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Christina Lytle Christina Lytle

A Guide to Slackbot

If you watched the Super Bowl last weekend, you probably saw Salesforce’s high-profile advertisement featuring MrBeast and heard the name Slackbot loud and clear. The spot put Slackbot at the center of a fast-paced, high-stakes challenge, reinforcing one thing: Slack is no longer just a messaging app. It’s becoming the interface for how work gets done.

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Benjamin Dolar Benjamin Dolar

5 Reasons Why Salesforce Success Requires Ongoing Support

Salesforce success isn’t defined by how well a system launches, it’s defined by how well it continues to serve the organization months and years later. Ongoing support provides the structure, expertise, and foresight needed to keep Salesforce aligned with real-world needs. When done well, it turns Salesforce from a static tool into a living platform that grows alongside the people who use it.

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Christina Lytle Christina Lytle

Salesforce Spring ’26 Is Here: 8 Updates Worth Your Attention

Salesforce Spring ’26 isn’t about flashy reinvention, it’s about refinement. These updates reduce friction, improve governance, and give admins and consultants better tools to support growing, evolving organizations. Christina Lytle reviews her favorite Salesforce updates.

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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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