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Salesforce Sandbox and How To Use It

Salesforce Sandbox and How To Use It

Who doesn’t like the idea of a sandbox? You can get creative, get dirty, and get better at what you’re looking to accomplish. Salesforce has some
Volunteer Management in Salesforce

Volunteer Management in Salesforce

There are a handful of Salesforce apps that specialize in volunteer management, three of which stood out for me; HandsOn Connect, Volunteers for Salesforce, and Skillanthropy.

5 Ways to Get Staff on Board with Chatter

Learn how Kids Included Together implemented a social chatter approach across their organizations. Read more to learn about their 5 tips for keeping it social.
You Can Do Anything With Salesforce

You Can Do Anything With Salesforce

Implementing Salesforce so that it can do “anything” requires leadership, capacity, and lots of expectations management. Learn why.
Three Ways To Make Sure that Your Next Big Software Project Is A Success

Three Ways To Make Sure that Your Next Big Software Project Is A Success

Buying a new fundraising CRM or replacing your finance and HR systems are big investments with critical outcomes. How can you make sure that big software
4.5 Great Ways to use Pinterest and Salesforce

4.5 Great Ways to use Pinterest and Salesforce

It hasn't exploded yet like the #askforce twitter channel, but it is gaining traction. Here are the top 5 ways Pinterest and Salesforce go together, like
Why Integrations and Clean Manageable Data Help Change the World

Why Integrations and Clean Manageable Data Help Change the World

For your non-profit, nothing can be more helpful than good, clean data. How to can you do that? Capitalize on integrations.
5 Key Items to Run a Successful Salesforce Implementation

5 Key Items to Run a Successful Salesforce Implementation

When implementing new technology into your organization or expanding your existing system, a little bit of planning can go a long way in ensuring the success
Questions to Ask Before Your Next Data Migration

Questions to Ask Before Your Next Data Migration

If your nonprofit is considering a data migration in the near future, you can start planning now by asking some preliminary question.
Security vs Convenience: Securing Your Salesforce Org

Security vs Convenience: Securing Your Salesforce Org

When implementing Salesforce, we rightly focus on designing the system; what data do we need to input and the reports and dashboards we want as output.

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The Role of Data Warehouses in Nonprofit Technology Strategies - Cloud for Good

The Role of Data Warehouses in Nonprofit Technology Strategies

Written by Cloud for Good Team Written by Kestryl Lowrey and Stephen Earheart When you migrate to Salesforce, you become deeply familiar with your organization’s data—the

Getting the Most From Technology With Salesforce Digital 360 - Cloud for Good

Getting the Most From Technology With Salesforce Digital 360

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce Digital 360 has become the new industry standard for creating more meaningful customer experiences through digital-first solutions. Connecting the

What Can Marketing Cloud Do for Education?

What Can Marketing Cloud Do for Education?

Written by Cloud for Good Team Often campuses come to Cloud for Good with their data spread out across various systems, departments, and sometimes even spreadsheets.

Apprenticeship Fund Announces Salesforce Investment in Cloud for Good

Apprenticeship Fund Announces Salesforce Investment in Cloud for Good

Written by Cloud for Good Team Achieve Partners’ newest deal backs solutions provider to help close talent gap in fast-growing Salesforce ecosystem August 19, 2021 [New

Measuring Your Impact With Salesforce Tableau

Measuring Your Impact With Salesforce Tableau

Written by Cloud for Good Team You know you are making a difference in your communities, but do you know how to showcase that impact to

How Culture Makes Cloud for Good a Great Place to Work- Cloud for Good

How Culture Makes Cloud for Good a Great Place to Work

Written by Cloud for Good Team Cloud for Good was recently recognized as one of the 2021 Best Small & Medium Workplaces™ by Great Place to

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Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org: Leading Through Governance

Written by Cloud for Good Team In part one of our Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org blog series, we explored long-term maintenance and

Sunsetting Luminate CRM: What Nonprofits Should Expect

Sunsetting Luminate CRM: What Nonprofits Should Expect

Written by Cloud for Good Team Cloud for Good recently hosted a virtual roundtable diving into the implications for nonprofit organizations as it relates to the

How to Increase Conversion Rates Using Pardot- Cloud for Good

How to Increase Conversion Rates Using Pardot

Written by Cloud for Good Team Increasing website conversion rates is a perpetual priority for both higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations. Considering the massive investments

Cloud for Good Honored as #2 on the 2021 list of 100 Best Small and Medium Places to Work in IT by IDG Insider Pro and Computerworld

Cloud for Good Honored as #2 on the 2021 list of 100 Best Small and Medium Places to Work in IT by IDG Insider Pro and Computerworld

Written by Cloud for Good Team July 12, 2021 [Asheville, NC] – IDG’s Insider Pro and Computerworld announce Cloud for Good as #2 on the 2021

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Making Sense of the Marketing Cloud

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce is an excellent tool for tracking information about constituents, programs, fundraising, and so much more. But when you want

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Hundreds of Nonprofits Attended Salesforce World Tour in NYC

On November 18, Cloud for Good attended the Salesforce World Tour in NYC and had the opportunity to meet with hundreds of local nonprofits utilizing Salesforce
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Chili for a Cause: Volunteer Time Off

The Hanover Chili Cookoff may look like just another festival or fair but at its core is a group of extremely dedicated volunteers who organize an
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Receipting Canadian Tax Receipts

Written by Cloud for Good Team Are you recording your donations in Salesforce? Yes, that’s great! You’re probably using the Opportunities object to do so. But how

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Salesforce.org Announces A New Philanthropic Brand

Salesforce.org announces a unified brand for Salesforce Foundation and Salesforce.org. A brand that more accurately describes their long-term goals: a nonprofit, social enterprise dedicated to Salesforce’s
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#NoCodeNovember – Our Favorite Salesforce Features

In honor of #NoCodeNovember, the Cloud for Good team has compiled a list of 11 features in Salesforce that require NO code! Check out this post