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Alissa Arford Alissa Arford

Canvas Cloud Founder’s Story

As co-founders of a growing business, there’s no such thing as a typical day. Daniel leads sales, marketing, and client relationships, always staying close to the work. Benjamin focuses on product development, delivery excellence, and team culture. Together, they build partnerships, drive vision, and help clients untangle messy Salesforce orgs with calm, clarity, and precision.

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Benjamin Dolar Benjamin Dolar

Building a Nonprofit Tech Stack That Scales With Your Mission

Your nonprofit tech stack didn’t become complex overnight. This was the starting point of my recent conversation with Amelia Baumann on The Nonprofit Boost, the podcast from Double the Donation. The episode, “Leveraging Corporate Support for Fundraising Success,” explores how nonprofits can build the systems and data foundations necessary to unlock corporate giving, reduce hidden opportunity costs, and ultimately do more of the work that matters.

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Daniel Dibble Daniel Dibble

Reflections on Dreamforce 2025 from a First-Time Attendee

Dreamforce 2025 was my first time attending the event in person! So much change has happened in the last 24 months in regards to Salesforce and in the area that Canvas Cloud serves most: Nonprofits. I was eager to hear about the new product releases before anyone else and to meet thousands of people who share a mutual love of Salesforce.

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Benjamin Dolar Benjamin Dolar

10 Tips for Dreamforce 2025 from the Experts at Canvas Cloud

Dreamforce 2025 isn’t just another Salesforce conference—it’s the ultimate experience for the global Salesforce Ohana. With more than 50,000 Trailblazers, Admins, Consultants, and Partners gathering in San Francisco this October 14–16, it can feel overwhelming if you don’t plan ahead. Here are 10 expert tips from the team at Canvas Cloud.

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Daniel Dibble Daniel Dibble

A Summer on the Solar Circuit: Agrivoltaics and Clean Energy Lessons

This summer took me from solar farms to expo floors, from local innovators to global leaders, all united by a shared mission: accelerating the clean energy transition. I had the privilege of attending three major events: ASES SOLAR 2025, the Midwest Solar Expo, and RE+ 2025. One theme in particular stood out everywhere I went: agrivoltaics.

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Daniel Dibble Daniel Dibble

Key Takeaways from the 2025 Midwest Solar Expo

The solar industry is at a crossroads. Between rising energy demands, evolving policy landscapes, and an urgent push toward decarbonization, it’s clear that the grid of the future requires more than just new infrastructure. It needs smarter systems, better data, and stronger partnerships.

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Danny Rodriguez Danny Rodriguez

What’s New in the Salesforce Summer ’25 Release: Nonprofit Edition

The Salesforce Summer ’25 Release looks to provide a significant upgrade, equipping nonprofit organizations with advanced tools across essential functions. Salesforce is hoping these intelligent features and streamlined processes help boost efficiency, strengthen constituent relationships, and ultimately increase the impact of nonprofit missions.

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Danny Rodriguez Danny Rodriguez

What’s New in the Salesforce Summer ’25 Release

The Salesforce Summer ’25 Release introduces a wave of enhancements centered around artificial intelligence integration and streamlined automation tools, aiming for significant efficiency gains across various Salesforce clouds. As we all are aware, Salesforce continues to make its case that Agentforce is the present and the future, and this release should make that pretty clear for any doubters - Salesforce is all in with Agentforce.

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Danny Rodriguez Danny Rodriguez

The 4 C’s of Collaborative System Governance

If you have ever been responsible for managing the direction of a technology platform like Salesforce, you know how difficult it can be to identify the organizational priorities and how they align with your user’s needs. There is also a chance that you have lay awake some nights, questioning whether you are creating sustainable solutions, or merely solving today’s problem by creating technical debt for you to handle in the future. 

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