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Adding it Up: Understanding Roll-Up Summary Fields

Roll-up summaries are a powerful tool within Salesforce to help you analyze your data without running a summary report. They can give you data specific to

Tracking In-Kind Gifts in Salesforce

Let’s say you’re already tracking donations in Salesforce, and everything is going smoothly. But now a donor wants to make an in-kind gift to your organization.

Navigating NGO Connect Batch Upload

Though we’d all love for all vendors to have seamless integrations with Salesforce, the truth is some of the vendors nonprofits works with do not. When

Make Those Moves and Track Them Too: Salesforce Moves Management

Moves management is the process of moving a prospective donor from cultivation to solicitation. Learn how your Salesforce database can provide an essential backbone for your

What Can We Learn From the Health Care Community?

At Cloud for Good, we have our own version of what is called a M & M Conference in the healthcare industry (Morbidity and Mortality Conference-

Data Management Tips for the Lone Wolf Admin

As a solo administrator, you’re a lone wolf, but it’s a big, dangerous world out there. The time to get smarter about managing your organization’s data

#NPForce Tweet Chat

The #NPForce chat will provide a chance to network and grow your knowledge of how nonprofit organizations are using Salesforce. Join us on April 23rd.

Appearances Do Matter…in Your Salesforce Org! A Tale of Configuration

As your organization grows and evolves, so too do the influences on your Salesforce organization such as change of staff for administration, change of leadership within

Best Practices: Salesforce Fields

Salesforce fields are so important to a successful implementation, yet you may completely forget to really think critically about these “building blocks” of your CRM. A

Implementation Best Practices: Data

Nothing sinks a new implementation faster than bad data. Users will quickly lose faith in the tool as well as those leading the implementation effort if

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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.

Maximizing Your Advancement Investment with Salesforce

Salesforce represents a shift in the momentum for so many institutions looking to modernize and build for the future of advancement success.

Computerworld names Cloud for Good to 2023 list of Best Places to Work in IT

Foundry’s Computerworld has named Cloud for Good to the 2023 list of Best Places to Work in IT.

Cloud for Good Joins UC Innovation’s ascend Certified Partner Program

Cloud for Good has announced a new partnership with UC Innovation as part of its ascend Certified Partner Program.

Cloud for Good Gives Thanks

Hear from Cloud for Good’s Executive Team as they reflect on what they are most thankful for this holiday season.

When Seconds Decide the Outcome: Why Emergency Response Cannot Run on a Blind System

By Cloud for Good Emergency response coordination is one of the most consequential workforce problems in public service. The volume is staggering, the margin for error

When Silence Is the System: Closing the Communication Gaps in Foster Care

Silence has failed the foster care system on both ends. On one end is the person who decided they might be ready to foster a child.

Moving Beyond Point-to-Point Integration: Why Salesforce Is a Powerful Alternative to Lingk for Higher Education

Joy Asakawa, Director of Sales, EDU For years, higher education institutions have relied on integration platforms and middleware solutionslike Lingk to move critical data between their

The AI Your Team Will Actually Use Is Already in Slack

AI adoption stalls when tools sit outside the workflow. Here is why Cloud for Good treats Slack as the employee AI productivity layer to start with.

Agentforce for Higher Education: Every Student Deserves a Timely Answer

An admissions officer managing hundreds of inquiries from prospective students. An academic advisor carrying a caseload that makes genuine support nearly impossible. An advancement officer trying to

Agentforce Nonprofit: Your Next Team Member Does Not Burn Out

Agentforce Nonprofit brings purpose-built AI agents into your Salesforce CRM. See how Cloud for Good implements it around your mission, not a template.

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Latest Posts

Explore by Topic:

Industry

Topic / Function

Product / Service

Adding it Up: Understanding Roll-Up Summary Fields

Tracking In-Kind Gifts in Salesforce

Navigating NGO Connect Batch Upload

Make Those Moves and Track Them Too: Salesforce Moves Management

What Can We Learn From the Health Care Community?

Data Management Tips for the Lone Wolf Admin

#NPForce Tweet Chat

Appearances Do Matter…in Your Salesforce Org! A Tale of Configuration

Best Practices: Salesforce Fields

Implementation Best Practices: Data

Latest Posts

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

Maximizing Your Advancement Investment with Salesforce

Computerworld names Cloud for Good to 2023 list of Best Places to Work in IT

Cloud for Good Joins UC Innovation’s ascend Certified Partner Program

Cloud for Good Gives Thanks

When Seconds Decide the Outcome: Why Emergency Response Cannot Run on a Blind System

When Silence Is the System: Closing the Communication Gaps in Foster Care

Moving Beyond Point-to-Point Integration: Why Salesforce Is a Powerful Alternative to Lingk for Higher Education

The AI Your Team Will Actually Use Is Already in Slack

Agentforce for Higher Education: Every Student Deserves a Timely Answer

Agentforce Nonprofit: Your Next Team Member Does Not Burn Out