Judi Sohn

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Why organizations should check calendars carefully before scheduling events

Judi Sohn

Here's why the organizations shouldn't shrug it off: Jewish holidays (especially the big ones: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Passover) aren't just about ritual. I shouldn't be asked to by organizations I trust and value. Jewish holidays are about community. Our faith is the glue that holds my family together.

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Why organizations should check calendars carefully before scheduling events

Judi Sohn

Here's why the organizations shouldn't shrug it off: Jewish holidays (especially the big ones: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Passover) aren't just about ritual. I shouldn't be asked to by organizations I trust and value. Jewish holidays are about community. Our faith is the glue that holds my family together.

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Where to find me at Dreamforce

Judi Sohn

These are projects where I’ll be using my knowledge and love of Force.com to help organizations make the world a better place. ” I wanted to pick apps that I am absolutely in love with, are approachable for both nonprofits and commercial organizations and don’t necessarily have the same front-page PR that other apps have.

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Life after Common Ground: Not-so-final thoughts

Judi Sohn

For example there’s Volunteers for Salesforce , which was rescued from the ashes of Groundwire by the always helpful and brilliant David Habib. Organizations want to feel that they’re in partnership with the companies they’re working with. More features on the above apps. Support and communication is everything.

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Google now denies program to nonprofits they used to serve

Judi Sohn

Both IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations are using the Education Edition of Google Apps, which offer more features, support and storage space than the Free edition. In both cases, I only had to fill out a simple form providing the organizations’ Tax ID number to verify its nonprofit status. With good reason.

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Thoughts on Chatter while the Kool-Aid flows at Dreamforce

Judi Sohn

Don't get me wrong, I think it's great for other organizations. I can see how our top volunteers can use this to connect and collaborate with each other. But if I'm going to build a home for our active volunteers to collaborate with each other around our cause, it has to be entirely from/about us. It's a fire hose.

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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of "vote for me" fundraising yet?

Judi Sohn

I hated watching our supporters eat the fins of other organization's supporters while they lobbied for votes for their favorites. In other words, this was a contest where the success of your pet organization to make it to the top 100 was dependent on the failure of millions others. " pleas. That doesn't feel right to me.

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