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Insights on Salesforce, AI, and technology strategy for nonprofits.

Nov 13, 2025

AI-Powered Content Strategy: How to Predict Donor Interests

When it comes to nonprofit AI tools, the future is here. Nonprofits like yours are thinking through the complex questions of how AI can enhance different aspect...

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Oct 29, 2025

Nonprofit Leaders' Field Notes from Dreamforce 2025

As a Salesforce consulting partner working with federated nonprofits, we came to Dreamforce 2025 looking for one thing: insight into how Salesforce’s Agentforce...

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Oct 07, 2025

3 Qualities to Look for in a Data Analytics Company

Data is an invaluable asset to your organization. It demonstrates successes, surfaces opportunities for improvement, and informs mission-critical decisions that...

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Sep 25, 2025

Salesforce Winter 26 Release: Game-Changing Features Every Nonprofit Should Know

The Salesforce Winter '26 release is here, and it's packed with features that could transform how your nonprofit operates. We've combed through the release note...

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Jul 29, 2025

Why Nonprofits Choose Salesforce: A Platform Built for Impact

As nonprofit organizations look to modernize their operations and amplify their mission, many find themselves evaluating enterprise platforms like Salesforce. T...

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May 28, 2025

5 First-Draft Tips for Grant Writers With Blank-Page Anxiety

We’ve all been there: staring at a blank document, fingers paralyzed on the computer keyboard, waiting for words to come to us magically. It’s bad enough whe...

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May 22, 2025

How United Way of Greenville County is Transforming Community Impact with Salesforce

Every tax season for more than a decade, United Way of Greenville County connects thousands of residents with free, high quality tax preparation through the Vol...

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Apr 29, 2025

Salesforce Summer ’25: 6 Powerful Enhancements Every Nonprofit Should Know

Salesforce continues to deliver tools that help nonprofits do more with less. The Summer ’25 Release includes new features that boost flexibility, speed up day-...

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Mar 25, 2025

Empower Pack: Purpose-Built for United Way

At Beyond the Horizon Technology (BTH), we've spent the past decade collaborating with United Ways. We understand the challenges you face-flat or declining wo...

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Oct 25, 2024

Chaos to Clarity: Data Cleaning and Governance to Bring Your Business Into Focus

In today’s data-driven landscape, the importance of having reliable and clean data cannot be overstated. With high quality data, there are a variety of ways org...

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Oct 15, 2024

Get Ready for the Future: Top 4 Steps Nonprofits Can Do Now to Prepare for Agentforce and AI Innovation

Every year, Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference inspires us with groundbreaking innovations. In 2008, the introduction of Force.com Sites was a game-changer. Tod...

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Sep 25, 2024

The Future of Nonprofits on Salesforce: Takeaways from Dreamforce 2024 and the Winter ‘25 Release

Dreamforce 2024: Nonprofit Cloud and the Future of Nonprofits on Salesforce Dreamforce is Salesforce's annual event, bringing together its community to learn...

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Sep 23, 2024

Donor Communications Playbook: How to Secure Lasting Support

Imagine this: Your nonprofit has set its sights on a new program or program expansion. Your team has already identified the emerging need in your community, cal...

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Aug 07, 2024

Harnessing Salesforce for United Way: A Decade of Digital Transformation and How You Can Benefit

We are proud to have dedicated a decade to partnering with United Ways across the country, leveraging Salesforce to help them achieve their community impact goa...

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May 31, 2024

The Importance of Data for Nonprofits: A Complete Guide

Let’s say that your nonprofit plans to host a fundraising event in the coming months to support the launch of a new program. However, at the outset of planning,...

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Apr 09, 2024

Ongoing Partnership Makes the Most of Our Investment

    The Client United Way of Central Indiana (UWCI) brings organizations and partners together to help community members experiencing crisis, cre...

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Apr 02, 2024

Prepare for the End of Support for Workflow Rules

  Salesforce recently announced “end of support” for Workflow Rules, a long-time automation feature beloved by admins. It’s easy to be alarmed, but we’r...

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Mar 29, 2024

Elevate Your Nonprofit with a Strategic Partner

Are you ready to elevate your nonprofit's impact with Salesforce? Selecting the right partner is crucial for unlocking the full potential of this powerful platf...

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Mar 14, 2024

Beyond the Horizon joins FinDock’s Partner Program to empower US Nonprofits

Beyond the Horizon (BTH) is proud to announce our partnership with FinDock, a leading provider of payment solutions for Salesforce. This collaboration marks a s...

