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What you should know about Salesforce’s Elevate retirement
Four years of Salesforce Elevate: Reflecting on the tool and the path forward If you haven't heard, Salesforce announced the retirement of their online giving solution, Elevate, last year. Nonprofits and higher education organizations that rely on the tool for their...
Navigating Salesforce for Advancement
You hear us talk a lot about Salesforce. If you're unfamiliar, you might get confused hearing us talk about different clouds and how they can empower nonprofits and higher education institutions to optimize their fundraising and engagement business processes. But what...
2024 QSS™ for Education Cloud Showcases/Webinars
Join us for a virtual technology open house! We hope you're as excited as we are about the release of Salesforce's Education Cloud. This will be the only industry-specific solution for educational institutions to include the cutting-edge functionality that some...
20 Fundraising Acronyms
20 Fundraising Acronyms and What They Mean Fundraising can often feel like a labyrinth of abbreviations and jargon, and understanding these acronyms is key to navigating the landscape effectively. From ASL and CRM to ROI and DAF, the Sleek team has demystified these...
20 Tech Treasures That Turn 20 Alongside Sleek
20 Tech Treasures That Turn 20 Alongside Sleek Two Decades of Tech Marvels, and We're Just Getting Started Hey there, tech enthusiasts, history buffs, and curious minds! As we finish out 2023, we're raising our glasses to Sleek Consulting's remarkable 20 years in the...
20 QSS Fun Facts
20 QSS Fun Facts 20 facts Sleek's business analysts want you to know about QSSTo mark our 20th anniversary milestone, we've tapped into the minds of our Business Analysts, unveiling an array of fun facts about the QSS packages they deliver!1. QSS1 - Biographical...
20 Effective Strategies to Unleash the Power of Salesforce
20 Effective Strategies to Unleash the Power of Salesforce A Celebration of 20 Years in Business The realm of nonprofits and education has at least one thing in common with other industries: time and resources are prized commodities. To thrive, it's crucial to...
The Importance of Backing Up Your Data
The Importance of Backing Up Your Data Sleek encourages all of our Salesforce customers to develop a routine data backup strategy as part of their overall data management and security model. Remember that the responsibility for your data backup lies with you. Here are...
January 2025 Webinar: Self Service for Constituents
Discover how self-service functionality can transform your advancement strategies and elevate the experience for your donors, event sponsors, and other key constituents. In this session, we’ll explore how empowering users to manage their own information can provide...
December Webinar: Underutilized Salesforce Features
Are you taking full advantage of your investment in Salesforce? Salesforce is chock full of great features, and more are deployed with each release. At Sleek, we spend a lot of time in Salesforce. We work in systems that support all kinds of organizations, from 1 or 2...
Webinar: What Your Gift Officers Really Need – Strategies for Supporting Your Fundraising Team
How much of your gift officers' time do they actually spend meeting with donors? Probably not enough. And a lot of that comes down to the toolset you provide them. In this webinar, we looked into what gift officers are truly thinking and what they need to succeed. We...
On Demand: QSS™ for Education Cloud Showcase/Webinar Recordings
On Demand: QSS™ for Education Cloud Showcase Recordings We hope you're as excited as we are about the release of Salesforce's Education Cloud. This will be the only industry-specific solution for educational institutions to include the cutting-edge...
How Phonathon Becomes a Call, Text, and Email Engagathon in the Digital Age
We're modernizing an age-old solution! While most of your constituents have a mailing address, email address and a cell phone, they all have a preferred way to receive communications from you. Are you equipped to effectively and efficiently engage with them across all...
2024 QSS™ for Education Cloud Showcases/Webinars
Join us for a virtual technology open house! We hope you're as excited as we are about the release of Salesforce's Education Cloud. This will be the only industry-specific solution for educational institutions to include the cutting-edge functionality that some...
