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Don’t Get Spooked by Salesforce Data Security

The term “data security” can be frightening for many people, especially solo admins! However, never fear, by double-checking and enabling a few features, the worry over

How Academic Institutions Are Reducing Expenses With Cross-Institution Collaboration

NOTE: This blog was originally posted on Forbes. Read it here. Ask any academic institution what its top concern is this year, and you’ll probably hear something along

Budget Planning Season is Underway – Remember to Leave Room for Technology

Planning Your Budget Nonprofits do a great job at budgeting for fixed operating costs, such as personnel (salaries and benefits), office expenses (rent and utilities) and program costs (supplies and materials). More often than not, technology

Cloud for Good Ranks on Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in IT List as the #1 Small Business

Written by Cloud for Good Team June 18, 2019 [Asheville, NC] – IDG’s Computerworld announces Cloud for Good, a leading technology consulting firm for nonprofit and

7 Salesforce Implementation Best Practices Tips

Are you looking to make the move to a new CRM, yet don’t know where to begin? Are you feeling overwhelmed or perhaps finding the transition

Cloud for Good Becomes Global Premium Partner in Nonprofit & Higher Education

Written by Cloud for Good Team April 11, 2019 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good has announced that it has become a Salesforce.org Premium Partner in

7 Ways to Love on Your Donors

Winter is defrosting and love is in the air. What better way to shake-off hibernation season by embracing your donors with the warmth of love and

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

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?

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

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Using Salesforce for Performance Monitoring and Program Evaluation

Salesforce can be a powerful tool that can enable an effectively implemented evaluation. However, there are ways to use Salesforce for program evaluation successfully, and some

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

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

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;

Roll Up Your ROI with Campaign Hierarchies

Campaign Hierarchies use the Parent Campaign field to link any number of child campaigns to a single parent campaign. We provide step-by-step instructions to help you

Take Note! Migrating Notes to New Content Notes in Salesforce

The Notes & Attachments related list is on the way out. Content Notes and Files will replace these features, and both have major advantages over the

How Businesses Must Adapt to a 21st Century Workforce

This post was originally published on the Salesforce blog. From self-driving cars to personalized marketing journeys, the world is changing and it is changing fast. In many

Why Chatter is Great for Nonprofits

Chatter is a social networking tool that lives inside Salesforce and helps people collaborate with colleagues. Here are some ideas for how you can start using

Pre-Checking: Good for Baggage, Bad for Email Opt-In

In the case of email opting-in, it pays to hold off on pre-checking any opt-in actions. The theory behind this restraint is that constituents should take

Salesforce Analytics 101: Report Types

When you’re creating a Salesforce report, the first thing you have to choose, before you even get to the report builder, is the Report Type. The

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Explore by Topic:

Industry

Topic / Function

Product / Service

Don’t Get Spooked by Salesforce Data Security

How Academic Institutions Are Reducing Expenses With Cross-Institution Collaboration

Budget Planning Season is Underway – Remember to Leave Room for Technology

Cloud for Good Ranks on Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in IT List as the #1 Small Business

7 Salesforce Implementation Best Practices Tips

Cloud for Good Becomes Global Premium Partner in Nonprofit & Higher Education

7 Ways to Love on Your Donors

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

Making the Most of Your End-User Training

Is Your Food Bank Ready to Leverage Salesforce?

Latest Posts

Using Salesforce for Performance Monitoring and Program Evaluation

Idealware Report: The Landscape of Salesforce for Nonprofits

Salesforce Peer to Peer Fundraising: Click and Pledge

Where Is My Salesforce Data?!

You CAN Do It: Moving Metadata Between Production Instances

Why a System Administrator Profile Is Not For Everyone

Using Field Trip App to Clean Up Your Salesforce Instance

Salesforce Peer-to-Peer Fundraising E-Book

Why CRM Implementations Fail and How to Avoid It

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

Roll Up Your ROI with Campaign Hierarchies

Take Note! Migrating Notes to New Content Notes in Salesforce

How Businesses Must Adapt to a 21st Century Workforce

Why Chatter is Great for Nonprofits

Pre-Checking: Good for Baggage, Bad for Email Opt-In

Salesforce Analytics 101: Report Types