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See Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2018

See Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2018

Written by Cloud for Good Team The countdown to Dreamforce is on and Cloud for Good is excited to see you there!  We love coming together with so

Dreamforce 2018: Discovering the Nonprofit & Education Clouds

Dreamforce 2018: Discovering the Nonprofit & Education Clouds

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce has always shown strong support for nonprofit organizations with their 1-1-1 philanthropy model. Now they’ve taken their commitment to the next

Discover Donor Giving Power Through Wealth Screening

Discover Donor Giving Power Through Wealth Screening

Written by Cloud for Good Team Prospecting within your existing database of constituents is a great place to start your fundraising efforts, but it can be

Nonprofits and Recurring Donations

Nonprofits and Recurring Donations

Written by Cloud for Good Team It has been said that the best things come in small packages and the same can be said of small

Engage Your Constituents with Text Messaging

Engage Your Constituents with Text Messaging

Written by Cloud for Good Team Communication in a Digital Age Before coming to Cloud for Good, I worked for an organization that provides multiple income

Which Pardot edition do I choose?

Which Pardot edition do I choose?

Written by Cloud for Good Team When I bought my first car, I hemmed and hawed over which Toyota Celica I wanted, the basic GT or

Salesforce Advisor Link: A Game Changer for Higher Ed

Written by Cloud for Good Team We hear it time and time again – the higher education landscape is changing. Colleges and universities are competing for

Meet Cloud for Good at WITness Success

Meet Cloud for Good at WITness Success

Written by Cloud for Good Team WITness Success is a 1½ day, community-led career development event in Colorado where woman in the Salesforce ecosystem meet to

Is it Time to Spring Clean Your Fundraising Database?

Is it Time to Spring Clean Your Fundraising Database?

Written by Cloud for Good Team Data Cleanliness Since many nonprofits rely on fundraising to support their cause, the accuracy and cleanliness of all donor and

Relieving the Pain of a Data Migration to Salesforce

Relieving the Pain of a Data Migration to Salesforce

Making the move from a legacy system, like Raiser's Edge? We have shared tips and tools to help you relieve the pain that many face during

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Using Marketing Cloud as a Lead Funnel Tool, Part 2

Written by Cloud for Good Team Welcome back to our exploration of using Marketing Cloud as a lead funnel! If you haven’t yet, make sure to

What Is My Salesforce Instance and When Will I Need It?

What Is My Salesforce Instance and When Will I Need It?

Written by Cloud for Good Team Much like knowing how many and what kind of licenses you have, whether you’re on Salesforce’s Sales or Service Cloud,

Empowering Latino Families with Hispanic Scholarship Fund + Salesforce: From Luminate CRM to Nonprofit Success Pack

Empowering Latino Families with Hispanic Scholarship Fund + Salesforce: From Luminate CRM to Nonprofit Success Pack

Salesforce integrations have allowed the Hispanic Scholarship Fund to stay flexible and greatly enhance digital marketing capabilities.
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Happy Holidays from Cloud for Good: Reflecting on 2020

Written by Cloud for Good Team Here at Cloud for Good, we pride ourselves on our ability to adapt and overcome any hurdle we might face.

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Human Rights Watch: Migrating From Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce for a Global Fundraising Perspective

Human Rights Watch entered a partnership with Cloud for Good to leverage Salesforce and evolve past their previous Raiser’s Edge system.
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The Latest NPSP Releases for Winter ’21

Written by Cloud for Good Team As you’re wrapping up end of the year fundraising campaigns and appeals, don’t forget to fine-tune your Salesforce org with

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Using Marketing Cloud as a Lead Funnel Tool, Part 1

Written by Cloud for Good Team You are presumably reading this article because you are considering utilizing Marketing Cloud as a lead funnel (wow, article title

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Recapping #GivingTuesday 2020 with Salesforce Social Studio

Written by Cloud for Good Team Giving Tuesday, a globally recognized day of giving, falls on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. In 2020, the day fell

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Salesforce Announces Retirement of NGO Connect & Why You Should Be Excited

Written by Cloud for Good Team In January 2019, Salesforce made the decision to acquire roundCorner, bringing NGO Connect (NGOC), Foundation Connect, and roundData into their

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Cloud for Good Accepted As A Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C Partner

Written by Cloud for Good Team December 1, 2020 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good, a certified B Corp and Salesforce.org 2020 Nonprofit Consulting Partner of

Making it Seamless: Autolaunched Flows and Custom Settings

Making it Seamless: Autolaunched Flows and Custom Settings

How autolaunched flows can help your users, and how you can combine them with custom settings to make your life as an administrator easier.
Top 10 Single Largest Nonprofit Fundraising Events of 2014

Top 10 Single Largest Nonprofit Fundraising Events of 2014

Last year, Rallybound produced their inaugural infographic: Top 10 Single Largest Nonprofit Fundraising Events. In keeping with this tradition, they have recently released their new infographic
Target Your Constituents with the Right Message at the Right Time

Target Your Constituents with the Right Message at the Right Time

Automate your email, mobile, and social marketing to ensure you reach the right people in your network with the right messaging at the right time to
My Favorite Things: Apsona for Salesforce

My Favorite Things: Apsona for Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team Apsona for Salesforce is an app available on the AppExchange.  It is a supplement to your existing Salesforce that significantly

Where Are We Growing and How Are We Going to Get There? You Need a Roadmap.

Where Are We Growing and How Are We Going to Get There? You Need a Roadmap.

Implementing a roadmap helps us to properly set expectations and follow a strategic path in order to get to those places we are growing. Here are
Publish or Perish: The Promise and Pitfalls of Publisher Actions

Publish or Perish: The Promise and Pitfalls of Publisher Actions

Using the Salesforce Publisher Actions can help speed up how your users enter data, all while keeping it clean. Be careful, though--you'll want to think your