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Happy Holidays from Cloud for Good

Happy Holidays from Cloud for Good

Written by Cloud for Good Team Cheers to a Great Year: Client Successes in 2018 Throughout the year, I have had the privilege of witnessing hundreds

Blockchain Is Reestablishing Trust In Nonprofits

Blockchain Is Reestablishing Trust In Nonprofits

Written by Cloud for Good Team NOTE: This blog was originally posted on Forbes. Read it here.  Bitcoin and hundreds of other blockchain-based cryptocurrencies are on the

Understanding Our Clients Through Volunteering

Understanding Our Clients Through Volunteering

Written by Cloud for Good Team Being part of the Cloud for Good team means that helping nonprofits is an everyday part of our job. We

Top 5 Reasons to attend the NYC World Tour

Top 5 Reasons to attend the NYC World Tour

Still on the fence about attending the World Tour in NYC on December 13th? Think no more, and read on for 5 fantastic reasons to attend!
What Does Artificial Intelligence Mean For Nonprofit Organizations?

What Does Artificial Intelligence Mean For Nonprofit Organizations?

Written by Cloud for Good Team NOTE: This blog was originally posted on Forbes. Read it here.  Artificial Intelligence is an area of computer science that

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

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

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

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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
Making Salesforce Chatter Work for Your Nonprofit

Making Salesforce Chatter Work for Your Nonprofit

As a leader at your nonprofit - whether you are the Executive Director, Chief Information Officer, Salesforce Administrator, or motivated staff member, it’s up to you
Salesforce Foundation Higher Education Summit 2015

Salesforce Foundation Higher Education Summit 2015

Last week I had the pleasure of participating in the 3rd annual Salesforce Higher Education Summit at the University of Miami. I was joined by our
Migrating from Common Ground to NGO Connect: Tips for Migration

Migrating from Common Ground to NGO Connect: Tips for Migration

Switching between two systems is always a tough process. The data migration, getting used to something new, having to change the way you and your team
Talk To Your Data

Talk To Your Data

Every day there should be a conversation that happens between you and the data inside of your Salesforce instance. Starting that conversation is not always easy
Top 5 Chrome Extensions for Salesforce Administrators

Top 5 Chrome Extensions for Salesforce Administrators

If you’re a Salesforce admin or power user, listen up! There are some great community-developed Chrome extensions meant specifically to enhance the Salesforce user experience. Have
Making it Seamless: Autolaunched Flows and Custom Settings

Making it Seamless: Autolaunched Flows and Custom Settings

How autolaunched flows can help your users, and how you can combine them with custom settings to make your life as an administrator easier.