It’s hard not to get blurry-eyed about GiveCamp. While it can be a lot to coordinate and the weight of planning feels a bit heavier each year, Friday night as the volunteers and non-profits rolled into the room at Plus Consulting (who are heroes for giving us a location at the last minute) it all READ MORE
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GiveCamp 2020
GiveCamp is one of my favorite weekends of the year. With teams focusing on App Dev, Websites, and Salesforce – our team brings together non-profits from across Western Pennsylvania and pairs them with dozens of Salesforce professionals in our region to complete Salesforce projects that better enable them to meet their mission. Up until READ MORE
Spring ’20 Release: The Absolutely Way Too Early, Definitive Guide to the 3 Best Features
Yes, it is obviously way too early for this post, but after toying around in my Spring ’20 Pre-Release org there were several things I was so excited about that I wanted to share. But first, a word about pre-release orgs – starting on Thursday (Dec 12) you can visit this link to sign up READ MORE
Finding Balance with the Force: A Supermum’s Story
We love to highlight the stories of our fellow Accidentals from the Ohana, like Lucas, Jess, and others, we love to amplify the impact Salesforce has had in changing our prospects, enriching our lives, and ultimately contributing to our happiness. Even more, it’s great to highlight when those so enriched bring that opportunity back to READ MORE
Our Most Ambitious GiveCamp Ever
I love GiveCamp. Even as I’m in the midst of seriously packed schedule, closing on a new home, getting ready to list our current residence, and treading water to make it all work, GiveCamp is always one of my favorite events of the the year. In two weeks, we’ll gather some of the best talent READ MORE
Pittsburgh GiveCamp 2019
Pittsburgh GiveCamp is back! Going strong since 2010, Pittsburgh Givecamp is part of the larger GiveCamp.org movement, where volunteers from across all IT disciplines join forces to complete projects for local nonprofit organizations. Register Here I’ve had the privilege of being involved with Pittsburgh GiveCamp since 2016 and am really excited for the 2019 event. READ MORE
Power in Groups
I can say this as an absolute – I would have significantly less joy in my life without Trailblazer Community Groups. In 2015, I had been trying to break into the Salesforce world for about 8 months with no success when I attended an event with a non-profit Account Executive that was visiting Pittsburgh. As READ MORE
6 Bright Spots of Permageddon
956UTC May 17,2019 – a date & time that will go down in Salesforce infamy. I don’t want to be presumptive and say that 956UTC is a larger outage than NA14, but having witnessed both, I can say I do not recall NA14 getting a super dark (and cool) codename like Permageddon. From an Admin, READ MORE
The Power of a Network
We regularly hear discussions about networking and its importance in the professional world; I think this can be especially true in the Ohana where people are so willing to connect, support, and grow together. Even with so many amazing people in our ecosystem, unfortunately many still think of networking as ‘a what can I get READ MORE
Custom Permissions: Stop Hardcoding User Attributes!
Hardcoding (directly writing a value or attribute into code, formulas, validation rules, automation, etc) comes in several forms and while many have covered avoiding hardcoding IDs (my favorite being this post by Jen Lee), I’ve seen very little written regarding the hardcoding of Profile and User parameters. Hardcoding values like $Profile.Name, ‘$User.Department’, $User.email and others, READ MORE