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Handling Anonymous Donors With Salesforce

Handling Anonymous Donors With Salesforce

Respecting a donor’s request for anonymity is critical to your relationship with your donors but your organization should retain the donor’s name and contact information when
Oh, What a Journey! A Closer Look at the Exact Target Marketing Cloud Journey Builder

Oh, What a Journey! A Closer Look at the Exact Target Marketing Cloud Journey Builder

If you’re like me and went to both ExactTarget Connections in Indianapolis as well as Dreamforce in San Francisco back to back, you’re probably nursing a
Invest in Your Salesforce Administrator

Invest in Your Salesforce Administrator

It took 11 years, but salesforce.com finally created an “Admin Zone” at their annual Dreamforce conference. They have a Developer Zone for the coders, a Foundation
Cloud for Good Shortlisted for the 2014-15 Cloud Awards Program

Cloud for Good Shortlisted for the 2014-15 Cloud Awards Program

Cloud for Good has been shortlisted in the 2014-2015 Cloud Awards Program in the category Cloud Consultancy / SI of the Year.
Getting the WHOLE Team On Board: Lessons Learned About Change Management

Getting the WHOLE Team On Board: Lessons Learned About Change Management

The system has been customized, all packages have been installed, all custom fields have been configured, data migration completed, even training has been scheduled. But there
5 Things to Consider When You Integrate Quickbooks and Salesforce

5 Things to Consider When You Integrate Quickbooks and Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce and Quickbooks are two of the preeminent cloud apps globally with large, passionate customer communities. Given the large installed

User Adoption: Naming Your Salesforce

User Adoption: Naming Your Salesforce

Naming software and software releases is a fairly common practice now. Operating systems are no longer just numbers they are Cheetah, Jaguar, Mountain Lion, Ice Cream
Salesforce1 Mobile App

Salesforce1 Mobile App

The possibilities are endless with Salesforce1, the Salesforce mobile app which gives you access to your data allowing you to continue to add and improve upon
Get Connected, Lightning Fast

Get Connected, Lightning Fast

What if I told you that Lightning Connect enables you to create a real-time integration in an amount of time best measured by hours not days?
Salesforce Nonprofit Dashboards: Not Just For Fundraising

Salesforce Nonprofit Dashboards: Not Just For Fundraising

If you’ve made the jump to Salesforce, your fundraisers are probably already using dashboards to quickly evaluate the health of their donation pipeline, track the progress

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Dreamforce 2023: Education Keynote Instant Reactions

Dreamforce 2023: Education Keynote Instant Reactions

Cloud for Good brings you instant reactions from the Dreamforce 2023 education keynote address from three of our education experts.
Why Cloud for Good Clients Are Choosing the New Education Cloud

Why Cloud for Good Clients Are Choosing the New Education Cloud

Hear from Cloud for Good clients on why the new Education Cloud is creating innovations leading to quantifiable progress.
Cloud for Good Introduces New Fundraising Accelerators for Nonprofit Cloud and Education Cloud

Cloud for Good Introduces New Fundraising Accelerators for Nonprofit Cloud and Education Cloud

Cloud for Good introduces new fundraising accelerators for organizations migrating to the new Nonprofit and Education Clouds.
Where to Find Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2023

Where to Find Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2023

Cloud for Good is gearing up for our biggest Dreamforce presence yet, and we’d love to connect with as many of you as possible.
Talent for Good: Workforce Development for the Next Generation of Salesforce Admins

Talent for Good: Workforce Development for the Next Generation of Salesforce Admins

Whether you’re an employer looking to strategically build the future of your workforce, or an apprentice seeking a long-term career in tech, Talent for Good is
Driving More Impact with Salesforce Data Cloud for Nonprofits

Driving More Impact with Salesforce Data Cloud for Nonprofits

Learn how Salesforce Data Cloud can create quantifiable change for nonprofit organizations in this deep-dive blog.
Cloud for Good Celebrates 10 Years on the Inc. 5000 List

Cloud for Good Celebrates 10 Years on the Inc. 5000 List

Cloud for Good has placed on the 2023 Inc. 5000, an annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America, for the 10th consecutive year.
Understanding the Importance of Change Management with Cloud for Good

Understanding the Importance of Change Management with Cloud for Good

Cloud for Good believes passionately in the power of effective change management to create long-term success with technology.
Using Salesforce Experience, Marketing, and Commerce Clouds to Increase Constituent Engagement

Using Salesforce Experience, Marketing, and Commerce Clouds to Increase Constituent Engagement

Experience Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Commerce Cloud are the three primary Salesforce solutions suited to create constituent engagement today.
Data Drives Success: Tools to Empower Your Organization

Data Drives Success: Tools to Empower Your Organization

Cloud for Good, UC Innovation, and iWave explore the nearly-endless ways Salesforce technology can help organizations raise more funds.
Do You Know How to ERD?

Do You Know How to ERD?

Written by Cloud for Good Team First, let’s break down that scary little acronym: ERD = Entity Relationship Diagram. Still sound too techy? How about this:

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Salesforce for Global Nonprofits

Much like their for-profit counterparts, Nonprofits and NGO’s also reach across international borders in order to run their programs, connect with their constituents, and raise resources.
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Finding a Trusted Advisor

When you hire a consultant to help you with your Salesforce implementation, you’re hiring them because you have a problem you need help with whether it
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How Nonprofits Can Get Past Technology Culture Shock

We are in the midst of a major technology revolution and succeeding in this revolution does not mean consuming additional technology, or as many of our
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MS Excel Tools for Salesforce

As a Salesforce Admin, you have to be responsible for creating Salesforce data, maintaining that data and even extracting it so it can be analyzed and
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Tahoe Dreamin’ –  The Advent of User Group Led Conferences

I had the pleasure of attending Tahoe Dreamin' – a Sacramento User Group sponsored event that took place at Lake Tahoe. This event was a jammed