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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.
To CRM or not to CRM: Is that the question? - Cloud for Good

To CRM or not to CRM: Is that the question?

When evaluating your needs and choosing to implement a CRM solution, I recommend starting by asking the five W’s: Who, What, Where, When and Why.
Custom Code: Are you ready? - Cloud for Good

Custom Code: Are you ready?

It is an interesting dichotomy that while writing custom code allows you to manipulate the system in very sophisticated ways, every bit of custom code that
At Project's End: Separation Anxiety and User Adoption - Cloud for Good

At Project’s End: Separation Anxiety and User Adoption

Some of the biggest angst for my clients comes at the end of a project. Wrapping up an implementation brings all sorts of mixed feelings: pride
12 Ways Dreamforce is Hard - Cloud for Good

12 Ways Dreamforce is Hard

Read 12 reasons why Dreamforce is hard to wait for. See you at Dreamforce 2013.
Best (of the Best) Practice with Salesforce - Cloud for Good

Best (of the Best) Practice with Salesforce

There’s a lot of talk about Best Practice in the nonprofit sector, and having consulted on projects large and small, I want to take moment to
Better Living Through Training and Documentation - Cloud for Good

Better Living Through Training and Documentation

As a system administrator, it’s not only your job to ensure that reports are created, data is kept clean, and new fields and workflows are created.
Ensuring Training Success - Cloud for Good

Ensuring Training Success

Whether you arrange for training from a consultant, manage it yourself, or use some combination of the two, there are a few techniques you can employ
Using Salesforce to Cultivate Donor Relationships - Cloud for Good

Using Salesforce to Cultivate Donor Relationships

From finding new donors, growing gifts from existing supporters, or managing the back-end fundraising efforts, Salesforce helps organizations establish and grow donor relationships in addition to

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International Women's Day: Recognizing Members of the #BestTeamEver

International Women’s Day: Recognizing Members of the #BestTeamEver

On International Women's Day 2018, Cloud for Good recognizes eight women who make up the #BestTeamEver. We celebrate your successes and are glad to have you
Strategic Higher Education Communication with Marketing Cloud

Strategic Higher Education Communication with Marketing Cloud

With Salesforce Sales and Marketing Clouds, higher education institutions can build a system of record for their marketing efforts and integrate with their existing student information
A Cloud Document Storage Guide for Your Organization

A Cloud Document Storage Guide for Your Organization

Every organization has the digital file equivalent of a kitchen junk drawer - it's usually on a shared network drive where files have been placed for
Cloud for Good Welcomes Chad Martin as Director of Digital Services

Cloud for Good Welcomes Chad Martin as Director of Digital Services

Written by Cloud for Good Team February 28, 2018 (ASHEVILLE, NC) – Cloud for Good, a Salesforce.com Gold Partner and a Salesforce.org Premium Partner, announced Chad Martin as

Top Five Reasons to Attend the Higher Ed Summit in Washington, DC

Top Five Reasons to Attend the Higher Ed Summit in Washington, DC

The Higher Ed Summit is taking place March 21 - 23, 2018 in Washington, DC. From networking to professional development, we have complied our top five
Top Five Reasons Your K-12 School Should Move to Salesforce

Top Five Reasons Your K-12 School Should Move to Salesforce

We've explored five reasons why K-12 schools are making the move to Salesforce. From breaking down silos to ensuring students receive the best education, the Salesforce
Salesforce: Managing Animal Welfare Constituents

Salesforce: Managing Animal Welfare Constituents

Organizations that help animals find forever homes are turning to Salesforce to track adopters, donors, volunteers, events and more in a central location. Managing all animal
Facebook Fundraising Trends and the Expanding Nonprofit Technology Landscape

Facebook Fundraising Trends and the Expanding Nonprofit Technology Landscape

Facebook's waived donation fees and expanded fundraising and disaster relief tools have implications for the crowded nonprofit technology landscape in 2018.
The Benefits of Triggers in Salesforce

The Benefits of Triggers in Salesforce

With Workflow Rules, Flows, and Process Builder at your fingertips, you may feel like code isn't necessary. However, there are times when code is needed over
Using Webforms for Useful and Actionable Data

Using Webforms for Useful and Actionable Data

The information your nonprofit gets out of Salesforce is only as good as the information your organization puts into it. Use webforms to collect useful and
Salesforce Education Cloud Winter ’22 Release: What You Need To Know- Cloud for Good

Salesforce Education Cloud Winter ’22 Release: What You Need To Know

The Salesforce.org Winter ’22 Education Cloud Release features several updates and optimizations designed to help make institution operations more efficient.
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