Nonprofits NYC CRM User Group - Salesforce.com Community

Dreamforce Discount Info & Highlights

- only 100 conference passes left at $199 rate
- discounted pre-conference training avaiable at 25% discount
- should plan to attend the welcome orientation on 11/17 at 5:00pm
- volunteer event 11/17 from 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Power of Us Party 11/19
- look for final email in a couple of weeks about how to make the most of Dreamforce experience

Give Forward @ Dreamforce program

Through this program, the Salesforce.com Foundation is matching individuals who have specific salesforce.com technology skills with nonprofits that need help with the Salesforce CRM application and Force.com platform. With Give Forward @ Dreamforce, you'll have a fun and rewarding experience while helping a nonprofit increase its social impact.

Please take a few moments to visit the Give Forward Web site and tell us more about your skills so that we can find the most suitable nonprofit for you. Successfully implemented projects will have an opportunity to be showcased at Dreamforce.

Find a match today: https://giveforward.secure.force.com/

Regards,

The Salesforce.com Foundation

The vision of the Salesforce.com Foundation is to use salesforce.com’s people, technology, and relationships to improve our communities, inspire youth to be more successful, support the world during times of extreme need, and promote compassionate capitalism.

Dreamforce Info for Nonprofits

Droves of Salesforce users will convene on San Francisco on November 17th for four days of learning and fun and we want you there!

Join us November 17-20th at Moscone Center in San Francisco for the cloud computing event of the year, Dreamforce 2009. Over 600 nonprofits have registered to attend but you can still get one of our remaining $199 passes* while they are available! To register go to www.dreamforce.com and use the nonprofit code CDNP199. Once these passes run out you'll only be able to register at the $999 commercial rate.

Why Dreamforce? Here are our top 5 Reasons:

5. Dreamforce begins with a Nonprofit Welcome and Orientation Session where you'll learn how to get the most out of this action packed week and get to meet the Salesforce.com Foundation Team!

4. Get acess to 40+ hands on training sessions and learn those tricks that will reduce your administrative time and increase your efficacy once you're back on the ground.

3. The nonprofit exclusive track where we will have seven sessions focused on the unique needs of your organization.

2. Connect with hundreds of partners in the expo hall to expand your use of Salesforce beyond the stretches of your imagination.

1. Power of Us Party, meet other nonprofits and network with our community during our Thursday night nonprofit party

Already planning on attending? Or need an added incentive to sign up?

Show us how your nonprofit uses salesforce and you could be featured on the salesforce.com foundation’s website and win yourself a VIP trip to Dreamforce!

It’s easy – create a quick YouTube video showcasing how your organization uses Salesforce and shoot the link to success@salesforcefoundation.org - due to numerous requests we've extended our deadline to October 31st. We are looking for the video that best answers the question, “What does salesforce do for nonprofits” with bonus points for originality & fun factor. To give you an idea, here's a great example video that explains cloud computing.

Give it a whirl – help other nonprofits discover the power you have successfully unleashed for your organization through Salesforce! We appreciate your support of our global nonprofit community.

Learn more at www.dreamforce.com and www.salesforcefoundation.org/dreamforce2009.

Looking forward to seeing you in just a few short weeks!

Your Friendly Salesforce.com Foundation Team

*Please note this nonprofit code is for use by nonprofit organizations only, for eligibility please refer here.

Updated Webinar Info for 10/30 User Group Meeting

Due to the large number of people interested in this meeting, we have changed the webinar info:

If you have never attended a Connect Pro meeting before, please test your connection prior to the meeting by going to http://thesolidfoundation.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

Meeting Name: NY Nonprofit Salesforce User Group
When: 10/30/2009 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Dial-In: 1-888-394-8197
Pass-Code: 686455

To join the meeting:
http://thesolidfoundation.acrobat.com/nynpug/

October 30 User Group Meeting

Agenda

8:30-9 Breakfast

9-9:15 Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York We've seen their demo of Salesforce and many of our members are their members. What do they do to help nonprofits and why should your nonprofit join?

9:15-9:45 Web to Case demo given by Broadway Housing Communities: Abe will demo how they set it up and the impact it has made on their organization

10-11: Conga Demonstration given by Mark Whiteside of AppExtremes, including a demo of how Goodwill uses Conga for Service Agreements

Dreamforce: quick tips & highlights for those attending

Location

Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York
1350 Broadway, Suite 1801 | New York, NY 10018 (between 35 & 36)
Closest Subway: Herald Square: B,D,F,N,Q,R,V,W, 34th Street Penn Station: 1,2,3

To be on the list for building security, you must rsvp to me at lisa (at) thesolidfoundation (dot) org.

Amazon Web Services Event 10/19

http://aws.amazon.com/enterprise_nyc/

New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Awards

NPCC, The New York Times Company Community Affairs Department and Philanthropy New York are delighted to announce the fourth annual Nonprofit Excellence Awards. All 501(c)(3) nonprofits in the New York City area are invited to apply.

For workshops & more info:

http://www.npccny.org/info/awards.htm

Upcoming User Group Meetings

October Meeting

Deep dive into Campaigns (what are they, how to set them up, advantages and challenges)
User Showcase
Tech Soup (What is it and how can it help your nonprofit) Note: This is unconfirmed and may be at the next meeting

Thursday October 1st 8:30-11AM

Resources for Children with Special Needs

116 East 16th Street, 5th Floor (between Irving Pl & E Union Sq)

Union Square, closest subway: N,Q,R,W,L,4,5,6, two blocks east of the 1,2,3, one block east of PATH
Please RSVP to lisa (at) thesolidfoundation (dot) org

November Meeting is NOT in November

Since Dreamforce is coming up, the November meeting will be Friday October 30th

Conga demonstration
Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York (We've seen their demo of Salesforce and many of our members are their members. What do they do to help nonprofits and why should your nonprofit join?
Dreamforce: quick tips & highlights for those attending

Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York

1350 Broadway, Suite 1801 | New York, NY 10018 (between 35 & 36)

Closest Subway: Herald Square: B,D,F,N,Q,R,V,W, 34th Street Penn Station: 1,2,3

Crystal Reports

Many thanks to Jessie Grenfell for giving us a great demo of Crystal Reports today!

Crystal Reports allows for post processing of reports
It makes "pretty" reports, with features such as a different color font based on value, and a formula that creates a phrase with the data, and two data combined in one cell
Standard report creation wizard, with templates, such as a calendar
Usability: Many reports can be created by someone with basic skills. others require custom code, which would require a tech person. It is intuitive for Users to access reports
If there is already a report in Salesforce, you can pull the report as a data source from Salesforce into Crystal Reports
Tip: Ensure that the information is simple as to avoid problems with reporting in the future
Users discussed how they would use CR to enhance reporting at their respective organizations. (using different sources to create reports)

It's possible to get Crystal Reports 2008 donated (this comes with the Salesofrce connector), with a $55 administration fee to Tech Soup. The donation allows up to 10 Users (a $3,500 value)

Click here to get Crystal Reports

September User Group Meeting

Thursday September 3rd 8:30-11AM

As the result of a great meeting last month, we will be discussing Reports & Dashboards and having a Demo of Crystal Reports at our next User Group meeting.

Resources for Children with Special Needs

116 East 16th Street, 5th Floor (between Irving Pl & E Union Sq)

Union Square, closest subway: N,Q,R,W,L,4,5,6, two blocks east of the 1,2,3, one block east of PATH
Please RSVP to lisa (at) thesolidfoundation (dot) org

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