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Using Salesforce Education Cloud as a Modern Student Information System

Salesforce Education Cloud offers a new path forward, not by replacing everything overnight, but by reimagining what the modern student information system (SIS) can be: modular,...

The Top Ways Technology Expands Access To Donor-Advised Funds

Thanks to technology and digital platforms, access to donor-advised funds (DAFs) has expanded for a wider spectrum of donors....

Agentic Marketing with Salesforce: Exciting Marketing Announcements at Connections 2025

The Cloud for Good team had an opportunity to learn about Salesforce’s bold vision of agentic marketing with Agentforce and some exciting marketing announcements at Salesforce's...

Doing More With Less: A Conversation With Salesforce On How Technology Can Power Your Organization Through Uncertainty

A conversation between Salesforce and Cloud for Good on how mission-driven organizations can leverage smart, scalable technology to deepen impact, drive efficiency, and future-proof their missions....

Reimagining the Student Experience: A Conversation with Salesforce on Building the Next-Gen Student Information System

A conversation between Salesforce and Cloud for Good on the future of student information systems (SIS), why legacy tools are no longer enough, and how AI...

Salesforce Summer ’25 Release: What You Need to Know

Learn about the most important highlights in Security & Permissions enhancements, automation and screen flow updates, and more in Salesforce's Summer '25 Release....

Less Admin, More Impact: How Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud Transforms Grantmaking

Through empowering grantmakers to streamline operations, enhance transparency, and make data-informed decisions that amplify impact, Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud for Grantmaking is transforming grantmaking processes for organizations....

7 Key Advancement Insights From CASE Drive 2025

The importance of being data-driven, AI, enhancing fundraising efforts, the need for innovative solutions, strategic planning, and more took center stage at CASE Drive 2025, and...

Why Salesforce Outpaces the Marketing AI Competition: Marketing Cloud vs HubSpot

In this post, we compare Salesforce Marketing Cloud’s AI for marketing with HubSpot’s AI for marketing, diving deep into their features, performance, scalability, and results....

Where Purpose Meets Excellence: A Certified Great Place to Work

By continuing to elevate our people, listening and adapting, collaborating, and creating experiences that resonate, we remain dedicated to not only being a great place to...

Salesforce Winter ’22 Release: What You Need to Know

In the Salesforce Winter ’22 Release, there are a number of intuitive new features, updates, and functionalities sure to benefit your Salesforce instance. Admins and Developers...

Leveraging Salesforce CRM for the University of Vermont Office of Research (OVPR)

Following the considerable success the University of Vermont (UVM) found using Salesforce Marketing and Service Cloud to safely and efficiently reopen their campus in the wake...

Dreamforce 2021 for the Nonprofit and Education Sectors: A Hybrid Experience

Dreamforce 2021 Some of our Goodies received an exclusive invitation to attend Dreamforce 2021 live in person! While this was undeniably exciting, it was also slightly...

Solving the Salesforce Talent Gap

Salesforce today is a much different company than it was when I first entered the ecosystem in 2005. I was what they call an “accidental admin”...

Save the Date: Giving Tuesday 2021

Giving Tuesday 2021 is just 60 days away, but don’t stress, if you haven’t started planning yet, you still have time. When is Giving Tuesday 2021?...

How Cloud for Good Gives Back To Our Communities

2020 was, by all accounts, a landmark year for Cloud for Good. Not only was it the company’s tenth anniversary, but it also marked the launch...