As we incredibly turn the calendar over to a new month, May comes roaring in with a ton of event announcements and lots of great activity in the Power of Us Hub. Not only that, but this PUB Crawl reporter is gearing up to log some serious miles in an NPSP Day tour crossing a couple of continents. Don't worry, your weekly dose of Salesforce knowledge will keep arriving right on time.
Pull up a barstool, and I'll fill up your glass with Salesforce knowledge. Let's dive right in to it!
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{loadposition blog-ad-pubcrawl}Great Posts from the Salesforce Power of Us Hub
- Best multi-select picklist alternative?
Rachel Park (Independent Consultant)The blessing and curse of picklists are at it again. Here's a rundown of your options to bringing some sanity back to your data.
- Program and Donor Program Management and Donations
Heath Parks (Cincinnati Works)Some strategies on how to record donations in the NPSP when you also have program management and those clients/members are making donations.
- How to handle donations received in currencies different from the ones active in Salesforce
Anna Silvestri (Mark Pollock Trust)Until we all agree on a common world currency, we're going to have fun recording origination and conversion values. Here's how to handle recording multiple currency transactions in one org.
- How do other organizations place tags on donors for specific areas of fundraising?
Sam Bailey (International OCD Foundation)Segmenting your donors into different categories can make it helpful for your future campaigns, but how should you store this categorization in Salesforce?
- Affiliation Security
Kyle Schmid (Huron Consulting Group)Open source goodness for making it easier to handle affiliations through a template-style process. Thanks Kyle for your contribution!
- Tracking workplace giving - hard credit/soft credit (full or partial)
Hilliary Giglio (1000 Friends of Oregon)Tracking donations from individuals is pretty straightforward with the NPSP. What about when you're receiving workplace donations?
- Summer 17 Release Notes
Marc Baizman (Salesforce.org)The heat of summer may be a few months away, but the Summer 17 release notes are ready for poolside reading.
- NPSP User Research
Mary Pustejovsky (Salesforce.org)Ready to give your guidance on what can make the NPSP even better? Here's your chance!
- How to manage test data
Chris Robinson (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)Strategies for standard naming and management of test data to make it easy to delete it once it's no longer needed.
Great Events for the Salesforce Nonprofit Community
- Chicago NPSP Community Sprint – Aug 8-9
Judi Sohn (Salesforce.org)Fresh off the heels of the successful sprint in Baltimore, get your running shoes out for this fantastic community contribution day!
- NPSP Day Seattle – May 11
Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)We're only a couple weeks away from the next NPSP Day in Seattle! Get ready to engage, learn, and network with your fellow NPSP community members in the city where so much of it started.
- NPSP Day Amsterdam - May 16
Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)Ah the anticipation of networking, engaging, and learning along the canals of Amsterdam is epic! Register today for the inaugural NPSP Day in Europe.
- NPSP Day London - May 19
Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)Ready to take everything you learned at the Salesforce World Tour London and bring it back to a group of dedicated Salesforce non-profiteers for discussion? I just happen to have the right event for you!
- HUB Office Hours - Fri, May 5 @ 12pm ET
Caroline Renard (Technology Interpreter for Arts Groups)Get ready for the intense knowledge to be dropped by Emily Hinck, Aiden Martin, and Steve Molis this week!
Great Ideas
- Change the point requirements on Hub levels to keep the motivation
Michael Kolodner (Spark Program)To keep the motivation going, what about changing the points required to reach different levels in the Power of Us Hub?
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