#NPSPSprintIdea0 discussing

I installed NPSP into a new instance but the NPSP Opportunity record types (Donation, In-Kind, Grant, etc) are not installed. 

Has anyone else had this issue? If I create the record types myself and use a trial NPSP org (one that does have the record types) for reference to configure them, will this work the same way?

I know there are profiles that can be found in an org with NPSP that are called things like "Fundraising and Development," "Program Staff," "Volunteer," etc., but those don't always come with the NPSP. In my experience, I've seen that those come with a new org acquired via Salesforce.org's free trial, but if an org upgrades from an old NPSP or installs NPSP 3 into a Salesforce.com free trial, those profiles don't seem to come through.

Is this correct? And is there any way to install those pre-made profiles? (I know those aren't a complete solution, but they're better starting points than the standard SFDC profiles.)

What resources are out there for training folks in the very basics of NPSP data entry?  The context here is when letting a new person touch my NPSP database, giving them a very basic primer on concepts like "Save", "Household Account", "don't put Joe and Jane" in Contact.FirstName, "search for a Contact before entering a new one", "if you find two unhouseholded Contacts with the same address, tell someone that maybe they need to be merged" ...sort of a cross between generic NPSP features and generic data entry rules of thumb, not trying to address additional customizations at all.

I'm thinking of a single standard "certification-like" training sequence, not too long, that would allow anyone to know that their new volunteer or staff at least has a fighting chance at getting basic constituent and donation data into NPSP correctly.  As in, you could ask them, "Have you taken the NPSP Data Entry Certification?".

I do know about NPSP documentation, the excellent NPSP training videos...I guess I'm thinking of a "one-stop standard" that might roll them together into a sequence which focuses specifically on data entry rather than db customization.

Does such a thing already exist and I just live in a cave?  Or if not, is it a reasonable idea?

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