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Ideas and strategies to help purpose-driven organizations create greater, lasting impact.

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

Read 12 reasons why Dreamforce is hard to wait for. See you at Dreamforce 2013.

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

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

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

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

Ready To Start With Your Implementation? Think Again

You choose a platform, signed with an awesome implementation partner who can translate your needs into technology, and you are extremely excited to get started. Wait…

The Power of US Hub

Are you sometimes confused about where to go to get the answers you need in using Salesforce at your nonprofit? As you may have discovered there

Cloud for Good Goes to Washington for NTC14

It’s that time of year everyone - the Nonprofit Technology Network has opened up voting for proposed sessions at the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference. We at

Email to Case – An Overview

In Salesforce, the Case Object is often used to track a constituent issue or problem that needs resolution. Just like anything else in Salesforce, it can

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Join Us at the Salesforce World Tour in New York!

On November 18. 2015, the Salesforce World Tour is going to New York and Cloud for Good will be there! We're presenting in the Admin Zone

Open Source, Open Hearts: Sprinting for the Nonprofit Starter Pack (NPSP)

Cloud for Good had the opportunity to send two of our team members to participate in the second ever Nonprofit Starter Pack Sprint (#NPSPsprint). A room

Account Models in NPSP Added to Nonprofits 101

We are continuing to add to and update our Nonprofits 101 manual - the Salesforce user manual for nonprofit organizations. This article will over what account

Celebrate the Year of the Awesome Admin (or How Users and Stakeholders Can Win Their Salesforce Admin’s Heart)

Written by Cloud for Good Team There are many blogs out in the Salesforce ecosystem about being an Admin, a Developer, a Partner or other Salesforce

Grants Management in NPSP 3.0 Added to Nonprofits 101

We are in the process of updating and adding to our Nonprofits 101 manual - the Salesforce user manual for nonprofit organizations. We recently added an

Exciting Times To Be Part of the Salesforce Ecosystem

Written by Cloud for Good Team From where I am standing today, it is hard to rewind back to 8 years ago when I joined the

Giving Back – My Day Volunteering At Cradles to Crayons

Donating to a charity is a great way to ensure that their mission is accomplished, but there is something so much more rewarding about being able

Six Simple Steps to Improve Your Salesforce User Experience

When configuring your Salesforce org, it is important to present your data in a manner that makes it easy for your users to access and interpret.

Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2015!

In case you weren't able to attend Dreamforce, or if you were in attendance and missed seeing us, don't worry! We've got pictures from our events

Moving House: Steps for a Successful Data Migration

It doesn't matter if8ixn547AT you have 100 records or 1 million records, the data import phase of a project can seem like a daunting task. It's

Finding a New Home for Your Fundraising

Written by Cloud for Good Team Are you thinking of migrating your organization’s fundraising technology from a legacy system, like Raiser’s Edge, to Salesforce? Let’s dive

Managing Student Success with Advisor Link

Written by Cloud for Good Team Using Salesforce to enroll students is a great choice but using Salesforce to help keep them at your institution is

Power up your academic research center

Written by Cloud for Good Team Learn how you can leverage the Salesforce platform to power up your academic research center’s missions. We’ll discuss use cases

Better Engagement Across the Student Lifecycle

Written by Cloud for Good Team Learn how you can better engage your students throughout their entire journey with your university. From recruitment and admission to

Best Practices with Advancement on Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team Your school relies on the generosity of alumni, your community, and friends of your university. Cloud for Good has spent

Reopening Your Campus with Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team This year has been anything but ‘business as usual.’ Institutions want to open their doors to students, alumni, faculty, and

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At Project’s End: Separation Anxiety and User Adoption

12 Ways Dreamforce is Hard

Best (of the Best) Practice with Salesforce

Better Living Through Training and Documentation

Ensuring Training Success

Using Salesforce to Cultivate Donor Relationships

Ready To Start With Your Implementation? Think Again

The Power of US Hub

Cloud for Good Goes to Washington for NTC14

Email to Case – An Overview

Latest Posts

Join Us at the Salesforce World Tour in New York!

Open Source, Open Hearts: Sprinting for the Nonprofit Starter Pack (NPSP)

Account Models in NPSP Added to Nonprofits 101

Celebrate the Year of the Awesome Admin (or How Users and Stakeholders Can Win Their Salesforce Admin’s Heart)

Grants Management in NPSP 3.0 Added to Nonprofits 101

Exciting Times To Be Part of the Salesforce Ecosystem

Giving Back – My Day Volunteering At Cradles to Crayons

Six Simple Steps to Improve Your Salesforce User Experience

Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2015!

Moving House: Steps for a Successful Data Migration

Finding a New Home for Your Fundraising

Managing Student Success with Advisor Link

Power up your academic research center

Better Engagement Across the Student Lifecycle

Best Practices with Advancement on Salesforce

Reopening Your Campus with Salesforce