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Why Organizations Must Continue AI Investment Despite Budget Pressures

This guest blog by Applied AI expert James Villarrublia examines a fundamental shift happening in our workforce that encourages organizations to continue investing in AI amid...

AI Agents in Education: Highlights of the Education Summit 2025 Keynote

The Education Summit 2025 Keynote opened our eyes to all the innovations and ways the higher education space can use AI agents and Agentforce to empower...

3 Ways Cloud for Good Managed Services Empower Salesforce Administrators

Here are three ways Cloud for Good's Managed Services offering empowers Salesforce admins....

Visionary CIOs Shaping the Future of Nonprofit and Education: Highlights of Cloud for Good’s CIO for Good Summit in New York City

We kicked off 2025 with our CIO for Good Summit in New York City. The summit is the second of its kind, following in the heels...

Preparing Your Salesforce Environment for AI in 2025 with Managed Services

If using AI in Salesforce to elevate your organization’s impact and workflows is a goal you want to accomplish in 2025, here are the key steps...

Data Cloud for Education: Creating Meaningful Relationships Across the Student Lifecycle

Many innovative and modern technology solutions for the education industry are available today that higher education institutions can utilize to unify, unlock, and bring meaning to...

Where to Find Cloud for Good at Education Summit 2025

If meeting and connecting with Cloud for Good at Education Summit 2025 is a top priority on your agenda, here are all the industry events, customer...

Celebrating 15 Years of Cloud for Good

To celebrate 15 years of Cloud for Good, we’re taking a look at a collection of numbers and stories (fifteen of them in total) to reflect...

CARE + Cloud for Good: A Trusted Long-Term Partnership in Technology Transformation

Cloud for Good has been privileged to build a strong longstanding relationship with CARE and be CARE’s trusted partner on technology needs, support its long-term success...

Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Salesforce Data Cloud for Direct Response Customers

For years, nonprofits have relied on data warehouses to manage the large volumes of data required for effective direct mail campaigns, but now Salesforce has us...

Lessons Learned from Giving Tuesday: Maximize Your Success with Omnichannel Marketing Best Practices

In this blog, we’ll explore how to create and deliver standout Giving Tuesday marketing campaigns that boost donor engagement and maximize Giving Tuesday fundraiser results with...

The User Experience Differences Between Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud and Raiser’s Edge

The ability to deliver great user experiences is one of the strengths of Salesforce’s Nonprofit Cloud that makes it vastly superior to Blackbaud brand fundraising solutions...

Agentforce for Nonprofits and Higher Education: What You Need to Know

Here are our first impressions and thoughts about Agentforce, Salesforce's newest suite of autonomous, more advanced, accurate, and intelligent AI agents, how it works, and its...

Dreamforce 2024: Nonprofit Keynote Highlights: Amplifying Your Mission and Impact with AI

The Cloud for Good team at Salesforce’s highly-anticipated Dreamforce 2024 conference unpack the key insights, highlights, and product innovations on AI, data, and Nonprofit Cloud from...

Dreamforce 2024: Education Keynote Highlights: Elevate Every Education Journey with AI + Data + Action

The Cloud for Good team at Salesforce's highly-anticipated Dreamforce 2024 conference unpack the key insights, highlights, and product innovations on AI, data, and Education Cloud from...

Highlights from the CASE Summit for Leaders in Advancement

Jordan Sites shares the highlights of the 2024 CASE Summit for Leaders in Advancement, where the Cloud for Good team and other advancement leaders learned, connected,...