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Who is the Site Guest User?

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Your Nonprofit Needs a Technology Vision

Written by Cloud for Good Team Nonprofits are great at vision. It’s a strength of mission-driven organizations: picturing a better future comes naturally to the people

Common Pitfalls When Implementing Salesforce for Nonprofits: Custom Record Types

Creating a new, custom record type for everything is a mistake. Learn more about how to maximize your Salesforce investment while customizing only what you need.

Is the Fear of Failure Hurting Your Fundraising?

Fear is a powerful thing. The fear of failure is something that most people struggle with because nobody wants to fail. Learn how the fear of

PCI Compliance: Why You Should Know What This Means

The Payment Card Data Industry Security Standard - PCI Standard for short - is a baseline of technical and operational requirements to help you protect your

Cloud for Good is Sponsoring Circles of Success on July 13, 2016

We are excited to announce on July 13, 2016 Cloud for Good will be sponsoring the Salesforce Bay Area Nonprofit User Group Meeting for Circles of

Improvements to Your Salesforce – Documenting Database Changes

Making improvements to your Salesforce platform is a process. We have provided some best practices to help you establish clear database improvement policies for your organization.

Salesforce Analytics 101: Organizing Your Reports and Dashboards

Salesforce Analytics (reports and dashboards) are awesome tools to help you view and work with your data, as well as present your data to your supporters.

Content Builder Adds Pizazz to Marketing Cloud

Content Builder is Marketing Cloud’s new cross-channel content app. It’s been in beta for over a year and it will be fully released this July. If

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Tal Frankfurt Nominated to the Nonprofit Starter Pack Advisory Board

Cloud for Good has nominated its founder and CEO, Tal Frankfurt, to the Salesforce Foundation Nonprofit Starter Pack Advisory Board. Please vote for him today.

Recipes for Success: Salesforce and IFTTT

Automate Salesforce and Social Media with IFTTT. Work smarter, not harder by automating common tasks.

What Nonprofits Don’t Know About Salesforce Data Loss Can Hurt Them (And Their Mission)

What would happen to a nonprofit that uses Salesforce and loses donor information or program evaluation data? At best, it would mean a loss of team

We Are A Great Place to Work ®

Cloud for Good today was Reviewed by its employees and Great Place to Work®. The Review highlights what makes its workplace culture great in areas like

Just Do It! : Tips for Passing a Salesforce Certification Exam

I encourage everyone to take a certification exam. They are not only a stamp in your Salesforce passport, but they expose you to parts of Salesforce

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

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.

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Explore by Topic:

Industry

Topic / Function

Product / Service

Who is the Site Guest User?

Top 11 Salesforce Blog Posts You Should Read Again

Your Nonprofit Needs a Technology Vision

Common Pitfalls When Implementing Salesforce for Nonprofits: Custom Record Types

Is the Fear of Failure Hurting Your Fundraising?

PCI Compliance: Why You Should Know What This Means

Cloud for Good is Sponsoring Circles of Success on July 13, 2016

Improvements to Your Salesforce – Documenting Database Changes

Salesforce Analytics 101: Organizing Your Reports and Dashboards

Content Builder Adds Pizazz to Marketing Cloud

Latest Posts

Tal Frankfurt Nominated to the Nonprofit Starter Pack Advisory Board

Recipes for Success: Salesforce and IFTTT

What Nonprofits Don’t Know About Salesforce Data Loss Can Hurt Them (And Their Mission)

We Are A Great Place to Work ®

Just Do It! : Tips for Passing a Salesforce Certification Exam

Connections 2015: Bringing the Marketing Cloud to Nonprofits

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

Handling Donations Made via Third-Party Organizations

Are You Ready for Some Dreamforce?!

Adding it Up: Understanding Roll-Up Summary Fields

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

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

Salesforce Summer ’25 Release: What You Need to Know

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

7 Key Advancement Insights From CASE Drive 2025

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