It's hard to believe that I've been writing these emails for 99 weeks in a row. It's even more incredible to think many of you have been reading these since the beginning. I can only imagine it's because of the incredibly witty and thought provoking photos I use to open the PUB Crawl. Or their silliness. I bet it's the latter.

I mean, take this photo for instance. It encapsulates some of the best of the NPSP community for me in one image. That's Tim Lockie directing me forward via caterpillar at NPSP Day Bozeman, of course. It's a key value of mine in action: taking the work we do for those we serve seriously (leading the community at an NPSP Day), while doing our best not to take ourselves too seriously (everything else about this photo except Tim's slick style, which is awesomely serious).

So, before we bid adieu to summer here on the northern side of the globe, sit back with an iced drink of your choosing (yes, it's too early for pumpkin flavored anything, friends) and think about what keeps you energized and engaged in this community while enjoying this week’s glass of knowledge. Cheers!

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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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Having the right tools can make all the difference in both the end results of fundraising campaigns as well as the morale of the fundraiser. And the importance of morale shouldn't be underestimated. As we noted in a recent blog post, the average tenure for a fundraiser is just 16 months. Burnout plays a big part in that stat.

The Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack offers a powerful platform for fundraising out-of-the-box along with an immense ability to further customize that platform to meet your own needs. Over the last several months, we've highlighted a number of ways to do so. As summer nears a close and we look toward the end-of-year giving season, we offer this list of 10 how-to recipes to make your job as a fundraiser easier and your work more effective. Each range in the time required to implement. Some require as few as 15 minutes. Some a little over an hour. Feel free to tackle one or two in your own Salesforce instance to prepare your nonprofit for the end-of-year fundraising sprint.

And, to prepare yourself for that fundraising sprint, watch our free webinar, How to Raise More Money Without Burning Out, with special guest presenter Beth Kanter. We discuss signs of burnout and strategies for self-care and organizational culture that promotes it - along with some other Salesforce-specific suggestions for staying fresh as a fundraiser.

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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