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New Salesforce Visual Workflow Features

With a drag and drop user interface, Salesforce Visual Workflow allows you to automate a series of business process steps. Read why we are excited about

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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How Talent for Good Transforms Salesforce Staffing

Learn how a prestigious land-grant research university in Massachusetts has leveraged Talent for Good to build toward a more impactful future.

The Value of Cloud for Good Direct Response Services

When an organization’s critical fundraising facilitators are weakened, Cloud for Good Direct Response Services helps strengthen those efforts

Using Marketing Technology to Empower the Undervalued with JVS Boston

JVS Boston has developed a technology roadmap built on the only platform capable of true transformation: Salesforce.

7 Tech Trends You’ll Love This Valentine’s Day

As Cloud for Good forges new paths in the higher education and nonprofit spaces in 2023, several trends have begun to catch our eye.

Supporting Turkey and Syria in Their Time of Need

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck Turkey and Syria, killing thousands and injuring tens of thousands more. Here's how you can help.

Marketing Cloud Social Studio Retirement: What’s Next for Salesforce and Social Media Management?

Planning a migration from Social Studio or looking for a new platform? Sprout Social puts data at your fingertips in one central location.

What Can Slack Do For Higher Education?

The value of Slack is generated from its ability to connect people, tools, and operations, creating a repository of accessible knowledge.

Salesforce Spring ’23 Release: What You Need to Know

Salesforce is flying into the New Year with even more features to enhance your users’ experience in the Spring '23 release.

Five Tips For Selecting A CRM Implementation Partner

No matter which CRM solution your organization implements, the overall success of the implemented technology is tied directly to your partner.

Incorporating Mobile Solutions Into Your Marketing Strategy

Incorporating mobile solutions into your nonprofit or higher education marketing strategy is a vital key to modern marketing success.

Back to School: Research Methods 101 – Surveys

Writing strong, concise survey questions will get you the data that you need. We've shared some best practices for collecting information from your constituents.

Slice, Dice, and Dedupe Data – What’s The Right Tool for Data Cleanup?

There are many tools out there to assist with data cleanup and it's not always easy to know which one to choose. We have explored several

Implementing a Major Donor Strategy Using Salesforce Tools

There are several ways to manage major donors in Salesforce. Depending on the size of your development team and formal fundraising processes utilized, your organization may

Five Tips for Customizing the Lightning Experience

Customizing Salesforce's Lightning Experience is more involved than just changing page layouts, but it's also more powerful. We share five tips to help you customize the

Leveraging Salesforce and HEDA for Student Recruitment

In the face of a more competitive and increasingly diverse recruitment pool, it's important for higher education institutions to leverage recruitment data and analytics to identify

3 Considerations for Your First Nonprofit Drip Program

Nonprofit drip programs shouldn't feel overwhelming. In fact, your first nonprofit drip program can be very simple. Let us help guide you through this process and

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Explore by Topic:

Industry

Topic / Function

Product / Service

Introducing Social Customer Service

New Salesforce Visual Workflow Features

Handling Anonymous Donors With Salesforce

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

Invest in Your Salesforce Administrator

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

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

5 Things to Consider When You Integrate Quickbooks and Salesforce

User Adoption: Naming Your Salesforce

Salesforce1 Mobile App

Latest Posts

How Talent for Good Transforms Salesforce Staffing

The Value of Cloud for Good Direct Response Services

Using Marketing Technology to Empower the Undervalued with JVS Boston

7 Tech Trends You’ll Love This Valentine’s Day

Supporting Turkey and Syria in Their Time of Need

Marketing Cloud Social Studio Retirement: What’s Next for Salesforce and Social Media Management?

What Can Slack Do For Higher Education?

Salesforce Spring ’23 Release: What You Need to Know

Five Tips For Selecting A CRM Implementation Partner

Incorporating Mobile Solutions Into Your Marketing Strategy

Back to School: Research Methods 101 – Surveys

Slice, Dice, and Dedupe Data – What’s The Right Tool for Data Cleanup?

Implementing a Major Donor Strategy Using Salesforce Tools

Five Tips for Customizing the Lightning Experience

Leveraging Salesforce and HEDA for Student Recruitment

3 Considerations for Your First Nonprofit Drip Program