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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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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As hard as it is to believe, #GivingTuesday is fewer than five months away. Smart nonprofits are already planning how they'll leverage this massive day of giving. A critical piece of that strategy is segmenting their donor lists so they can craft appropriate individualized appeals to donors and would-be fundraising ambassadors. One element of that segmentation is determining who gave to your organization during last year's end-of-year giving season. In this step-by-step recipe, we'll share one way to do this using User Defined Rollups in the Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack.

For more on extending the Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack for Giving Tuesday appeals along with savvy fundraising strategy, watch our free webinar, Seize #GivingTuesday Success with Fundraising Wisdom and Salesforce .

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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