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Spring, Summer and Winter Cleaning

Spring, Summer and Winter Cleaning

Data cleanliness in Salesforce is important. Explore these tips to keep your data clean throughout the year and kick-off your spring cleaning with the most recent
Improving Advancement with HEDA

Improving Advancement with HEDA

Colleges and universities implementing the Salesforce platform have a wealth of options for building a system that supports every department on campus. The Higher Education Data
Meet Cloud for Good at the Salesforce World Tour in Washington, DC

Meet Cloud for Good at the Salesforce World Tour in Washington, DC

On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, come meet Cloud for Good at the Salesforce World Tour in Washington, DC. We'll be in the Customer Success Expo to
Webinar Recap: Unboxing the Nonprofit Success Pack with Lightning

Webinar Recap: Unboxing the Nonprofit Success Pack with Lightning

On March 9, 2017, Cloud for Good hosted a webinar covering the Nonprofit Success Pack with Lightning. This post offers resources to help your organization get
Create Emails That Gain Traction With Your Constituents

Create Emails That Gain Traction With Your Constituents

Get more traction with emails and communications to your constituents. Learn how to create emails that will get higher conversions rates and improve the actions your
The Connected Nonprofit

The Connected Nonprofit

Good data leads to more self-awareness and an increasing ability to better steer the nonprofit organization toward its mission. Jeff Rule shares his insights on becoming
Make Donor Engagement Plans Work for You

Make Donor Engagement Plans Work for You

Put donor engagement plans to work for your organization. Utilize Engagement Plans in the Nonprofit Success Pack to assist with your fundraising efforts.
Seven Complaints From Accountants That Salesforce Can Solve

Seven Complaints From Accountants That Salesforce Can Solve

Fundraisers and accountants have different views at times. Salesforce can help solve the seven most common complaints from accountants and we explain how in this post.
Engagement Plans and Levels Make Moves Management Work for You

Engagement Plans and Levels Make Moves Management Work for You

Engagement Plans have been added to the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) and will provide an even more seamless experience in managing your moves to cultivate donors
Choosing the Best MailChimp to Salesforce Connector

Choosing the Best MailChimp to Salesforce Connector

Choosing the best MailChimp to Salesforce Connector will ensure that you deliver the right message at the right time to your constituents. Cloud for Good has

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National Aquarium: Using Technology to Traverse Turbulent Waters with National Aquarium

National Aquarium: Using Technology to Traverse Turbulent Waters with National Aquarium

Learn how Salesforce helped National Aquarium navigate the turbulent waters of COVID-19 and prepare for a post-pandemic world.
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Fundraising During a Crisis is All About Relationships: The Human Rights Watch Story

Human Rights Watch is navigating the changing market to bring in funds and find new donors with Salesforce.
5 Tips for Higher Education Institutions and Nonprofit Organizations Working Remotely

5 Tips for Higher Education Institutions and Nonprofit Organizations Working Remotely

Written by Cloud for Good Team The Rise of Remote Workers When the internet was born in the 1980s, employers began allowing employees to work from

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5 Tips to Become a Successful Online Student

Written by Cloud for Good Team Colleges and Universities nationwide are moving their curriculums online as a result of the spreading COVID-19 pandemic. While this sudden

7 Reasons Why Your Human Services Organization Should Be Using Salesforce

Poverty, homelessness, health, and the general well-being of individuals and the collective: no matter what your Human Service organization’s mission may be, it’s likely complex, expanding,

Celebrating B Corp Month: A Global Movement

Celebrating B Corp Month: A Global Movement

Cloud for Good has been a certified B Corporation since 2013. Read to learn more about how much our employees love being apart of a B

5 Things to Consider for Your Case Management

In a previous post, we shared the exciting announcement made at Dreamforce 2019 that Salesforce.org was releasing a Case Management product. This application will allow your Case Managers to manage their caseloads while

Testing Environment Strategies in Marketing Cloud- blog- Cloud for Good

Testing Environment Strategies in Marketing Cloud

Written by Cloud for Good Team Many Salesforce Marketing Cloud users look to create a testing environment much like what exists with Sales Cloud CRM. With

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Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Raiser’s Edge – And Here’s Why

Written by Cloud for Good Team In today’s world, no one has a phone with only one installed application and there is a good reason for

The Cloud Is Transforming Higher Education

NOTE: This blog was originally posted on Forbes. Read it here. American youths have a keen desire to learn, often leading them to pursue additional education after

Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) Winter '22 Release: What You Need to Know

Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) Winter ’22 Release: What You Need to Know

The NPSP Winter '22 release is introducing the Elevate Power of Us Edition, offering new ways to manage undeliverable addresses track Change Logs for Recurring Donations,
Migrating from Blackbaud Luminate CRM and Luminate Online to Salesforce- Customer Story- Cloud for Good

Migrating from Blackbaud Luminate CRM and Luminate Online to Salesforce

When harmony is created through technology systems like Nonprofit Cloud and Pardot, so too is it created for the diverse allies of the Rainforest Alliance as
Giving Thanks with Cloud for Good

Giving Thanks with Cloud for Good

Hear from Cloud for Good’s Executive Vice President of Services and Managing Directors on what they are most thankful for as we enter the 2021 holiday
The Power of Us Hub Has Moved to the Trailblazer Community

The Power of Us Hub Has Moved to the Trailblazer Community

On November 15th, 2021, the Power of Us Hub moved over to the Trailblazer community. This migration is a great step for the entire ecosystem.
Cloud for Good Announces Talent for Good Dallas Hub

Cloud for Good Announces Talent for Good Dallas Hub

Cloud for Good, alongside the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT Dallas) and Dallas College, today announced a partnership to provide an apprenticeship pathway to
Building a Better Recruitment and Admissions Funnel with UMBC- Customer Success Story- Cloud for Good

Building a Better Recruitment and Admissions Funnel with UMBC

Cloud for Good has helped UMBC implement a technology foundation that has changed the way they think about their systems.