Commons Project: Memberships

Wrapping Up the Virtual Community Sprint! 

We were thrilled to gather online on August 11-12, 2026 for two days of collaboration, innovation, and community!  

122 attendees joined us, representing an incredible array of folks working within the Nonprofit and Salesforce ecosystems, End Users, Administrators, Developers, Architects, and Industry Partners from around the world. 

To everyone who joined and gave your time...thank you. Your commitment to building together is what makes this community so powerful. 

Ready to dive into the full recap? 

https://sfdo-community-sprints.github.io/docs/sprints/2026/2026-08-1112-Sprint/

Couldn't attend the Virtual Sprint? Join a future event! See what's next up for the Nonprofit Community Team:

• September 15-17, 2026 - Dreamforce! Including a Nonprofit Breakfast + Reception + Meetup
• October 19-20, 2026 - Amsterdam Community Sprint
• October 22, 2026 - Affordable Housing Commons Workshop
• November 9-10, 2026 - San Francisco Community Sprint

@Nonprofit and Education MindShare

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@Commons Project: NP SF How-to Series

@Commons Project: DLRS

@Commons Project: Salesforce Indicators

@Commons Project: Summit Events App

Registration is LIVE: Virtual Community Sprint – January 21-22, 2026 

Registration is officially live for the next Virtual Community Sprint coming Jan 21-22, 2026. If you’ve ever wanted to attend a Sprint but couldn’t travel, this is your chance to join us online! 

Join us Jan 21-22 for two days of collaboration, creativity, and community. Volunteers from across the nonprofit, education, and impact sectors will come together to build real solutions to shared challenges. 

Event Details

• Dates: Jan 21-22, 2026
• Time: 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM PT (both days)
•  Location: Virtual (via Zoom)

When you register, you’ll be asked to review which group you’d like to join - there are already 12 (!) volunteer-led project teams and select your top two choices. All projects focus on open-source tools designed to support nonprofit, education, and housing organizations—but you do not need to work in one of these sectors to participate. 

We welcome anyone with Salesforce experience, including admins, developers, marketers, architects, and more. 

Register: https://invite.salesforce.com/virtualcommunitysprint

Wrapping Up the 2025 Vancouver Community Sprint! 

We were thrilled to gather in The Nest at UBC on September 11-12 for two days of brainstorming and creating impactful solutions for our Nonprofit and Education community using Salesforce!

A remarkable 76 attendees joined us in person, representing an array of folks working within the Nonprofit and Education and Salesforce ecosystems, including End Users, Administrators, Developers, Architects, etc from customer and Industry Partners from Vancouver and surrounding regions.  

To everyone who joined and gave your time...THANK YOU!

 Your commitment to building together is what makes this community so powerful. 💙 

A SPECIAL THANK YOU to the sponsors of the pre-sprint social kick-off, sponsored by 

@FinDock for Nonprofits Cascadia Cloud Solutions and the Trailblazer Community Teams - @Clair Lam @Lynda En @Ashley Hampson @Tobey Klein @Chris Boxall @Dan Kingsley

... we had the ABSOLUTE best time, and perfect way to kick off the week THANK YOU!!!! 

Ready to dive into the full recap? 

https://sfdo-community-sprints.github.io/docs/sprints/2025-09-1011-Sprint

Keep an eye on this Sprint group for upcoming Sprint dates coming later this year! 

@Commons Project: AI for Nonprofits

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@Nonprofit and Education MindShare

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Hi Salesforce.org Community! 

Each week, we share updates from across the community and spotlight what’s coming up. 

Audience: these resources are meant specifically for our Nonprofits and Education folks using Salesforce, but of course are open to all!

Top of Mind This Week 

1. 🇨🇦 Vancouver Sprint – Register Now! Sept 10-11 - Sign up here!
2. 💻 Virtual Sprint RECAP is available - check out what took place this week!
3. 🧠 NEW: True to the Core Monthly sessions! See more details
4. 📚 NEW: How-To for Education Cloud on Setting Up Course Registration! See more here!
5. 🛎️ Reminder: Dreamforce tickets are live! Nonprofit/Edu/Public Sector pricing available.
6. 🛎️ Time to register for the 4th Annual Higher Ed Dreamin' (community-led!) See details here.
7. 🦖 Astro Sprinty is LIVE on the Trailblazer Store! See the update

What’s Coming Up

• Every Wednesday - Nonprofit LATAM Office Hours - en español!
• Every Friday - Nonprofit Coffee Chat
• First Friday of the month - The Higher Ed Office Hours - join the Sector: Higher Ed group to join, details listed in the group sidebar to join)
• Aug 8 - In-person Event: (Raleigh, NC) Nonprofit Collaborative Raleigh Event
• Aug 13 - Virtual: Salesforce for Nonprofits: Tableau Campfire
• Aug 19 - Webinar: Salesforce for Nonprofits: Unlocking the Potential of Unified Data to Empower Agents
• Aug 20 - Virtual Q&A: Nonprofit Ask Me Anything (AMER)
• Aug 20 - Virtual Q&A: Nonprofit Ask Me Anything (EMEA)
• Aug 21 - In-person Event: (Dallas, TX) Navigating Change in Constantly Shifting Nonprofit Landscapes
• Aug 27 - Webinar: Tableau+: The Future of AI Analytics
• Sept 10 - Webinar: Unlock the Future of Analytics: Agentic AI in Tableau Next
• Sept 10-11 - In-person Event: Community Sprint in Vancouver
• Sept 24 - Webinar: Tableau+: The Future of AI Analytics
• Oct 8 - Webinar: Unlock the Future of Analytics: Agentic AI in Tableau Next
• Oct 14-16 - In-person Event: Dreamforce 
• Oct 15 - Virtual: Salesforce for Nonprofits: Tableau Campfire
• Oct 29 - Webinar: Tableau+: The Future of AI Analytics
• Nov 12 - Webinar: Unlock the Future of Analytics: Agentic AI in Tableau Next

