CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-05-15 04:38:54 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

ActionSprout is really innovating on linking your CRM to the Facebook Open Graph. Do you want to understand what integrating with Facebook can really mean for your organization without paying tens of thousands of dollars to a consultant to implement? Check out this case study:

#nptech

2013-05-09 20:28:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Are you part cheerleader, part anthropologist, part connector, part leader, part detectіve, and part conductor? Do you want to help social change organizations use the most innovative technology for good. This is the job for you.

The Salesforce.com Foundation is hiring a Community Engagement Manager. 

#nptech #job

2013-04-24 03:38:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Want to use your coding skills for good? Sign up for the first Salesforce Nonprofit Developer Hackathon in San Francisco on May 4th: http://bit.ly/12cr67m

2013-04-24 03:34:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Want to use your coding skills for good? Sign up for the first Salesforce Nonprofit Developer Hackathon in San Francisco on May 4th: http://bit.ly/nonprofitgarage-gp

Salesforce Platform experts will be on hand to coach you during this full day hackathon. Plus, we'll provide food & drinks to keep you energized throughout the day, a free t-shirt for each participant, and a chance to win one of the top 3 cool prizes.

2013-04-18 04:18:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

In the meanwhile, in the JavaScript MVC world, we have our own Game of Thrones

http://bit.ly/113lACl

Althought in stackoverflow, Backbone.js number of followers and questions are double than AngularJS ones.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6548826/angular-js-vs-backbone-js

Who has the dragons? Who has the unicorns ?

#backbonejs    #angularjs   #knockoutjs   #emberjs   #canjs  

The good thing: This is not a battle, choose the right tool for the job =)

2013-04-17 03:32:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Angular is awesome together with D3
I just wanted to share with you how to combine angular with D3 to get some pretty amazing functionality in a hundred lines of code.

I'm going to use it to create hoverable image maps for a project I'm working on.

Enjoy!

2013-04-13 03:06:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

http://blogs.salesforce.com/company/2013/04/our-new-crop-of-mvps-.html

Was very honored to be nominated as a +Salesforce MVP today.  Its a great group of folks and have been lucky enough to meet many of them over the past few years, and hope to meet many more in the next few.  And my twitter followers just tripled (I think I have 30 now)!

2013-04-13 03:06:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Congrats to PICnet's own CEO and Co-Founder, Ryan Ozimek, on being name Salesforce MVP today! An honor well-deserved for his tireless work in the Salesforce community and on behalf of PICnet's nonprofit clients!

2013-04-10 03:28:03 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Read Build Connected Mobile Apps in JavaScript with New Salesforce Platform Mobile Services via +Quinton Wall:

"It should be no surprise that mobile has revolutionized the way we live and work. We can check-in, tweet, post, and follow just about anything with the swipe or tap of our finger.

Most recently there has been a resurgence of popularity around JavaScript – fueled by lightweight, mobile, responsive apps, and leading frameworks such as Bootstrap, Backbone.js, AngularJS, jQuery Mobile. Developers are building consumer mobile apps in a completely new way.

However, when you look at business mobile apps, the story is a little different.

Business mobile apps are often written in silos – disconnected from customer data and employees. The result is throw-away apps that don’t engage the customer, or add long term value to the business."

2013-03-27 19:03:24 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Good article on the importantance of strategy in your nonprofit's communication plan and website design.

"Smart strategy is what truly levels the playing field. Strategy helps you be bigger than you are; to win fights you shouldn’t; to be surprising, refreshing, and inspirational. Strategy gives you an advantage over larger organizations."

2013-03-26 02:23:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Given that modern web apps are so reliant on JavaScript, +Sandeep Bhanot, Developer Evangelist, thought it would be useful to summarize the different ways that you can use JavaScript to interact with +Salesforce data and logic on the backend.

Read Using JavaScript with Force.com   #devreads

2013-03-22 21:52:58 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Watch this great video on +Salesforce's vision for the future of corporations as customer-centric. Gorgeous production, inspiring ideas!

