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Salesforce Trailhead Guides You to Success

Are you looking for training resources for your users? Check out Salesforce's free, fun interactive learning path, Trailhead....

How to Convince Your Management to Implement Salesforce

Tips to help you convince your organization's management that implementing Salesforce is the right move for your nonprofit. Be prepared by doing your research, citing use...
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A New Shift in Fundraising Strategy Could Actually Make Us Happier

There is a provocative change happening right before our eyes in the world of fundraising. Nonprofits are raising more money than ever before, and today’s nonprofits...
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Nonprofit Tech Strategies for the Season of Giving

Guest post By Sean Alpert, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Salesforce It’s hard to wrap your head around how large nonprofits have become, how many crucial...

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Igniting Education Reform Through Salesforce

The Salesforce platform is great for organizations who are working to reform education. Implementing Salesforce allows your organization to develop a strategic plan to manage your...
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Advocacy Tools for Salesforce

Advocacy organizations and organizations that are working to influence policy can choose from a number of cloud-based technology options to connect with constituents and policymakers. We’ve...

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Making Sense of the Marketing Cloud

Salesforce is an excellent tool for tracking information about constituents, programs, fundraising, and so much more. But when you want to add marketing functionality to your...

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Hundreds of Nonprofits Attended Salesforce World Tour in NYC

On November 18, Cloud for Good attended the Salesforce World Tour in NYC and had the opportunity to meet with hundreds of local nonprofits utilizing Salesforce...
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Chili for a Cause: Volunteer Time Off

The Hanover Chili Cookoff may look like just another festival or fair but at its core is a group of extremely dedicated volunteers who organize an...
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Receipting Canadian Tax Receipts

Are you recording your donations in Salesforce? Yes, that’s great! You’re probably using the Opportunities object to do so. But how are you generating tax receipts? As...

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Cloud for Good Named on Fortune’s 2020 Best Small & Medium Workplaces + Comparably’s Best Companies for Work-Life Balance Lists

October 16, 2020 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good, a certified BCorp and Salesforce.org 2020 Nonprofit Consulting Partner of the Year, today announced winning both an...

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Cloud for Good Awarded Salesforce.org Nonprofit Consulting Partner of the Year for Second Year in a Row

October 12, 2020 [Asheville, NC] –Cloud for Good was awarded the Salesforce.org 2020 AMER Consulting Partner of the Year – Nonprofit award at the Salesforce.org Virtual...

Getting Over Raiser’s Edge with Salesforce + Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

Getting Over Raiser’s Edge with Salesforce + Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

Taking a strategic approach to transforming their technology, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary partnered with Cloud for Good in their migration from Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce Nonprofit...
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How My Hispanic Heritage Empowered My Salesforce Journey

As we continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, and cherish Hispanic culture year-round, I find myself reflecting on the journey that brought me to Cloud for...

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Predicting Summer Melt with Salesforce Einstein

The term “summer melt” is used to describe students who apply, get admitted, and then commit to a college but never actually show up to their...

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Are Our Schools Built For Continued Engagement?

NOTE: This blog was originally posted on Forbes. Read it here. Technology is changing the way we interact with our favorite brands. In order to build...