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Considerations for Migrating from NPSP to Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud: Understand the Impact of Your Data

Written by Cloud for Good Team Another new iPhone model has arrived, and for many of us that means switching over all our data, applications, and

OPM or (N)OPM? How Salesforce Can Transform Your Approach to Online Program Management

OPM or (N)OPM? How Salesforce Can Transform Your Approach to Online Program Management

Written by Cloud for Good Team To OPM? Or n(O)PM? That is the question. No, that wasn’t the question that made it into Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet, but

Dreamforce 2024_ Nonprofit Keynote Highlights_ Amplifying Your Mission and Impact with AI

Dreamforce 2024: Nonprofit Keynote Highlights: Amplifying Your Mission and Impact with AI

The Cloud for Good team at Salesforce’s highly-anticipated Dreamforce 2024 conference unpack the key insights, highlights, and product innovations on AI, data, and Nonprofit Cloud from
Dreamforce 2024_ Education Keynote Highlights_ Elevate Every Education Journey with AI + Data + Action

Dreamforce 2024: Education Keynote Highlights: Elevate Every Education Journey with AI + Data + Action

The Cloud for Good team at Salesforce's highly-anticipated Dreamforce 2024 conference unpack the key insights, highlights, and product innovations on AI, data, and Education Cloud from
Where to Find Cloud for Good: Dreamforce 2024

Where to Find Cloud for Good: Dreamforce 2024

Written by Cloud for Good Team Get ready for Dreamforce 2024! Salesforce’s flagship event is set to kick off on Tuesday, September 17th in San Francisco,

Highlights from the CASE Summit for Leaders in Advancement

Highlights from the CASE Summit for Leaders in Advancement

Jordan Sites shares the highlights of the 2024 CASE Summit for Leaders in Advancement, where the Cloud for Good team and other advancement leaders learned, connected,
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Find Success with Event Management: 5 Key Considerations for Your Event Management Platform

This guest blog by Blackthorn CEO Chris Federspiel dives into the importance of choosing the right event management platform that can meet your current event management
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A Path to Success: Strategic Salesforce Roadmap

By laying a comprehensive strategic roadmap, Cloud for Good is helping the college harness the full potential of Salesforce, ensuring that its technology would both support
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Salesforce Announces New Product Innovations for Education Cloud at the CASE Summit for Leaders in Advancement

Salesforce announced three new product innovations for Education Cloud for Advancement & Alumni Relations at the CASE Summit for Leaders in Advancement in New York City
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Where to Find Cloud for Good This Summer: Upcoming Events

Written by Cloud for Good Team Summer is a season that many of us look forward to. Whether it’s because of the beautiful weather, scenic transformations

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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

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

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

Written by Cloud for Good Team You’ve implemented Salesforce – Congratulations! This tool is a game-changer in elevating the advancement, recruitment and admissions, student success, communication,

State of Salesforce Findings: Online Giving in the Nonprofit Sector- Cloud for Good

State of Salesforce Findings: Online Giving in the Nonprofit Sector

Written by Cloud for Good Team In the 2020 – 2021 State of Salesforce in the Nonprofit Sector Report, Cloud for Good outlined how nonprofit organizations

Dreamforce 2021 and the Future of Events- Cloud for Good

Dreamforce 2021 and the Future of Events

Written by Cloud for Good Team Have you heard the news? Dreamforce 2021 is going to be a (partially) in-person event this year! But before you

Recapping the 8th Annual Education Summit- blog- Cloud for Good

Recapping the 8th Annual Education Summit

Written by Cloud for Good Team On June 16, 2021, Salesforce and their co-sponsoring school, The University of Colorado, brought together an international Education Community for

Blackbaud Announces End of Life For Luminate CRM: What's Next For Nonprofits?- blog- Cloud for Good

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

Written by Cloud for Good Team It’s official: Blackbaud will shut down and cease all support for Luminate CRM (LCRM) on June 30, 2022. While this

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

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

Written by Cloud for Good Team June 3, 2021 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good has been recognized as the 2021 Salesforce.org Premium Partner of the

What Can Salesforce Do for Education?- blog- Cloud for Good

What Can Salesforce Do for Education?

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce technology is the engine of innovation for over 150K companies across industries and sectors.  For the education space, specifically,

How to Get the Most From the Education Summit- blog- Cloud for Good

How to Get the Most From the Education Summit

Written by Cloud for Good Team For the second year in a row, Salesforce’s Education Summit is being brought to you in a completely virtual environment

How The Sausage Gets Made: Vetting Your Business Processes

How The Sausage Gets Made: Vetting Your Business Processes

If your organization sometimes feels like a rodent warren of haphazard business processes, there are some things you can do to make them better. Start by
Best of Salesforce Winter ’18 Lightning Features for Nonprofits

Best of Salesforce Winter ’18 Lightning Features for Nonprofits

Each Salesforce release brings new and updated features to the platform. We explore some of the best Lightning features for nonprofits in the Winter '18 Release.
Salesforce can Help with US Tax Receipts for Donors

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

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

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

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