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Many nonprofits raise a third of their annual fundraising revenue in December, with almost 10% coming in the final three days of the year. During this time of generosity, finding donor engagement opportunities is key. Enter ⁠— matching gifts, a type of philanthropy in which companies will financially match donations their employees make to nonprofits. Corporate matching gifts … [Read more...] about 5 Matching Gift Missteps to Avoid this Giving Season

Welcome to another post in the “How I Solved It” series. In this series, we do a deep dive into a specific business problem and share how one #AwesomeAdmin chose to solve it. Once you learn how they solved their specific problem, you’ll be inspired to try their solution yourself! Watch how Gordon Lee used his Salesforce knowledge to generate a consolidated catering order for a … [Read more...] about How I Solved It: Powering #BobaBlazers with a Single Screen Flow

These days, persistent societal challenges are on the rise: hunger, mental health issues, contagious disease, conflict, chronic inequality, and the climate crisis. The list goes on — but so do the opportunities for innovation. Seldom has the world seen greater promise or greater peril. Realizing the more optimistic paths forward may not be easy, but it is possible. Among … [Read more...] about Collaborating for New Solutions To Persistent Societal Challenges

Often times in automation, you want activities to occur only when the record is new, when the record is updated, or when there was a record update but only if the previous field value was ‘x’. The power formula functions IsNew(), IsChanged(), and PriorValue() that you use in workflow rules and processes can also be used in record-triggered and scheduled flows. For those new to … [Read more...] about Three Powerful Formula Functions You Can Use in Flow

In the third edition of Salesforce’s Connected Student Report, 47% of students reported that ‘future career prospects’ was a top factor when selecting their institution. Yet, only 11% of students surveyed reported feeling well prepared for the future of work. These data tell us there are important unmet needs for university students when it comes to connecting them to careers … [Read more...] about 3 Things To Know When Integrating Salesforce & Handshake