PUB Crawl for February 18, 2019

Sometimes, working within a product as complex as Salesforce can feel like me walking through what was a week of blizzard-like conditions in the mountains (and yes, of course I did multiple whale dives into the 7 feet of powder that dropped in 72 hours).

Salesforce Power of Us Hub PUB Crawl for February 18, 2019

Luckily, you're never too far from experts that can point you in the right direction in the Salesforce non-profit world...and friends making guacamole in my world. Wherever you are this week, get cozy with another round of Salesforce knowledge!

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Great Posts from the Salesforce Power of Us Hub

  1. Does anyone know what the roadmap looks like for the NPSP Batch Gift Entry feature?
    Christopher Bortz (Advancing Native Missions)

    The community is definitely excited about the new batch gift entry functionality in the NPSP. Where are we heading next?

  2. Can you have two payment types in the same opportunity?
    Libby Otto (Phoenix Family)

    Collecting payments are always good, but organizing them in Salesforce can sometimes be challenging.

  3. Managing Programs - thoughts/crazy ideas
    Heath Parks (Cincinnati Works)

    I bet if we put our collective program management brains together, we could share some valuable insights that our fellow organizations can leverage. Here’s a great discussion!

  4. HubCap: Take Full Advantage of the Power of Us Hub! February 2019
    Lizzy Roberts (Salesforce.org)

    So much great information from January wrapped up here by our friends at Salesforce.org!

  5. Modify Engagement Plan Templates to work backward from a specified future date
    Duncan McGovern (VISIONS Foundation)

    A fantastic community-contributed recipe for building an engagement plan based on a future date!

  6. Building a report of income received, against a FY budget
    Ashlynn Sylvain (Friends General Conference)

    A fantastic discussion on building this valuable report for your organization, with feedback from long-time community gurus.

  7. Is there a log of all changes made throughout a Salesforce Instance?
    Amelie Lipman (Breakthrough New York)

    Who's been making changes in your Salesforce org, and when?

  8. Managing transactions with multiple component parts
    Andrew Caswell (Canadian Cancer Society - Saskatchewan)

    When a gift is more than just cash in one transaction, how do you record all this in the NPSP in one Opportunity? Maybe there's a different way to tackle this?

Great Events for the Salesforce Nonprofit Community

  1. Hub Office Hours - February 22 @ 12pm ET
    Caroline Renard (Salesforce MVP)

    You've got some time to gather your hard-hitting question for our community's experts!

  2. NPSP Day Portland - March 12, 2019
    Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

    Right before the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), it's time for the record fourth edition of this awesome community event!

  3. NPSP Day Cape Town - March 29, 2019
    Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

    The NPSP community knows no geographic limits, which is why we're excited to bring the event back down to the southern coast of Africa for a second year in a row.

  4. NPSP Day Seattle - May 9, 2019
    Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

    Get ready for the world's largest NPSP Day, with an amazing view of the Seattle skyline to boot!

  5. NPSP Day New York - June 20, 2019
    Ryan Ozimek (Soapbox Engage)

    We're gearing up for the third annual gathering in the Big Apple, complete with an amazing skyline view of Manhattan!

Great Ideas for Nonprofits Using Salesforce

  1. Customizable Roll-Ups Aggregate Function: Concatenate
    Megan Pietruszka (National Network of Abortion Funds)

    What if we could take some values from some records, separate them with commas, and place them in a parent record field? Like it? Vote it up!