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Next week, salesforce.com will be hosting over 15,000 attendees at Dreamforce Global Gathering in San Francisco.

Dreamforce is where we'll be unveiling the latest innovations and news in Enterprise Cloud Computing. If you're unable to attend, we'll be streaming the three, must-watch keynotes live over the Internet. Please join us!

18 November 09.00 - 11.00 PST (17.00 - 19.00 GMT)

Opening Keynote: Marc Benioff will kickoff Dreamforce 2009. Expect news, announcements and special guests on-stage
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19 November 09.00 - 11.00 PST (17.00 - 19.00 GMT) 
Day 2 Keynote: Expect more exciting announcements!
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19 November 16.15 - 17.45 (12.15 - 01.45 GMT - 20 November)
Special Keynote Session with Colin Powell
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In addition to these live broadcasts, you can also join the conversation on twitter using the tag #df09. Here's what people are saying already about Dreamforce 09:

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Tal Frankfurt
It's All About Your Mission.

Tal.Frankfurt@Gmail.com
Google Voice: 901-213-6188
From Israel: 057-945-7583
Skype: Tal1202

Specializing in Salesforce.Com and Google Apps.
Blog at http://ftal.wordpress.com/about-2/

Steve Andersen from Salesforce.com Foundation released new versions of the Contacts & Organizations package and the Recurring Donations Package.

Contacts & Organizations v 1.64 

 *   release notes (http://wiki.developerforce.com/index.php/Nonprofit_Starter_Pack_Conta...) 
 *   install link (http://foundation.force.com/packages/contactsandorganizations) 

Recurring Donations v 1.18 

 *   release notes (http://wiki.developerforce.com/index.php/Nonprofit_Starter_Pack_Recur...) 
 *   install link (http://foundation.force.com/packages/recurringdonations) 

There are a couple major improvements in this release that many folks have been anticipating 

Contacts & Organizations now has an interface for merging Contacts in the one-to-one model. There is a custom tab called Contact Merge that allows you to search for duplicate contacts and then merge up to 3 at a time. This is currently winner take all behavior-the non-winning Contacts will be deleted. 

Contacts & Organizations now fully supports deleting Contacts in the one-to-one model via the API. This will clean up the process of mass deleting Contacts. One-to-one Accounts will be deleted automatically unless they have Opportunities associated with them. 

Recurring Donations has some fixes to make it compatible with this new Contacts & Organizations package. 

Hi everyone,

• Introductions
• Preferred format for meetings
• Preferred logistics
• Topic for next meeting 

To RSVP for the meeting: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=pMif8paekkUIx9R6QUW7eA_3d_3d

Hello everyone,

My name is Tal Frankfurt and I am the leader of the group. I recently moved to Memphis from Israel, where I founded and led the Israeli nonprofit Salesforce.Com user group. Additionally, I provide information and communication tools for nonprofit organization and higher education, specializing in Salesforce.Com and Google Apps.

This group will cater specifically to the needs of the Salesforce.Com nonprofit community in Tennessee and Arkansas. From my experience, this is a great place to share your knowledge, learn about new applications, solve problems, and network.

The intention of this group is that it be driven by the members and not by any single person, thus your active participation in the meetings is critical. 

If you haven't already done so, please sign-up using the form to the left to receive notifications about our meetings and events.

The first meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 28th from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. I am looking for an organization that will be willing to host/sponsor the event, if you can help please send me an email.

Can't make the meeting but want to stay in the loop?  Join the Tennessee Google Group.

Please Register for the meeting on October 28th.

The brief agenda for the first meeting is:

• Introductions
• Preferred format for meetings
• Preferred logistics
• Topic for next meeting

I look forward to seeing you then!

We are  excited to announce the creation of a User Group for nonprofits in the Memphis area.  Your group leader will be Tal Frankfurt who recently moved to the area after running a user group for nonprofits in Isreal.  Look for details on a first meeting soon.

Please sign up for this user group so that you can stay informed of  meetings and events. Just use the simple form on the left under Join Now! and select "Nonprofits Tennessee" from the pull-down menu. 

We hope you will get involved!