Hi everyone!

Thanks to those of you that attended yesterday's meeting and Cloudforce!  Hope you had a good time, and a learned some new things!

I'm still working on getting the minutes written up, but I wanted to let you all know about this free training opportunity I found about yesterday at the conference. I know it's short notice but if you can attend, I think it will be very valuable.

What: Training on building more advanced applications on the Force.com platform. 
Date:  Monday, 10/12
Time: 9a-12p or 1-4p
Location:
MicroTek
25 Burlington Mall Rd, 2nd floor
Burlington, MA 01803

https://www.salesforce.com/form/event/Admin-to-Hero_Boston.jsp?d=70130000000Et8I

Marc

When: Tuesday, October 6th
What Time: 8:30 - 9:30AM (NOTE NEW TIME AND LOCATION)
Where: Westin Boston Waterfront, Burroughs Room
425 Summer St.
Boston, MA 02210

Nearest T Stop: Silver Line to World Trade Center, follow signs for Westin Boston

Agenda:

• User Showcase: David Katz, Building Impact
• User Showcase: David Levenson, One Family, Inc.
• Salesforce Foundation Staff Meet & Greet: Robert Flaherty, Tucker MacLean
• Cloudforce Boston!

Finally, I'm asking all user group member to please take this survey about the user group.  It will take you 5 minutes, max. I will share the results with everyone at a future meeting. THANK YOU!

Survey Link:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/rootcause.org/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cF9HeFNkcmJ6RHJlS2ZwWFpRRFhIZXc6MA

Hope to see you all at our next user group meeting and at Cloudforce!

Hi everyone,

If you're here because of Kimberly's email, hello! If you haven't already, please register to become a member of the group by filling out your info on the left, and select the group "Nonprofits Boston".

Also, take a look at the archives and see what happens at our meetings. There are old presentations and minutes so you can get a good idea of what's happening.

Looking forward to seeing you all at Cloudforce!

Marc

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the long delay between meetings!  I was trying to schedule a meeting for September, but when I heard that Salesforce was coming to Boston in early October, I decided to wait to schedule our meeting simultaneously with their conference.

We will be having our meeting immediately before the Cloudforce event, so make sure you register to attend CloudForce Boston for free (conference agenda can be found there).  https://www.salesforce.com/events/details/a1x300000004CVTAA2.jsp

Here is the October meeting Info:

When and what time: Tuesday, October 6th from 8:30-9:30AM (NOTE NEW TIME AND LOCATION this month)
Where:

Westin Boston Waterfront, Burroughs Room

425 Summer St.
Boston, MA 02210
Google Maps Link

Directions: Silver Line to World Trade Center, follow signs for Westin Boston

The agenda is still being finalized, I'll send it out as soon as I can.

Finally, I'm asking everyone to please take this survey about the user group.  It's super helpful and should only take about 5 minutes. I will share the results with everyone at a future meeting. THANK YOU!

Here is the survey link:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/rootcause.org/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cF9HeFNkcmJ6RHJlS2ZwWFpRRFhIZXc6MA

Hope to see you all at our next user group meeting and at Cloudforce!

Hi everyone,

Finally, there are some new AppExchange Apps you might want to check out:

Hi everyone,

Many apologies for not having a June meeting - a bunch of deadlines and a 2 week vacation prevented me from organizing a meeting.  

July Meeting Info:

When: Wednesday, July 22nd, 4:30-6:30 PM (NOTE NEW TIME AND LOCATION this month)
Where:

Root Cause
675 Massachusetts Ave, 9th floor

Cambridge, MA 02139

Google Maps Link

Directions: Red Line to Central Square

Next Meeting Agenda:

1. User Showcase: Tibrine DaFonseca, Medical Legal Partnerships | Boston
2. FormAssembly Demo: Emily Silberstein, Root Cause
3. Plone/Salesforce Integration: Nate Aune, Jazkarta
4. Discussion Topics
5. Next Meeting date/time/location and user showcase volunteers

For you remote folks, I'll also be webcasting this meeting using ReadyTalk.  
The login info is:
Web info: http://www.readytalk.com/?ac=6491111
Phone info: (906) 481-2000 378728#
You'll need to enter your name and email address for ReadyTalk.  
To test your computer beforehand, go to http://test.readytalk.com/

Hope to see you all next week!  

