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The Great Migration_ Why Moving to Nonprofit Cloud is About More Than Data

The Great Migration: Why Moving to Nonprofit Cloud is About More Than Data

As nonprofits face rising expectations and increasing complexity, the move from NPSP to Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud marks a pivotal opportunity—one that transforms data into insight, modernizes
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Hope, Gratitude, and Impact_ Reflections on 2025 at Cloud for Good

Hope, Gratitude, and Impact: Reflections on 2025 at Cloud for Good

Celebrate a year of resilience, innovation, and community impact with Cloud for Good. This 2025 reflection highlights transformative client outcomes, advancements in AI-powered IP, expanded partnerships,
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7 Ways to Optimize Your End-of-Year Giving

7 Ways to Optimize Your End-of-Year Giving

Year-end giving is a major opportunity. With unified data, smart segmentation, and personalized outreach, nonprofits can boost donations and build lasting donor relationships.
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Reimagining the Grantmaking Experience on Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud

Reimagining the Grantmaking Experience on Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud

Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud for Grantmaking streamlines every stage of the grant lifecycle, empowering funders and grantees to focus on impact.
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Meet the Monsters of Fundraising and Discover How to Defeat Them

Meet the Monsters of Fundraising and Discover How to Defeat Them

The education keynote at Dreamforce 2025 unveiled groundbreaking announcements and innovations in Education Cloud and Agentforce from Salesforce. Here's what you need to know.
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Education Keynote at Dreamforce 2025_ What You Need to Know

Education Keynote at Dreamforce 2025: What You Need to Know

The education keynote at Dreamforce 2025 unveiled groundbreaking announcements and innovations in Education Cloud and Agentforce from Salesforce. Here's what you need to know.
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Nonprofit Keynote at Dreamforce 2025_ What You Need to Know

Nonprofit Keynote at Dreamforce 2025: What You Need to Know

At the nonprofit keynote at Dreamforce 2025, Cloud for Good and other nonprofit Trailblazers learned about some innovations and a name change for Nonprofit Cloud, and
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Public Sector Keynote at Dreamforce 2025_ What You Need to Know

Public Sector Keynote at Dreamforce 2025: What You Need to Know

The public sector keynote at Dreamforce 2025 unveiled a bold vision to help public sector organizations and government agencies meet their mandate with the launch of
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Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2025_ The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit, and Higher Education Sessions, Roundtables, and Events

Cloud for Good at Dreamforce 2025: The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit, and Higher Education Sessions, Roundtables, and Events

Cloud for Good has created a dynamic, immersive experience at Dreamforce 2025 designed to connect, educate, and inspire nonprofit, higher ed, and public sector Trailblazers.
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Education Cloud Summit_ Dreamforce2U

Education Cloud Summit: Dreamforce2U

Education Cloud Summit: Dreamforce2U Shaping the Future of Education with Salesforce Please save the date for this special event highlighting key updates from Dreamforce and upcoming

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Volunteer Management in Salesforce

Volunteer Management in Salesforce

There are a handful of Salesforce apps that specialize in volunteer management, three of which stood out for me; HandsOn Connect, Volunteers for Salesforce, and Skillanthropy.
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5 Ways to Get Staff on Board with Chatter

Learn how Kids Included Together implemented a social chatter approach across their organizations. Read more to learn about their 5 tips for keeping it social.
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You Can Do Anything With Salesforce

You Can Do Anything With Salesforce

Implementing Salesforce so that it can do “anything” requires leadership, capacity, and lots of expectations management. Learn why.
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Three Ways To Make Sure that Your Next Big Software Project Is A Success

Three Ways To Make Sure that Your Next Big Software Project Is A Success

Buying a new fundraising CRM or replacing your finance and HR systems are big investments with critical outcomes. How can you make sure that big software
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4.5 Great Ways to use Pinterest and Salesforce

4.5 Great Ways to use Pinterest and Salesforce

It hasn't exploded yet like the #askforce twitter channel, but it is gaining traction. Here are the top 5 ways Pinterest and Salesforce go together, like
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Why Integrations and Clean Manageable Data Help Change the World

Why Integrations and Clean Manageable Data Help Change the World

For your non-profit, nothing can be more helpful than good, clean data. How to can you do that? Capitalize on integrations.
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5 Key Items to Run a Successful Salesforce Implementation

5 Key Items to Run a Successful Salesforce Implementation

When implementing new technology into your organization or expanding your existing system, a little bit of planning can go a long way in ensuring the success
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Questions to Ask Before Your Next Data Migration

Questions to Ask Before Your Next Data Migration

If your nonprofit is considering a data migration in the near future, you can start planning now by asking some preliminary question.
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Security vs Convenience: Securing Your Salesforce Org

Security vs Convenience: Securing Your Salesforce Org

When implementing Salesforce, we rightly focus on designing the system; what data do we need to input and the reports and dashboards we want as output.
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3 Reasons to Start Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Now

3 Reasons to Start Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Now

There are a lot of factors that go into running a great peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. But before you delve into the planning phase, realizing its full
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How Culture Makes Cloud for Good a Great Place to Work- Cloud for Good

How Culture Makes Cloud for Good a Great Place to Work

Written by Cloud for Good Team Cloud for Good was recently recognized as one of the 2021 Best Small & Medium Workplaces™ by Great Place to

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Students working on laptops in a classroom. Text: SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF YOUR UNIVERSITY'S SALESFORCE ORG: GOVERNANCE

Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org: Leading Through Governance

Written by Cloud for Good Team In part one of our Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org blog series, we explored long-term maintenance and

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Sunsetting Luminate CRM: What Nonprofits Should Expect

Sunsetting Luminate CRM: What Nonprofits Should Expect

Written by Cloud for Good Team Cloud for Good recently hosted a virtual roundtable diving into the implications for nonprofit organizations as it relates to the

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How to Increase Conversion Rates Using Pardot- Cloud for Good

How to Increase Conversion Rates Using Pardot

Written by Cloud for Good Team Increasing website conversion rates is a perpetual priority for both higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations. Considering the massive investments

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Cloud for Good Honored as #2 on the 2021 list of 100 Best Small and Medium Places to Work in IT by IDG Insider Pro and Computerworld

Cloud for Good Honored as #2 on the 2021 list of 100 Best Small and Medium Places to Work in IT by IDG Insider Pro and Computerworld

Written by Cloud for Good Team July 12, 2021 [Asheville, NC] – IDG’s Insider Pro and Computerworld announce Cloud for Good as #2 on the 2021

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Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org: Staffing Recommendations

Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org: Staffing Recommendations

Written by Cloud for Good Team You’ve implemented Salesforce – Congratulations! This tool is a game-changer in elevating the advancement, recruitment and admissions, student success, communication,

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