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Author: Samantha Shain

I work as a Salesforce system administrator and declarative developer for a philanthropic foundation and I organize for social justice with EQAT's Power Local Green Jobs campaign in Philadelphia. When I am not working, organizing and data wrangling, I am a prolific knitter. I am opinionated about potlucks, philanthropy, public transit, social movement strategy and gender equity. I fantasize about getting around on a motor scooter. www.pronoun.is/she.
May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 Samantha Shain Salesforce, Uncategorized

asking pragmatic questions about snowfakery

Grappling with my learning journey on Snowfakery. Striving to make the installation process easier is a noble effort, but not to the exclusion of learning fundamental concepts.

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

Dear Spreadsheet Whisperer: Or Else?

What should a social justice movement leader do when his spreadsheets aren't behaving properly? Email the Spreadsheet Whisperer, of course!

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 Samantha Shain Salesforce

exploring salesforce PMM for foundations

I lay out a data model for how foundations can measure their impact on nonprofit capacity building by using PMM in addition to their chosen grantmaking datamodel.

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Samantha Shain Ethical Tech, Uncategorized

NEW VIDEOS | practicing cognitive flexibility with my bestie

A retrospective on the Emily and Samantha collab + Emily and Samantha tackle cognitive flexibility!

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

nice to meet you, apsona 💃

Read on in this blog post to see key lessons I've learned in my first month of using Apsona, as illustrated by GIFs from Schitt's Creek.

April 2, 2022 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

I was wrong: tech mistakes, accountability, and trust

Report back from my session at #22NTC and what to do when we - inevitably - make mistakes on the way to good technology.

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

weaving some loose ends + hang out with me at #NTC22

Report back from weaving school! Plus, my most anticipated sessions from NTC22!

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

case study: how to move a Process Builder to Flow [Salesforce]

During the month of February, I worked with a consultant to move just ONE process builder over to Flow, and it was an ADVENTURE! In this blog post, I will write about some of the challenges, avoided (!) pitfalls, learnings, and maybe even some advice as we, collectively, face this huge change in the Salesforce admin toolbox.

February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 Samantha Shain Ethical Tech, Uncategorized

where does open source technology fit in the solidarity economy?

some expository writing to compare and contract the solidarity economy framework and the open source framework. I think they fit within each other nicely but are typically not described as part of the same movement(s). At the end, some reasons why

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

snowfakery progress!

Snowfakery has come a long way, and so have my skills! Here are some useful Snowfakery and CumulusCI commands/arguments and how to get started generating data.

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