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Idealware Report: The Landscape of Salesforce for Nonprofits

When our friends at Idealware approached us with their plans to research and write a new report, The Landscape of Salesforce for Nonprofits: A Report on...

Salesforce Peer to Peer Fundraising: Click and Pledge

Click & Pledge has pioneered the trend toward individual “peer-to-peer” fundraising. Watch this webinar to learn about their Salesforce integration....

Where Is My Salesforce Data?!

One of the most common complaints on the various forums that serve the nonprofit community is that data has somehow either mysteriously disappeared, or that it...

You CAN Do It: Moving Metadata Between Production Instances

When implementing a new Salesforce instance from an existing one, sometimes it’s not just the data you need to move. It’s the heavy stuff: Metadata. Without...

Why a System Administrator Profile Is Not For Everyone

Before assigning the System Administrator profile to a user, think carefully about the power and responsibility you are conveying on that user and try to right-size...

Using Field Trip App to Clean Up Your Salesforce Instance

So how do you go about identifying fields that are underutilized? The folks at Qandor developed a great app called Field Trip that is perfect for...

Salesforce Peer-to-Peer Fundraising E-Book

Cloud for Good is proud to release the first edition of our Salesforce Peer-to-Peer Fundraising E-Book. Our E-Book provides an overview of current solutions available to...

Why CRM Implementations Fail and How to Avoid It

Know that the clearer your vision, the more ready, supportive of, and willing for change, and the more you understand your own desired outcomes and metrics,...

Make it Flatter with Chatter: 5 Ways to Break Down Organizational Silos

Breaking down organizational silos sounds easy. Any Internet search will yield articles with advice, most of which boils down to improving your communication: Share information widely;...

Avoiding Growing Pains Through Good Governance

When working with Salesforce.com (or any system for that matter), following the principles of good governance can make life easier for administrators and users alike by...

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...