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Analytics Edition – Improved Insight to Your Data
The spring’12 release notes contain 181 pages of many new Salesforce features – but I am excited about one in particular, Analytics Edition. Furthermore, I am thrilled by Salesforce.com’s recent announcement that this awesome feature is going to be available at no additional cost for nonprofit and educational organizations!
read moreHow can your nonprofit tap into the social revolution?
The social web is changing the way we live and work. Social networks are making dramatic changes to not only how people communicate and engage with each other, but also with companies, foundations, and other organizations. Facebook and Google+ are slowly replacing the corporate website. Twitter, SMS, and blogs are supplanting email as the go-to marketing channels. The Social Enterprise is a new way to elevate communication both with your constituents (donors, volunteers, students, clients and partners) and within your organization.
read moreAre The Clouds For Good?
Anyone interested in ‘cloud computing’ quickly comes to realize that their data is not really stored in the cloud. In fact, cloud computing carries several definitions so no wonder it can be confusing. Cloud for Good deals with several organizations involved in sustainability on some level. They could be working towards economic sustainability, environmental, access to education or services, or many other areas of need.
read moreHow to Integrate Online Forms with Salesforce.com?
There are number of ways to integrate your online website forms with Salesforce. How do they compare? We did the leg work for you and below you can find some integrations that have worked for our clients and might work for you as well.
read moreDon’t Have An App Attack!
With more than 1,300 available apps and after more than one million downloads, it makes sense to see what the AppExchange has to offer for a nonprofit and educational organizations. Here are a few applications we like and often implement for our clients.
read moreCloud for Good Announces Donation Split for the AppExchange
The Cloud for Good Donation Split application was designed to help nonprofit organizations in their fundraising efforts. With this application nonprofit professionals now can easily record how funds should be allocated between multiple designations and budgetary years.
read moreDonor Management: Choosing The Right System
Idealware and NTEN teamed up yet another time to give organizations a guide to affordable donor management systems. The full report, which was released in June 2011, can be found here, A Consumer’s Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems. Know What’s Out There There are several systems out there filled with features that you may or not be searching for. However, what does your organization need to know about choosing the right system that is within your financial means and will do what you are looking for? I have outlined some...
read moreHow Dreamforce Inspired My Career Change
This post was originally published on the Salesforce.com’s Blog. I attended my first Dreamforce 5 years ago while I was still the Director of Resource Development for a nonprofit organization dedicated to at-risk youth. I almost didn’t go; actually, I convinced my board that it was the right decision only a couple of weeks beforehand. The organization only agreed to send me after I secured a few meetings with potential funders at the conference. I didn’t know it at the time, but that trip was the impetus to choosing my new...
read moreCloud Security: True Story
Over the weekend I received an urgent call from the director of a small nonprofit organization. I spoke with her almost 6 months ago about the possibility of migrating their organization to the cloud. She was specifically interested in Salesforce as a tool to manage their members, track donations, and send mass newsletters and Google Apps for emails and joint calendars. After our conversation, she took my proposal to their board and the day after the board meeting she called and expressed some concerns. The vast majority of their board...
read moreHow to choose a volunteer management solution for your organization
Choosing technology tools for an organization can be quite daunting. This post may be helpful if your organization readily relies on volunteers and has decided to begin searching for a volunteer management tool that fits your organizations needs. As with any new technology, your organization will need to choose a tool that will allow you to collect and report on required data, easily integrate with an existing database (if your organization uses one) or work alongside existing management software, and is efficient. Researching and choosing the...
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