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Nonprofit Starter Pack 3.0 – It’s Come a Long Way Baby

Nonprofit Starter Pack - where its been and where it is going and why you should consider upgrading to the soon to be released Version 3.0....

Celebrating the You in Community: Why Salesforce Just Does It Better

You are the Community that sets Salesforce apart as a an exceptional customer company. Don't believe me? See how your involvement makes the product grow....

Click & Pledge Event Management

Many nonprofits hold fundraising events as a way of generating awareness deepening constituent engagement and, of course, raising money. Events take a lot of planning, hard...

Make it Awesome: Salesforce and Eventbrite

Eventbrite is an ideal solution for nonprofit events. So why do nonprofit orgs with Salesforce shy away from it? Here's four ways to make it awesome....

Work.com: Time for Another Look

One of the biggest obstacles to using Work.com to effectively manage goals was that it wasn’t integrated with Salesforce.com, so there was no automated way to...

Salesforce Scheduled Unit Tests

One of the simplest steps you can take to maintain the integrity of your Salesforce data is to implement automated unit tests. The up-front work is...

Investing in Salesforce Success

Roll out is often considered the end of a software or systems project, but the end of every Salesforce project is really just the beginning. Investing...

The 360 on roundCause

Even on a powerful platform like Salesforce, we’ve all had moments where we need a little bit more. Maybe your nonprofit is using the Non-Profit Starter...

Let it Flow: Salesforce Visual Flows

A simple, streamlined process can improve data quality and reduce user frustration. Visual Flows are a powerful tool for streamlining and simplifying data entry. After you...

The Evils of Multi-Select Picklists in Salesforce

None of us likes to limit our choices if we don’t have to, so on its surface Salesforce’s multi-select picklist (MSP) seems like a great field...

Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Raiser’s Edge – And Here’s Why

Over the last decade Cloud for Good worked with hundreds of higher education and nonprofit organizations, completing over 2,000 projects. Many of these projects have been...

Cloud for Good Ranks on Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in IT List as the #1 Small Business

June 18, 2019 [Asheville, NC] – IDG’s Computerworld announces Cloud for Good, a leading technology consulting firm for nonprofit and higher education institutions, as a 2019...

Cloud for Good Becomes Global Premium Partner in Nonprofit & Higher Education

April 11, 2019 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good has announced that it has become a Salesforce.org Premium Partner in North America under the Nonprofit and...

Cloud for Good Named a Great Place to Work® for 5th Year

Asheville, North Carolina – January 28, 2019 – Cloud for Good has again earned Great Place to Work Certification for the 5th year in a...

Making the Most of Your End-User Training

If you are responsible for coordinating your organization’s Salesforce User training, you’ve probably already read many articles, including from our own Cloud for Good blog, that...

Is Your Food Bank Ready to Leverage Salesforce?

The Hunger Problem In America, 1 in 6 individuals struggle to put food on their tables. This isn’t because we’re facing a lack of food, but...