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Weekly articles containing the most important news for nonprofits using Salesforce from the Salesforce.org Power of Us Hub, as curated by Salesforce MVP Ryan Ozimek.


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PUB Crawl for June 19, 2017

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.

NPSP Day New York

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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PUB Crawl for June 12, 2017

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.

He's the DJ, I'm the rapper

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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PUB Crawl for June 5, 2017

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 time

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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PUB Crawl for May 29, 2017

Last week at the Salesforce.org Partner Summit in California, I decided to go a bit off-script with my ignite presentation. On the way to the event, I passed by my old high school in Los Gatos, and thought about my early days of eagerness to share ideas and bring people together. In this case, the high school newspaper.

PUB Crawl journalism roots

It sparked a little fire that reminded me of my path to the non-profit tech world, starting with journalism, weaving through a war zone in the Balkans on a WFP plane, and ending up in an open source world that embraced knowledge sharing and empowering those that needed it the most.

There's an incredible number of opportunities for us to give our talents in the open source NPSP and HEDA communities. While many of us in the Salesforce ecosystem recognize today as a day of memorial, think about what you're most passionate about. Then, consider sharing this passion with those working alongside you in our community.

To keep those ideas flowing, here's a healthy pour of knowledge from the PUB!

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PUB Crawl for May 22, 2017

At this point, my body has completely given up on trying to know what timezone it's in. Ten days ago, the community gathered in Seattle for the first NPSP in the Emerald City. Last week, NPSP Days hit the shores of Europe! I started the week at the NPSP Day in Amsterdam where I met with talented Salesforce friends from the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Belgium, and the US. Filled with Salesforce knowledge and stroopwafels (which I'm declaring the current official cookie of NPSP Days), I hopped across the channel to London for the Salesforce World Tour and NPSP Day in London.

My concluding thoughts after these events: the NPSP is alive and well in Europe!

NPSP Day Amsterdam 2017 class photo

As my journey on the other side of the pond has come to a close (for now), I'm turning up my favorite Frank Sinatra songs for the next NPSP Day, and diving into this week’s round up of Salesforce non-profit goodness. Grab a full English pint and join me, woudl ya?

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