Some of you already know this, and many of you don’t. I’m departing BrightStep Partners this month, and June 30 will be my final day as full-time co-owner. So, what is the Next? First, I’m taking a little time off to…
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NGO Divorced
In case folks missed it, mom and dad just got divorced, and hardly anyone is talking about it. Salesforce.org didn’t entirely drop the mic regarding NGO Connect at the end of April, but it did release it into our ecosystem…
Upgrade Your Nonprofit When You Upgrade to NPSP3
Cross Posted from Salesforce.org: http://www.salesforce.org/upgrading-your-nonprofit-to-npsp-3-critical-questions-to-ask-yourself/
Tagged with: Nonprofit Starter Pack
Posted in Change Management, Leadership, Organizational Management, Staff, Strategy
Posted in Change Management, Leadership, Organizational Management, Staff, Strategy
Solving the Piece of Paper Problem
In honor of the Salesforce AppExchange turning 10, I want to talk about how we’ve solved what I call the “piece of paper problem” with two great applications: the Nonprofit Starter Pack (NPSP), and GridBuddy. You’re probably already familiar with…
Nonprofits Sprint Forward in Seattle
I’m writing this blog while flying home from Seattle, WA where, for the past two days, almost 60 community members came together in support of the Salesforce Foundation and the Nonprofit Starter Pack (NPSP). This was, in the years that…
Why Nonprofits Need the Salesforce Idea Exchange (And Why It Needs Nonprofits)
As nonprofits, and nonprofit-servicing organizations, we are accustomed to coming to the amazing and rich Power of Us Hub for support, community, and help. Yet for some things, Salesforce as a CRM platform, and not the Nonprofit Starter Pack, is the…
Tagged with: 1/1/1, Idea Exchange, Love-Notes, Nonprofit Starter Pack
Posted in Best Practice, Community
Posted in Best Practice, Community
On This Moment
It’s truly rare and special to bear witness to an historic moment such as today. There are many who have come before and didn’t make it until now – we honor our fallen and departed. There are many who have…
Valuing the Power of US for Salesforce
There have been a number of blogs written over the past few years about being a Salesforce administrator for nonprofits, the qualities and characteristics, placement within organizational hierarchy, and other key criteria for long-term CRM administration success for nonprofits from…
Tagged with: Decisions, Hard Truths
Posted in Administration, Community, Leadership, Organizational Management
Posted in Administration, Community, Leadership, Organizational Management
Salesforce Platform for Nonprofits: Doing More with 1/1/1
I deeply appreciate the Salesforce 1/1/1 model, and see the benefits of it across the nonprofit sector. It’s the basis of my own career, and those of many others I respect and admire. And… I believe that there is room…
Tagged with: 1/1/1, Apsona, DLRS, Hard Truths, Love-Notes, Nonprofit Starter Pack, Rollup Helper, Skuid
Posted in Administration, Community, Leadership
Posted in Administration, Community, Leadership
Leaving Luminate CRM (2 of 2)
Last week, we talked about what Luminate CRM means to nonprofits, and reasons why they leave. This week, in a longer-than-usual fashion, we’ll review some basics for preparing to leave, how to start the departure, and tactics for what and…
Tagged with: Affinaquest, Apsona, Causeview, Decisions, DemandTools, Eclipse, Force.com IDE, Hard Truths, Luminate CRM, Nonprofit Starter Pack, Soapbox Engage, StayClassy
Posted in Change Management, Organizational Management, Planning, Strategy
Posted in Change Management, Organizational Management, Planning, Strategy
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