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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  

We’re two months away from the FIRST EVER Salesforce Community Sprint in CANADA!

• Where: Vancouver
• When: September 10th – 11th, 2025! 🇨🇦
• Register: https://invite.salesforce.com/vancouvercommunitysprint

We want to make sure folks across the broader Salesforce community in the area know about this event! It’s our first-ever Canadian Sprint and want to spread the message far and wide throughout Canada so everyone's aware!  

AUDIENCE: Everyone is welcome: admins, architects, developers, marketers, and more. We want to make it clear that you don’t have to work at a nonprofit to participate.

The Vancouver Community Sprint

 brings together customers, partners, and employee volunteers to co-create tools and resources that make Salesforce even more powerful and accessible for Nonprofit organizations and schools around the world. It’s also a fantastic opportunity to connect with others in the ecosystem, grow your skills, and learn directly from Salesforce experts. 

Here’s what you need to know:

• Registration is open NOW — don’t miss your chance to grab a spot before we enable a waitlist.
• This is a hands-on event. Whether you're an end user, admin, developer, architect, or just passionate about doing good with Salesforce, there’s a project team for you to join and contribute. 
• Not an Admin or Developer? Don’t worry! You can contribute through UX testing, project management, documentation, and more — it’s not just about building apps!

We can’t wait to gather in Vancouver for what promises to be an energizing, community-powered event.

Learn more and register now: 

https://invite.salesforce.com/vancouvercommunitysprint

This event is being organised and run by the Salesforce Nonprofit Community Team, but again you do NOT need to work at a Nonprofit to participate, we welcome all folks with Salesforce experience (Admins, Devs, Architects, etc).

@Nonprofit and Education MindShare @Trailblazer Community Cove #Nonprofit #SFDOsprint

Hello Community volunteers and Community Sprinters!! Want to know where the Nonprofit Community team is hosting events, and showing up in 2025 as we celebrate 10 years

 of Community Sprints? Check out the below info!  

We'll keep the side panel of this group (and our Github website) updated as we confirm upcoming events. Typically we do that when we have a confirmed venue booked for the event. Stay tuned and tell your friends!  

Upcoming Community Sprint Events - Join in the fun today!

• February 27th, 2025 - Sydney, AU as part of Sydney World Tour. Location: Salesforce Tower Sydney. Register!
• March 5th - 6th, 2025 - Community Engagement at TDX! Join the Nonprofit Community team onsite and around SFO during TDX. More details to come, and registration for TDX can be found here.
• March 17th & 18th, 2025 - Community Sprint as part of DC Agentforce World Tour. Location: Salesforce McLean Office in McLean, VA. Register today!

Unconfirmed Planned Events: Stay tuned! 

Unconfirmed event dates, venues, and locations are subject to change or cancellation, and additional events may be added. Please take this into consideration before booking any travel arrangements.

• May, 2025 - Community Sprint as part of NYC Agentforce World Tour. Location: NYC Salesforce Tower. Exact date TBA.
• June 6, 2025 - London’s Calling Community engagement
• June 9th, 2025 (and maybe 10th) - Community Sprint as part of London Agentforce World Tour. Location: Salesforce Bluefin Office, London Southwark.
• June, 2025 - Community Day, Amsterdam, NL. New and looking for local Partner sponsors! Aiming for June 17th, but exact date/location TBA.
• June 19th, 2025 - Community Day, Paris, FR. New and looking for local Partner sponsors! Location: Salesforce Paris office.
• July, 2025 - Virtual 2-Day Community Sprint. Exact date TBA.
• September, 2025 - Community Sprint & Learning Day, Vancouver, BC. Exact date/location TBA.
• October 14th - 17th, 2025 - Dreamforce Community engagement. Exact activities/date TBA.
• November, 2025 - Community Sprint & Learning Day, Denver, CO. Exact date/location TBA.
• November, 2025 - UK Affordable Housing Sprint. Location: Exact date/location TBA.
• January, 2026 - Virtual 2-Day Community Sprint. Exact date TBA.

@Salesforce.org MVPs @Nonprofit and Education MindShare @Salesforce.org System Administrators @Salesforce Housing Sector

Thank you DC and beyond for hosting us for the latest Salesforce Community Sprint! 💙

This week we brought together our Nonprofit and Education community in Washington, D.C., for two days of brainstorming, creating impactful solutions, and fun networking to tackle common challenges during Agentforce World Tour week in DC. 65 attendees from over 20 US States and 1 Canadian Province came together, bringing their skills and passion to the table.  

