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How Women In Tech (WIT) Changed My Career

How Women In Tech (WIT) Changed My Career

Women in Tech (WIT) and Salesforce are helping more women go after technology focused careers. One of our Goodies shares her story with WIT and the
Major Donors: Cultivating and Implementing A Salesforce Strategy

Major Donors: Cultivating and Implementing A Salesforce Strategy

Major donors and the strategies around managing these portfolios can be one of the trickiest beasts to tame. Let's explore how you can match highlights of
Roll Up Your ROI with Campaign Hierarchies

Roll Up Your ROI with Campaign Hierarchies

Campaign Hierarchies use the Parent Campaign field to link any number of child campaigns to a single parent campaign. We provide step-by-step instructions to help you
Take Note! Migrating Notes to New Content Notes in Salesforce

Take Note! Migrating Notes to New Content Notes in Salesforce

The Notes & Attachments related list is on the way out. Content Notes and Files will replace these features, and both have major advantages over the
Why Chatter is Great for Nonprofits

Why Chatter is Great for Nonprofits

Chatter is a social networking tool that lives inside Salesforce and helps people collaborate with colleagues. Here are some ideas for how you can start using
Pre-Checking: Good for Baggage, Bad for Email Opt-In

Pre-Checking: Good for Baggage, Bad for Email Opt-In

In the case of email opting-in, it pays to hold off on pre-checking any opt-in actions. The theory behind this restraint is that constituents should take
Salesforce Analytics 101: Report Types

Salesforce Analytics 101: Report Types

When you’re creating a Salesforce report, the first thing you have to choose, before you even get to the report builder, is the Report Type. The
Is a Salesforce Community the Right Fit for Your Nonprofit?

Is a Salesforce Community the Right Fit for Your Nonprofit?

If you can find value in sharing your Salesforce data with constituents, a Salesforce Community might be right for you! Salesforce Communities expand your database beyond
Planned Gifts: Tips and Tricks for Managing in Salesforce

Planned Gifts: Tips and Tricks for Managing in Salesforce

Planned gifts, or legacy gifts, are something we often discuss with clients who use or are looking to use Salesforce to manage fundraising data and processes.
Laptop displaying bar charts and papers. Text: 8 TIPS FOR CREATING A GREAT ANNUAL REPORT

8 Tips for Creating a Great Annual Report

The process of developing your organization’s Annual Report should be a satisfying task of reviewing progress toward your goals, deciding on photos and profiles to include,

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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
Dreamforce 2021 for the Nonprofit and Education Sectors: A Hybrid Experience - Cloud for Good

Dreamforce 2021 for the Nonprofit and Education Sectors: A Hybrid Experience

Written by Cloud for Good Team Dreamforce 2021 Some of our Goodies received an exclusive invitation to attend Dreamforce 2021 live in person! While this was

Solving the Salesforce Talent Gap - Cloud for Good

Solving the Salesforce Talent Gap

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce today is a much different company than it was when I first entered the ecosystem in 2005. I was

Save the Date: Giving Tuesday 2021 - Cloud for Good

Save the Date: Giving Tuesday 2021

Written by Cloud for Good Team Giving Tuesday 2021 is just 60 days away, but don’t stress, if you haven’t started planning yet, you still have

How Cloud for Good Gives Back To Our Communities - Cloud for Good

How Cloud for Good Gives Back To Our Communities

Written by Cloud for Good Team 2020 was, by all accounts, a landmark year for Cloud for Good.  Not only was it the company’s tenth anniversary,

The Role of Data Warehouses in Nonprofit Technology Strategies - Cloud for Good

The Role of Data Warehouses in Nonprofit Technology Strategies

Written by Cloud for Good Team Written by Kestryl Lowrey and Stephen Earheart When you migrate to Salesforce, you become deeply familiar with your organization’s data—the

Getting the Most From Technology With Salesforce Digital 360 - Cloud for Good

Getting the Most From Technology With Salesforce Digital 360

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce Digital 360 has become the new industry standard for creating more meaningful customer experiences through digital-first solutions. Connecting the