2013-03-22 19:01:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Getting started on the Salesforce.com CRM platform is often the first and biggest hurdle for many new nonprofits.  A recent customer survey that the Foundation completed indicated that getting up to speed is the greatest challenge our new customers face.  

Nonprofit consulting partner Heller Consulting is hosting a webinar series called Get CRMready™ The nonprofit CRM readiness workshop starting in April.  Are you new Salesforce, this webinar series may be for you.

2013-02-28 16:47:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Nonprofit superstars +Ehren Foss and +Marc Baizman will be hosting a webinar on data hygiene and data quality on Salesforce.com on Tuesday March 19th at 1pm EST.

2013-02-27 18:10:58 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Any ideas for what might be causing this routing issue? Thanks in advance.

2013-02-05 18:37:18 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Fundraising Experts Wanted

Calling all fundraising and development people. I need your expertise. When viewing a single person/household/account record in your database, what are the heads up, inline analytics that you want to see with a graphical or visual representation?  Here are some that I think are interesting, what am I missing?

- Year over year giving history over the past 5 years in a line or bar chart.
- Last 5-8 appeals, and giving by each appeal
- Donation breakdown by restriction or specific designation in a pie chart

What else would you find interesting about a single donor?

2013-02-05 18:33:56 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Fundraising Experts Wanted

Calling all fundraising and development people. I need your expertise. When viewing a single person/household/account record in your database, what are the heads up, inline analytics that you want to see with a graphical or visual representation?  Here are some that I think are interesting, what am I missing?

- Year over year giving history over the past 5 years in a line or bar chart.
- Last 5-8 appeals, and giving by each appeal
- Donation breakdown by restriction or specific designation in a pie chart

What else would you find interesting about a single donor?

2013-02-03 23:00:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Crowdsourcing: More Than Just a Marketing Trick

This article is right on in so many ways. Crowdsourcing is so much more than getting user stories from companies. The underlying technologies for collaborating with customers is building critical mass, thanks to things like Salesforce Customer Portal and related tools from other providers. 

It's not just the tool though. The real trick here is operational and attitudinal. Because this is really about making a culture shift towards a more open, more collaborative set of relationships with customers. This new relationship blurs the lines between those inside and outside the firm, and between consumer and producer. 

In fact, this isn't really about crowdsourcing at all. It's much bigger than that. It's about blurring organizational boundaries. And the tools we now have are making that possible like neverb... more »

2013-02-03 06:39:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Harvard Business Review: Building Customer Communities Is the Key to Creating Value. http://goo.gl/mag/Iqb2Fcg

2013-01-24 04:03:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Some great advice from +Blakely Graham on building apps for the enterprise... Concentrate on UX, make it easy to buy, don't hide your prices, and provide great support:

Well obviously there's no substitute for building great products. Great products come from great user experience design, so I'd tell you to really focus on getting the experience right. There's a ton of great resources out there to learn about usability and user experience design, so spend some time thinking about how to make your product great. And once you've got a great product, remember that part of the enterprise app revolution is in the purchasing experience. If you're not optimizing that you're missing an opportunity.  We've all had experiences dealing with companies that just wanted to extract money from us, I'd urge you not to be one of those. Don't hide your pricing, make surey... more »

2013-01-23 23:41:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

3 tips on starting a/b testing for your #nonprofitmarketing efforts

2013-01-23 23:04:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Do you live in San Francisco, have mad coding skills and a heart of gold?  This event is for you!  Groundwork Opportunities is hosting a hackathon on February 7.  Put you skills to work for a good cause and meet some like-minded do gooders.  

2013-01-16 04:17:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

New blog post! Check out this great Salesforce analytic feature to compare data over time.

2013-01-15 19:18:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

This is a really solid article from +Ryan Ozimek on best practices for sending email through Salesforce. Ryan highlights what to look for an an email service provider.  If you've already chosen a provider and have to deal with reducing your data storage footprint, Ryan offers some concrete strategies for dealing with (read: archiving) individual email send records while still retaining the most important communications metrics.

