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Great Posts from the Salesforce Power of Us Hub

1. How are you tracking expenses/fees/gift disbursement
   Alex Groag (Hillel International: the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life)

   If we're tracking the gifts we're bringing into the organization, how can we also track the expenses related to the disbursement?

2. Has anyone successfully reported on the max number of consecutive years giving?
   Katie McFadden (Swift River Consulting)

   Here's your multi-year report puzzler for the week!

3. Hidden Hyperlink and the Secret Sorting
   Scott Williams (Embrace Your Data LLC)

   What started off with just trying to sort months alphabetically turns into a genius way of sorting hyperlinks.

4. Where do ya'll go to find information on the latest update?
   Jude Perez (Community Cycling Center)

   Whether it be the Salesforce platform or the NPSP, who gives you the straight story? I have my favorite 60-second video selection in the Release Notes Rundown, what's yours?

5. Applying Engagement Plan Activities to Multiple Objects
   Jon Steen (Youth for Christ USA)

   Your donor cultivation is likely multi-dimensional, with all sorts of activity tracking goodness. How can you leverage this across multiple objects with Engagement Plans?

Great Events for the Salesforce Nonprofit Community

1. WEBINAR: Six Ways to Get Smarter with Your 2018 Fundraising, 2/22/18 at 3 pm ET
   Tim Forbes (Soapbox Engage)

   Last month, we talked about the big picture of how the new US tax law will affect our non-profit community. This week, we're diving into the tactics you need to stop guessing and start testing your online fundraising.

2. HUB Office Hours - Fri, Feb 23 @ 12pm EST
   Caroline Renard (Technology Interpreter for Arts Groups)

   HUB Office Hours are finally back this week! Let's see how quickly Caroline can help us roll through all those questions you've been preparing during the last few weeks.

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

   Now that the Patriots and Eagles fans have cleared out of Minneapolis, it's time for NPSP fans to take the field!

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

   We are only a couple weeks from the first joint NPSP-HEDA community sprint!

5. NPSP Day Cape Town - March 22, 2018
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   We're making the first southern hemisphere stop to spread the NPSP knowledge to the South African community!

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

   The last time I was in NOLA for the Nonprofit Technology conference, I rolled myself out of town full of beignets. Let's see if I can hold until the end of the NPSP Day first, this time around.

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

   I can't promise that our awesome retro bank vault location is full of take-home money, but I'll guarantee a day with fellow non-profiteers will be well worth it!

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

   The likelihood that we'll have another packed audience of community rockstars is high for this event, so grab your tickets before you can only get them at the TKTS booth!

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

   The bigger the blue sky, the better the backdrop for our wall of stickies, so what better place to host this unconference than in Montana?

Great Ideas for Nonprofits Using Salesforce

1. HEDA Address: Needs more functionality to handle direct mail
   Deede Heard (Palmer College of Chiropractic)

   Four fantastic direct mail idea for the price of one!