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Salesforce can Help with US Tax Receipts for Donors

Donors are crucial to your nonprofit's success. They are required to have a written acknowledgement of any single contribution over $250 to claim it on their

Harness the Power of Your Constituent Network with Relationship Tracking in NPSP

Relationships as a general idea are fundamental to Salesforce. After all, Salesforce is a CRM – or constituent relationship management – tool. Let's explore how to

Data Segmentation: Categorize Your Constituents With Salesforce

There are many ways to categorize your data. After you understand how you’d like to categorize your constituents, the next step is thinking about how to

Salesforce Leads: Pros and Cons for Nonprofits

The Salesforce Lead standard object holds records representing individual people, typically as part of a sales process in the B2B (business-to-business) model. Using the Leads object

Back to School: Research Methods 101 – Surveys

Writing strong, concise survey questions will get you the data that you need. We've shared some best practices for collecting information from your constituents.

Slice, Dice, and Dedupe Data – What’s The Right Tool for Data Cleanup?

There are many tools out there to assist with data cleanup and it's not always easy to know which one to choose. We have explored several

Implementing a Major Donor Strategy Using Salesforce Tools

There are several ways to manage major donors in Salesforce. Depending on the size of your development team and formal fundraising processes utilized, your organization may

Five Tips for Customizing the Lightning Experience

Customizing Salesforce's Lightning Experience is more involved than just changing page layouts, but it's also more powerful. We share five tips to help you customize the

Leveraging Salesforce and HEDA for Student Recruitment

In the face of a more competitive and increasingly diverse recruitment pool, it's important for higher education institutions to leverage recruitment data and analytics to identify

3 Considerations for Your First Nonprofit Drip Program

Nonprofit drip programs shouldn't feel overwhelming. In fact, your first nonprofit drip program can be very simple. Let us help guide you through this process and

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State of Salesforce Findings: Online Giving in the Nonprofit Sector

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Cloud for Good is the Salesforce.org Partner of the Year

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The Role of Data Warehouses in Nonprofit Technology Strategies

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Salesforce can Help with US Tax Receipts for Donors

Harness the Power of Your Constituent Network with Relationship Tracking in NPSP

Data Segmentation: Categorize Your Constituents With Salesforce

Salesforce Leads: Pros and Cons for Nonprofits

Back to School: Research Methods 101 – Surveys

Slice, Dice, and Dedupe Data – What’s The Right Tool for Data Cleanup?

Implementing a Major Donor Strategy Using Salesforce Tools

Five Tips for Customizing the Lightning Experience

Leveraging Salesforce and HEDA for Student Recruitment

3 Considerations for Your First Nonprofit Drip Program

Latest Posts

How to Increase Conversion Rates Using Pardot

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

Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org: Staffing Recommendations

State of Salesforce Findings: Online Giving in the Nonprofit Sector

Dreamforce 2021 and the Future of Events

Recapping the 8th Annual Education Summit

Blackbaud Announces End of Life For Luminate CRM: What’s Next For Nonprofits?

Cloud for Good is the Salesforce.org Partner of the Year

What Can Salesforce Do for Education?

How to Get the Most From the Education Summit

Dreamforce 2021 for the Nonprofit and Education Sectors: A Hybrid Experience

Solving the Salesforce Talent Gap

Save the Date: Giving Tuesday 2021

The Role of Data Warehouses in Nonprofit Technology Strategies

Getting the Most From Technology With Salesforce Digital 360