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What Is My Salesforce Instance and When Will I Need It?

Written by Cloud for Good Team Much like knowing how many and what kind of licenses you have, whether you’re on Salesforce’s Sales or Service Cloud,

Empowering Latino Families with Hispanic Scholarship Fund + Salesforce: From Luminate CRM to Nonprofit Success Pack

Salesforce integrations have allowed the Hispanic Scholarship Fund to stay flexible and greatly enhance digital marketing capabilities.

Happy Holidays from Cloud for Good: Reflecting on 2020

Written by Cloud for Good Team Here at Cloud for Good, we pride ourselves on our ability to adapt and overcome any hurdle we might face.

Human Rights Watch: Migrating From Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce for a Global Fundraising Perspective

Human Rights Watch entered a partnership with Cloud for Good to leverage Salesforce and evolve past their previous Raiser’s Edge system.

The Latest NPSP Releases for Winter ’21

Written by Cloud for Good Team As you’re wrapping up end of the year fundraising campaigns and appeals, don’t forget to fine-tune your Salesforce org with

Using Marketing Cloud as a Lead Funnel Tool, Part 1

Written by Cloud for Good Team You are presumably reading this article because you are considering utilizing Marketing Cloud as a lead funnel (wow, article title

Recapping #GivingTuesday 2020 with Salesforce Social Studio

Written by Cloud for Good Team Giving Tuesday, a globally recognized day of giving, falls on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. In 2020, the day fell

Salesforce Announces Retirement of NGO Connect & Why You Should Be Excited

Written by Cloud for Good Team In January 2019, Salesforce made the decision to acquire roundCorner, bringing NGO Connect (NGOC), Foundation Connect, and roundData into their

Cloud for Good Accepted As A Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C Partner

Written by Cloud for Good Team December 1, 2020 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good, a certified B Corp and Salesforce.org 2020 Nonprofit Consulting Partner of

Happy Thanksgiving from Cloud for Good

Written by Cloud for Good Team Cloud for Good has much to be thankful for this year. Considering the challenges 2020 has thrown everyone’s way, we want to take a moment

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Email to Case – An Overview

In Salesforce, the Case Object is often used to track a constituent issue or problem that needs resolution. Just like anything else in Salesforce, it can

Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Dreamforce

I have been inspired by Dreamforce every year since 2005, so I decided to take the majority of the Cloud for Good team to Dreamforce this

Choosing the Right Email Provider for Your Salesforce

We reviewed the common email service providers who offer Salesforce integration including MyEmma, VerticalReponse, iContact, ExactTarget, and MailChimp.

Choosing Between the NPSP and Standard EE

When you apply for the Power of Us grant you need to select between two trial configurations the EE + NPSP (“Pre-configured for Donor Management”) or

Data Migration: Apsona for Salesforce

Apsona for Salesforce is another exceptionally useful ETL (Export Transform Load) app, with some unique advantages that make it an essential tool to keep in your

Winter 13 Release for Nonprofits – Sales Cloud

Winter ’13 has more surprises for us in the nonprofit community, the Sales Cloud are the ones aimed specifically at the development directors who help keep

How to Integrate Online Forms with Salesforce.com?

There are number of ways to integrate your online website forms with Salesforce. How do they compare? We did the leg work for you and below

Connecting the Clouds with Marketing Cloud Connect

The newest update of Marketing Cloud Connect allows organizations to seamlessly connect their constituent data from Salesforce CRM with the communication, automation, and analytics tools in

The Secret to A Successful Nonprofit EcoSystem

Integration is when your cloud apps can seamlessly share data between each other. When this happens, there is no need to log in and out of

Fundraising with Amazon Wish Lists

Does your nonprofit have a wish list of things they need donated? If you do then you’ll want to keep reading. It’s time to set up

Introducing the Salesforce Higher Education Data Architecture (HEDA)

Salesforce.org recently released a new tool for colleges and universities, the Higher Education Data Architecture (HEDA) package. HEDA aims to offer a core architecture package for

Come See Us at the Salesforce World Tour Boston

Written by Cloud for Good Team The Salesforce World Tour is rolling into Boston, Massachusetts next week on April 7, and several of our team members

5 Pitfalls To Avoid When You Integrate Salesforce and Accounting Apps

One of the most common integration requests from Salesforce users is syncing Salesforce with accounting apps likes Intacct, QuickBooks, and Xero. There is no shortage of

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Explore by Topic:

Industry

Topic / Function

Product / Service

What Is My Salesforce Instance and When Will I Need It?

Empowering Latino Families with Hispanic Scholarship Fund + Salesforce: From Luminate CRM to Nonprofit Success Pack

Happy Holidays from Cloud for Good: Reflecting on 2020

Human Rights Watch: Migrating From Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce for a Global Fundraising Perspective

The Latest NPSP Releases for Winter ’21

Using Marketing Cloud as a Lead Funnel Tool, Part 1

Recapping #GivingTuesday 2020 with Salesforce Social Studio

Salesforce Announces Retirement of NGO Connect & Why You Should Be Excited

Cloud for Good Accepted As A Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C Partner

Happy Thanksgiving from Cloud for Good

Latest Posts

Email to Case – An Overview

Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Dreamforce

Choosing the Right Email Provider for Your Salesforce

Choosing Between the NPSP and Standard EE

Data Migration: Apsona for Salesforce

Winter 13 Release for Nonprofits – Sales Cloud

How to Integrate Online Forms with Salesforce.com?

Connecting the Clouds with Marketing Cloud Connect

The Secret to A Successful Nonprofit EcoSystem

Fundraising with Amazon Wish Lists

Introducing the Salesforce Higher Education Data Architecture (HEDA)

Come See Us at the Salesforce World Tour Boston

5 Pitfalls To Avoid When You Integrate Salesforce and Accounting Apps