Maximize the Return on Your Screening Dollars
Wealth screening tools are a powerful element of the fundraiser's arsenal. But are you using yours the right way? We're sharing strategies to help you screen your donors like a prospect management pro. If you're paying per screening, it's worth taking the time to make...
Digital Interactivity: Engage with Forms, Live Dashboards, and Gamification
What makes someone decide to give you their time or money? How do you increase engagement in our digital world? We want to show you a set of tools designed to get people involved. If one of the most important factors in a donor's decision to give is how much they...
Friars Give Success: Providence College Breaks Records with QSS™ for Salesforce
Friars Give is Providence College’s (PC) annual giving event. It’s a day for alumni, students, parents, faculty, and staff to rally together to represent their class year, state, affiliation group, and their college. It’s as exciting a time for the school’s students,...
How to Implement Salesforce and Keep Finance Happy: PCOM Invests in a QSS Integration
In 2023, the Advancement Department at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) decided the limitations of their ERP system, Banner, had become problematic enough to seek a new solution. Anyone in advancement who has worked with Banner is familiar with...
Self-Service for Sponsors: Invest in Others Transforms Their Gala
Every year, Invest in Others (IiO), a nonprofit that works to amplify the charitable work of the financial services community, hosts an awards gala to celebrate financial advisors who are making an especially big impact in their communities. Jessica Dunham McLaughlin,...
How a Database Can Tell a Story
Introduction When Brookdale Community College (BCC) found out Raiser's Edge Seven was being phased out, they found themselves at a crossroads. They weren’t particularly happy with their system to begin with. Accessing and extracting data was an arduous task. Nancy...
TSTC Optimizes Scholarship Management
Taking advantage of Sleek's QSS™ (Quick Start Suites), Texas State Technical College Foundation launches a self-service scholarship portal, optimizing the scholarship application process for students and advancement staff alike. Supporting the Texas’ Future Workforce...
Elgin Community College Lights the Way to 21st Century Fundraising
Lighting the Way to 21st Century FundraisingThrough partnership with Sleek, ECC takes advantage of Salesforce’s capacity for automation and customization, giving their Advancement staff more time to focus on the important stuff.Serving a Diverse CommunitySeated in the...
Transitioning to Salesforce: One Piece at a Time
Transitioning to Salesforce: One Piece at a TimeShare thisMillikin University’s Advancement Department is part of a 100-year-old private university in the Higher Education market. Millikin needed to transition well-rooted legacy processes from...
St. George’s School: Slaying the Data Conversion Dragon K-12
St. George's School: Slaying The Data Conversion DragonShare thisSt. George’s School (K-12) is in Middletown, Rhode Island – and is set in an extraordinary place – right on the ocean! Their proximity to the ocean presents many opportunities to...
Salesforce Spring ’24 Release
Salesforce Spring '24 Release HighlightsThree times each year, Salesforce delivers new and innovative features through their Spring, Summer, and Winter releases. The Spring '24 release brings some excellent quality of life changes to the platform. Below you will find...
Salesforce Summer ’23 Release
Salesforce 2023 Summer Release NotesThree times each year, Salesforce delivers new and innovative features through their Spring, Summer, and Winter releases. The Summer '23 release is packed with new features and security measures to enhance your Salesforce...
Salesforce Spring ’23 Release
Salesforce 2023 Spring Release NotesThree times each year, Salesforce delivers new and innovative features through their Spring, Summer, and Winter releases. The Spring ’23 release is packed with new features and security measures to enhance your Salesforce...
Sleek’s Biggest Dreamforce 2024 Takeaway
Sleek’s Biggest Dreamforce 2024 Takeaway Dreamforce, Salesforce's flagship event, delivered a wave of exciting innovations and fresh ideas this year, especially for those interested in AI and automation. Sleek’s CEO, Sabre Leek, and QSS™ Product Manager, Trevor...
