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With Mother's Day and Star Wars Day ("May the 4th be with you") both falling on the same week, I can understand if you were a bit preoccupied to keep up with all the happenings of the Power of Us Hub. For a quick moment, set aside the flowers and the Chewbacca costume from your desk, and join us for some of the Salesforce knowledge you might have missed.

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Great Posts from the Salesforce Power of Us Hub

1. Is there something you wouldn't work into an approval process?
   Bruce Stewart (Southborough Education Foundation)

   Is it ever possible to incorporate too much automation into your Salesforce org? Would any particular type of approval process cause issues with using Salesforce? These questions, and Plato's views on democracy, are all covered in this one post!

2. How can I tell what version of NPSP I have installed?
   Larry Parks (Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary Education)

   With so many great changes happening in the NPSP, it's helpful to know what version of the NPSP you're using. Especially for integrations. Here's how you can quickly determine which version you're running.

3. Lead Conversion Expanded Functionality
   Gary Fuller (Center For Aquatic Sciences)

   Lead conversion seems like magic, right? You press one button, and bam, beautiful records created. What if you want to change up the magic a bit? Here's a strategy to customizing the mapping process for Lead conversions.

4. Merge Contact or Household First?
   Jessica Portnoy (Achieve Tahoe)

   Ever merge records in Salesforce and say, "wait a second, what happened to..."? Here's a walk-through troubleshooting gift giving data after merging Contacts and Households.

5. How do I create a LYBUNT mailing list?
   Alexandra Alderman (Euphemia L Haynes Public Charter School)

   It's spring time, which for many of you is the first fundraising campaign time of the year. Let's get you pointed in the right direction with the basics of creating a LYBUNT report, shall we?

6. Picklist Functionality Different in Lightning Than in Classic
   Jeff McGinnis (Pennsylvania Center for Adapted Sports)

   Cue the "The more you know (shooting star)" screen graphics. Consider this a little public service announcement for those of you using multi-select picklists in Lightning.

7. Graphics for NPSP slideshow
   Kelly Logan (College Study 360)

   Tooling up on your NPSP evangelism skills and need some slides to use for your next presentation? Learn what resources the community has put together to help out.

8. VIDEO: NPSP Release Notes Rundown for v3.72
   Tim Forbes (Soapbox Engage)

   Another NPSP release rolled off the assembly line last week, so we grabbed our massive video production team from their extreme climbing expedition in the Himalayas to break it down for you.

9. Anyone know a trick to getting the HUB to work on your iPad?
   Amanda Byrne (Now IT Matters)

   Desperately trying to answer more questions for the community on the Power of Us Hub from your iPad but getting stuck trying to load it? Here's some helpful pointers.

Great Events for the Salesforce Nonprofit Community

1. Transform Your Organization With Automation for Nonprofits
   Anne Young (Salesforce.org)

   Until the robot revolution, us humans will still need to find ways to automate things ourselves. Rough, right? Our NPSP buddies Margaret Fako and Michael Slawnik will show you how to put work on cruise control (sans robots) with Salesforce automation.

2. HUB EMEA Office Hours - Tue, May 10 @ 3pm UTC
   Caroline Renard (Technology Interpreter for Arts Groups)

   Hello ye friends across the pond from Washington DC! Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the next office hours for the UK and Europe.

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