This week's PUB Crawl is slightly delayed due to expected worldwide Internet outage I assumed would happen when the eclipse passed through the US. Thankfully, people around the North America were able to gleefully post kinda dusk looking skies on social media while tending to sore eyes.

Oh, and a group of awesome NPSP community members rocked out in Montana (see below).

This past week of knowledge from the Power of Us Hub might be a little lightweight, but that's probably because folks are gearing up for NPSP Day events across two continents in the next few weeks. So, let's dive in!

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Last week was a blur of activity in our Salesforce non-profit community, with Chicago playing host to the NPSP Community Sprint, Midwest Dreamin', and WITness Success. I even witnessed one of the greatest NPSP Weather Reports ever (and you can see my other NPSP Sprint photos, too)! It's clear that there's strength in the Salesforce community's leadership!

From the success of NPSP Community Sprint, I'm in Bozeman, Montana today, gearing up for the inaugural NPSP Day Bozeman. With the recent string of Amsterdam, London, and New York, the local Bozeman community has put itself on equal footing, with the exception of its stunning mountain views!

So, put on your hiking shoes, grab a cup of your favorite beverage, and join me for the PUB Crawl from big sky country!

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It's only fitting that while I write this week's PUB Crawl the day before the NPSP Community Sprint here in Chicago, the higher education community just celebrated their inaugural HEDA Sprint. It goes to show you that the open source spark of energy knows no boundaries!

As we gear up for two days of bountiful community contributions, I took a chance to tune out for a bit and watch the clouds pass by as I flew this morning. I thought about our community's history.

It's amazing to think that the NPSP community, which started out of the pot with open source roots, a guy wearing rainbow colored pants, engineers wearing sweatshirts with bicycles on them and flip flops, and contributors essentially blindly walking into Salesforce walls, became the non-profit solution for one of the world's largest tech companies. It speaks volumes to what dedicated individuals, and a supportive community, can achieve when we say, "there's a need, and there's a passion, so let's build it."

If you're in Chicago this week for the sprint, I'm honored to have a chance to work alongside y'all this week. And if you're working hard for the greater good this week in the office, I tip my hat to you. Here's one more glassful of knowledge before we dive in to a busy week. Let's do this, community!

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It's incredible to think that last week, a group of people met together in DC and did something extremely productive. I joined a group of non-profit executives and Salesforce.org employees for Expedition Impact, a fantastic new style of event for Salesforce that was less about Salesforce products and more about providing a forum for non-profit best practices.

I think in that photo above, one of the new NPSP product managers, Shelly Erceg, is saying, "Ryan, I really like where you mind is for the mapping of all taquerias near our community members, but I think it might be slightly out of scope...maybe it's a perfect community software contribution instead?" I feigned happiness, but inside, was devastated.

The upside, of course, is the chance to see my dream come to reality at the upcoming NPSP Community Sprint in Chicago next week! I'll be reporting live-ish from the venue, so follow me on Twitter to keep up-to-date on everything #NPSPsprint related. Including the burrito locator app. Meanwhile, enjoy your weekly pour of Salesforce knowledge!

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When summer hits DC, it's pretty obvious. Just walking down the street in the middle of the day is a task that makes you feel you just stepped out of a steam room. So smart locals with visiting guests do their memorials tour late at night, when the temperature moves from "ridiculously hot and humid" to "still hot and humid". And that's just what I did late last night. Walking through the Martin Luther King Jr memorial, I came across the following engraving.

Reading this, I couldn't help but think about our community. So many here have focused their careers on serving the public to help move the needle of social justice. Today, we have a great opportunities to contribute to our non-profit Salesforce community, be it attending an NPSP Day or training others in your organization to leverage technology to increase impact.

When you run into a Salesforce wall, or come across a challenge that seems a bit insurmountable with Lightning (just saying!), remember that we're all in this together, and we're all doing our part to contribute to a better society. Keep on keeping on!

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