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Integrating Google Apps and Salesforce: A Bridge Between Clouds

Integrating Google Apps and Salesforce: A Bridge Between Clouds

Since most of us spend a large percentage of our day in our email boxes, bridging your Salesforce and Google Apps accounts in imperative. Doing so
Top 5 Favorite Salesforce Announcements at Dreamforce

Top 5 Favorite Salesforce Announcements at Dreamforce

After months of planning and anticipation, Dreamforce ’14 has come and gone. We were inspired by keynotes, learned new things at hands-on training sessions, danced to
Dance Me To The End - 5 Tips for After Dreamforce

Dance Me To The End – 5 Tips for After Dreamforce

As with all good things, Dreamforce inevitably comes to an end, we all find our way back home, and for the briefest of moments, we have
4 Steps to Become Salesforce Analytics Cloud Ready

4 Steps to Become Salesforce Analytics Cloud Ready

This new Salesforce Analytics Cloud helps “everyday users” (not trained analysts) make informed decisions. However, implementing this technology would require a significant commitment from your organization.
Lessons Learned: Great Customer Service Through Humanity

Lessons Learned: Great Customer Service Through Humanity

There are some calls that go sour, some meetings where obstreperousness is abundant, and some that happen to fall on everyone’s bad day. These are key
How Dreamforce Changed Me

How Dreamforce Changed Me

For me, 2013 was the first year I was able to attend Dreamforce and I must say I had no clue what to expect. Sure I
White Paper: Becoming a Connected Organization

White Paper: Becoming a Connected Organization

Wondering about the Nonprofit Starter Pack or NGO Connect? We have done all the leg work for you! Download this free white paper to navigate the
How Dreamforce Changed Me

10 Reasons Your Nonprofit Should Attend Dreamforce

You may be asking yourself, “But why should my nonprofit attend? Isn’t it just another tech conference?” To answer this question I’ve put together the following
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Become a Connected Organization with NGO Connect

If you are a major gift manager, super fundraiser, or a volunteer mobilizer, you have a great reason to get excited. The Salesforce Foundation has recently
Making Your Back Office Hum with Salesforce

Making Your Back Office Hum with Salesforce

All companies, whether for or nonprofit, need to hire and onboard new employees. In many cases, the hiring process may be run through a job board

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A Recap of Dreamforce – Day 3

Thursday was Product Keynote day at Dreamforce ‘15 and the Cloud for Good team spread out to cover them all. The Cloud for Good team left
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A Recap of Dreamforce 2015 – Day 2

Written by Cloud for Good Team DREAMFORCE: DAY TWO Another day has come and gone, and we are at the halfway mark of the 2015 edition

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A Recap of Dreamforce 2015 – Day 1

Day one is coming to a wrap here at Dreamforce 2015, and what a day it has been! Many (including the Cloud for Good team) were
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Simplify Salesforce Requirements Gathering with Use Cases

Defining system requirements and grouping them into a usable format is often a daunting task, but is a key component to successful Salesforce implementation. Utilizing use
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NPSP 3.0 Feature Overview

The Nonprofit Starter Pack 3.0 (NPSP 3.0) is a set of managed packages installed on Salesforce to customize the platform for some common nonprofit use cases.
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5 Thoughts about Salesforce Lightning Experience

The Salesforce universe was introduced to the Salesforce Lightning Experience, a gigantic change encompassing the framework, design, administration and use of Salesforce. Here are five key
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Meet Us at Dreamforce

Meet with us at Dreamforce. We will have Cloud for Good team members presenting at multiple sessions discussing great Salesforce topics. We can't wait to see
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Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce: 10 Reasons to Make the Switch

The ongoing development of the Salesforce Foundation’s tools for nonprofits has encouraged more and more nonprofits to consider a switch from their legacy system to Salesforce.
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Force Off- Online Donation Tools for Salesforce Recap

To help you evaluate the various online donation tools available on the Salesforce platform, we hosted a Force Off featuring iATS Payments/ Brickwork, Click&Pledge and Network
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Merchant Accounts, Payment Gateways, Virtual Terminals, Oh My!

It’s a digital age and you’re behind the times if you’re not accepting online donations from your donors. So you start to weigh the options, researching
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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.

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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

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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.
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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

Agentforce Nonprofit: Your Next Team Member Does Not Burn Out - Cloud for Good

Agentforce Nonprofit: Your Next Team Member Does Not Burn Out 

Agentforce Nonprofit brings purpose-built AI agents into your Salesforce CRM. See how Cloud for Good implements it around your mission, not a template.
Salesforce Agentforce for Health: What It Is, What It Can Do, and Why It Matters Now- Cloud for Good

Salesforce Agentforce for Health: What It Is, What It Can Do, and Why It Matters Now 

Administrative overhead consumes nearly 25% of U.S. healthcare spending. Discover how Salesforce Agentforce for Health provides digital labor at scale. Cloud for Good maps out what