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People First, Everywhere We Work: Cloud for Good Is Great Place to Work Certified Across the US, Canada, and India

Cloud for Good, a Salesforce Implementation Partner, is now Great Place to Work Certified in the US, Canada, and India. See how a human-driven tech company

From the First Click to the Counter: How AI Is Transforming DMV Operations

The scale a DMV carries is hard to overstate. Federal figures put the number of licensed drivers in the United States at more than 237 million,

Agentforce for Financial Services: What Credit Unions Need to Know

AI in credit unions is no longer a future conversation. At Dreamforce 2026, Salesforce reported Fulton Bank saved 80,000 hours with Agentforce. Nicole Johnson, Cloud for

The Stack Explained: Claudeforce, Agentforce, AIforce, and Slackbot

Claudeforce, Agentforce, Headless 360, and Slackbot: how the Salesforce AI stack fits together for nonprofits, higher ed, credit unions, and government.

Salesforce in Claude. Claude in Salesforce.

A two-way road. Claude brings the intelligence. Salesforce holds the foundation, the data, and the rules that govern who can touch what. The security comes from

When Seconds Decide the Outcome: Why Emergency Response Cannot Run on a Blind System

By Cloud for Good Emergency response coordination is one of the most consequential workforce problems in public service. The volume is staggering, the margin for error

When Silence Is the System: Closing the Communication Gaps in Foster Care

Silence has failed the foster care system on both ends. On one end is the person who decided they might be ready to foster a child.

Moving Beyond Point-to-Point Integration: Why Salesforce Is a Powerful Alternative to Lingk for Higher Education

Joy Asakawa, Director of Sales, EDU For years, higher education institutions have relied on integration platforms and middleware solutionslike Lingk to move critical data between their

The AI Your Team Will Actually Use Is Already in Slack

AI adoption stalls when tools sit outside the workflow. Here is why Cloud for Good treats Slack as the employee AI productivity layer to start with.

Agentforce for Higher Education: Every Student Deserves a Timely Answer

An admissions officer managing hundreds of inquiries from prospective students. An academic advisor carrying a caseload that makes genuine support nearly impossible. An advancement officer trying to

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Nonprofit Keynote at Dreamforce 2025: What You Need to Know

At the nonprofit keynote at Dreamforce 2025, Cloud for Good and other nonprofit Trailblazers learned about some innovations and a name change for Nonprofit Cloud, and

Public Sector Keynote at Dreamforce 2025: What You Need to Know

The public sector keynote at Dreamforce 2025 unveiled a bold vision to help public sector organizations and government agencies meet their mandate with the launch of

Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2025: The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit, and Higher Education Sessions, Roundtables, and Events

Cloud for Good has created a dynamic, immersive experience at Dreamforce 2025 designed to connect, educate, and inspire nonprofit, higher ed, and public sector Trailblazers.

Education Cloud Summit: Dreamforce2U

Education Cloud Summit: Dreamforce2U Shaping the Future of Education with Salesforce Please save the date for this special event highlighting key updates from Dreamforce and upcoming

Salesforce’s Approach to Reimagining the Student Information System: A Learner-Centered and AI-Powered System

Salesforce, with support from Cloud for Good, is reimagining what a SIS can and should be by taking the power of a CRM and combining it

Revenue Cloud in the Impact Sector: Simplifying Revenue Management for Mission-Driven Organizations

Revenue Cloud is opening new possibilities for nonprofits and higher education institutions alike. When combined with Nonprofit Cloud and Education Cloud, it can help organizations break

The Strategic Value of a Technology Roadmap for Higher Education Technology Transformations

A technology roadmap provides higher education leaders with a clear, intentional path forward.

Cloud for Good’s Can’t-Miss Experiences at Dreamforce 2025: Impact Sector Summit

Dreamforce offers thousands of sessions and experiences, but the Impact Sector Summit creates a unique space for our community to come together with a shared purpose.

What Marketing Cloud Advanced Can Do For Higher Education

Marketing Cloud Advanced gives institutions advanced tools to understand constituents, personalize engagement, optimize campaigns, strengthen relationships, and act on unified data insights. It’s a powerful way

Education Cloud’s New Data Models: Ushering in a New Era of Philanthropic Giving in the Education Sector

With a new generation of philanthropy tools for Education Cloud, Salesforce is addressing a critical need: helping advancement teams optimize and scale the work of fundraisers,

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

Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Dreamforce

I have been inspired by Dreamforce every year since 2005, so I decided to take the majority of the Cloud for Good team to Dreamforce this

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Explore by Topic:

Industry

Topic / Function

Product / Service

People First, Everywhere We Work: Cloud for Good Is Great Place to Work Certified Across the US, Canada, and India

From the First Click to the Counter: How AI Is Transforming DMV Operations

Agentforce for Financial Services: What Credit Unions Need to Know

The Stack Explained: Claudeforce, Agentforce, AIforce, and Slackbot

Salesforce in Claude. Claude in Salesforce.

When Seconds Decide the Outcome: Why Emergency Response Cannot Run on a Blind System

When Silence Is the System: Closing the Communication Gaps in Foster Care

Moving Beyond Point-to-Point Integration: Why Salesforce Is a Powerful Alternative to Lingk for Higher Education

The AI Your Team Will Actually Use Is Already in Slack

Agentforce for Higher Education: Every Student Deserves a Timely Answer

Latest Posts

Nonprofit Keynote at Dreamforce 2025: What You Need to Know

Public Sector Keynote at Dreamforce 2025: What You Need to Know

Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2025: The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit, and Higher Education Sessions, Roundtables, and Events

Education Cloud Summit: Dreamforce2U

Salesforce’s Approach to Reimagining the Student Information System: A Learner-Centered and AI-Powered System

Revenue Cloud in the Impact Sector: Simplifying Revenue Management for Mission-Driven Organizations

The Strategic Value of a Technology Roadmap for Higher Education Technology Transformations

Cloud for Good’s Can’t-Miss Experiences at Dreamforce 2025: Impact Sector Summit

What Marketing Cloud Advanced Can Do For Higher Education

Education Cloud’s New Data Models: Ushering in a New Era of Philanthropic Giving in the Education Sector

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

Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Dreamforce