Soapbox Engage Blog

Ah yes, it's the All-Star break for American baseball. Nothing better than desperately trying to turn off all the 24-hour cable television news channels to see folks try to clobber a baseball in today's homerun derby.

I mean, I didn't get a chance to hang out in the crazy humidity today in DC to watch it, but from what I hear, people who attended generally felt pretty good about the world. Just the special sight of the American pastime.

For those of you who could use a good drink (of knowledge) today, grab a stool here at the PUB Crawl. This round's on me. And the next. And...you get the picture.

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Great Posts from the Salesforce Power of Us Hub

1. Nonprofit Success Pack version 3.134 released
   Christian Carter (Salesforce.org)

   A grab bag of good changes and updates to the customizable rollups is now live in an NPSP org near you.

2. Reports on Report Types?
   Sarah Grover (Redeemer City to City)

   When you need to find a whole bunch of reports based on similar data, is there a fast way to search for this? Is it too meta to do a report on reports?

3. About Contacts to Multiple Accounts
   Tom Burre (Appirio)

   We all know that the NPSP's affiliation model provided an excellent template for Salesforce.com to build the Contacts to multiple Account functionality, but is there any time where the new platform standard might work better than what exists in the NPSP?

4. What are the Pros and cons of Open ended vs closed campaign structure?
   Shanti Administrator (Shanti Project)

   When you're counting the success of your fundraising campaigns, is there a better way to track your data?

5. Planned giving in Salesforce
   Irina Hayrapetyan (Peninsula Jewish Community Center)

   A wide-open discussion to think about an important fundraising strategy.

6. What is the best practice for accounting for a refund
   Kelly Rindfleisch (Ballotpedia)

   For those unfortunate times when you need to give back hard-earned donations, how would you track this in the NPSP?

7. How to handle last name changes
   Will Crockett (Shakespeare - San Francisco)

   If a last name of a Contact changes, what's the best way to make sure you can still search on their previous name? How does this impact the NPSP naming conventions?

Great Events for the Salesforce Nonprofit Community

1. NPSP Day Portland - July 24, 2018
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   Last year, we started off this NPSP Day with so much Voodoo doughnut happiness, it could only go in the right direction. We're just a few weeks of this goodness again!

2. NPSP Day San Francisco - July 25, 2018
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   We're only a month away from an NPSP Day filled with burritos and knowledge sharing in the City by the Bay.

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

   Where the big blue sky meets the horizon, NPSP folks will gather...and share some great knowledge.

4. NPSP Day Washington DC - October 2, 2018
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

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5. NPSP Day Philadelphia - October 11, 2018
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   The City of Brotherly Love plays host for its second NPSP Day!

6. NPSP Day Chicago - November 8, 2018
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   The Windy City hosts its second NPSP Day!

7. NPSP Day Phoenix - November 29, 2018
   Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

   We're bringing the NPSP Day tour back to where it all started!

Great Ideas for Nonprofits Using Salesforce

1. Select All checkbox for Find Matched Gifts feature
   Nazreen Laffir (Natural Resources Defense Council)

   When a large number of gifts need to be matched, let's make it less clicks to get the job done, shall we?