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There's something about the great outdoors that gives you the opportunity to think about big ideas. While my fellow Soapbox Engage teammates plan another year of innovations in the Sierra Nevada, I've pulled together some of the big ideas straight from our Power of Us Hub community from the past week. Grab a hiking stick and come join us at our warming hut of Salesforce knowledge. Coffee is on the house.

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With release 3.73, the Nonprofit Starter Pack learns Spanish thanks to a dedicated group of volunteer translators:

Ah, the joy of a warm spring day in an election season. At least that's what my Pacific Northwest friends have been telling me as multiple weeks of Seattle-like weather sweeps through the nation's capital. No worries for you, though, as that's just mean more coffee shop time for me to curate the largest PUB Crawl edition in the history of humanity!

Brace yourselves, friends. I'd recommend topping of your beverage before starting.

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With Mother's Day and Star Wars Day ("May the 4th be with you") both falling on the same week, I can understand if you were a bit preoccupied to keep up with all the happenings of the Power of Us Hub. For a quick moment, set aside the flowers and the Chewbacca costume from your desk, and join us for some of the Salesforce knowledge you might have missed.

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In this week's 3.72 Release Notes Rundown, a bug is squashed, the NPSP Settings gets some help for screen readers from community superstar, Snannon Hale, and, in a nod to the headlines, we acknowledge the shocking win the pundits never thought this unlikely candidate could pull off:

Now that the confetti is cleaned up after the Salesforce World Tour stop here in Washington DC, I'm finally able to find my way back to my keyboard. And just in time, because Dreamforce 16 planning is right around the corner. While you sip your coffee (that's what's in the coffee mug, right?) as you read the Summer 16 release notes, here's your fountain of knowledge for the week.

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Spring is in the air. Warmer temperatures. Sunnier skies. What better to do than grab your laptop, sit under a tree, and read up on some Salesforce knowledge for the week. I'll be right over with a refreshing beverage. Let's dive into the PUB Crawl!

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Did you know there's a group of users, consultants, and Salesforce.org employees working together to provide advice and guidance for the Nonprofit Starter Pack (NPSP)? These folks represent and voice the needs of the NPSP community, and strive to build a more effective software solution for our ecosystem.

We're always looking for ways to make it easier for you to keep up with the latest in the Nonprofit Starter Pack (NPSP). While our Release Notes Rundown videos are a great way to get a quick, concise view of each NPSP release, we wanted to dive into a bit more detail for folks that would like to learn more. Today, we're excited to share the first of what we hope to be a new podcast series of interviews highlighting the great things happening under the hood of the NPSP.

So without further ado, please enjoy Episode 1, where I have a chance to interview Mary Pustejovsky to learn what's in store for us in the latest NPSP v3.71 release and what is on the horizon for the NPSP!

The 3.71 release of the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Starter Pack saw a bug with matching gifts meet its match:

I'm about to hop on a plane back to the US after a fantastic open source software event. It reminded me of the uniqueness of our Nonprofit Starter Pack open source community, and the great opportunity we have to collaborate and grow our success together. It also reminded me that I'm thankful the PUB Crawl bar has an espresso machine behind the counter.

Grab a cup of cappuccino (double-shot for me), and let's catch up on our Salesforce non-profit knowledge together. Wheels up!

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Feeling like you shot a quadruple-bogey on the 12th hole of keeping up with all of the masterful goodness of the Power of Us Hub last week? Fear not! Consider us your second chance provider of the putt-putt variety to get in all the best.

No golf cart required. We’ll play caddy. Just grab your club and let’s head to the tee!

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Take about sixty seconds to hear the story of a bug and the Nonprofit Starter Pack community members who played exterminators for the benefit of nonprofits everywhere.

Whether your nonprofit has the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Starter Pack or not...no matter if you're using Salesforce for fundraising or event management or grant giving or member management or advocacy or program management or all of the above!...regardless if you're a Salesforce ninja or newbie...irrespective of what job title happens to be on that little business card of yours...there is one free resource you should know, love, and bookmark right now that will help you get the most out of Salesforce for your nonprofit: the Salesforce.org Power of Us Hub.

Google Analytics is an essential tool for many nonprofits seeking to effectively track their online marketing efforts. Whether you're focused on fundraising, event registrations, advocacy efforts, email sign ups or overall content marketing strategies, digging into the details of those eyeballs that are checking you out online vital. But numbers aren't everything. Sometimes a little context goes a long way in making sense of them.

Spring has sprung, and with April Fools Day behind us (or wait, is Salesforce really moving to a do-it-yourself environment?), we bring you another week's worth of Salesforce community goodness. Pull up a stool, and join us in the PUB Crawl!

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The PUB Crawl is opening a little late today. You see, many of us are coming back to work a bit bleary-eyed due to the craziness that was last week. NPSP Community Sprint. Salesforce Day. Nonprofit Technology Conference. Phew.

Here's a heaping portion of knowledge served with a rich cup of coffee to start your week off right.

Release 3.69 brings with it changes to the NPSP Settings view to update it to use Lightning and to separate out the bulk data processing tools into their own section. Plus, showers of love from the Nonprofit Starter Pack Sprint this week.

Watch the rundown to get caught up in about 60 seconds:

With our intrepid reporter on the ground, we're live blogging the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Starter Pack Spring 2016 Sprint! Keep refreshing this page for minute-by-minute updates and follow us on Twitter to get all the breaking news!

It's an exciting day at the PUB Crawl, with the NPSP Spring 2016 Sprint starting in just a few hours (9am PT)! More than 60 community members will be joining me in San Francisco to do what this community does best: collaborate to make important improvements to the NPSP. Also, eating burritos.

The PUB Crawl will be covering the event all day long in our live blog coverage as well as on the @PICnet Twitter feed. Our intrepid reporter (and trusty penguin) will bring you the scoop as it happens live from San Francisco.

Meanwhile, in case green beverages were spilled on your laptop last week and you didn't have time to read the PUB, here's your week in review.

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