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Five Ways Managed Services Can Improve User Engagement

By enhancing user experiences, providing tailored support, and driving continuous improvements, Managed Services fosters a culture of adoption within your organization that maximizes the value of...

Data Models and DeLoreans: How Salesforce Beats Microsoft in the Nonprofit Space

Microsoft can learn from the success of fellow technology giant Salesforce in creating a bold, powerful data model that has lived up to its name. Here’s...

The Future of Student Information Systems with Salesforce Education Cloud

Cloud for Good CEO and Founder Tal Frankfurt shares his thought leadership and expert insights on the future of Student Information Systems (SIS) with Salesforce Education...

What to Know About Data Segmentation and Activation in Salesforce Data Cloud for Direct Response

Here's what direct response customers should know about data segmentation, analytics, and activation within Salesforce Data Cloud for Direct Response and how to leverage them to...

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...

Salesforce Winter ’22 Release: What You Need to Know

In the Salesforce Winter ’22 Release, there are a number of intuitive new features, updates, and functionalities sure to benefit your Salesforce instance. Admins and Developers...

Leveraging Salesforce CRM for the University of Vermont Office of Research (OVPR)

Following the considerable success the University of Vermont (UVM) found using Salesforce Marketing and Service Cloud to safely and efficiently reopen their campus in the wake...

Dreamforce 2021 for the Nonprofit and Education Sectors: A Hybrid Experience

Dreamforce 2021 Some of our Goodies received an exclusive invitation to attend Dreamforce 2021 live in person! While this was undeniably exciting, it was also slightly...

Solving the Salesforce Talent Gap

Salesforce today is a much different company than it was when I first entered the ecosystem in 2005. I was what they call an “accidental admin”...

Save the Date: Giving Tuesday 2021

Giving Tuesday 2021 is just 60 days away, but don’t stress, if you haven’t started planning yet, you still have time. When is Giving Tuesday 2021?...

How Cloud for Good Gives Back To Our Communities

2020 was, by all accounts, a landmark year for Cloud for Good. Not only was it the company’s tenth anniversary, but it also marked the launch...