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The Evils of Multi-Select Picklists in Salesforce

None of us likes to limit our choices if we don’t have to, so on its surface Salesforce’s multi-select picklist (MSP) seems like a great field
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Apsona Mail Merge for Salesforce

Apsona Mail Merge for Salesforce

Running monthly or yearly statements for your households can be a daunting task, from creating a report in your Salesforce instance --to exporting the data to
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4 Steps to Integrate Social Media Into Your Campaigns

4 Steps to Integrate Social Media Into Your Campaigns

4 Steps to Integrating Social Media into Successful Campaigns, is a helpful guide for understanding and using social media to meet your campaign goals.
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Salesforce Sandbox and How To Use It

Salesforce Sandbox and How To Use It

Who doesn’t like the idea of a sandbox? You can get creative, get dirty, and get better at what you’re looking to accomplish. Salesforce has some
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Volunteer Management in Salesforce

Volunteer Management in Salesforce

There are a handful of Salesforce apps that specialize in volunteer management, three of which stood out for me; HandsOn Connect, Volunteers for Salesforce, and Skillanthropy.
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5 Ways to Get Staff on Board with Chatter

Learn how Kids Included Together implemented a social chatter approach across their organizations. Read more to learn about their 5 tips for keeping it social.
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You Can Do Anything With Salesforce

You Can Do Anything With Salesforce

Implementing Salesforce so that it can do “anything” requires leadership, capacity, and lots of expectations management. Learn why.
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Three Ways To Make Sure that Your Next Big Software Project Is A Success

Three Ways To Make Sure that Your Next Big Software Project Is A Success

Buying a new fundraising CRM or replacing your finance and HR systems are big investments with critical outcomes. How can you make sure that big software
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4.5 Great Ways to use Pinterest and Salesforce

4.5 Great Ways to use Pinterest and Salesforce

It hasn't exploded yet like the #askforce twitter channel, but it is gaining traction. Here are the top 5 ways Pinterest and Salesforce go together, like
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Why Integrations and Clean Manageable Data Help Change the World

Why Integrations and Clean Manageable Data Help Change the World

For your non-profit, nothing can be more helpful than good, clean data. How to can you do that? Capitalize on integrations.
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CRM is Exactly What Your Nonprofit Needs

I recently had a conversation with a colleague about the advantages and disadvantages of using a constituent relationship management (CRM) system such as Salesforce to manage

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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
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Salesforce Agentforce for Government

Salesforce Agentforce for Government: The AI Layer That Is Redefining State and Local Service Delivery 

Stop making residents wait for simple status updates. See how Cloud for Good deploys Salesforce Agentforce to resolve constituent inquiries 24/7, flag incomplete applications, and free
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Before Your AI Investment Pays Off,

Before Your AI Investment Pays Off, Your Data Has to Be Ready. 

Every credit union leader I work with right now is navigating the same tension: the board wants an AI strategy, the technology budget isn't unlimited, and
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Your CRM Should Grow With You. BBCRM Cannot

Your CRM Should Grow With You. BBCRM cannot.

For nonprofits still running on Blackbaud CRM, the question is no longer whether to move. It is how soon, and how well.
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Stratus for Blackbaud Migration

Stratus for Blackbaud Migration: A Smarter Path to Salesforce 

Nonprofits and higher education institutions are outgrowing legacy Blackbaud systems. Explore why organizations are moving to Salesforce and how Cloud for Good supports a structured, strategic
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Agentforce Education Migration

Agentforce Education Migration: Helping Your Student Data Work Smarter

Academic records. Advising notes. Financial aid flags. Engagement history. Years of it, carefully built across your Salesforce environment by the people who show up every day
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From Go-Live to Real Value What Credit Unions Actually Need From an FSC Implementation

From Go-Live to Real Value: What Credit Unions Actually Need From an FSC Implementation

See how the right FSC implementation strategy helps credit unions unify member data, support AI initiatives, improve adoption, and deliver consistent service experiences.
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