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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.

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.
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.
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
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
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.
5 Key Items to Run a Successful Salesforce Implementation

5 Key Items to Run a Successful Salesforce Implementation

When implementing new technology into your organization or expanding your existing system, a little bit of planning can go a long way in ensuring the success
Questions to Ask Before Your Next Data Migration

Questions to Ask Before Your Next Data Migration

If your nonprofit is considering a data migration in the near future, you can start planning now by asking some preliminary question.
Security vs Convenience: Securing Your Salesforce Org

Security vs Convenience: Securing Your Salesforce Org

When implementing Salesforce, we rightly focus on designing the system; what data do we need to input and the reports and dashboards we want as output.
3 Reasons to Start Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Now

3 Reasons to Start Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Now

There are a lot of factors that go into running a great peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. But before you delve into the planning phase, realizing its full

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Two directional arrows between the Claude and Salesforce wordmarks representing the Claudeforce two-way partnership

Salesforce in Claude. Claude in Salesforce. 

A two-way road.  Claude brings the intelligence. Salesforce holds the foundation, the data, and the rules that govern who can touch what. The security comes from

A public sector emergency operations center at night with live staffing and location data on screen, illustrating coordinated real-time response.

When Seconds Decide the Outcome: Why Emergency Response Cannot Run on a Blind System 

By Cloud for Good Emergency response coordination is one of the most consequential workforce problems in public service. The volume is staggering, the margin for error

State agency caseworker reviewing family outreach records on a laptop in a government office

When Silence Is the System: Closing the Communication Gaps in Foster Care 

Silence has failed the foster care system on both ends.  On one end is the person who decided they might be ready to foster a child.

Illustration of connected higher education systems unified on a single Salesforce data platform

Moving Beyond Point-to-Point Integration: Why Salesforce Is a Powerful Alternative to Lingk for Higher Education

Joy Asakawa, Director of Sales, EDU For years, higher education institutions have relied on integration platforms and middleware solutionslike Lingk to move critical data between their

Employee using Slack as an employee AI productivity tool in the flow of work

The AI Your Team Will Actually Use Is Already in Slack

AI adoption stalls when tools sit outside the workflow. Here is why Cloud for Good treats Slack as the employee AI productivity layer to start with.
Academic advisor and student reviewing a student success dashboard together in a modern campus setting- Cloud for Good

Agentforce for Higher Education: Every Student Deserves a Timely Answer 

An admissions officer managing hundreds of inquiries from prospective students.  An academic advisor carrying a caseload that makes genuine support nearly impossible.  An advancement officer trying to

Agentforce Nonprofit: Your Next Team Member Does Not Burn Out - Cloud for Good

Agentforce Nonprofit: Your Next Team Member Does Not Burn Out 

Agentforce Nonprofit brings purpose-built AI agents into your Salesforce CRM. See how Cloud for Good implements it around your mission, not a template.
Salesforce Agentforce for Health: What It Is, What It Can Do, and Why It Matters Now- Cloud for Good

Salesforce Agentforce for Health: What It Is, What It Can Do, and Why It Matters Now 

Administrative overhead consumes nearly 25% of U.S. healthcare spending. Discover how Salesforce Agentforce for Health provides digital labor at scale. Cloud for Good maps out what
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
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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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)

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

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

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
Top 10 Reasons Nonprofits Love Marketing Cloud

Top 10 Reasons Nonprofits Love Marketing Cloud

Nonprofits are maximizing their communication strategies with the Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Learn about the top 10 features that make it a great tool for any organization.
Do You Know How to ERD?

Do You Know How to ERD?

Written by Cloud for Good Team First, let’s break down that scary little acronym: ERD = Entity Relationship Diagram. Still sound too techy? How about this: