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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
The Ethical Consultant - Cloud for Good

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
Going to Dreamforce? Let's Meet! -Cloud for Good

Going to Dreamforce? Let’s Meet!

Are you going to Dreamforce? Let's schedule a time to meet!
Don't Be a Fish Out of Water: Preparing for a Salesforce Migration - Cloud for Good

Don’t Be a Fish Out of Water: Preparing for a Salesforce Migration

Each Salesforce organization is housed at one of Salesforce’s data centers. Salesforce calls these groupings of clients instances and it is a good practice as a

Winter ’14 Release: My Favorite Features for Nonprofits

Check out Trish Perkins top new features in the Salesforce Winter '14 release.
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Audit Trail – A Hidden Gem

The Audit Trail helps you track the recent Setup changes that you and other administrators have made to your organization. Learn more.
Salesforce Administrators and Puppies - Cloud for Good

Salesforce Administrators and Puppies

Too often, in my experience, I’ve had clients treat a Salesforce implementation as a discrete moment in time: “We wanted Salesforce, we got Salesforce, we have
The Future is Now: Taking your Chatter Publisher Actions Mobile - Cloud for Good

The Future is Now: Taking your Chatter Publisher Actions Mobile

Chatter Publisher Publisher actions allow you to perform simple tasks such as creating child records from within the record’s Chatter feed. Read more about publisher.

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Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs: Creating Efficient Prospecting Through Salesforce- Customer Story- Cloud for Good

Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs: Creating Efficient Prospecting Through Salesforce

Using Salesforces Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP), Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs were both able to alleviate bottlenecks, improve collaboration, and ultimately raise more funds to
Helping Veterans, Military and Their Families Connect with Their Communities Through Salesforce

Helping Veterans, Military and Their Families Connect with Their Communities Through Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team Happy Veterans Day! Veterans Day was originally created as a day to reflect upon the heroism of those who died

Giving (Tues)Days: 24 Hour Fundraising Campaigns

Giving (Tues)Days: 24 Hour Fundraising Campaigns

Written by Cloud for Good Team Giving Day Campaigns A positive trend in the world today is the rise of charitable giving & altruism. In fact,

Spooky Data Migrations: Demystified

Spooky Data Migrations: Demystified

Written by Cloud for Good Team With Halloween today, and all of the haunted houses, scary costumes, and horror nights at Theme Parks, I have already

BEST OF SALESFORCE WINTER ’19 LIGHTNING FEATURES FOR NONPROFITS

BEST OF SALESFORCE WINTER ’19 LIGHTNING FEATURES FOR NONPROFITS

Written by Cloud for Good Team While it’s hard to believe it’s been nearly one year since my Winter ’18 post highlighting some of my favorite

State of Salesforce: Where Organizations are Looking to Take the Platform Over the Next Year

State of Salesforce: Where Organizations are Looking to Take the Platform Over the Next Year

Written by Cloud for Good Team Organization’s Goals Salesforce is constantly growing and evolving as the needs of organizations change. Over the next twelve months, organizations

Why Training is an Important Part of your User Adoption Strategy

Why Training is an Important Part of your User Adoption Strategy

Written by Cloud for Good Team Your Salesforce Journey I remember my first time walking through IKEA. It was magical. Every room was staged and decorated

Nonprofit Cloud Keynote Highlights from Dreamforce 2018

Nonprofit Cloud Keynote Highlights from Dreamforce 2018

Written by Cloud for Good Team Nonprofit Cloud Keynote Highlights from Dreamforce 2018 Nonprofit organizations are learning the power of connecting their fundraising, programs and marketing

Education Cloud Highlights from Dreamforce 2018 

Education Cloud Highlights from Dreamforce 2018 

Written by Cloud for Good Team #BREAKING – Education Cloud Highlights from Dreamforce 2018  Today at Dreamforce 2018, Salesforce.org kicked off the annual conference with a

The Future of Predictive Analytics in Higher Education

The Future of Predictive Analytics in Higher Education

Written by Cloud for Good Team What is Predictive Analytics?   We’ve all heard about artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and other forms of technology being the way of the

A New Year for Salesforce Resolutions

A New Year for Salesforce Resolutions

Written by Cloud for Good Team This is my favorite time of the year. The holidays are bringing families together, and as the year ends it

Change Management_ Understanding the Type and Drivers of Change

Change Management: Understanding the Type and Drivers of Change

Change is inevitable and one of the main forces behind improvement, strength and progress. For nonprofits, change, especially in technology, can be a game-changer. I’m a

Cloud for Good Ranked Number 418 on Deloitte’s 2018 Technology Fast 500™

Cloud for Good Ranked Number 418 on Deloitte’s 2018 Technology Fast 500™

Written by Cloud for Good Team Asheville, NC, August 15, 2018 – Cloud for Good today announced it ranked 418 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of

Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs: Creating Efficient Prospecting Through Salesforce- Customer Story- Cloud for Good

Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs: Creating Efficient Prospecting Through Salesforce

Using Salesforces Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP), Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs were both able to alleviate bottlenecks, improve collaboration, and ultimately raise more funds to
How Grant Management in Salesforce Can Improve Your Fundraising Strategy

How Grant Management in Salesforce Can Improve Your Fundraising Strategy

Written by Cloud for Good Team Grant Management in Salesforce A grant is a sum of money given to an organization or individuals for a specific

Helping Veterans, Military and Their Families Connect with Their Communities Through Salesforce

Helping Veterans, Military and Their Families Connect with Their Communities Through Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team Happy Veterans Day! Veterans Day was originally created as a day to reflect upon the heroism of those who died