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Connections 2015: Bringing the Marketing Cloud to Nonprofits

Connections just wrapped up in New York, and by far this was the best showing of the whole Marketing Cloud to the public. Click here to...

Have a Salesforce Question? The Hub May Have the Answer!

The Power of Us Hub is a valuable resource for any Salesforce user where one can find articles, groups, ask questions, and lots more to help...

Handling Donations Made via Third-Party Organizations

It is common for nonprofit organizations to receive gifts from donors made through third-party organizations. These third party organizations might be the United Way, a community...

Are You Ready for Some Dreamforce?!

As an organization we like to provide as much useful and relevant information to the nonprofit community we serve. If you frequent our blog you will...

Adding it Up: Understanding Roll-Up Summary Fields

Roll-up summaries are a powerful tool within Salesforce to help you analyze your data without running a summary report. They can give you data specific to...

Tracking In-Kind Gifts in Salesforce

Let’s say you’re already tracking donations in Salesforce, and everything is going smoothly. But now a donor wants to make an in-kind gift to your organization....

Navigating NGO Connect Batch Upload

Though we’d all love for all vendors to have seamless integrations with Salesforce, the truth is some of the vendors nonprofits works with do not. When...

Make Those Moves and Track Them Too: Salesforce Moves Management

Moves management is the process of moving a prospective donor from cultivation to solicitation. Learn how your Salesforce database can provide an essential backbone for your...

What Can We Learn From the Health Care Community?

At Cloud for Good, we have our own version of what is called a M & M Conference in the healthcare industry (Morbidity and Mortality Conference-...

Data Management Tips for the Lone Wolf Admin

As a solo administrator, you’re a lone wolf, but it’s a big, dangerous world out there. The time to get smarter about managing your organization’s data...

Why Training is an Important Part of your User Adoption Strategy

Your Salesforce Journey I remember my first time walking through IKEA. It was magical. Every room was staged and decorated perfectly. Even their kitchen area inspired...

Nonprofit Cloud Keynote Highlights from Dreamforce 2018

Nonprofit Cloud Keynote Highlights from Dreamforce 2018 Nonprofit organizations are learning the power of connecting their fundraising, programs and marketing management. Salesforce.org noticed the impact on...

Education Cloud Highlights from Dreamforce 2018

#BREAKING – Education Cloud Highlights from Dreamforce 2018 Today at Dreamforce 2018, Salesforce.org kicked off the annual conference with a keynote on Education Cloud. With the sold-out...

The Future of Predictive Analytics in Higher Education

What is Predictive Analytics? We’ve all heard about artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and other forms of technology being the way of the future, but what does that mean...

See Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2018

The countdown to Dreamforce is on and Cloud for Good is excited to see you there! We love coming together with so many like-minded people from all over the country to celebrate...

Dreamforce 2018: Discovering the Nonprofit & Education Clouds

Salesforce has always shown strong support for nonprofit organizations with their 1-1-1 philanthropy model. Now they’ve taken their commitment to the next level by announcing the Nonprofit Cloud and Education Cloud. While we don’t...