Sometimes, Salesforce and non-profit technology can seem so vast and confusing, the best way to sum up your feelings might look something like this photo from NPSP Day Washington DC.

The good news is that there's a large, open source community ready to share knowledge with you in a variety of ways. I'm gearing up for three NPSP Days in six days, where raw community knowledge comes together in-person. Online, our community has contributors around the world delivering code and documentation to help us all better understand how to use these tools for our organizations' needs.

With Dreamforce only a few weeks away, it's time to gather together and share new ways we can all contribute to our community's success. So if you're going to Dreamforce, hit that reply button and let me know. I've got some fun in store for my PUB Crawl friends at Dreamforce.

Until then, here's your well of knowledge for the week!

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This weekend, I was looking up from the base of the final climb up Yosemite's Half Dome and thought to myself, "this is probably pretty stupid". I geared up with a pair of gloves, and for 20 minutes, I was forced, by sheer gravity, to stop thinking about Salesforce best practices for handling accrual accounting and focus on not sliding off the granite.

When I reached the top, and finished kissing the ground, I had a chance to soak in the view from the rooftop of the valley. It was amazing, and it didn't require any Internet connection to make it happen (I checked).

We're living in this always-connected, cloud-run world, and sometimes, we miss the beauty around us. So, while you're diving into the knowledge sharing from the community this week, think about taking that small break your mind needs to recharge and refocus. If you're heading to Dreamforce in a few weeks, you'll need all the defragmented brain storage you can get.

Let's dive in, shall we?

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It’s officially autumn in Washington DC, but the heat certainly makes it feel like the middle of July. That, coupled with the growing lines at my nearby coffee shop for anything pumpkin related, has me thoroughly confused as to the season.

Meanwhile, a group of us braved the heat in DC and enjoyed the second edition of the NPSP Day Washington DC, our first NPSP Day redux. Successful community engagement (and burritos) in the shadow of the US capitol certainly provided a shining moment in DC.

To top off the changing of the seasons, the non-profit community just proudly added a new handful of gurus to the Salesforce MVP mix! So, without further ado, let's keep this knowledge sharing flowing. Grab an iced (pumpkin spice?) latte, and enjoy this week’s PUB Crawl.

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After a few weeks on the road, it was great to wrap it all up with a day networking with the NPSP open source community in Boston last Friday. Working under the gazing eyes of President Roosevelt and other gorgeous artwork, Harvard put on a great show!

With another round of empowered community contributors joining the NPSP Day movement, I'm excited to bring the energy back to Washington DC tomorrow for our first repeat city. After all the long-distance travel for me recently, it's fitting that the commute will be just two blocks tomorrow!

If you can't join us in DC tomorrow, let me nourish your brain with a tall glass of Salesforce community knowledge. Order's up!

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After cleaning up all of the confetti post-PUB Crawl 100, I decided I needed to go for a marathon run. That was a ridiculous idea. The photo below is from the run. Really. Maybe just celebrating with a bottle of champagne could have been a better idea.

As I'm trying to act like my new limp is just a cool new stride, it seems that the Salesforce community went into overdrive for this week's content. At the same time, I'm gearing up for NPSP Day Boston this Friday, and NPSP Day Washington DC next week, so I'm going to hobble out of your way and deliver one of the biggest PUB Crawl editions ever.

So, sit back, relax, and check out all the goodness from the community!

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