2013-01-12 04:22:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Thrilled to announce that I've got a new gig... at a startup with my amazing fellow Groundwire alums +Drew Bernard and +Shawn Kemp. 

2013-01-05 04:11:06 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Salesforce is looking for a Community Engagement Manager. Great company, great location (San Francisco, CA), great opportunity for the right social media enthusiast. Turn your passion into a dream job!

2012-12-29 00:22:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Get effective first before getting fancy when implementing Salesforce.com - http://www.shellblack.com/salesforce/smb/get-effective-before-getting-fancy/

2012-12-26 19:05:23 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

I wanted to share a really amazing example of how +Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is using Salesforce and open APIs to help veterans transition back into civilian life. 

In IAVA's Salesforce, they are tracking legislators and legislation to help them better advocate for veterans, and instead of hand entering this fast-changing legislative information, they are able to integrate directly with Sunlight Labs Congress API (http://services.sunlightlabs.com/docs/Sunlight_Congress_API/). This integration makes them more efficient and more effective, with current legislative data that they care to track right at their fingertips and in the context of their other important CRM data.

What's impressive to me about their Salesforce implementation is that they started from a strong grounding in their business needs, took advantage of open APIs to augment their data, andth... more »

2012-12-23 05:35:25 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Having recently changed jobs from Groundwire, where I was an onsite employee to a remote employee of the +salesforce foundation , I've been thinking a lot about the blurring lines the 'organization'.  

Although I have a reasonably nice home office space, I was admittedly nervous about being cooped up all day without the opportunity for in person social interactions. I get a lot from the unplanned work-related and personal interactions, particularly because I lean towards introversion.  

As luck would have it, I've signed on to become a member of +Hub Seattle  just around the time I was changing jobs.  I can't say enough about how enriching the experience has been to be surrounded by other social changers, consultants, customers and partners of my organization in a co-working setting. I find myself collaborating with people around the Hub who have ties to my neworga... more »

2012-12-19 04:11:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Not liking the news from Facebook / Instagram? +Colin Loretz and his crew did something pretty cool today:  "So we made another app. You can now migrate your Instagram photos to Flickr. http://freethephotos.com/ Built today by John Russell, Kevin Jones and Chris Yoder!"

2012-12-10 03:53:03 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

It's now been a little more than a day and the Good Business Community is getting some real traction. We're 200 people strong, and so far, we've been focused mostly on connecting with one another. I've been blown away by the caliber of people in this group, a group dedicated to the proposition that business can be more of a force for good in this world. 

The goal is to balance a healthy tension between inspiration and staying grounded in the real challenges. No candy-coating or glossing over the hard work that's required to actually balance the needs people, mission and money. 

If this sounds like a topic that you'd be interested in, then please join us. We'd love to have you. 

#goodbusiness  
#socialenterprise  
#CSR  
#bcorp  

2012-11-16 14:42:56 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2012-11-14 23:00:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Downloads from more than 10 countries across 4 continents off the AppExchange and not yet two months old. Soapbox Mailer for Salesforce is growing like a weed! There must be something to this affordable, Salesforce-native kiddo.

Find out what all the fuss is about and what Soapbox Mailer can do for your non-profit or business.

#salesforce #salesforcecom #emailmarketing  

2012-11-10 16:58:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-11-06 17:57:00 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Hey nonprofit folks... heads up, this looks very, very interesting:

2012-11-06 17:52:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Congratulations to the #Winter13 class of Salesforce MVPs! Learn more about our MVP program: http://www.salesforce.com/mvp/

2012-11-06 00:08:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

We wish our East Coast friends a speedy recovery from the impact of Hurricane Sandy.

Donate to the American Red Cross & the Salesforce.com Foundation will match your gift: http://bit.ly/Xei2Pl

2012-11-03 02:53:16 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

I'm really excited to announce that I just accepted a new position at the +salesforce foundation as their new Customer Solutions Architect.  The Foundation is a powerful force in the #NPTech community, boasting more than 16,000 customers on the platform.  In my new role, I will be helping the Foundation architect internal and external products and develop the product management processes, in addition to working closely to support customers and the Foundation staff.  I'm thrilled to be joining an amazing team under the expert guidance of +Steve Andersen .

