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Increasing Engagement Across the Student Lifecycle with Marketing Cloud

Increasing Engagement Across the Student Lifecycle with Marketing Cloud

Learn how two Marketing Cloud products are helping institutions greatly increase engagement across the student lifecycle.
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Salesforce for Associations: Building Relationships That Drive Change

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce is the platform of choice for over 150K companies worldwide. This is because the technology helps empower users to

Using Salesforce to Increase Engagement with Hillel International - Cloud for Good

Using Salesforce to Increase Engagement with Hillel International

Cloud for Good has helped Hillel International increase engagement and online giving by 500% over the past five years.
Marketing Cloud GPT, Data Cloud Updates, and the Future of Open AI from Connections 2023

Marketing Cloud GPT, Data Cloud Updates, and the Future of Open AI from Connections 2023

Salesforce Connections 2023 is the marketing and commerce learning event of the year for customer-first innovation. Here are our takeaways.
Real-Time Data Integration with Cloud for Good’s MuleSoft Services

Real-Time Data Integration with Cloud for Good’s MuleSoft Services

Cloud for Good is the go-to partner for designing and implementing MuleSoft solutions for nonprofits and higher education institutions.
Meet the New Nonprofit Cloud: Session Overviews From the New York World Tour

Meet the New Nonprofit Cloud: Session Overviews From the New York World Tour

Salesforce held the first official session on the new vision for Nonprofit Cloud during the New York World Tour. Here are our takeaways.
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How Einstein GPT Creates Impact for Nonprofits and Higher Education

Salesforce recently announced the launch of Einstein GPT, the world's first generative AI designed specifically for CRMs.

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Where Is My Salesforce Data?- Cloud for Good

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- Cloud for Good

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- Cloud for Good

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- Cloud for Good

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

Salesforce Peer-to-Peer Fundraising E-Book

Written by Cloud for Good Team Cloud for Good is proud to release the first edition of our Salesforce Peer-to-Peer Fundraising E-Book. Our E-Book provides an

Why CRM Implementations Fail and How to Avoid It- Cloud for Good

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

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

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
What You Should Do Before an Enterprise-Wide CRM Implementation - Cloud for Good

What You Should Do Before an Enterprise-Wide CRM Implementation

Implementing a constituent relationship management (CRM) application can be a difficult project for organizations with multiple large complex departments. An assessment of the organization's CRM strategy,
Recovering from Dreamforce - Cloud for Good

Recovering from Dreamforce

Dreamforce 2013 is over. In theory, you've bodily recovered from the walking, talking, learning, and partying. Now what? How can you best leverage all the stuff
Do You Know How to ERD?

Do You Know How to ERD?

Written by Cloud for Good Team First, let’s break down that scary little acronym: ERD = Entity Relationship Diagram. Still sound too techy? How about this:

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Salesforce for Global Nonprofits

Much like their for-profit counterparts, Nonprofits and NGO’s also reach across international borders in order to run their programs, connect with their constituents, and raise resources.
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Finding a Trusted Advisor

When you hire a consultant to help you with your Salesforce implementation, you’re hiring them because you have a problem you need help with whether it
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How Nonprofits Can Get Past Technology Culture Shock

We are in the midst of a major technology revolution and succeeding in this revolution does not mean consuming additional technology, or as many of our
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MS Excel Tools for Salesforce

As a Salesforce Admin, you have to be responsible for creating Salesforce data, maintaining that data and even extracting it so it can be analyzed and
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Tahoe Dreamin’ –  The Advent of User Group Led Conferences

I had the pleasure of attending Tahoe Dreamin' – a Sacramento User Group sponsored event that took place at Lake Tahoe. This event was a jammed