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Happy Monday, PUB Crawlers!

I hope you’re finding your stride as we settle into the new year. From browsing the Trailblazer Community, it certainly seems like folks are feeling revived and ready to take on 2025! I enjoyed curating these posts to share with you all this week. We’ve got new resources, blogs, events, and ideas coming your way! Dig in!

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Great Posts from the Salesforce Power of Us Hub

1. New Data Cloud Resource Center
   Joel Primack (Datablazer Community Manager)

   Looking for some tips, tricks, or best practices? In the new Data Cloud Resource Center, you'll find everything you need to confidently build your Data Cloud skills. Stay up-to-date on product developments, announcements, new releases, and more!

2. Articles to Improve Your Salesforce Knowledge
   Rakesh Gupta (Salesforce MVP)

   Let's keep the knowledge share going! Here are some more articles to improve your Salesforce use in 2025:

   • Use Multiple Data Sources in Transform Element to Fetch Data from Multiple Objects
   • Transform Elements Over Loops: Create Tasks for Opportunities Without Loops
   • Transform Elements Over Loops: A Modern Method for Collecting IDs in Salesforce Flow
   • AI Photo Automation from a Flow
   • Elevate Your Screen Flows with a Customizable Counter Component
   • Salesforce Spring’25 Release Quick Summary

3. Salesforce Self-Implementation Barriers to Entry
   Michael Kolodner (Kolodner.com LLC)

   Executing a Salesforce self-implementation for your organization is more expensive than it used to be. There are also other barriers to consider if you're looking to DIY. Check out this great article from Michael Kolodner!

4. Early Bird Pricing for Education Summit
   Mariella Brodersen (Salesforce.org)

   Education Summit is taking place in Chicago on March 10-12! Early Bird pricing for this year's summit expires THIS Wednesday, January 15th. Secure your seat now, and save $350.

5. Salesforce Commons & Nonprofit Participant Survey
   Lizzy Roberts (Salesforce.org)

   If you’ve participated in the Nonprofit Community by attending a Commons or Affordable Housing Sprint event, attending a networking event, joining a Nonprofit Coffee Chat or Ask-Me-Anything (AMA), or volunteering your time on a Commons solution project team in the past year (2024), consider taking 5-10 minutes to complete the survey linked here in Lizzy's post. There are also some great upcoming events listed in this post!

Great Events

1. Agentforce Thursdays - Jan 16, 23, 30
   Lizzy Roberts (Salesforce.org)

   More Agentforce Thursdays have been scheduled out! Tune in to these webinars to discover how Salesforce uses Agentforce to provide high-quality, real-time support while enhancing self-service and increasing case deflection.

2. Nonprofit Ask Me Anything - Jan 15
   Lizzy Roberts (Salesforce.org)

   The next Nonprofit Ask Me Anything session will be taking place this Wednesday. These are 45-minute Q&A sessions led by Salesforce experts, with no topic off-limits. Tune in to this insightful discussion— no presentations, just pure Salesforce wisdom exchanged in a supportive community environment!

3. Unlocking Fundraising Power with Soapbox Engage and Nonprofit Cloud - Feb 6
   Katie Ciszek (Soapbox Engage)

   Tune in on 2/6 to learn how the Soapbox Engage Donations app works seamlessly with the new Nonprofit Cloud. Designed specifically for nonprofits, this powerful combination simplifies donation management while maximizing your impact. Discover how to streamline online giving, track donor data in real time, and harness actionable insights to strengthen relationships and drive your mission forward.

Great Ideas for Nonprofits Using Salesforce

1. Gift Entry - Create Gift Commitments with Custom Schedule
   Aiden Martin (Cloud for Good)

   Currently the NonProfit Cloud Gift Entry functionality only allows users to create Gift Commitment records with a recurring schedule. Expanding this functionality to include the ability to create Gift Commitments with custom schedules would be a big win!