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Building Strong Families + Powerful Communities with Illinois Action for Children + Salesforce

Over the course of three phases, Cloud for Good has partnered with Illinois Action for Children to help transform operations with Salesforce....

3 Key Takeaways from Gearset’s DevOps Dreamin’

Gearset’s DevOps Dreamin’ Chicago 2022 was a brand-new opportunity for the Salesforce DevOps community to connect and share expertise at a designated conference....

Cloud for Good Certified as Great Place to Work for the 8th Year in A Row

For the 8th straight year in the United States, and the very first time in Canada, Cloud for Good has been certified by Great Place to...

10th Annual Salesforce Education Summit: What You Need to Know

Join Cloud for Good at the 10th Annual Salesforce Education Summit. This completely virtual summit is free to attend and packed with 40+ sessions to inspire...

Taking Your Marketing Automation To New Heights: Marketing Cloud vs. HubSpot

Marketing Cloud and HubSpot are both great tools, but Marketing Cloud stands out as the more powerful, dynamic, and all-encompassing tool....

Cloud for Good Recognized as a Nationally Registered Apprenticeship Program by the U.S. Department of Labor

Talent for Good has been recognized as a Registered Apprenticeship Program by the U.S. Department of Labor, the first in the Salesforce ecosystem....

Why Cloud for Good Is Excited About Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC22)

The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN) will be holding its annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) on March 23-25, 2022....

Introducing Cloud for Good Campaign Services

Introducing Campaign Services allows Cloud for Good to become an even greater full-service provider for our valued nonprofit clients....

Exploring the Reporting Advantages of Salesforce Over Blackbaud CRM (BBCRM)

If you’ve just migrated from Blackbaud CRM onto Salesforce, you’ve made the right choice, and we’re here to help ease your transition....

What Can Marketing Cloud Do For Nonprofits?

Cloud for Good helps nonprofits leverage Marketing Cloud to bring constituent data together and automate cross-channel communications....

12 Ways Dreamforce is Hard

Read 12 reasons why Dreamforce is hard to wait for. See you at Dreamforce 2013....

Best (of the Best) Practice with Salesforce

There’s a lot of talk about Best Practice in the nonprofit sector, and having consulted on projects large and small, I want to take moment to...

Better Living Through Training and Documentation

As a system administrator, it’s not only your job to ensure that reports are created, data is kept clean, and new fields and workflows are created....

Ensuring Training Success

Whether you arrange for training from a consultant, manage it yourself, or use some combination of the two, there are a few techniques you can employ...

Using Salesforce to Cultivate Donor Relationships

From finding new donors, growing gifts from existing supporters, or managing the back-end fundraising efforts, Salesforce helps organizations establish and grow donor relationships in addition to...

Ready To Start With Your Implementation? Think Again

You choose a platform, signed with an awesome implementation partner who can translate your needs into technology, and you are extremely excited to get started. Wait…...