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Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Admissions Connect

Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Admissions Connect

Admissions Connect is a comprehensive new tool from Salesforce.org poised to transform the way recruiting and admissions departments engage with their prospective students in the higher education space.  Built on the Education Data Architecture...

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5 Stumbling Blocks to Migrating Recurring Donors and How to Overcome Them

Nonprofit organizations rely on recurring donors to help them deliver ontheir mission. Not only do they provide consistent monthly revenue but, according to Philanthropy News Digest,...

Resilience, Recovery, Reimagining: How Salesforce Can Help Hospitals Survive COVID-19

Resilience, Recovery, Reimagining: How Salesforce Can Help Hospitals Survive COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the incredible weaknesses that currently exist in the American public health system. While the strengths and selfless bravery of our medical...

Cloud for Good is Great Place to Work Certified for the 7th Year in a Row

Cloud for Good is Great Place to Work Certified for the 7th Year in a Row

Asheville, North Carolina – February 23, 2021 – Cloud for Good has been certified as a Great Place to Work for the 7th year in a row....

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Salesforce Spring ’21 Release Recap

One of my favorite things about Salesforce is that it is constantly evolving, with regular releases three times a year. These releases include many new features....

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An Interview with Omatic: Connecting Accounting + Fundraising Departments with Salesforce Integration

Accounting and fundraising are two connected, yet disparate, departments found within most nonprofit organizations. While the departments are intrinsically linked, the data that each side maintains...

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The Complete Picture of Alumni and Donors with Cloud for Good’s Advancement Accelerator

As a continuation of our Gift Processing with Cloud for Good’s Advancement Accelerator blog published last month, I wanted to dive deeper into the connection between...

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Keeping Your Data Safe: Finding Peace of Mind With Salesforce

Security has been one of the most prevailing through-lines of 2020 and 2021.  Through taking donor information over the phone from our home offices, increased cyber-attacks,...

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Crafting A Constituent-Centric Experience In The Post-Pandemic World

NOTE: This blog was originally posted on Forbes. Read it here. There’s no denying the profound impact COVID-19 has had on our society. Strategies and methodologies...

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Gift Processing With Cloud for Good’s Advancement Accelerator

As outlined in Tal Frankfurt and Kestryl Lowrey’s illuminating examination on Salesforce Advancement for Higher Education, the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) features vast, untapped potential for...

What You Should Do Before an Enterprise-Wide CRM Implementation

What You Should Do Before an Enterprise-Wide CRM Implementation

Implementing a constituent relationship management (CRM) application can be a difficult project for organizations with multiple large complex departments. An assessment of the organization's CRM strategy,...
Recovering from Dreamforce

Recovering from Dreamforce

Dreamforce 2013 is over. In theory, you've bodily recovered from the walking, talking, learning, and partying. Now what? How can you best leverage all the stuff...
Thank You Letters: Leveraging Donation Split & Conga Composer

Thank You Letters: Leveraging Donation Split & Conga Composer

How are you currently generating thank you letters for your donations? More importantly, how can you generate a thank you letter from a donor that has...
The Ethical Consultant

The Ethical Consultant

I got into a discussion with a client recently about ethical consulting. I’ve had this discussion with colleagues, co-workers, friends and mentors through the years, but...
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Going to Dreamforce? Let’s Meet!

Are you going to Dreamforce? Let's schedule a time to meet!...

Winter ’14 Release: My Favorite Features for Nonprofits

Check out Trish Perkins top new features in the Salesforce Winter '14 release....