Thank you to everyone who spent time away from your day job and family to spend time sharing your skills to work on one of the six prioritized projects:

• AI Prompts for Nonprofits
• Declarative Lookup Rollup Summaries (DLRS) 
• Grants Content Kit
• Nonprofit Cloud (NPC) Best Practices
• Unsubscribe Link
• NEW: Flow Replacements for NPSP Workflows

Ready to dive in and check out what volunteers worked on? Read the full recap here: https://sfdo-community-sprints.github.io/docs/sprints/2025-03-1718-Sprint/

@Commons Project: DLRS

@Salesforce.org System Administrators

@Salesforce.org MVPs

It’s 2025 and that means we’re celebrating 10 years of Sprints as a community! 🥳💙🦖 

As Director of the Salesforce Commons program and a participant or host at almost every event in the past 10 years, I've had the honour of witnessing the incredible success they've had on the Salesforce Nonprofit and Education Trailblazer community firsthand.

What started as a way for the Salesforce community to contribute to the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) has grown into a global movement, bringing together over 3,700 participants at 59 events to create freely accessible solutions for nonprofits and educational institutions. 

This article is a heartfelt 💙 thank you 💙 to everyone who has contributed their time, energy, and skills over the past decade. I reached out to all of the original planners of the first Sprints in 2015, and am excited to share the memories and reflections I received. 

Community Sprints are more than just technology; they're about creating connections, sharing ideas, and making a real difference. Read the full article to learn more about our journey, how to get involved at events this year, and see the incredible impact we've achieved together.

I'd love to hear your Sprint stories and "ah-ha" moments in the comments below! This is the first in a series of articles celebrating this milestone, so stay tuned for more!

Virtual Community Innovation: Wrapping up the first virtual sprint of the year!

"Can I just say, this has sparked a passion in me and I’m going to attend EVERY sprint going forward" - Virtual Sprinter

WOW, what a MASSIVE start to 2024! We were thrilled to gather our Nonprofit and Education community virtually for two days of brainstorming, creating impactful solutions, and fun networking to build community solutions for common challenges affecting Nonprofits and Schools.

120+ attendees from 15 countries came together virtually, bringing their skills and passion to the table. From Japan to Australia, to India, the global dedication to this event was truly remarkable! Thank you to all who stayed up late, woke up early, and spent time away from your day job and family to spend time sharing your skills.

Ready to dive in? Read the full recap here: https://sfdo-community-sprints.github.io/docs/sprints/2024-02-0607-Sprint

Projects included in the recap:

@Commons Project: Data Generation

@CumulusCI (CCI)

@Commons Project: DLRS

@Commons Project: Grassroots Mobile

@Commons Project: Memberships

@Commons Project: NP SF How-to Series

@Commons Project: Salesforce Indicators

@Commons: Sprinty's Community Resources

@Commons Project: Sticky Selectron

@Commons Project: Summit Events App

@Commons Project: Transfer Equivalency

WOO! @Cori O'Brien @Kristiane Kindle

FYI @Nonprofit and Education MindShare @Salesforce.org MVPs

#SFDOsprint

Registration for our next Commons #SFDOSprint in Sydney, AU is NOW OPEN!

On 29 February & 1 March, 2024 as part of Salesforce Tour Sydney, join us for two days full of networking, fun, and building Salesforce solutions to help Nonprofits and Schools address common challenges. We had a blast at the first Sydney Sprint event in November, and we’re excited to be coming back to host you again.

“If you get the opportunity to Sprint, just do it!” - Feedback from November Sydney, AU Sprint

What’s a Community Sprint? Sprints are Salesforce-hosted community innovation events (similar to a hack-a-thon) that are regularly hosted to bring partners, customers, and employee volunteers together to identify, prioritise and build solutions that make using Salesforce more impactful for nonprofit & education organisations.

Why should you join? Sprints are unlike anything else in the Salesforce community. You are encouraged to use your skills to collaborate and build nonprofit + education solutions while learning from Salesforce experts in this space — 90% of participants report an increase in skills. Not to mention they are a super fun way to connect with other Salesforce users, admins, and developers.

→ Contribute your skills to create solutions for the nonprofit and education sectors.

→ Connect with local Salesforce professionals doing the same work you are.

→ Find existing Open Source Commons volunteer-built solutions you can use today.

→ Learn new skills as you participate.

→ Enjoy a fun, free, unique hands-on experience - think workshop, not a webinar.

Reserve your spot at the Sprint today!

A free ticket to World Tour Sydney (happening Wednesday, February 28th) is not required to register for the Sprint, but we encourage you to attend both.

@Nonprofit Hub @Education Hub @Nonprofit and Education MindShare @Salesforce.org MVPs @Nonprofit Ask Me Anything (Global)