If you ever have any questions about NPOs and the Foundation, please don't hesitate to reach out to me and if you want to get involved with volunteer work or contribute to ongoing development efforts at the Foundation (like our community sprints), let me know, we would love your assistance.  

2012-11-03 02:41:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Dear nonprofits,

Your Theory of Change should define your organization. It is your most important strategic starting point.

2012-10-25 00:04:09 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

(VIDEO) Tesla Motors to build national network of free charging stations.

[Read this and watch. This is literally the most important news story of the year, if not the decade or century.]

Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk said there are three reasons people don't view electric cars as practical. Then he proceeded to solve each one.

1) "The range is too short."  His new super charger will give high-end Teslas a 150 mile trip on a 30 minute charge. "You could drive for three hours, stop at a rest area and recharge for 30 minutes and be ready to go again." There are six stations already deployed in California. "This is not some figment of imagination that may be happening at some point in the future. We built these up in secret and we are unveiling them for the first time tonight...Within two years we will cover almost the entire... more »

2012-10-23 00:11:14 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

What is the best free screen sharing platform?
With preference placed on screen resolution/clarity and low lag time

GoToMeeting, ReadyTalk and WebEx are relatively expensive for a one person shop, all starting at around $50 per month.  

I've used AdobeConnect's free version, which is decent but limited to 3 attendees and I've played around with Google+ for screen sharing minimally, as well as Skype.  With all of these, either the resolution has been too low or screen lag too long.  

I've heard good things about Join.me but have yet to kick the tires.  Are there any other platforms I should explore?

2012-10-22 21:02:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

New Post! Winter ’13 has more surprises for us in the nonprofit community, but these are the ones aimed specifically at the development directors who help keep our nonprofits’ doors open and our missions on track to change the world!

2012-10-22 21:03:52 (16 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

Today is my first day as an independent contractor, and I'm spending it meeting up with some awesome clients and queuing some upcoming work. It's very exciting and I'm also realizing the services that I took for granted as an employee of a consulting organization. I'm in need recommendations for services geared towards independent consultants in the following areas:

* time tracking (leaning towards custom time tracking app in Salesforce)
* project management (leaning towards Teambox)
* Document signatory service (leaning towards Echosign)
* bookkeeping and invoicing (preferably hosted)

One caveat--since my long-term future is up in the air at the moment, I'm not interested in signing any annual service contracts, month to month is essential.  

Thanks in advance for any recommendations and please feel free to share this out.

2012-10-19 03:00:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-10-15 02:35:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

If you haven't seen this, seriously, take a minute and a half to just watch this. It's mind-blowing.

2012-10-12 17:47:18 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

New Adventures

After 4 ½ years at Groundwire, I am stepping down as the Director of Technology Solutions.

When I arrived at Groundwire in 2008, I knew very little about consulting and even less about Salesforce.com.  I certainly did not realize I was setting off on the journey of a lifetime that has come to define my professional career.  I had no idea that I would work alongside the smartest colleagues and clients that the social change sector has to offer.  I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to learn from my coworkers at Groundwire and to serve so many amazing organizations in the community.

As I step back and evaluate what the future may bring, I will be taking on a few short-term consulting gigs. I look forward to continuing my relationship with Groundwire in my new role as an independent contractor and to the new and exciting adventures that I can onlyhop... more »

2012-10-03 03:02:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-09-27 03:31:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

GREAT presentation put together by Erica Kuhl (the Kuhl-est community manager I know) on how to foster, nurture and develop your online community.

2012-09-15 06:33:06 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Your email marketing world is about to get all shook up. Soapbox Mailer for Salesforce is Salesforce-native, built for your budget, and releasing September 18th at Dreamforce. 

Stop by the Soapbox Engage booth in the Salesforce.com Foundation Zone at Moscone West 3rd floor for the release extravaganza!

#salesforce #salesforcecom #emailmarketing #dreamforce12 #df12  

2012-09-15 06:32:20 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)