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Data Drives Success: Tools to Empower Your Organization

Data Drives Success: Tools to Empower Your Organization

Cloud for Good, UC Innovation, and iWave explore the nearly-endless ways Salesforce technology can help organizations raise more funds.
Increasing Engagement Across the Student Lifecycle with Marketing Cloud

Increasing Engagement Across the Student Lifecycle with Marketing Cloud

Learn how two Marketing Cloud products are helping institutions greatly increase engagement across the student lifecycle.
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Salesforce for Associations: Building Relationships That Drive Change

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce is the platform of choice for over 150K companies worldwide. This is because the technology helps empower users to

Using Salesforce to Increase Engagement with Hillel International - Cloud for Good

Using Salesforce to Increase Engagement with Hillel International

Cloud for Good has helped Hillel International increase engagement and online giving by 500% over the past five years.
Marketing Cloud GPT, Data Cloud Updates, and the Future of Open AI from Connections 2023

Marketing Cloud GPT, Data Cloud Updates, and the Future of Open AI from Connections 2023

Salesforce Connections 2023 is the marketing and commerce learning event of the year for customer-first innovation. Here are our takeaways.
Real-Time Data Integration with Cloud for Good’s MuleSoft Services

Real-Time Data Integration with Cloud for Good’s MuleSoft Services

Cloud for Good is the go-to partner for designing and implementing MuleSoft solutions for nonprofits and higher education institutions.
Meet the New Nonprofit Cloud: Session Overviews From the New York World Tour

Meet the New Nonprofit Cloud: Session Overviews From the New York World Tour

Salesforce held the first official session on the new vision for Nonprofit Cloud during the New York World Tour. Here are our takeaways.

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Harness the Power of Your Constituent Network with Relationship Tracking in NPSP

Harness the Power of Your Constituent Network with Relationship Tracking in NPSP

Relationships as a general idea are fundamental to Salesforce. After all, Salesforce is a CRM – or constituent relationship management – tool. Let's explore how to
Data Segmentation: Categorize Your Constituents With Salesforce

Data Segmentation: Categorize Your Constituents With Salesforce

There are many ways to categorize your data. After you understand how you’d like to categorize your constituents, the next step is thinking about how to
Salesforce Leads: Pros and Cons for Nonprofits

Salesforce Leads: Pros and Cons for Nonprofits

The Salesforce Lead standard object holds records representing individual people, typically as part of a sales process in the B2B (business-to-business) model. Using the Leads object
Back to School: Research Methods 101 - Surveys

Back to School: Research Methods 101 – Surveys

Writing strong, concise survey questions will get you the data that you need. We've shared some best practices for collecting information from your constituents.
Slice, Dice, and Dedupe Data - What's The Right Tool for Data Cleanup?

Slice, Dice, and Dedupe Data – What’s The Right Tool for Data Cleanup?

There are many tools out there to assist with data cleanup and it's not always easy to know which one to choose. We have explored several
Implementing a Major Donor Strategy Using Salesforce Tools

Implementing a Major Donor Strategy Using Salesforce Tools

There are several ways to manage major donors in Salesforce. Depending on the size of your development team and formal fundraising processes utilized, your organization may
Five Tips for Customizing the Lightning Experience

Five Tips for Customizing the Lightning Experience

Customizing Salesforce's Lightning Experience is more involved than just changing page layouts, but it's also more powerful. We share five tips to help you customize the
Leveraging Salesforce and HEDA for Student Recruitment

Leveraging Salesforce and HEDA for Student Recruitment

In the face of a more competitive and increasingly diverse recruitment pool, it's important for higher education institutions to leverage recruitment data and analytics to identify
3 Considerations for Your First Nonprofit Drip Program

3 Considerations for Your First Nonprofit Drip Program

Nonprofit drip programs shouldn't feel overwhelming. In fact, your first nonprofit drip program can be very simple. Let us help guide you through this process and
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
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.
Event Recap: Apps to Amp Up Your Recruitment and Admissions- Cloud for Good

Event Recap: Apps to Amp Up Your Recruitment and Admissions

Learn how Blackthorn Events and Mogli third-party apps work with Salesforce to innovate recruitment and admissions in this event recap.
An Interview with BWF on the Value of the RFP Process- Cloud for Good

An Interview with BWF on the Value of the RFP Process

Cloud for Good recently sat down with BWF's Jason Boley to discuss the value and best processes of the RFP process.