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Great Posts from the Salesforce Power of Us Hub

1. Lightning Experience Roadmap
   Nils Koop (Salesforce.org)

   If you're holding back from adopting Lightning in your Salesforce org because of that one missing bit of magic that isn't ready, here's your timeline to future happiness.

2. [VIDEO] Engagement Plan Template cloning & much more: NPSP v3.85
   Tim Forbes (Soapbox Engage)

   Deep cloning? Friendly robot-email-responses from the NPSP? Welcome to the future. Your robot chauffeur awaits you in the NPSP.

3. Affiliations verses Account Contact Relationships
   Peter White (Arkus)

   You know the NPSP is doing well when Salesforce.com itself uses it for inspiration on the platform. As the Account Contact Relationship is further built on platform, when is the right time to use it versus the NPSP affiliations?

4. Does anyone have any documentation or guidance on leveraging NPSP for church donation management?
   Phil Weinmeister (MVP)

   Working with places of worship and trying to develop the best way to use Salesforce for donations? It looks like there might be some lessons to be learned throughout our religious communities!

5. Fiscal year & NPSP Fields
   Connor Martini (Akilah Institute for Women)

   Changing the fiscal year isn't just challenging for your organization's accountant, but also for your Salesforce org. Move carefully, and heed this advice.

6. The Power of Investing in Your Team: A Salesforce Staffing Benchmark Study
   Brad Struss (Bigger Boat Consulting)

   Until a Salesforce is able to auto-manage/update/support itself (see early "the robots are coming" post), we still need us humans to keep things humming. Here's a great post about how to invest wisely.

7. 4 Reasons Why You Should Transition Your Force.com Developer and Advanced Developer Certifications Now
   Alicia Schmidt (Salesforce.org)

   Being certified is fantastic for your Salesforce well-being...but losing it because you missed a retirement is less than pleasant. Here's a path for you Force.com Developer certified folks.

8. How to move an app to an other org
   Algemeen (Go College)

   Sometimes it can be easier to move an entire house you've built to a new neighborhood than moving an app in Salesforce from one org to another. Here's some times to avoid throwing your back out (hint: don't use your back, use your legs!).

9. Did you use Premier Success when you began with Salesforce?
   Jonathan Cranch (FabMo)

   The goodness of some of the brightest minds in Salesforce are only a phone call away in Premier Success world. When is a good time to pick up the phone (and a contract) to get started with them?

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.

Great Ideas for Nonprofits Using Salesforce

1. Clear All Levels
   Ashima Saigal (Database Sherpa)

   In the NPSP Levels functionality, once a level itself is set, the system won't override it if the level criteria or naming is changed in any way. How about a little button that allows us to clear out all the levels?