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Have a Salesforce Question? The Hub May Have the Answer!

Have a Salesforce Question? The Hub May Have the Answer!

The Power of Us Hub is a valuable resource for any Salesforce user where one can find articles, groups, ask questions, and lots more to help
Handling Donations Made via Third-Party Organizations

Handling Donations Made via Third-Party Organizations

It is common for nonprofit organizations to receive gifts from donors made through third-party organizations. These third party organizations might be the United Way, a community
Are You Ready for Some Dreamforce?

Are You Ready for Some Dreamforce?!

As an organization we like to provide as much useful and relevant information to the nonprofit community we serve. If you frequent our blog you will
Adding it Up: Understanding Roll-Up Summary Fields

Adding it Up: Understanding Roll-Up Summary Fields

Roll-up summaries are a powerful tool within Salesforce to help you analyze your data without running a summary report. They can give you data specific to
Tracking In-Kind Gifts in Salesforce

Tracking In-Kind Gifts in Salesforce

Let’s say you’re already tracking donations in Salesforce, and everything is going smoothly. But now a donor wants to make an in-kind gift to your organization.
Navigating NGO Connect Batch Upload

Navigating NGO Connect Batch Upload

Though we’d all love for all vendors to have seamless integrations with Salesforce, the truth is some of the vendors nonprofits works with do not. When
Make Those Moves and Track Them Too: Salesforce Moves Management

Make Those Moves and Track Them Too: Salesforce Moves Management

Moves management is the process of moving a prospective donor from cultivation to solicitation. Learn how your Salesforce database can provide an essential backbone for your
What Can We Learn From the Health Care Community?- Cloud for Good

What Can We Learn From the Health Care Community?

At Cloud for Good, we have our own version of what is called a M & M Conference in the healthcare industry (Morbidity and Mortality Conference-
Data Management Tips for the Lone Wolf Admin- Cloud for Good

Data Management Tips for the Lone Wolf Admin

As a solo administrator, you’re a lone wolf, but it’s a big, dangerous world out there. The time to get smarter about managing your organization’s data
#NPForce Tweet Chat

#NPForce Tweet Chat

The #NPForce chat will provide a chance to network and grow your knowledge of how nonprofit organizations are using Salesforce. Join us on April 23rd.

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The Power of US Hub - Cloud for Good

The Power of US Hub

Are you sometimes confused about where to go to get the answers you need in using Salesforce at your nonprofit? As you may have discovered there
Cloud for Good Goes to Washington for NTC14 - Cloud for Good

Cloud for Good Goes to Washington for NTC14

It’s that time of year everyone - the Nonprofit Technology Network has opened up voting for proposed sessions at the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference. We at
Email to Case - An Overview - Cloud for Good

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

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 - Cloud for Good

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 - Cloud for Good

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- Cloud for Good

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

Reporting Calculus with Analytic Snapshots

One of my esteemed clients recently asked me whether they could track attendance in their Saturday classes over a semester or a school year. They wanted

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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

Consultant vs. Volunteer Help with Salesforce?

Salesforce.com generously donates their top grade—Enterprise—version of the application to nonprofits. Nonprofits get ten licenses and for many organizations, that is more than enough to make

The User Experience Differences Between Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud and Raiser’s Edge

The User Experience Differences Between Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud and Raiser’s Edge

The ability to deliver great user experiences is one of the strengths of Salesforce’s Nonprofit Cloud that makes it vastly superior to Blackbaud brand fundraising solutions
Agentforce for Nonprofits and Higher Education_ What You Need to Know

Agentforce for Nonprofits and Higher Education: What You Need to Know

Here are our first impressions and thoughts about Agentforce, Salesforce's newest suite of autonomous, more advanced, accurate, and intelligent AI agents, how it works, and its
Celebrating What Makes Cloud for Good a Great Place to Work on National Certification Day

Celebrating What Makes Cloud for Good a Great Place to Work on National Certification Day

Written by Cloud for Good Team Today is Certification Nation Day, and for its tenth consecutive year Cloud for Good was recognized as a Great Place To

CFG2024_Blog_NPSP-to-Salesforce-Nonprofit-Cloud-Understand-the-Impact-of-Your-Data

Considerations for Migrating from NPSP to Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud: Understand the Impact of Your Data

Written by Cloud for Good Team Another new iPhone model has arrived, and for many of us that means switching over all our data, applications, and

OPM or (N)OPM? How Salesforce Can Transform Your Approach to Online Program Management

OPM or (N)OPM? How Salesforce Can Transform Your Approach to Online Program Management

Written by Cloud for Good Team To OPM? Or n(O)PM? That is the question. No, that wasn’t the question that made it into Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet, but

Dreamforce 2024_ Nonprofit Keynote Highlights_ Amplifying Your Mission and Impact with AI

Dreamforce 2024: Nonprofit Keynote Highlights: Amplifying Your Mission and Impact with AI

The Cloud for Good team at Salesforce’s highly-anticipated Dreamforce 2024 conference unpack the key insights, highlights, and product innovations on AI, data, and Nonprofit Cloud from