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How Dreamforce Changed Me

How Dreamforce Changed Me

For me, 2013 was the first year I was able to attend Dreamforce and I must say I had no clue what to expect. Sure I
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White Paper: Becoming a Connected Organization

White Paper: Becoming a Connected Organization

Wondering about the Nonprofit Starter Pack or NGO Connect? We have done all the leg work for you! Download this free white paper to navigate the
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How Dreamforce Changed Me

10 Reasons Your Nonprofit Should Attend Dreamforce

You may be asking yourself, “But why should my nonprofit attend? Isn’t it just another tech conference?” To answer this question I’ve put together the following
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Become a Connected Organization with NGO Connect

If you are a major gift manager, super fundraiser, or a volunteer mobilizer, you have a great reason to get excited. The Salesforce Foundation has recently
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Making Your Back Office Hum with Salesforce

Making Your Back Office Hum with Salesforce

All companies, whether for or nonprofit, need to hire and onboard new employees. In many cases, the hiring process may be run through a job board
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Your Organization Needs a Salesforce Administrator – Could It Be You?

Your Organization Needs a Salesforce Administrator – Could It Be You?

Written by Cloud for Good Team At many nonprofits, and in particular at smaller organizations, staff members tend to wear many hats. There may not be

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So, you think you want to upgrade to NPSP 3.0...

So, you think you want to upgrade to NPSP 3.0…

The NPSP 3.0 brings lots of great new features for nonprofits on Salesforce. Here's what you should consider and what you need to do to upgrade.
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The Community’s Salesforce Hidden Gems

The Community’s Salesforce Hidden Gems

In an effort to unveil “hidden” best features of Salesforce I asked people on the Hub recently to share their tips. The responses I received were
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Cloud for Good Named to Inc. 500 List

Inc. magazine ranked Cloud for Good No. 434 on the 2014 Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the
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Tearing the Wrapping Paper Off Cumulus / NPSP 3.0

Tearing the Wrapping Paper Off Cumulus / NPSP 3.0

The Salesforce Foundation has updated their Nonprofit Starter Pack application, and the new release gives us plenty of reasons to be as excited as a young
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Where to Find Cloud for Good at Education Summit 2025

Where to Find Cloud for Good at Education Summit 2025

If meeting and connecting with Cloud for Good at Education Summit 2025 is a top priority on your agenda, here are all the industry events, customer
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Celebrating 15 Years of Cloud for Good

Celebrating 15 Years of Cloud for Good

To celebrate 15 years of Cloud for Good, we’re taking a look at a collection of numbers and stories (fifteen of them in total) to reflect
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CARE + Cloud for Good_ A Trusted Long-Term Partnership in Technology Transformation

CARE + Cloud for Good: A Trusted Long-Term Partnership in Technology Transformation

Cloud for Good has been privileged to build a strong longstanding relationship with CARE and be CARE’s trusted partner on technology needs, support its long-term success
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Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Salesforce Data Cloud for Direct Response Customers

Why Cloud for Good is Excited About Salesforce Data Cloud for Direct Response Customers

For years, nonprofits have relied on data warehouses to manage the large volumes of data required for effective direct mail campaigns, but now Salesforce has us
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Lessons Learned from Giving Tuesday_ Maximize Your Success with Omnichannel Marketing Best Practices

Lessons Learned from Giving Tuesday: Maximize Your Success with Omnichannel Marketing Best Practices

In this blog, we’ll explore how to create and deliver standout Giving Tuesday marketing campaigns that boost donor engagement and maximize Giving Tuesday fundraiser results with
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Considerations for Migrating from NPSP to Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud: Identify the Impact to Your AppExchange Partners and Technology Stack Integrations

Written by Cloud for Good Team Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) has been a reliable and effective solution for the nonprofit space, but many nonprofit organizations

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Goodies Give Back: Celebrating the Season of Giving Year-Round

Goodies Give Back: Celebrating the Season of Giving Year-Round

Written by Cloud for Good Team The season of giving has always been a time for us to pause, count our blessings, and reflect on what

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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
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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
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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

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Breaking Through the Noise This #GivingTuesday

Written by Cloud for Good Team On average, your constituents receive around 121 emails every day, including emails from their favorite restaurants, stores, or even meeting

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Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) for Higher Education Advancement

While NPSP was historically associated with the nonprofit sector, the versatility and customizability of the solution can also support large-scale fundraising for higher education institutions.
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You Can Have it all (With External Data Architectures)

Written by Cloud for Good Team It doesn’t always make sense to keep all of your data in Salesforce. Learn how organizations like the American Kennel

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Managing Your Programs with Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team Human Service organizations work hard every day to make our world a better place. Whether you have one, twenty or

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Unified customer experience with Service Cloud

Written by Cloud for Good Team The need for intuitive customer experiences is at an all-time high. Your customers deserve an intelligently-designed system that will enable,

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Options for Your Accounting Reconciliation with Salesforce

Written by Cloud for Good Team We often see a disconnect in nonprofit organizations between the fundraising process and the reconciliation of those details into finance.

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