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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....

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....

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...

Developing a High-Quality Salesforce Solution

Salesforce makes it simple to quickly create useful solutions for your business. “Modify your database schema - no DBA required!” “Clicks - not code!” “Become an...

Wrapping Up NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference with Radian6

NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) took place March 13 through the 15th. Using Salesforce Radian6 we took a look at the conversations happening around the 2014...

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Isn’t Scary!

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is process of verifying that a solution works for the user. The solution, in this case, is Salesforce and the processes we've...

5 Ways to Make it Easy for People to Fill Out Your Form (And Decrease the Dropout Rate)

Your forms should be easy to understand. A cluttered layout and vague language are just some of the hurdles that could trip up your respondents. Here's...

Life After Raiser’s Edge

While Raiser’s Edge is still one of the most common fundraising solutions for nonprofit organizations, it is about time to say out loud what our clients...

Preparing for Your Data Import: Some Useful Excel Tips and Tricks

Data migration is often referred as the most painful part of the implementation process. This blog post includes many tips and tricks for cleaning your data...

Using Salesforce for Performance Monitoring and Program Evaluation

Salesforce can be a powerful tool that can enable an effectively implemented evaluation. However, there are ways to use Salesforce for program evaluation successfully, and some...

A Recap of Dreamforce 2015 – Day 2

DREAMFORCE: DAY TWO Another day has come and gone, and we are at the halfway mark of the 2015 edition of Dreamforce! The lineups seemed to...

A Recap of Dreamforce 2015 – Day 1

Day one is coming to a wrap here at Dreamforce 2015, and what a day it has been! Many (including the Cloud for Good team) were...

Simplify Salesforce Requirements Gathering with Use Cases

Defining system requirements and grouping them into a usable format is often a daunting task, but is a key component to successful Salesforce implementation. Utilizing use...

5 Thoughts about Salesforce Lightning Experience

The Salesforce universe was introduced to the Salesforce Lightning Experience, a gigantic change encompassing the framework, design, administration and use of Salesforce. Here are five key...

NPSP 3.0 Feature Overview

The Nonprofit Starter Pack 3.0 (NPSP 3.0) is a set of managed packages installed on Salesforce to customize the platform for some common nonprofit use cases....

Meet Us at Dreamforce

Meet with us at Dreamforce. We will have Cloud for Good team members presenting at multiple sessions discussing great Salesforce topics. We can't wait to see...