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Salesforce Foundation Higher Education Summit 2015

Salesforce Foundation Higher Education Summit 2015

Last week I had the pleasure of participating in the 3rd annual Salesforce Higher Education Summit at the University of Miami. I was joined by our...
Migrating from Common Ground to NGO Connect: Tips for Migration

Migrating from Common Ground to NGO Connect: Tips for Migration

Switching between two systems is always a tough process. The data migration, getting used to something new, having to change the way you and your team...
Talk To Your Data

Talk To Your Data

Every day there should be a conversation that happens between you and the data inside of your Salesforce instance. Starting that conversation is not always easy...
Top 5 Chrome Extensions for Salesforce Administrators

Top 5 Chrome Extensions for Salesforce Administrators

If you’re a Salesforce admin or power user, listen up! There are some great community-developed Chrome extensions meant specifically to enhance the Salesforce user experience. Have...
Making it Seamless: Autolaunched Flows and Custom Settings

Making it Seamless: Autolaunched Flows and Custom Settings

How autolaunched flows can help your users, and how you can combine them with custom settings to make your life as an administrator easier....
Top 10 Single Largest Nonprofit Fundraising Events of 2014

Top 10 Single Largest Nonprofit Fundraising Events of 2014

Last year, Rallybound produced their inaugural infographic: Top 10 Single Largest Nonprofit Fundraising Events. In keeping with this tradition, they have recently released their new infographic...
Target Your Constituents with the Right Message at the Right Time

Target Your Constituents with the Right Message at the Right Time

Automate your email, mobile, and social marketing to ensure you reach the right people in your network with the right messaging at the right time to...
My Favorite Things: Apsona for Salesforce

My Favorite Things: Apsona for Salesforce

Apsona for Salesforce is an app available on the AppExchange.  It is a supplement to your existing Salesforce that significantly expands your ability to work with your...

Where Are We Growing and How Are We Going to Get There? You Need a Roadmap.

Where Are We Growing and How Are We Going to Get There? You Need a Roadmap.

Implementing a roadmap helps us to properly set expectations and follow a strategic path in order to get to those places we are growing. Here are...
Publish or Perish: The Promise and Pitfalls of Publisher Actions

Publish or Perish: The Promise and Pitfalls of Publisher Actions

Using the Salesforce Publisher Actions can help speed up how your users enter data, all while keeping it clean. Be careful, though--you'll want to think your...
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Recapping the 1st Annual Higher Education Dreamin’

On January 27, the Salesforce.org Higher Education Advisory Council put on the first-ever Higher Education Dreamin’ virtual conference....

Nick LaGarde, Director, Professional Services

The Cloud Team SEE HOW CLOUD FOR GOOD CAN HELP YOU CREATE MORE VALUE WITH SALESFORCE. Nick Lagarde, director, professional services Vancouver, British Columbia Nick enjoys...

Graham Nelson, Director of Managed Services

The Cloud Team SEE HOW CLOUD FOR GOOD CAN HELP YOU CREATE MORE VALUE WITH SALESFORCE. Graham nelson, director, managed services Vicotria, British Columbia As a...

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What is Salesforce Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)?

The new multi-factor authentication requirement for internal Salesforce users goes into effect on 2/1/22. Here's all you need to know......
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Meet The First Talent For Good Cohort

We are thrilled to formally introduce the first Talent for Good cohort on January 31, 2022. The first cohort consists of fifteen individuals who will spearhead...
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Why Salesforce Outpaces the Marketing Automation Competition

There is a multitude of marketing automation tools on the market today, but none come more highly recommended from Cloud for Good than Salesforce Marketing Cloud....