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Lightning Experience: Winter 17 and Beyond

The Salesforce Winter '17 release brought many changes to the Lightning Experience. We cover some of those changes and what's to come in this post.

Destination Adoption: Get Your Users Using Salesforce

Adoption can be a challenge for some organizations. Here are some tips to help you increase it!

Connected Nonprofits Use Technology to Manage Volunteers

Volunteers are often key to nonprofits' work but managing them with limited staff and budget can be a challenge. Utilizing technology effectively in volunteer management can

Paying It Forward: Nonprofits Helping Nonprofits

Nonprofits are helping each other in the Salesforce community through the Power of Us HUB and now with the Solutions Exchange. Learn how you, too, can

5 Nonprofit New Years Resolutions for Salesforce

The new year is always a time to resolve to do better, try harder, and move farther toward your goals, but we all know keeping your

Process Builder: Tips and Tricks

Process Builder is one of the more powerful tools to be added to the Salesforce platform in recent years. Much of what Process Builder can do

Make Salesforce Work for You: Workflows and Email Automations

Workflows take processes that can be standardized and automate them when certain criteria are met. This can be especially useful for development teams, as they can

Burst your Silos and Become a Connected Nonprofit

Functional silos or information silos refer to business processes or data systems that are incompatible or not integrated with other processes or systems. A silo is

Meet Us at the Salesforce World Tour in New York

The Salesforce World Tour in New York will be here on Dec. 15. Come out and see the Cloud for Good team and catch sessions by

Fundraising is Easier with Social Studio

Learn how to listen, engage and connect with your constituents on their turf using Social Studio from the Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

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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.

Simplify Salesforce Requirements Gathering With Discovery

A comprehensive Discovery phase including mindful gathering and documenting requirements is the key to a successful Build and implementation.

Changemakers: Leveraging Technology to Respond to Global Crises

Salesforce.org recently highlighted Cloud for Good and CARE as part of the Changemakers video series discussing technology in times of crisis.

How Talent for Good Can Help You Hire Your Next Salesforce Role

Cloud for Good has developed Talent for Good to truly transform the way organizations find, hire, and retain Salesforce staff. Learn how Talent for Good can

What Dreamforce 2022 Means for the Future of Education

Here are a few of the key takeaways I walked away from Dreamforce 2022 with and what I think they will mean for the future of

Required Opted Out Field Sync Changes Coming to Pardot

Pardot (Marketing Cloud Account Engagement) has announced the Opted Out field syncing will require a change to all accounts before 02/26/2023.

The Latest NPSP Releases for Winter ’21

Written by Cloud for Good Team As you’re wrapping up end of the year fundraising campaigns and appeals, don’t forget to fine-tune your Salesforce org with

How Human Rights Watch Migrated from Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce for an Enterprise Fundraising Perspective

In over 100 countries, Human Rights Watch investigates human rights abuses, exposes them for all to see, and seeks to create positive change in the lives

Using Marketing Cloud as a Lead Funnel Tool, Part 1

Written by Cloud for Good Team You are presumably reading this article because you are considering utilizing Marketing Cloud as a lead funnel (wow, article title

Recapping #GivingTuesday 2020 with Salesforce Social Studio

Written by Cloud for Good Team Giving Tuesday, a globally recognized day of giving, falls on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. In 2020, the day fell

Salesforce Announces Retirement of NGO Connect & Why You Should Be Excited

Written by Cloud for Good Team In January 2019, Salesforce made the decision to acquire roundCorner, bringing NGO Connect (NGOC), Foundation Connect, and roundData into their

Cloud for Good Accepted As A Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C Partner

Written by Cloud for Good Team December 1, 2020 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good, a certified B Corp and Salesforce.org 2020 Nonprofit Consulting Partner of

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Latest Posts

Explore by Topic:

Industry

Topic / Function

Product / Service

Lightning Experience: Winter 17 and Beyond

Destination Adoption: Get Your Users Using Salesforce

Connected Nonprofits Use Technology to Manage Volunteers

Paying It Forward: Nonprofits Helping Nonprofits

5 Nonprofit New Years Resolutions for Salesforce

Process Builder: Tips and Tricks

Make Salesforce Work for You: Workflows and Email Automations

Burst your Silos and Become a Connected Nonprofit

Meet Us at the Salesforce World Tour in New York

Fundraising is Easier with Social Studio

Latest Posts

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

Simplify Salesforce Requirements Gathering With Discovery

Changemakers: Leveraging Technology to Respond to Global Crises

How Talent for Good Can Help You Hire Your Next Salesforce Role

What Dreamforce 2022 Means for the Future of Education

Required Opted Out Field Sync Changes Coming to Pardot

The Latest NPSP Releases for Winter ’21

How Human Rights Watch Migrated from Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce for an Enterprise Fundraising Perspective

Using Marketing Cloud as a Lead Funnel Tool, Part 1

Recapping #GivingTuesday 2020 with Salesforce Social Studio

Salesforce Announces Retirement of NGO Connect & Why You Should Be Excited

Cloud for Good Accepted As A Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C Partner