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Last week at the Salesforce.org Partner Summit in California, I decided to go a bit off-script with my ignite presentation. On the way to the event, I passed by my old high school in Los Gatos, and thought about my early days of eagerness to share ideas and bring people together. In this case, the high school newspaper.

It sparked a little fire that reminded me of my path to the non-profit tech world, starting with journalism, weaving through a war zone in the Balkans on a WFP plane, and ending up in an open source world that embraced knowledge sharing and empowering those that needed it the most.

There's an incredible number of opportunities for us to give our talents in the open source NPSP and HEDA communities. While many of us in the Salesforce ecosystem recognize today as a day of memorial, think about what you're most passionate about. Then, consider sharing this passion with those working alongside you in our community.

To keep those ideas flowing, here's a healthy pour of knowledge from the PUB!

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Great Posts from the Salesforce Power of Us Hub

1. Five Reasons to Attend NPSP Days
   Katie McFadden (Swift River Consulting)

   Salesforce.org published an awesome blog post by community members Ruben Schuring and Sergey Erlikh from the Netherlands about why NPSP Days should be on your list of events to attend this year!

2. Volunteers for Salesforce Application Documentation
   Jon Michael Varese (Salesforce.org)

   Our community tools are only as good as the instructions we create to use them. So, Jon and team have gone off and created some epic documentation on Volunteers for Salesforce!

3. Lessons learned from my first full Lightning deployment
   April Harris (Idealist Consulting)

   Okay, it's a strong headline, but April has gone through a full Lightning implementation and shared all the speed bumps she hit along the way. Strap on your seat belts!

4. Data Stewardship for Nonprofits - Dreamforce 14
   Caroline Renard (Technology Interpreter for Arts Groups)

   Caroline walked deep into the Dreamforce archives to dig up this gem of a presentation on data cleanliness provided by her and Beth a few years ago. Grab some popcorn and enjoy the movie!

5. NPSP Advisory Board - Meeting Minutes - May 3rd, 2017
   Katie McFadden (Swift River Consulting)

   Keeping true to its tenants of transparency and accountability, here's the latest from your community representatives for the NPSP!

6. Quick and easy tip - ready for a postal mail appeal
   Tompkins Spann (KELL Partners)

   A formula tip that makes determining who should receive your snail mail a snap!

7. NPSP How-To Series: Override a Default Address
   Melissa Barber (North Peak)

   Continued awesomeness arrives to the community from the NPSP Videography Team as they continue to produce Lightning environment videos. Cinephiles and admins rejoice!

8. Are Notes & Attachments really going away?
   Christine Yockel (KidsVoice)

   Are Notes and Attachments objects about to disappear from your Salesforce org, taking with it years of note-taking knowledge?

Great Events for the Salesforce Nonprofit Community

1. HUB Office Hours – Fri, Jun 2 @ 12pm EST
   Caroline Renard (Technology Interpreter for Arts Groups)

   Get ready for another amazing week of HUB Office hours featuring Nick Lindberg, Sara Chieco, and Joni Martin…or to summarize The Dream Team. Bring ALL your questions for this fantastic trio.

2. The #AwesomeAdmin’s Guide to What’s New in Reporting for NPSP - Thu, Jun 15 @ 2pm EST
   Amy Bortnick (Salesforce.org)

   The community added so many new reports that it might be difficult to understand how you can make the most of them. This webinar will provide a great overview of what's been added, and how to make the most of them.

3. NPSP Day New York - June 23
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   Gear up for a full day of NPSP community networking, training, and knowledge sharing in the city that never sleeps!

4. NPSP Community Sprint in Chicago - Aug 8-9
   Judi Sohn (Salesforce.org)

   Grab those sprinting shoes and get ready for the next community development gathering in Chicago this summer!

Great Ideas for Nonprofits Using Salesforce

1. Ability to create more Greetings beyond the native Formal and Informal ones
   Leslie Cox (Rogue Community College Foundation)

   When you can repurpose existing awesome functionality, some pretty cool things can happen. Let's consider expanding the ability of the Greetings functionality in the NPSP!