Let MGOs Coordinate with the Annual Fund Team on QSS™
Let MGOs Coordinate with the Annual Fund Team on QSS™ Introduction Coordination and personalized engagement play pivotal roles in securing major gifts. At Sleek, we recognize the importance of building relationships that lead to major gifts. That key value is at the...
QSS Updates and Enhancements – December 2023
QSS Updates and Enhancements - December 2023 Campaign Record Type and Page Layout Cleanup Campaigns are a versatile object in Salesforce often used by many different departments/roles. We've revamped our Campaign page layouts and picklist values to make their use more...
January 2025 Webinar: Self Service for Constituents
Discover how self-service functionality can transform your advancement strategies and elevate the experience for your donors, event sponsors, and other key constituents. In this session, we’ll explore how empowering users to manage their own information can provide...
December Webinar: Underutilized Salesforce Features
Are you taking full advantage of your investment in Salesforce? Salesforce is chock full of great features, and more are deployed with each release. At Sleek, we spend a lot of time in Salesforce. We work in systems that support all kinds of organizations, from 1 or 2...
Webinar: What Your Gift Officers Really Need – Strategies for Supporting Your Fundraising Team
How much of your gift officers' time do they actually spend meeting with donors? Probably not enough. And a lot of that comes down to the toolset you provide them. In this webinar, we looked into what gift officers are truly thinking and what they need to succeed. We...
Sleek’s Biggest Dreamforce 2024 Takeaway
Sleek’s Biggest Dreamforce 2024 Takeaway Dreamforce, Salesforce's flagship event, delivered a wave of exciting innovations and fresh ideas this year, especially for those interested in AI and automation. Sleek’s CEO, Sabre Leek, and QSS™ Product Manager, Trevor...
Friars Give Success: Providence College Breaks Records with QSS™ for Salesforce
Friars Give is Providence College’s (PC) annual giving event. It’s a day for alumni, students, parents, faculty, and staff to rally together to represent their class year, state, affiliation group, and their college. It’s as exciting a time for the school’s students,...
What you should know about Salesforce’s Elevate retirement
Four years of Salesforce Elevate: Reflecting on the tool and the path forward If you haven't heard, Salesforce announced the retirement of their online giving solution, Elevate, last year. Nonprofits and higher education organizations that rely on the tool for their...
January 2025 Webinar: Self Service for Constituents
Discover how self-service functionality can transform your advancement strategies and elevate the experience for your donors, event sponsors, and other key constituents. In this session, we’ll explore how empowering users to manage their own information can provide...
December Webinar: Underutilized Salesforce Features
Are you taking full advantage of your investment in Salesforce? Salesforce is chock full of great features, and more are deployed with each release. At Sleek, we spend a lot of time in Salesforce. We work in systems that support all kinds of organizations, from 1 or 2...
Webinar: What Your Gift Officers Really Need – Strategies for Supporting Your Fundraising Team
How much of your gift officers' time do they actually spend meeting with donors? Probably not enough. And a lot of that comes down to the toolset you provide them. In this webinar, we looked into what gift officers are truly thinking and what they need to succeed. We...
Sleek’s Biggest Dreamforce 2024 Takeaway
Sleek’s Biggest Dreamforce 2024 Takeaway Dreamforce, Salesforce's flagship event, delivered a wave of exciting innovations and fresh ideas this year, especially for those interested in AI and automation. Sleek’s CEO, Sabre Leek, and QSS™ Product Manager, Trevor...
Friars Give Success: Providence College Breaks Records with QSS™ for Salesforce
Friars Give is Providence College’s (PC) annual giving event. It’s a day for alumni, students, parents, faculty, and staff to rally together to represent their class year, state, affiliation group, and their college. It’s as exciting a time for the school’s students,...
What you should know about Salesforce’s Elevate retirement
Four years of Salesforce Elevate: Reflecting on the tool and the path forward If you haven't heard, Salesforce announced the retirement of their online giving solution, Elevate, last year. Nonprofits and higher education organizations that rely on the tool for their...
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