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For those who cheered for "sports!" (and maybe "commercials!") last night, let me bring you up to speed on the action from last night's Super Bowl. Justin Timberlake dressed like a hipster hunter, one kid summarized our world's use of smartphones, and the birds defeated the revolutionaries.

With that cultural summary behind us, put your laptop on that empty pizza box (which can now be recycled in my home city of DC!), and walk through Salesforce knowledge sharing with me in this week's PUB Crawl!

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Great Posts from the Salesforce Power of Us Hub

1. Donor Advised Funds
   Matt Benford (Today s Youth Matter)

   Hard credits, soft credits, opportunities...when it comes to donor advised funds, the data can feel like it's out of control. Here's some strategies for managing this within Salesforce.

2. How much will my Salesforce project cost?
   Brad Struss (Bigger Boat Consulting)

   Are you trying to understand how to interpret the "it depends" answer you get from consultants? Here's a great blog post diving into the details of what makes up the costs of a Salesforce project.

3. Need help with a unique donation situation
   Heath Parks (Cincinnati Works)

   When bundled donations are coming from one organization, but representing payments from both an individual and another donation matching organization, can soft credits come to the rescue?

4. Are there reasons not to combine married donors in one Contact?
   Deb Sadowski (Delmont Public Library)

   If marriage joins two people together, should it also bind them together in your Salesforce org?

5. Does anyone want to collaborate to give the Donation Tools Consumer Report some love?
   Katie McFadden (Swift River Consulting)

   Katie's rallying the community to document what we've learned from all the online donation apps built to integrate with Salesforce.

6. Donor Report
   Mercy Rossi (Neighborhood Partnerships)

   I'm going to keep highlighting great fundraising reporting questions like this one until I run out of ink for the PUB Crawl. Collecting data is only as good as the measurement of it.

7. How do I transfer a large amount of records from one owner to another
   Erika Barker (The Birthplace of Country Music)

   When you're transfer the torch of power from one Salesforce user to another, do you need special magic to make the move successful?

Great Events for the Salesforce Nonprofit Community

1. LATAM Hub Office Hours - mier, 7 de febrero @ 12pm MEX
   Elena Inurrategui (Proyecto Tribo)

   ¡Horas de oficina de LATAM esta semana, dos días a partir de hoy!

2. EMEA Office Hours - Tue, Feb 13 @ 3pm GMT
   Julia Whitehead (Giveclarity.org)

   If you call Europe, the Middle East, or Africa home, get ready to meet with fellow non-profit Salesforce friends for the next EMEA Office Hours.

3. NPSP Day Minneapolis - March 1, 2018
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   Last night's Super Bowl was just the warm-up for the NPSP Day coming to the Twin Cities.

4. Salesforce.org Open Source Community Sprint - March 5-6, 2018
   Judi Sohn (Salesforce.org)

   Attend the first ever Salesforce.org Open Source Community Sprint combining both the NPSP and HEDA communities.

5. NPSP Day New Orleans - April 10, 2018
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   Beignets and NPSP knowledge sharing, a perfect match before the NTC.

6. NPSP Day Toronto - April 19, 2018
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   We're bringing the Salesforce nonprofit community spirit north from DC to Canada for our second NPSP Day Toronto!

7. NPSP Day New York - June 21, 2018
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   Cue up you favorite Sinatra hit because NPSP Day is heading back to New York!

8. NPSP Day Bozeman - August 16, 2018
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   The best big thinking takes place under a big sky. Join us for the second NPSP Day in Bozeman!

Great Ideas for Nonprofits Using Salesforce

1. Contact email addresses could be stored as their own table
   Matthew Poe (Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.)

   Why stop at a few email addresses? Should we develop the NPSP to allow for unlimited number of email addresses per Contact?