Corporate GTD® - Summer Series Part 1 - Episode #286 of CloudFocus Weekly
Setting up and managing an organization using GTD, best practices and lessons learned.
10 Things Keeping Me Out of Salesforce Lightning Experience
A top ten list of things keeping users out of Salesforce Lightning Experience.
Hot Breaks - Episode #285 of CloudFocus Weekly
Data breaches worry us, more Summer 18 highlights, ideas delivered, and banter about tasks.
2018 Salesforce Community Events Part Two: Dreamin' Big & Pro Bono Day
This is part two of the event guide mini-series where we're highlighting some of the Dreamin's and not-to-be-missed Trailblazer-led happenings for nonprofits taking place in the rest of 2018.
2018 Salesforce Community Events Guide Part One: WITness Success
Get ready to add some dates to your calendar as you check out this first post of two listing must-attend Salesforce events coming up in the second half of 2018.
Summer 18 Mass Quick Actions
Mass Quick Actions in Summer ‘18 is a game changer for anyone who needs to update a heap of records quickly, and especially for those working at a nonprofit!
Summer 18 Release Highlights
Summer is officially here! Let’s kick back and take a look at what Salesforce has brought us in its newest release.
Bringing Students Together with iEARN and Salesforce.org
iEARN makes global collaboration possible between everyone from students to teachers to their own technical staff with help from Salesforce.org and Arkus.
Salesforce Launches The Nonprofit Cloud!
On June 13th, 2018 Salesforce.org launched the brand new “Non Profit Cloud,” and Arkus is here to break it down for you!
Preparing for a Salesforce Certification Exam - Techniques that Work
In this article we will take a look at some ways to study for and pass a Salesforce certification exam that are based in neuroscience.
Training Like a Teacher
Most of the same skills and practices used by classroom teachers are just as effective in a corporate training environment.
Summer 18 Ideas Delivered
Salesforce again delivers on Ideas from the Community in the Summer ‘18 release.
Summer 18 - Episode #284 of CloudFocus Weekly
Facebook faceplants, a look at some of the goodies in Summer 18, a re-launched website, and preparing for our GTD® Summer Series.
Keys to Building a Successful Salesforce Career
Three key principles to follow when building a successful Salesforce career.
Summer 18 Release Notes - Reaction
Summer 18, the release that Salesforce Classic got left behind.
Usability Wins with Dynamic Lightning Pages in Salesforce
How Dynamic Lightning Pages can address some common requests in perhaps surprising ways.
Compliance Locker - Retirement Planning
All good things come to an end. The best things go on to become open source projects.
Lightning Now Tour for Developers: An Admin's Perspective
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Lightning Now Tour for Developers in Austin, Texas. As a non-coding Admin, I was curious about how Lightning Components could boost my admin configuration for clients.
Redesigning the Arkus Website
A refreshed version of the Arkus website has been released this month, along with this look at the process and some tips for approaching a website redesign (or any front-end design project).
TrailheaDX 18 - Episode #283 of CloudFocus Weekly
Recapping “baby Dreamforce” (aka TrailheaDX 18) and good, bad, and memories.
How to Import Data to Salesforce using Data Loader
The ins and outs of importing data to Salesforce using Data Loader including preparation and cleansing of data files, assessing the system configuration, performing the import, and validation.
TrailheaDX 2018 Recap
A great event for developers and admins alike, this year’s TrailheaDX incorporated the hands-on learning of Destination Success to offer attendees a wide range of learning opportunities.
Taking Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud Beyond Outbound Funds
Streamline inventory management, external funding requests, grants, and more.
A Nonprofit Success Story - The Women's Center of Jacksonville
The Women’s Center of Jacksonville dramatically increased their impact with a move to the Salesforce.
The Mobile Pantry Program: A Client Success Story
1.4 million people in New York City face hunger every day and many, including a rapidly growing number of seniors, have little to no access to food. West Side Campaign Against Hunger is combatting this with their Mobile Pantry Program.
Slack vs Chatter
A look at two collaboration tools where they overlap and some best practices for when to use them.
Chrome Extensions For The Win
An overview of Chrome Extensions to help optimize time spent online.
The Benefits of Using Survey Tools
Survey tools are a great way to get timely feedback and generate useful analytics based on these responses.
Whats Up with Facebook and WhatsApp?
With the recent announcement of the purchase of WhatsApp by Facebook I figured I’d give a run down of what WhatsApp is and how I’ve been using it for the last few years. I’ll add in a few things I hope Facebook does with it and a few that I hope they don’t do.
Tips from 10 Years on GTD®
My journey starting, using, and trying to master the Getting Things Done® (GTD®) principles over the last 10 years.