Marc

P.S. Don't forget to join our Facebook Group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41903557678
Hope to see you all next week!

Hi everyone,

First, I am so sorry for sending this out so late!  Life is just a little too crazy these days!  I am still working on finalizing the agenda, but we definitely will have Steve Andersen from the Salesforce Foundation via webinar.

April Meeting Info:

When: Wednesday, May 20 from 8:30 – 11:00 AM
Where: The Nonprofit Center, 89 South St., 1st floor, Boston, MA 02111 Bring ID please
Directions: Red Line to Downtown Crossing or South Station

Next Meeting Agenda:

1. User Showcase: TBD PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU CAN DO THIS! :)
   
2. FormAssembly Demo: Marc Baizman, Root Cause
3. Discussion Topics
   
4. Nonprofit Starter Pack Demo - Steve Anderson, Salesforce.com Foundation
   
5. Next Meeting date/time/location and user showcase volunteers

For you remote folks, the Nonprofit Starter Pack demo will also be webcast.  Let me know if you'd like to participate remotely and I'll send you the meeting details.

Come join our new Facebook Group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41903557678!

ALSO, the "regular" Boston User Group is meeting at the end of May!  Here are the details for THAT meeting, if you'd like to attend:

When: Tuesday, May 26th
What Time: 8:00 - 11:00am
Where: DoubleTree Waltham
550 Winter St., Waltham, MA, 02451

Hope to see you all next week!

If you are planning on going to the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco, you should definitely go to this event!

The Salesforce.com team focusing on nonprofit success is excited to be participating in the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco, April 26 - 28th. 

While the conference has sold out, the free Science Fair provides a great opportunity to see some of the latest and greatest solutions available to nonprofits. Salesforce.com Foundation staff be there in full force showcasing some of the most powerful features and uses of the force.com platform. It would be great to connect! 

Nonprofit Technology Conference Science Fair
San Francisco Hilton, 333 O'Farrell Street 
Sunday April 26th from 3 - 8 pm

Hope to see you there!

Meghan Nesbit
Senior Manager of Alliances and Product Donations
mnesbit@salesforce.com
www.salesforcefoundation.org

Hi everyone,

We had a great April 1st meeting with some excellent presentations by user group members Kathryn Tirjan, Brianna Whitney, and Will Scarbrough and also by Elias Terman from Acteva. Here are the user group presentations in PDF form:

• Download Kathryn's Presentation
• Download Brianna's Presentation
• Download Will's Presentation
• Download Will's Example Data files

We also discussed several AppExchange Applications, and I've provided those links below as well:

• Pervasive Quickbooks Sync - QB to SF
• Informatica Data Integration - free for nonprofits!
• Conference Manager - free for everyone
• FormAssembly - web forms that go into SF
• Conga Merge - mail merge
• ExactTarget - another mass-email solution, unsure of cost

As promised, Elias's contact information is below:

Elias Terman  |  Acteva
Director, Product & Strategic Marketing
direct (415) 962-9047  |  fax (415) 358-4459
email eterman@Acteva.com
http://www.actevarsvp.com/price.html

We also have 2 extras this month:

• A job posting from Pete Capraro at BELL: Technical Business Analyst (SaaS-SalesForce)
• Office for rent at the Nonprofit Center where we meet every month!  Office for Rent Flyer

That's everything for this month!  Still confirming the date and location for our May meeting.  I will send that out ASAP.  See you all in warm and sunny (hopefully) May!

Marc

Hi everyone,

I know it's been a while and I'm looking forward to seeing you all again!  We'll have 2 user showcases this month, which is great!

April Meeting Info:

When: Wednesday, April 1 from 8:30 – 11:00 AM
Where: The Nonprofit Center, 89 South St., 1st floor, Boston, MA 02111 Bring ID please
Directions: Red Line to Downtown Crossing or South Station

Next Meeting Agenda:

1. User Showcase: Kathryn Tirjan, WGBH Teacher's Domain 8:30 - 9:00
2. User Showcase: Brianna Whitney, Brookline Arts Center 9:00 - 9:30
3. Vendor Demo: Elias Terman, ActevaRSVP 9:30 - 10:15
4. Discussion Topics 10-15:-10:30
5. Next Meeting date/time/location and user showcase volunteers
6. Networking  10:30 – 11:00a