Another week, another round of awesome knowledge to pour from the Power of Us Hub. Let’s belly-up, and dive right in to this week’s edition!
Great Posts
- Is it possible to convert Contacts back into Leads?
Luison Lassala (Timoney Leadership Institute)Imagine you had a Delorean and a scientist buddy. Could we send you back in time to revert a Contact into a Lead again? Also, could you order a Tab?
- How do you handle approvals for volunteers’ expense reports?
Allison Letts (Friends General Conference)Let’s make the pain around dealing with reporting expenses turn into the joy of automation!
- Getting folks started on the “road to code”
Kieren Jameson (Education Training and Research Associates)The three tools beginners should know to crank out Salesforce code like you’re a cast member on Silicon Valley.
- If you aren’t excited about Winter ’16 release, you should be.
TJ Warfield (BrightStep Partners)People are doing happy dances about Winter 16. You should know why. And no, it’s not because of free burritos at Chipotle.
- Entering pledge payments
Paul Iannaccone (Ohlone College Development Foundation)Let me break into this NPR show with our seasonal pledge drive. But wait, how do we get these pledges into Salesforce? Someone stop the phones till we figure this out after reading this post!
- Can someone please explain General Accounting Units to me, like I’m six years old?
Dave Moffatt (Eagle’s Nest Foundation)Everything you wanted to know about General Allocation Units (GAU) summarized in one action packed post.
- Can you specify GAU when adding opportunity?
Terry Bardagjy (National Register of Health Service Psychologists)Oh, you want another shot of GAU goodness? Here it comes! Alternative routes for adding GAUs and Process Builder ideas.
- New Income from Contact
Brian Beck (The American Ireland Fund)With the new Lightning Experience, wouldn’t it be awesome if it could properly create an Opportunity from a Contact? And toast your bread?
- Elegantly handling deceased households
Steve Berley (Cat Town)Handling deceased donors is a touchy subject, so this post steps in to see if there’s a better way to handle it.
Great Events
- HUB Office Hours – Friday, November 13 @ 12pm ET
Caroline Renard (Technology Interpreter for Arts Groups)Higher education focused goodness coming your way this week!
That’s all for this week! Did I miss something? Have any tips or suggestions? Send all tip jar suggestions to me at cozimek@picnet.net.
Keep soaking up the goodness!
Your barkeeper,
Ryan