The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday August 7th 2008, starting at 4:30pm

The meeting at a glance:

• Agree format for the next few meetings
• Suggest guest speakers/vendors
• Consider a user survey for the user group members
• User Workshop - let the community solve your Salesforce Challenges!

Location:
Center for American Progress,
1333 H Street NW, 11th Floor
Washington DC 20005
Tel: 202-481-8234

I hope you can make it!

Peter Churchill
Center for American Progress

The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday June 26, 6:00pm-8:00pm. 

The meeting at a glance:

• Our friends at ACF Solutions have agreed to provide an overview and discussion on the Summer '08 release features and the use of Ideas. 
• Kimberly Hunt from the Salesforce.com Foundation will be traveling down from NYC to join us and provide information on her role and the latest from the Salesforce.com Foundation.
• Peter Churchill from the Center for American Progress will taking the reigns as your new User Group leader as the group enters its second year.

The location for this month's meeting will be at the new office of the Points of Light Institute.  The address is 1875 K Street, Washington, DC.  We'll be on the 5th floor.

I hope you can make it!

Chris Pokrana
Points of Light Institute

It's finally official... our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday October 25, 3:00pm-5:00pm.  Peter Churchill at the Center for American Progress has been gracious enough to once again provide the facilities. The address is 1333 H Street NW, Washington, DC.  We'll be on the 11th floor.

The agenda will primarily focus on DreamForce '07 and the upcoming Winter '08 release.  I will make a conscience effort to ensure that the content is relevant to the full spectrum of user group members; admins and users, newbies and old timers.  And, as always, we'll make time for the ever-valuable open discussion and information sharing. 

As an added bonus, since we have shifted the meeting time to conclude at 5:00pm, we have the option of extending the fun at one of the local establishments for happy hour!

I hope you can make it!

Chris Pokrana
Points of Light & Hands On Network

First of all, I want to apologize for the amount of time that has past since our last User Group Meeting.  In the last couple months, my organization has been undergoing a merger (kind of unique for a nonprofit) and I've relocated to Blacksburg, VA (not much fun in this housing market).  Nonetheless, I am planning to be back in DC for the week of October 15 and I am looking forward to pulling the group together for a timely discussion on salesforce.com. 

As many of you know, last week was DreamForce, the annual conference for salesforce.com in San Francisco.  Given the distance, I know that not everyone in the group was able to attend.  For those of us that were able to make it, I think that our next User Group Meeting would be a great time to debrief on the experience and share with the rest of the group.

Be on the lookout for another posting and email with the specifics for the meeting in the near future.  I am thinking about trying to schedule something during the day this time to see if it wouldn't allow for greater participation than our evening meetings.  In any case, feel free to post your comments or shoot me an email with your thoughts on the agenda, meeting time/date, or anything else that may be on your mind.

Thanks.
Chris

Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday June 19, 6:30pm-8:30pm. We'll be holding this meeting at a different location (just around the block) due to a scheduling conflict. We'll be on the 11th floor at the Center for American Progress. The address is 1333 H Street NW, Washington, DC.

We won't start the formal part of the meeting until 6:45 pm to allow time for street parking. I'll bring wine and appetizers for those that want to mingle before we get into the deep stuff. Peter Churchill will demonstrate how he has used s-controls and APEX for the Center for American Progress. We'll also get an update from our salesforce.com friends and talk a little about this year's DreamForce event. And, as always, we'll make time for the ever-valuable open discussion and information sharing.

I hope you can make it!

Chris Pokrana
Points of Light Foundation

As promised in our last user group meeting, I am providing a link to the Salesforce.com Wiki for Nonprofits.  The wiki contains documentation for the Nonprofit Template and information on other valuable resources.  Click here to go to the wiki.

Welcome fellow DC Area Nonprofit Salesforce.com Users!  It is my honor to host one of the first "official" salesforce.com user groups that caters specifically to the needs of the nonprofit community.  It is my goal to make this a valuable forum for learning about best practices, sharing ideas, having fun, and ensuring that salesforce.com is providing a positive impact in each of our respective organizations.

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

Our first meeting is scheduled for Tuesday May 22nd 6:30pm-8:30pm at the Points of Light Foundation.  The address is 1400 I Street, NW, Washington, DC.  We'll be on the 9th floor.  Please make sure you are in the building before 7:00pm to avoid issues with security.

Thanks, I look forward to seeing you soon!

Chris Pokrana
Points of Light Foundation

Welcome to the Nonprofits Washington, DC User Group!

We are very excited to announce the creation of the Nonprofits Washington, DC User Group. Chris Pokrana from Points of Light has been the gracious one to step up and be the group leader.  He will help make this user group a valuable resource where you can network, share ideas, and overcome challenges. Feel free to submit any comments to get the group started off!