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Nonprofit Keynote at Dreamforce 2025_ What You Need to Know

Nonprofit Keynote at Dreamforce 2025: What You Need to Know

At the nonprofit keynote at Dreamforce 2025, Cloud for Good and other nonprofit Trailblazers learned about some innovations and a name change for Nonprofit Cloud, and
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Public Sector Keynote at Dreamforce 2025_ What You Need to Know

Public Sector Keynote at Dreamforce 2025: What You Need to Know

The public sector keynote at Dreamforce 2025 unveiled a bold vision to help public sector organizations and government agencies meet their mandate with the launch of
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Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2025_ The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit, and Higher Education Sessions, Roundtables, and Events

Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2025: The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit, and Higher Education Sessions, Roundtables, and Events

Cloud for Good has created a dynamic, immersive experience at Dreamforce 2025 designed to connect, educate, and inspire nonprofit, higher ed, and public sector Trailblazers.
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Education Cloud Summit: Dreamforce2U

Education Cloud Summit: Dreamforce2U Shaping the Future of Education with Salesforce Please save the date for this special event highlighting key updates from Dreamforce and upcoming

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Salesforce’s Approach to Reimagining the Student Information System_ A Learner-Centered and AI-Powered System

Salesforce’s Approach to Reimagining the Student Information System: A Learner-Centered and AI-Powered System

Salesforce, with support from Cloud for Good, is reimagining what a SIS can and should be by taking the power of a CRM and combining it
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Revenue Cloud in the Impact Sector_ Simplifying Revenue Management for Mission-Driven Organizations

Revenue Cloud in the Impact Sector: Simplifying Revenue Management for Mission-Driven Organizations

Revenue Cloud is opening new possibilities for nonprofits and higher education institutions alike. When combined with Nonprofit Cloud and Education Cloud, it can help organizations break
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The Strategic Value of a Technology Roadmap for Higher Education Technology Transformations

The Strategic Value of a Technology Roadmap for Higher Education Technology Transformations

A technology roadmap provides higher education leaders with a clear, intentional path forward.
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Cloud for Good’s Can’t-Miss Experiences at Dreamforce 2025_ Impact Sector Summit

Cloud for Good’s Can’t-Miss Experiences at Dreamforce 2025: Impact Sector Summit

Dreamforce offers thousands of sessions and experiences, but the Impact Sector Summit creates a unique space for our community to come together with a shared purpose.
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What Marketing Cloud Advanced Can Do For Higher Education

Marketing Cloud Advanced gives institutions advanced tools to understand constituents, personalize engagement, optimize campaigns, strengthen relationships, and act on unified data insights. It’s a powerful way
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Education Cloud’s New Data Models_ Ushering in a New Era of Philanthropic Giving in the Education Sector

Education Cloud’s New Data Models: Ushering in a New Era of Philanthropic Giving in the Education Sector

With a new generation of philanthropy tools for Education Cloud, Salesforce is addressing a critical need: helping advancement teams optimize and scale the work of fundraisers,
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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.
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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.
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Salesforce Spring ’22 Release: What You Need To Know

The Spring ’22 Release has arrived! Key updates in this release are focused on security and updates to the Flow Builder.
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Recapping the 1st Annual Higher Education Dreamin’

On January 27, the Salesforce.org Higher Education Advisory Council put on the first-ever Higher Education Dreamin’ virtual conference.
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Graham Nelson, Director of Managed Services

Written by Cloud for Good Team The Cloud Team SEE HOW CLOUD FOR GOOD CAN HELP YOU CREATE MORE VALUE WITH SALESFORCE. Graham nelson, director, managed

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Nick LaGarde, Director, Professional Services

Written by Cloud for Good Team The Cloud Team SEE HOW CLOUD FOR GOOD CAN HELP YOU CREATE MORE VALUE WITH SALESFORCE. Nick Lagarde, director, professional

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What is Salesforce Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)?- Cloud for Good

What is Salesforce Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)?

The new multi-factor authentication requirement for internal Salesforce users goes into effect on 2/1/22. Here's all you need to know...
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Meet The First Talent For Good Cohort- Cloud for Good

Meet The First Talent For Good Cohort

We are thrilled to formally introduce the first Talent for Good cohort on January 31, 2022. The first cohort consists of fifteen individuals who will spearhead
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Why Salesforce Outpaces the Marketing Automation Competition- Cloud for Good

Why Salesforce Outpaces the Marketing Automation Competition

There is a multitude of marketing automation tools on the market today, but none come more highly recommended from Cloud for Good than Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
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Cloud for Good at Higher Education Dreamin’- Cloud for Good

Cloud for Good at Higher Education Dreamin’

Cloud for Good is excited to announce our sponsorship of the first annual Higher Education Dreamin’ conference.
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Custom Code: Are you ready? - Cloud for Good

Custom Code: Are you ready?

It is an interesting dichotomy that while writing custom code allows you to manipulate the system in very sophisticated ways, every bit of custom code that
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At Project's End: Separation Anxiety and User Adoption - Cloud for Good

At Project’s End: Separation Anxiety and User Adoption

Some of the biggest angst for my clients comes at the end of a project. Wrapping up an implementation brings all sorts of mixed feelings: pride
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12 Ways Dreamforce is Hard - Cloud for Good

12 Ways Dreamforce is Hard

Read 12 reasons why Dreamforce is hard to wait for. See you at Dreamforce 2013.
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Best (of the Best) Practice with Salesforce - Cloud for Good

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
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Better Living Through Training and Documentation - Cloud for Good

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.
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Ensuring Training Success - Cloud for Good

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
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