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What to Expect from the Summer '21 Release-blog- Cloud for Good

What to Expect from the Summer ’21 Release

Written by Cloud for Good Team There are several new, exciting tools for Salesforce Administrators in the Salesforce Summer ’21 Release, such as Learning Paths and

Recapping the First Salesforce Nonprofit Summit Sessions- blog- Cloud for Good

Recapping the First Salesforce Nonprofit Summit Sessions

Written by Cloud for Good Team On April 21, 2021, Salesforce.org brought together an international Nonprofit Community for the very first Nonprofit Summit.  Held virtually, this

Inferring Gender for Personalized Ads on Social Media- blog- Cloud for Good

Inferring Gender for Personalized Ads on Social Media

Written by Cloud for Good Team As a frequent Salesforce Social Studio user, I often find myself exploring the new avenues that the tool offers. While

What Can Salesforce Do For Nonprofits?- blog- Cloud for Good

What Can Salesforce Do For Nonprofits?

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce brings over 150K companies and their customers together through the power of connective technology.  There have been great blogs and videos released explaining how the

Keeping Your Data Safe: Protecting HIPAA with Salesforce- blog- Cloud for Good

Keeping Your Data Safe: Protecting HIPAA with Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team Before my time at Cloud for Good, I worked for a medical transcription company as a Microsoft Network Administrator.  Soon

Cloud for Good Announces New Education Accelerators for Advancement and Recruiting & Admissions

Cloud for Good Announces New Education Accelerators for Advancement and Recruiting & Admissions

Written by Cloud for Good Team March 23, 2021 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good recently unveiled their latest technology offerings to the education sector with

Creating Actionable Data with Cloud for Good’s Advancement Accelerator

Creating Actionable Data with Cloud for Good’s Advancement Accelerator

Written by Cloud for Good Team In a previously published blog, The Complete Picture of Alumni and Donors with Cloud for Good’s Advancement Accelerator, we showed

How to Get the Most Out of Salesforce's Nonprofit Summit- blog- Cloud for Good

How to Get the Most Out of Salesforce’s Nonprofit Summit

Written by Cloud for Good Team The first-ever Salesforce Nonprofit Summit is almost a month away! Below are some details on how you can join the amazing speakers, an inspiring

Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Admissions Connect

Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Admissions Connect

Written by Cloud for Good Team Admissions Connect is a comprehensive new tool from Salesforce.org poised to transform the way recruiting and admissions departments engage with

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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
Thank You Letters: Leveraging Donation Split & Conga Composer - Cloud for Good

Thank You Letters: Leveraging Donation Split & Conga Composer

How are you currently generating thank you letters for your donations? More importantly, how can you generate a thank you letter from a donor that has
The Ethical Consultant - Cloud for Good

The Ethical Consultant

I got into a discussion with a client recently about ethical consulting. I’ve had this discussion with colleagues, co-workers, friends and mentors through the years, but
Going to Dreamforce? Let's Meet! -Cloud for Good

Going to Dreamforce? Let’s Meet!

Are you going to Dreamforce? Let's schedule a time to meet!
Don't Be a Fish Out of Water: Preparing for a Salesforce Migration - Cloud for Good

Don’t Be a Fish Out of Water: Preparing for a Salesforce Migration

Each Salesforce organization is housed at one of Salesforce’s data centers. Salesforce calls these groupings of clients instances and it is a good practice as a

Winter ’14 Release: My Favorite Features for Nonprofits

Check out Trish Perkins top new features in the Salesforce Winter '14 release.
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Audit Trail – A Hidden Gem

The Audit Trail helps you track the recent Setup changes that you and other administrators have made to your organization. Learn more.
Salesforce Administrators and Puppies - Cloud for Good

Salesforce Administrators and Puppies

Too often, in my experience, I’ve had clients treat a Salesforce implementation as a discrete moment in time: “We wanted Salesforce, we got Salesforce, we have
The Future is Now: Taking your Chatter Publisher Actions Mobile - Cloud for Good

The Future is Now: Taking your Chatter Publisher Actions Mobile

Chatter Publisher Publisher actions allow you to perform simple tasks such as creating child records from within the record’s Chatter feed. Read more about publisher.
To CRM or not to CRM: Is that the question? - Cloud for Good

To CRM or not to CRM: Is that the question?

When evaluating your needs and choosing to implement a CRM solution, I recommend starting by asking the five W’s: Who, What, Where, When and Why.
Cloud for Good Named a Great Place to Work® for 5th Year

Cloud for Good Named a Great Place to Work® for 5th Year

Written by Cloud for Good Team  Asheville, North Carolina – January 28, 2019 – Cloud for Good has again earned Great Place to Work Certification for

Making the Most of Your End-User Training

Making the Most of Your End-User Training

Written by Cloud for Good Team If you are responsible for coordinating your organization’s Salesforce User training, you’ve probably already read many articles, including from our

Is Your Food Bank Ready to Leverage Salesforce?

Is Your Food Bank Ready to Leverage Salesforce?

Written by Cloud for Good Team The Hunger Problem In America, 1 in 6 individuals struggle to put food on their tables. This isn’t because we’re

Salesforce.Org Acquired roundCorner, What’s Next?

Salesforce.Org Acquired roundCorner, What’s Next?

Written by Cloud for Good Team Nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions continue to choose Salesforce to manage their programs, admission, fundraising, marketing and everything in

Cloud for Good Secures Spot on 100 Top Impact Companies 

Cloud for Good Secures Spot on 100 Top Impact Companies 

Written by Cloud for Good Team Asheville, NC, January 8, 2019 – on January 7, Cloud for Good was ranked 51 on Real Leaders, Big Path

What Does GDPR Mean For U.S.-Based Nonprofits?

What Does GDPR Mean For U.S.-Based Nonprofits?

Written by Cloud for Good Team NOTE: This blog was originally posted on Forbes. Read it here. It has been on the top of news feeds for