Explore More

• Nonprofit Webinar Series & Resources
• Salesforce-wide Events
• Trailblazer Community Groups
• "Dreamin" Community Conferences

Nonprofit Cloud Premier Customers: Sign up for an Expert Coaching Session! 

🎉 Friday Shoutouts!

• Shoutout to all the folks who led projects for and participated in the Virtual Community Sprint this week! Check out the full recap HERE - we had 11 amaazing community-led projects, including @Commons Project: AI for Nonprofits @Commons Project: DLRS @Commons Project: NP SF How-to Series @Commons Project: Summit Events App @Commons Project: Memberships

Thanks for all you do for this amazing community. Wishing you a wonderful weekend! 

💙 Lizzy & the Nonprofit Community Team  

Registration is LIVE: Virtual Community Sprint – July 30-31! 

Registration is officially live for the July Virtual Community Sprint coming July 30-31. If you’ve ever wanted to attend a Sprint but couldn’t travel, this is your chance to join us online! 

Join us July 30–31 for two days of collaboration, creativity, and community. Volunteers from across the nonprofit, education, and impact sectors will come together to build real solutions to shared challenges. 

Event Details

• Dates: July 30–31, 2025
• Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT (both days)
• Location: Virtual (via Zoom)

When you register, you’ll be asked to review 10 volunteer-led project teams and select your top two choices

. All projects focus on open-source tools designed to support nonprofit, education, and housing organizations—but you do not need to work in one of these sectors to participate. 

1. AI Prompts for Nonprofits
2. DLRS: @Commons Project: DLRS
3. Memberships Essentials: @Commons Project: Memberships
4. Nonprofit Salesforce How-To Videos: @Commons Project: NP SF How-to Series
5. Sprinty's Community Resources: @Commons: Sprinty's Community Resources
6. Summit Events App: @Commons Project: Summit Events App
7. NPC Best Practices Asset Hub
8. Unsubscribe Link App
9. Education Cloud Trailblazers
10. NPSP Datakit for Datacloud 

We welcome anyone with Salesforce experience, including admins, developers, marketers, architects, and more.

Register here: https://invite.salesforce.com/virtualcommonscommunitysprint-654c

Hi .org Community!

Each week, we highlight wins from the week and take a look at what's coming up.

What's been going on recently:

• April 25 - World Tour NYC took place this week! + the Community Sprint (happening now!)
• May 1-2 - Reboot the Earth hackathon in NYC, see details
• May 13-15 - Education Summit San Diego on May 13-15, 2024, see details
• May 22-23 - Connections Event coming May 22-23, see details
• May 22-23 - Reboot the Earth hackathon in Hackathon in Hyderabad, see details
• June 4-5 - Community Sprint in London the two days before World Tour, see details
• June 6 - World Tour London, general reg 

Always on resources for reference:

• For upcoming events/webinars/resources, visit the MindShare group
• Find NGO & EDU groups in the Trailblazer Community: Nonprofit & Education filters
• Coffee Chat: every Friday, see the Coffee Chat group for details!
• Salesforce Saturday - Nonprofit: every Saturday, see the LinkedIn group, led by @Sarah Epting
• Have product ideas? Submit via the IdeaExchange
• Sprinty's Community Resources - find crowdsourced resources! 

Now on to some shoutouts! 

• #FridayShoutOut to our amazing project leaders at the Community Sprint today in NYC, shoutout to the 6 groups and group leads who sprinted today (these 'sprints' are like hackathons where our community comes together to build solutions to address common challenges), for example:
  1. @Commons Project: DLRS - led by @Shari Carlson
  2. Nonprofit Cloud Best Practices - led by @Tara Cobb @Tracey Braun
  3. @Commons Project: Memberships - led by @Chris Pifer @Sandy Whitten @Tobias Ward and @Janina Capacillo 
  4. Deployment Best Practices - led by @Judi Sohn
  5. @Commons Project: Summit Events App - led by @Donna Whitig
  6. @Commons Project: NP SF How-to Series - led by @Bill Florio
• Learn more about upcoming Community Sprints in the group HERE
• #FridayShoutOut also to our NEW COMMONS HERO, the one and only @Shari Carlson, thank you for all you do for the community. This is a new way we are going to recognize those who consistently give back to our Commons community (our open-source program). Shari has been participating in the Commons program for YEARs, leads numerous projects, is a mentor, a leader, and consistently goes above and beyond to support our community. She continues to proactively contribute to building solutions that address challenges that our nonprofit community faces. YOU'RE AMAZING SHARI! (More official post about this to come soon!), WOO!

Does anyone else have any shoutouts to share? Comment below and share!

Have an amazing week everyone! 

@Nonprofit Hub @Education Hub

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