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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

Modern Day Advancement on Salesforce- Cloud for Good

Modern Day Advancement on Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team Download the Modern Day Advancement on Salesforce whitepaper to learn more about how there is no platform better suited to

What to Expect from the Summer '21 Release-blog- Cloud for Good

What to Expect from the Summer ’21 Release

Written by Cloud for Good Team There are several new, exciting tools for Salesforce Administrators in the Salesforce Summer ’21 Release, such as Learning Paths and

Recapping the First Salesforce Nonprofit Summit Sessions- blog- Cloud for Good

Recapping the First Salesforce Nonprofit Summit Sessions

Written by Cloud for Good Team On April 21, 2021, Salesforce.org brought together an international Nonprofit Community for the very first Nonprofit Summit.  Held virtually, this

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

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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

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Happy Thanksgiving from Cloud for Good

Written by Cloud for Good Team Cloud for Good has much to be thankful for this year.  Considering the challenges 2020 has thrown everyone’s way, we want to take a moment

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Trailblazers Together: The Future of Events

Written by Cloud for Good Team 2020 has been a year of massive change, and for marketing that has meant finding new, creative ways to engage

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Breaking Through the Noise This #GivingTuesday

Written by Cloud for Good Team On average, your constituents receive around 121 emails every day, including emails from their favorite restaurants, stores, or even meeting

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Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) for Higher Education Advancement

While NPSP was historically associated with the nonprofit sector, the versatility and customizability of the solution can also support large-scale fundraising for higher education institutions.
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You Can Have it all (With External Data Architectures)

Written by Cloud for Good Team It doesn’t always make sense to keep all of your data in Salesforce. Learn how organizations like the American Kennel

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Improving the Executive Learner Experience with Commerce Cloud

Written by Cloud for Good Team Executive learners have come to expect a seamless experience from course selection to in-course learning. Find out how you can

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Reopening Your Campus with Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team This year has been anything but ‘business as usual.’ Institutions want to open their doors to students, alumni, faculty, and

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Best Practices with Advancement on Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team Your school relies on the generosity of alumni, your community, and friends of your university. Cloud for Good has spent

Don’t Get Spooked by Salesforce Data Security

The term “data security” can be frightening for many people, especially solo admins! However, never fear, by double-checking and enabling a few features, the worry over

How Academic Institutions Are Reducing Expenses With Cross-Institution Collaboration

NOTE: This blog was originally posted on Forbes. Read it here. Ask any academic institution what its top concern is this year, and you’ll probably hear something along

Budget Planning Season is Underway – Remember to Leave Room for Technology

Planning Your Budget Nonprofits do a great job at budgeting for fixed operating costs, such as personnel (salaries and benefits), office expenses (rent and utilities) and program costs (supplies and materials). More often than not, technology

Cloud for Good Ranks on Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT List as the #1 Small Business

Cloud for Good Ranks on Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in IT List as the #1 Small Business

Written by Cloud for Good Team June 18, 2019 [Asheville, NC] – IDG’s Computerworld announces Cloud for Good, a leading technology consulting firm for nonprofit and

7 Salesforce Implementation Best Practices Tips

Are you looking to make the move to a new CRM, yet don’t know where to begin? Are you feeling overwhelmed or perhaps finding the transition

Cloud for Good Becomes Global Premium Partner in Nonprofit & Higher Education

Cloud for Good Becomes Global Premium Partner in Nonprofit & Higher Education

Written by Cloud for Good Team April 11, 2019 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good has announced that it has become a Salesforce.org Premium Partner in