As we roll into the Thanksgiving week in the US, the calendar reminds us to pause and notice that there's much gratefulness to have in life. For me, the list includes the opportunity to share knowledge with those making a difference in the world.

And for my barely-making-it-but-working wifi in the Arctic Circle today.

I'm thankful for the opportunity to take what I'm learning and deliver it to those working hard to move our world in the right direction. It's been an honor to hop into your inbox every Monday, and I look forward to avoiding your Spam button for many years to come.

While you're conjuring up your thankful moments, and before the frostbite sets in, take a moment to enjoy this week’s warm cup of knowledge. Also, send mittens. And hot coffee.

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If you're at Dreamforce today and reading this email, STOP, look up, and don't walk into that street sign. Now that you're safely walking through Dreamforce, if you see me, say hi!

I spent the weekend alongside fellow founding farmers at the Goat Farm Foundation retreat in Marin, preparing for tomorrow's #goatlaunch at Yerba Buena Park Esplanade at 2:30pm. Don't worry, no goats will actually be launched, and trust me, it will be easy to find us.

We'll be announcing an entirely new way to bring together the best knowledge in our community and point it towards successful outcomes for the non-profit sector. In the meantime, grab yourself a tasty beverage, and enjoy this week's PUB Crawl.

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An amazing amount of community engagement took place this past week, as the NPSP Day West Coast swing was in full effect, sweeping through Portland and San Francisco. Both events saw a growing number of attendees, with NPSP Day San Francisco nearly doubling since last year!

This week, I'm putting the captain's hat in storage, and donning the Goat Farm Foundation cap as we head into Dreamforce. There's a huge world of non-profit technology that could use your brainpower to find and fill gaps in our ecosystem. We're looking to wrangle some of that goodness together at Dreamforce on Tuesday, Nov 7 at 2:30pm at Yerba Buena Gardens Esplanade. Come join us!

If you're heading to Dreamforce, I'd be excited to meet you! Just reply to this email, and let's connect. For now, sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's pour of Salesforce knowledge.

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I'm somewhere over Wyoming right now. Maybe that's Nebraska. I'm not sure, I can't see the lines from the map right now because the ground is dark. Anyway, I'm en route to NPSP Day Portland in the middle of a three-stop NPSP Day tour, culminating in a burrito-fest at NPSP Day San Francisco on Thursday.

I'm sure we'll talk about Salesforce in San Francisco, but man, the burritos!

This crew below came together last week for the first NPSP Day Chicago (they held strong the day after that last Cubs game), where we had a chance to dive deep into pretty much everything from grants (shoutout to the community members working on that!) to data importing.

As I reach up for another coffee (bing!), I give you another week of Salesforce knowledge. No turbulence ahead, you're free to move about the PUB. Enjoy!

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Before Dreamforce last year, a small group of non-profiteers met in Marin to imagine a new era in non-profit technology. We believed that there could be a new way to organize community for the types of projects that might get overlooked because their constituencies were too small, or their use cases too...edgy.

I mean, look at Justin in this photo. It was imagination time in overdrive.

After a year of discussion, interspersed with periods of navel gazing (i.e. doing our full-time jobs), we've come to the realization that our idea has an opportunity to change the way individuals are empowered to find and fill gaps in the non-profit technology ecosystem.

So here we go. On Tuesday, Nov 7 at 2:30pm during Dreamforce, join the founding farmers of the Goat Farm Foundation at Yerba Buena Gardens Esplanade to learn how we all can roll-up our sleeves to build non-profit tech solutions in a totally new way. Want to see just how crazy these ideas are? Check our our new public mailing list and read my concept paper for a distributed autonomous organization that empowers folks like yourself to both contribute and have a direct say in the future of the organization.

Now that you're either fired up or thoroughly confused, grab a drink of your choosing, and saunter through this week's PUB Crawl!

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