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Google needs to stop treating support like it’s an add-on feature
Google, I think I’m over you. Nonprofit Salesforce Practitioners (NPSF) is a 6 year-old Google Group now with over 1700 members, averaging around 300 messages a month. I’ve been co-moderator of the...
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Post-PC and the new iPad: I get it now
I’m typing this entry from my new iPad using the WordPress app. I use a PC laptop for work. My casual-use MacBook is just shy of 3 years old and won’t be replaced. I have an iMac too that I used to use...
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Apple isn’t ready for its own “revolution”
As I blogged last weekend, I now have an iPad. I also mentioned my plan to use the iPad instead of a desktop computer for pretty much everything that isn’t work-related (and a few things that are). One...
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Where to find me at Dreamforce
I’m sitting here on Tuesday morning, reflecting on the New Year and all that has gone on as 5772 has ended. I find myself with something I’m not familiar with…a few minutes of free time. I’m off today,...
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Poster: Best iOS blog editor
“You should get back to blogging.” Heard that many times. I love blogging. I miss blogging. One of the many reasons I let this blog get stale was the amount of time I now spend on iOS. I have a...
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On Uncommon Ground
Last Friday, my short 9 month career working on Common Ground came to an end. I’m free (sorta) and sad (sorta) and angry (not sorta). Don’t get me wrong. Jobs come and go, especially in this economy....
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Apple, it’s time to move parental controls to the cloud
We’re an Apple family, since way before it was cool. Right now, I have a 2.5 year old iMac that is still going strong, iPad 3 and iPhone 4S. Husband has an iPad 3 and iPhone 5. Teenager #1 has an iPad...
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Real-world Salesforce Visual Workflow for a nonprofit
I love the new Salesforce Visual Workflow. I can’t code a line of Apex but with Flows, I can automate processes in ways that just warm the heart of my inner wannabe geek. As hard as Salesforce is...
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IFTTT (If This Then That) where have you been my entire connected life?
I used to try everything just for the sake of checking it out. Now, with soooo many tools, apps and startups out there I’m more cautious. I’m tired of apps and technologies that sure, solve a problem,...
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Need to leave Common Ground? Analyze first. Then react.
In the interest of full disclosure, let’s get this out of the way first: I’m employed! Or I will be as of November 1 when I join KELL Partners full-time as Solutions and Support Services Manager. I’m...
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Life after Common Ground: Part 1 – Nonprofit Starter Pack
Most of my time over the past few months at KELL Partners has been spent getting to know all the wonderful tools and technologies in the Salesforce world that have come along while I was too busy...
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Life after Common Ground: Part 2 – Click & Pledge
This post is part 2 in a series of articles aimed at organizations on Common Ground who need to get excited about what’s next if they decide to stay on the Salesforce platform. I started this series by...
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Life after Common Ground: Part 3 – Causeview
This post is part 3 in a series of articles aimed at organizations on Common Ground who need to get excited about what’s next if they decide to stay on the Salesforce platform. Previously, I...
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Life after Common Ground: Part 4 – Soapbox Engage
This post is part 4 in a series of articles pointing out what’s cool about some of my favorite Salesforce apps for nonprofits. Previously, I highlighted favorite features in Nonprofit Starter Pack,...
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Life after Common Ground: Part 5 – Conga Composer
This post is part 5 in a series of articles pointing out what’s cool about some of my favorite Salesforce apps for nonprofits. Previously, I highlighted favorite features in Nonprofit Starter Pack,...
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Life after Common Ground: Part 6 – Apsona
This post is part 6 in a series of articles pointing out what’s cool about some of my favorite Salesforce apps for nonprofits. Previously, I highlighted favorite features in Nonprofit Starter Pack,...
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Life after Common Ground: Not-so-final thoughts
6 weeks ago, I began a series of blog posts highlighting different Salesforce apps I’ve been working with at KELL Partners since leaving Blackbaud/Common Ground behind six months ago. Here’s a summary...
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Introducing Apsona batch gift entry for the Nonprofit Starter Pack
Over the past few years I’ve come to appreciate the Salesforce Foundation’s Nonprofit Starter Pack (NPSP). But I have to admit, I’m not a fan of the Foundation’s Batch Data Entry tool. The interface is...
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Smartsheet: Frustrated with online project management no longer
It’s been a while since I posted anything that wasn’t related to Salesforce, hasn’t it? Here’s something a little different, but still cheerleading technology and tools I like, which I used to do a lot...
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Open Letter to Salesforce Nonprofit Admins
In the 20 months since I left Fight Colorectal Cancer, I would guess that I’ve logged in to no less than 150 nonprofit Salesforce organizations. First as part of my role supporting customers at...
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