better if they were allowed to be run over, and over, and over, and over...?

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