Soapbox Engage Blog

Happy Monday, Trailblazers! And Happy September! Apologies for sending this out a bit later than usual— symptom of the day off! I’ll keep this one short, but please be sure to scroll down to the Events section of this edition. Soapbox Engage is excited to be curating a couple great opportunities for the community!

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Great Posts from the Salesforce Power of Us Hub

1. Winter ‘25 Release Overview Deck
   Udita Gangwani (Salesforce)

   The Winter ‘25 Release Overview Deck is now available! This is a visual companion to the release notes that walks you through many of the major enhancements in Winter '25. It's a great resource available as Google slides or a pdf.

2. Winter '25 Highlights for Admins
   Jacinta Burke (Salesforce)

   Take a look at some of the exciting new Admin features available in Winter '25— User Access, Dynamic Highlights Panel, Conditional Field Formatting, Screen Flow enhancements, and more!

3. Advance Your Career with the Career Catalyst Program
   Julia Kim (Salesforce)

   Land a job in the Salesforce ecosystem by learning in-demand skills with the Data + AI + CRM Career Catalyst Program. This 4 month program is designed for individuals with 0-3 years of Salesforce experience, and individuals looking for their first Salesforce certification or first Data Analytics + AI certifications. More details here!

4. Attach Product Feedback to Lead and Opportunity Records
   Bhavin Patel (Salesforce)

   Check out this no code solution for attaching product feedback to Lead or Opportunity records. Thanks for the writeup, Shenoy!

Great Events

1. PUB Crawl Meetup at Dreamforce - Sep 18
   Katie Ciszek (Soapbox Engage)

   Planning to attend Dreamforce later this month? Don't miss your chance to meet up with other PUB Crawl newsletter subscribers (and any folks from the Salesforce nonprofit world)! This will be a casual chance to connect and debrief after the nonprofit keynote, “Innovation for Nonprofits: Salesforce for Nonprofits Roadmap.”

2. Commons Virtual Community Sprint - Sep 26-27
   Lizzy Roberts (Salesforce.org)

   Don't miss the next opportunity for virtual connection and collaboration! Sprints are Salesforce-hosted community innovation events designed to bring partners, customers, and employee volunteers together to identify, prioritize and build solutions that make Salesforce more impactful for nonprofit & education organizations. Tune in to the next virtual Sprint from wherever you're located!

3. NPSP Day DC 2024 - Nov 21
   Katie Ciszek (Soapbox Engage)

   Big news! This November, we're bringing NPSP Day back to DC. NPSP Days are a chance to come together for a full day of collaboration to benefit the Nonprofit and Education sectors' use of the Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack. Even as some orgs move to adopt the new Nonprofit Cloud, many nonprofits are still using NPSP and can benefit from some community support, learning, and problem-solving. Learn more and register here!

Great Ideas for Nonprofits Using Salesforce

1. Assign Integration User as Writeback User in Data Processing Engine
   Ian Cook (Redpath Consulting Group)

   Don't forget to peruse the IdeaExchange for great suggestions like this one— and vote for the ones you want to see implemented or addressed. Many a wonderful product update has sprung from this community space!