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Salesforce Trailhead Guides You to Success

Are you looking for training resources for your users? Check out Salesforce's free, fun interactive learning path, Trailhead.

How to Convince Your Management to Implement Salesforce

Tips to help you convince your organization's management that implementing Salesforce is the right move for your nonprofit. Be prepared by doing your research, citing use

A New Shift in Fundraising Strategy Could Actually Make Us Happier

There is a provocative change happening right before our eyes in the world of fundraising. Nonprofits are raising more money than ever before, and today’s nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech Strategies for the Season of Giving

Written by Cloud for Good Team Guest post By Sean Alpert, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Salesforce It’s hard to wrap your head around how large

Igniting Education Reform Through Salesforce

The Salesforce platform is great for organizations who are working to reform education. Implementing Salesforce allows your organization to develop a strategic plan to manage your

Advocacy Tools for Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team Advocacy organizations and organizations that are working to influence policy can choose from a number of cloud-based technology options to

Making Sense of the Marketing Cloud

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce is an excellent tool for tracking information about constituents, programs, fundraising, and so much more. But when you want

Hundreds of Nonprofits Attended Salesforce World Tour in NYC

On November 18, Cloud for Good attended the Salesforce World Tour in NYC and had the opportunity to meet with hundreds of local nonprofits utilizing Salesforce

Chili for a Cause: Volunteer Time Off

The Hanover Chili Cookoff may look like just another festival or fair but at its core is a group of extremely dedicated volunteers who organize an

Receipting Canadian Tax Receipts

Written by Cloud for Good Team Are you recording your donations in Salesforce? Yes, that’s great! You’re probably using the Opportunities object to do so. But how

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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

Cloud for Good, UC Innovation, and iWave explore the nearly-endless ways Salesforce technology can help organizations raise more funds.

Increasing Engagement Across the Student Lifecycle with Marketing Cloud

Learn how two Marketing Cloud products are helping institutions greatly increase engagement across the student lifecycle.

Salesforce for Associations: Building Relationships That Drive Change

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce is the platform of choice for over 150K companies worldwide. This is because the technology helps empower users to

Using Salesforce to Increase Engagement with Hillel International

Cloud for Good has helped Hillel International increase engagement and online giving by 500% over the past five years.

Marketing Cloud GPT, Data Cloud Updates, and the Future of Open AI from Connections 2023

Salesforce Connections 2023 is the marketing and commerce learning event of the year for customer-first innovation. Here are our takeaways.

Why You Should Be Building More Landing Pages in Marketing Cloud Account Engagement

Landing pages can give you richer data and a better understanding about your subscribers' behavior, level of interest, and intention.

Real-Time Data Integration with Cloud for Good’s MuleSoft Services

Cloud for Good is the go-to partner for designing and implementing MuleSoft solutions for nonprofits and higher education institutions.

Salesforce Summer ’23 Release: What You Need to Know

The Salesforce Summer '23 release is packed with exciting features designed to enhance user experiences and optimize instances.

Driving Marketing Cloud Account Engagement With Custom Redirects and Page Actions

Explore using custom redirects and page actions to gain a deeper understanding of what drives Marketing Cloud Account Engagement.

Cloud for Good Recognized as a Salesforce Summit Partner

Cloud for Good announced its acclaimed recognition as a Salesforce Summit Partner, the highest tier a Salesforce partner can achieve.

Julie Laurie, Director of Professional Services

Written by Cloud for Good Team The Cloud Team SEE HOW CLOUD FOR GOOD CAN HELP YOU CREATE MORE VALUE WITH SALESFORCE. Julie Laurie, Director of

Blackbaud Discontinued Crystal Reports – Now What?

Blackbaud recently announced the end of support of a few applications hosted in their Citrix environments, including Crystal Reports (CT). Find out how Salesforce Tableau can

Salesforce Education Cloud Winter ’22 Release: What You Need To Know

The Salesforce.org Winter ’22 Education Cloud Release features several updates and optimizations designed to help make institution operations more efficient.

Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) Winter ’22 Release: What You Need to Know

The NPSP Winter '22 release is introducing the Elevate Power of Us Edition, offering new ways to manage undeliverable addresses track Change Logs for Recurring Donations,

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Latest Posts

Explore by Topic:

Industry

Topic / Function

Product / Service

Salesforce Trailhead Guides You to Success

How to Convince Your Management to Implement Salesforce

A New Shift in Fundraising Strategy Could Actually Make Us Happier

Nonprofit Tech Strategies for the Season of Giving

Igniting Education Reform Through Salesforce

Advocacy Tools for Salesforce

Making Sense of the Marketing Cloud

Hundreds of Nonprofits Attended Salesforce World Tour in NYC

Chili for a Cause: Volunteer Time Off

Receipting Canadian Tax Receipts

Latest Posts

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

Data Drives Success: Tools to Empower Your Organization

Increasing Engagement Across the Student Lifecycle with Marketing Cloud

Salesforce for Associations: Building Relationships That Drive Change

Using Salesforce to Increase Engagement with Hillel International

Marketing Cloud GPT, Data Cloud Updates, and the Future of Open AI from Connections 2023

Why You Should Be Building More Landing Pages in Marketing Cloud Account Engagement

Real-Time Data Integration with Cloud for Good’s MuleSoft Services

Salesforce Summer ’23 Release: What You Need to Know

Driving Marketing Cloud Account Engagement With Custom Redirects and Page Actions

Cloud for Good Year in Review: 2021

Cloud for Good Recognized as a Salesforce Summit Partner

Julie Laurie, Director of Professional Services

Blackbaud Discontinued Crystal Reports – Now What?

Salesforce Education Cloud Winter ’22 Release: What You Need To Know

Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) Winter ’22 Release: What You Need to Know