Michael Kolodner
Platform Events — My New Favorite Tool
An introduction to Platform Events and the cool things I've found to do with them.
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Let's be clear: For nonprofits Salesforce is "free."
It's free like a puppy. Not free like a beer.
If you work for a Nonprofit or Educational Organization you've come to the place to learn how to use Salesforce wisely, effectively, and cheaply.
Michael Kolodner
- Sep 13
- 1 min
Smiley Faces Form
A cool javascript update to a FormAssembly that my son helped figure out. Rate something 1 to 5 using emoji faces!
Michael Kolodner
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Free Things I Always Install: Unofficial SF
UnofficialSF is a treasure trove of flow extensions, code snippets, and more. There are some tools I always know I'll need and others I keep
Michael Kolodner
- Aug 16
- 1 min
Free Things I Always Install: DLRS
I always install DLRS into new orgs or existing ones. It's just a great tool that can solve so many needs!
Michael Kolodner
- Aug 2
- 2 min
Free Things I Always Install: Mopsy
Another free thing I always install: Mopsy. It improves upon the Today's Tasks component so your users see their To Do items.
Michael Kolodner
- Jul 19
- 3 min
Free Things I Always Install: Lightning Messaging Utility
Lightning Messaging Utility from Salesforce Labs is a handy tool for displaying messages that fit the Salesforce design pattern.
Michael Kolodner
- Jun 27
- 4 min
Apsona: The Golden App for Bulk Data Operations
Apsona for Salesforce is my favorite app. I consider it so important that I require my clients to install it.
Michael Kolodner
- Jun 14
- 3 min
Rollup to Relationship: A Cool DLRS Trick
A rollup summary trick to create a direct relationship to the last child record.
Michael Kolodner
- May 31
- 5 min
FormAssembly’s Price Increase
FormAssembly is raising their pricing. A lot. It still might be worthwhile for nonprofits.
Michael Kolodner
- Mar 29
- 6 min
Tools I Love: DLRS (the Declarative Lookup Rollup Summary tool)
DLRS, the Declarative Lookup Rollup Summary Tool, gives your rollup summary fields superpowers.
Michael Kolodner
- Mar 15
- 8 min
The TL;DR on the “New Nonprofit Cloud”
What does Salesforce.org's announcement of the new Nonprofit Cloud mean for you and your org?
Michael Kolodner
- Mar 14
- 4 min
Actual Free Stuff! Five No-cost Integration Users Announced at TDX23
Salesforce is making at least five free API-only integration users available to every org. Better security and auditability for less cost!
Michael Kolodner
- Mar 1
- 5 min
My First Einstein Prediction
What can you expect when you install Einstein for Nonprofits? And what will you learn about your data from the predictions?
Michael Kolodner
- Feb 1
- 3 min
One Form To Rule Them All
Use a single webform for many uses with URL parameters and save yourself time.
Michael Kolodner
- Jan 26
- 1 min
Sprinty's Community Resources
Announcing Sprinty’s Community Resources, an online library of Salesforce content for nonprofits.
Michael Kolodner
- Jan 18
- 4 min
i++ (or For Loops) in Flow
How to create a For Loop in Salesforce Flow. (Increment a counter like i++.)
Michael Kolodner
- Jan 4
- 5 min
Dynamic Gauge: The First “Dynamic” Feature I’m Using
I try out Dynamic Gauge Charts on Salesforce dashboards and then build and release tool to take advantage of them.
Michael Kolodner
- Jul 7, 2022
- 7 min
FormAssembly Errors to Cases
How to set up FormAssembly connector errors to become Salesforce cases for better tracking and accountability.
Michael Kolodner
- Jun 22, 2022
- 6 min
Why I Love FormAssembly: The Prefill Connector
There many webform tools that can integrate with Salesforce. But FormAssembly's prefill connector is a unique and powerful differentiator.
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