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Salesforce Peer to Peer Fundraising: Click and Pledge

Click & Pledge has pioneered the trend toward individual “peer-to-peer” fundraising. Watch this webinar to learn about their Salesforce integration.

Where Is My Salesforce Data?!

One of the most common complaints on the various forums that serve the nonprofit community is that data has somehow either mysteriously disappeared, or that it

You CAN Do It: Moving Metadata Between Production Instances

When implementing a new Salesforce instance from an existing one, sometimes it’s not just the data you need to move. It’s the heavy stuff: Metadata. Without

Why a System Administrator Profile Is Not For Everyone

Before assigning the System Administrator profile to a user, think carefully about the power and responsibility you are conveying on that user and try to right-size

Using Field Trip App to Clean Up Your Salesforce Instance

So how do you go about identifying fields that are underutilized? The folks at Qandor developed a great app called Field Trip that is perfect for

Salesforce Peer-to-Peer Fundraising E-Book

Written by Cloud for Good Team Cloud for Good is proud to release the first edition of our Salesforce Peer-to-Peer Fundraising E-Book. Our E-Book provides an

Why CRM Implementations Fail and How to Avoid It

Know that the clearer your vision, the more ready, supportive of, and willing for change, and the more you understand your own desired outcomes and metrics,

Make it Flatter with Chatter: 5 Ways to Break Down Organizational Silos

Breaking down organizational silos sounds easy. Any Internet search will yield articles with advice, most of which boils down to improving your communication: Share information widely;

Avoiding Growing Pains Through Good Governance

When working with Salesforce.com (or any system for that matter), following the principles of good governance can make life easier for administrators and users alike by

What You Should Do Before an Enterprise-Wide CRM Implementation

Implementing a constituent relationship management (CRM) application can be a difficult project for organizations with multiple large complex departments. An assessment of the organization's CRM strategy,

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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.

Meet the New Nonprofit Cloud: Session Overviews From the New York World Tour

Salesforce held the first official session on the new vision for Nonprofit Cloud during the New York World Tour. Here are our takeaways.

Is the Fear of Failure Hurting Your Fundraising?

Fear is a powerful thing. The fear of failure is something that most people struggle with because nobody wants to fail. Learn how the fear of

PCI Compliance: Why You Should Know What This Means

The Payment Card Data Industry Security Standard - PCI Standard for short - is a baseline of technical and operational requirements to help you protect your

Cloud for Good is Sponsoring Circles of Success on July 13, 2016

We are excited to announce on July 13, 2016 Cloud for Good will be sponsoring the Salesforce Bay Area Nonprofit User Group Meeting for Circles of

Improvements to Your Salesforce – Documenting Database Changes

Making improvements to your Salesforce platform is a process. We have provided some best practices to help you establish clear database improvement policies for your organization.

Salesforce Analytics 101: Organizing Your Reports and Dashboards

Salesforce Analytics (reports and dashboards) are awesome tools to help you view and work with your data, as well as present your data to your supporters.

Content Builder Adds Pizazz to Marketing Cloud

Content Builder is Marketing Cloud’s new cross-channel content app. It’s been in beta for over a year and it will be fully released this July. If

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Latest Posts

Explore by Topic:

Industry

Topic / Function

Product / Service

Salesforce Peer to Peer Fundraising: Click and Pledge

Where Is My Salesforce Data?!

You CAN Do It: Moving Metadata Between Production Instances

Why a System Administrator Profile Is Not For Everyone

Using Field Trip App to Clean Up Your Salesforce Instance

Salesforce Peer-to-Peer Fundraising E-Book

Why CRM Implementations Fail and How to Avoid It

Make it Flatter with Chatter: 5 Ways to Break Down Organizational Silos

Avoiding Growing Pains Through Good Governance

What You Should Do Before an Enterprise-Wide CRM Implementation

Latest Posts

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

Meet the New Nonprofit Cloud: Session Overviews From the New York World Tour

Is the Fear of Failure Hurting Your Fundraising?

PCI Compliance: Why You Should Know What This Means

Cloud for Good is Sponsoring Circles of Success on July 13, 2016

Improvements to Your Salesforce – Documenting Database Changes

Salesforce Analytics 101: Organizing Your Reports and Dashboards

Content Builder Adds Pizazz to Marketing Cloud