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You CAN Do It: Moving Metadata Between Production Instances- Cloud for Good

You CAN Do It: Moving Metadata Between Production Instances

When implementing a new Salesforce instance from an existing one, sometimes it’s not just the data you need to move. It’s the heavy stuff: Metadata. Without
Why a System Administrator Profile Is Not For Everyone- Cloud for Good

Why a System Administrator Profile Is Not For Everyone

Before assigning the System Administrator profile to a user, think carefully about the power and responsibility you are conveying on that user and try to right-size
Using Field Trip App to Clean Up Your Salesforce Instance- Cloud for Good

Using Field Trip App to Clean Up Your Salesforce Instance

So how do you go about identifying fields that are underutilized? The folks at Qandor developed a great app called Field Trip that is perfect for
Salesforce Peer-to-Peer Fundraising E-Book- Cloud for Good

Salesforce Peer-to-Peer Fundraising E-Book

Written by Cloud for Good Team Cloud for Good is proud to release the first edition of our Salesforce Peer-to-Peer Fundraising E-Book. Our E-Book provides an

Why CRM Implementations Fail and How to Avoid It- Cloud for Good

Why CRM Implementations Fail and How to Avoid It

Know that the clearer your vision, the more ready, supportive of, and willing for change, and the more you understand your own desired outcomes and metrics,
Make it Flatter with Chatter: 5 Ways to Break Down Organizational Silos

Make it Flatter with Chatter: 5 Ways to Break Down Organizational Silos

Breaking down organizational silos sounds easy. Any Internet search will yield articles with advice, most of which boils down to improving your communication: Share information widely;
Avoiding Growing Pains Through Good Governance

Avoiding Growing Pains Through Good Governance

When working with Salesforce.com (or any system for that matter), following the principles of good governance can make life easier for administrators and users alike by
What You Should Do Before an Enterprise-Wide CRM Implementation - Cloud for Good

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 - Cloud for Good

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 - Cloud for Good

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

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Inferring Gender for Personalized Ads on Social Media- blog- Cloud for Good

Inferring Gender for Personalized Ads on Social Media

Written by Cloud for Good Team As a frequent Salesforce Social Studio user, I often find myself exploring the new avenues that the tool offers. While

What Can Salesforce Do For Nonprofits?- blog- Cloud for Good

What Can Salesforce Do For Nonprofits?

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce brings over 150K companies and their customers together through the power of connective technology.  There have been great blogs and videos released explaining how the

Keeping Your Data Safe: Protecting HIPAA with Salesforce- blog- Cloud for Good

Keeping Your Data Safe: Protecting HIPAA with Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team Before my time at Cloud for Good, I worked for a medical transcription company as a Microsoft Network Administrator.  Soon

Cloud for Good Announces New Education Accelerators for Advancement and Recruiting & Admissions

Cloud for Good Announces New Education Accelerators for Advancement and Recruiting & Admissions

Written by Cloud for Good Team March 23, 2021 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good recently unveiled their latest technology offerings to the education sector with

Creating Actionable Data with Cloud for Good’s Advancement Accelerator

Creating Actionable Data with Cloud for Good’s Advancement Accelerator

Written by Cloud for Good Team In a previously published blog, The Complete Picture of Alumni and Donors with Cloud for Good’s Advancement Accelerator, we showed

How to Get the Most Out of Salesforce's Nonprofit Summit- blog- Cloud for Good

How to Get the Most Out of Salesforce’s Nonprofit Summit

Written by Cloud for Good Team The first-ever Salesforce Nonprofit Summit is almost a month away! Below are some details on how you can join the amazing speakers, an inspiring

Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Admissions Connect

Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Admissions Connect

Written by Cloud for Good Team Admissions Connect is a comprehensive new tool from Salesforce.org poised to transform the way recruiting and admissions departments engage with

Person using smartphone. Text: 5 STUMBLING BLOCKS TO MIGRATING RECURRING DONORS AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM

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

Written by Cloud for Good Team Nonprofit organizations rely on recurring donors to help them deliver ontheir mission. Not only do they provide consistent monthly revenue

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

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

Written by Cloud for Good Team The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the incredible weaknesses that currently exist in the American public health system. While the strengths

Data Cloud for Education_ Creating Meaningful Relationships Across the Student Lifecycle

Data Cloud for Education: Creating Meaningful Relationships Across the Student Lifecycle

Many innovative and modern technology solutions for the education industry are available today that higher education institutions can utilize to unify, unlock, and bring meaning to
Where to Find Cloud for Good at Education Summit 2025

Where to Find Cloud for Good at Education Summit 2025

If meeting and connecting with Cloud for Good at Education Summit 2025 is a top priority on your agenda, here are all the industry events, customer
Celebrating 15 Years of Cloud for Good

Celebrating 15 Years of Cloud for Good

To celebrate 15 years of Cloud for Good, we’re taking a look at a collection of numbers and stories (fifteen of them in total) to reflect
CARE + Cloud for Good_ A Trusted Long-Term Partnership in Technology Transformation

CARE + Cloud for Good: A Trusted Long-Term Partnership in Technology Transformation

Cloud for Good has been privileged to build a strong longstanding relationship with CARE and be CARE’s trusted partner on technology needs, support its long-term success
Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Salesforce Data Cloud for Direct Response Customers

Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Salesforce Data Cloud for Direct Response Customers

For years, nonprofits have relied on data warehouses to manage the large volumes of data required for effective direct mail campaigns, but now Salesforce has us
Lessons Learned from Giving Tuesday_ Maximize Your Success with Omnichannel Marketing Best Practices

Lessons Learned from Giving Tuesday: Maximize Your Success with Omnichannel Marketing Best Practices

In this blog, we’ll explore how to create and deliver standout Giving Tuesday marketing campaigns that boost donor engagement and maximize Giving Tuesday fundraiser results with