Since our last gathering, I've become wiser (aged), learned new grilling techniques (stop peeking and leave the lid closed), and saw a video that pretty much made my Salesforce week (Lightning is getting another makeover...see below). So, I'm calling that a pretty productive week.

For my readers in the US who were on vacation, welcome back to a full work week. Let's get you back into the swing of things with a review of everything you missed while you were out. For all the rest of you, shhh, don't tell those vacationers about the fun Slip 'N Slide and BBQ party we all had in the PUB.

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I'm always excited to see the amount of knowledge that can be delivered when you gather 60 strangers in a room, hand them stickies, markers, coffee...and maybe a bit of cruise captaining. With little more clue than "there will be lunch and coffee" on the official agenda, a new group of open source community contributors joined the worldwide NPSP Day movement in New York on Friday, marking the 12th convening in 12 months. We pretty much rocked the Big Apple with Salesforce non-profit knowledge.

Watching technology consumers turn into empowered contributors makes for a great highlight reel at the end of a week. So as look at our photos from NPSP Day, and get settled in San Francisco for the TrailheadX conference this week, let's get caught up on the latest and greatest happenings in the Power of Us Hub, shall we?

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We're just a few days away from the next NPSP Day in New York, and I can't wait to jump right back into the unconference mix here in the US after the NPSP Day tour took a two-stop jaunt overseas.

Community events like these not only increase knowledge, but open our minds to a more creative position. They give us a chance to exit the day-to-day work and focus on exploring new opportunities. As of yet, we haven't had a Play-Doh breakout (soon, maybe?), but just working together as a community to solve common challenges, we've created some pretty innovative ideas.

To make the countdown to Friday a bit easier, I've done my best to collect one of the largest set of Power of Us Hub posts. So, find a cozy spot, sit back, and indulge in this week's content roundup.

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The opportunities to contribute to the increasing impact in our Salesforce non-profit world continue to grow. This week, I'm excited to highlight the great work of the NPSP Videography Team. They're a group of volunteers that wanted to see more organizations benefit from the Engagement Plans and Levels functionality in the NPSP, and delivered fantastic videos to make them more useful. All this without formal training in software video training, but a lot of heart and background in video to make an awesome end-product.

So while you're enjoying a tall glass of knowledge from the PUB Crawl this week, consider what unique talents you might have, and how you can bring those talents to our community to help us all continue to move the needle in the right direction.

Now, here's filled-to-the-top glass of Salesforce knowledge!

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It might be the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere, but you wouldn't think it was vacation time in Salesforce world. As the Salesforce Summer 17 release rolls out this week, admins everywhere are digging into the newest features while wiggling toes into the sand.

Summer here in DC means more softball, humidity, and likely a pretty unforgettable week of politics. So while the world feels like it's gearing up for an endless news cycle, I'm going to pry myself away from the TV and cozy up to 500 pages of release notes. In spite of what we see on the TV these days of a divided world, the Power of Us Hub continues to be a the prime example of how we're better when we collaborate to solve tough challenges.

So turn off your TV news channel of choice, take a deep breath, and let's dive into some community goodness.

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