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Event Odoo Experience 2025 starts on Sep 18, 2025, 9:00:00 AM (Europe/Brussels)
Grassroots Power: Community Engagement with Odoo at Mack-celeration.com
Location: Hall 11.D - 9/19/25, 2:00 PM - 9/19/25, 2:30 PM (Europe/Brussels) (30 minutes)
Grassroots Power: Community Engagement with Odoo at Mack-celeration.com
Eric Poliner PhD
Community Organizer
Eric Poliner PhD
Community Organizer

Eric Poliner PhD is an Odoo consultant, crypto payment integrator, and grassroots strategist based in Detroit. He presented at Odoo Experience 2024 on integrating Lightning and on-chain crypto payments into Odoo POS, and has the only module currently available for Odoo POS crypto payments. Educated as a molecular biologist, he has published open-access genetic tools used worldwide, available through Addgene. His work now bridges decentralized tech and community development, helping others build sustainable, real-world systems with open-source tools.


Odoo is known for streamlining business operations—but what if it could also power a movement? At Mack-celeration.com, we use Odoo not for sales or warehouses, but to fuel grassroots community impact. Our platform coordinates volunteer events, crypto meetups, and neighborhood gatherings—all in a largely non-monetary way.

Using Odoo’s Events, Website, and CRM apps, we manage event registrations with custom forms, QR-code redirects, and even live scavenger hunts powered by the quiz tool. We segment our audience using CRM pipelines for outreach, and track engagement through the website and custom redirects.

From hosting free workshops to coordinating city cleanups and fostering hyperlocal networks, Odoo gives us a flexible, cost-effective foundation to organize, mobilize, and celebrate. This talk will showcase how the same tools used for business efficiency can be adapted for human connection and community transformation.