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See Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2018

See Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2018

The countdown to Dreamforce is on and Cloud for Good is excited to see you there!  We love coming together with so many like-minded people from all over the country to celebrate...

Dreamforce 2018: Discovering the Nonprofit & Education Clouds

Dreamforce 2018: Discovering the Nonprofit & Education Clouds

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 level by announcing the Nonprofit Cloud and Education Cloud. While we don’t...

Discover Donor Giving Power Through Wealth Screening

Discover Donor Giving Power Through Wealth Screening

Prospecting within your existing database of constituents is a great place to start your fundraising efforts, but it can be difficult to identify their capacity to...

Nonprofits and Recurring Donations

Nonprofits and Recurring Donations

It has been said that the best things come in small packages and the same can be said of small donations. In particular, ones that are...

Engage Your Constituents with Text Messaging

Engage Your Constituents with Text Messaging

Communication in a Digital Age Before coming to Cloud for Good, I worked for an organization that provides multiple income and food support services to low-income...

Which Pardot edition do I choose?

Which Pardot edition do I choose?

When I bought my first car, I hemmed and hawed over which Toyota Celica I wanted, the basic GT or the GT-S. Not to mention all...

Salesforce Advisor Link: A Game Changer for Higher Ed

We hear it time and time again – the higher education landscape is changing. Colleges and universities are competing for the same students with slimmer budgets...

Meet Cloud for Good at WITness Success

Meet Cloud for Good at WITness Success

WITness Success is a 1½ day, community-led career development event in Colorado where woman in the Salesforce ecosystem meet to learn, network, grow, get inspired and...

Is it Time to Spring Clean Your Fundraising Database?

Is it Time to Spring Clean Your Fundraising Database?

Data Cleanliness Since many nonprofits rely on fundraising to support their cause, the accuracy and cleanliness of all donor and supporter data are imperative to your...

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...
Process Builder: Tips and Tricks

Process Builder: Tips and Tricks

Process Builder is one of the more powerful tools to be added to the Salesforce platform in recent years. Much of what Process Builder can do...
Make Salesforce Work for You: Workflows and Email Automations

Make Salesforce Work for You: Workflows and Email Automations

Workflows take processes that can be standardized and automate them when certain criteria are met. This can be especially useful for development teams, as they can...
Burst your Silos and Become a Connected Nonprofit

Burst your Silos and Become a Connected Nonprofit

Functional silos or information silos refer to business processes or data systems that are incompatible or not integrated with other processes or systems. A silo is...
Meet Us at the Salesforce World Tour in New York

Meet Us at the Salesforce World Tour in New York

The Salesforce World Tour in New York will be here on Dec. 15. Come out and see the Cloud for Good team and catch sessions by...
Fundraising is Easier with Social Studio

Fundraising is Easier with Social Studio

Learn how to listen, engage and connect with your constituents on their turf using Social Studio from the Salesforce Marketing Cloud....
Volunteer Time Off Makes You Better at Your Job

Volunteer Time Off Makes You Better at Your Job

Volunteer Time Off (VTO) is a growing trend as an employee benefit offered by companies. Volunteer time off provides benefits to both the company and the...