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Mar 04, 2024

Salesforce Change Management: A Guide + 5 Steps for Success

To maintain your nonprofit's long-term success and fulfill your mission, you must continually adapt to evolving regulations, technological innovations, and th...

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Dec 04, 2023

Tableau vs CRM Analytics: Which Data Analytics Tool Should Your Nonprofit Use?

In today’s digital landscape, your nonprofit is capturing data on a consistent basis. With all this information at your fingertips, you may be looking for an an...

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Nov 30, 2023

Beyond the Horizon joins the Pledge 1% Movement

Beyond the Horizon (BTH) announced today that it has joined Pledge 1%, a global movement to create a new normal for companies of all sizes and stages to have a...

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Nov 08, 2023

Center Stage with Larry Taylor

  Our center stage series is a wink to our roots (one of our first clients was the nationally-recognized Undermain Theatre) where we let a member of the...

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Oct 12, 2023

Salesforce Winter '24 Release: 6 Features for Nonprofits

The Salesforce Winter ‘24 release is here. We’ve combed through the release notes to compile this list of features we think may be beneficial for nonprofits. U...

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Aug 10, 2023

How to prepare for your Migration to Salesforce Hyperforce

Salesforce has started migrating orgs to Hyperforce in Summer 2023. You may have received emails from Salesforce confirming your nonprofit organization’s timeli...

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Jul 11, 2023

Center Stage with Judi Sohn

Our center stage series is a wink to our roots (one of our first clients was the nationally-recognized Undermain Theatre) where we let a member of the #bthfamil...

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Jun 12, 2023

Salesforce Summer '23 Release: 5 Best Practices for Nonprofits

With the arrival of summer, we welcome the latest Salesforce release - Summer '23. This season is not only a time for fun activities with family and friends, it...

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Jan 13, 2023

Salesforce Spring '23 Release: 5 Things Nonprofits Should Know

The Salesforce Spring ‘23 release is around the corner. Depending on your instance of Salesforce, the release will hit mid January to early February. The releas...

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Sep 20, 2022

Level Up Your Automations: Guide for Nonprofits Transitioning to Salesforce Flows

One of the best features Salesforce has to offer is the ability to automate processes. From handling program sign ups to sending out reminder emails, automation...

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Jul 20, 2022

Stages of Your Salesforce Implementation

  You’re ready to take your relationship management to the next level, solidify your business processes, establish a single source of data, and maximize...

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Jul 20, 2022

Staffing Your Salesforce Implementation

  Congratulations! You’ve made the important decision to use Salesforce to provide better tracking and insights on your fundraising, programs, and const...

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Jun 21, 2022

10 Best Practices for Building an Effective Email

(photo created by rawpixel.com) Effective emails are made up of several key components. Learn about best practices surrounding the main components of your ema...

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Jun 08, 2022

Julie Loyd Appointed to Salesforce.org Nonprofit Partner Advisory Board

  Beyond the Horizon’s Director of Salesforce Consulting; Julie Loyd, was recently appointed to the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Partner Advisory Board. All...

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Jun 06, 2022

10 Team member takes on working at BTH

  This year, BTH is celebrating a decade of providing nonprofits best-in-class tools and service so they can make a difference in their communities. We...

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Jun 01, 2022

Marketing Cloud Summer ’22 Release Highlights

(photo courtesy of Salesforce.com) New features will soon be available to Marketing Cloud customers with the Summer ’22 Release. Bringing several new ways to d...

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May 10, 2022

10 things you didn't know about BTH

  This month, BTH marks 10 years in business helping nonprofits go above and beyond with the power of Salesforce. To help us celebrate we are sharing 10...

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May 04, 2022

Celebrating 10 Years: A letter from our co-founder

May the 4th be with you! Today is a day of gratitude and reflection as our company, Beyond The Horizon (BTH), celebrates its’ 10th birthday! Ten years ago today...

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Mar 22, 2022

Aligning Marketing Technology to Drive Donor Experience

The Client Colorectal Cancer Alliance (the Alliance) is the nation’s leading nonprofit dedicated to colorectal cancer. They focus on providing support to patie...

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Feb 28, 2022

Salesforce MFA: What you need to know

Beginning February 1, 2022, all Salesforce customers will be contractually obligated to enable MFA for their users. However, if you haven’t yet begun to roll-ou...

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Feb 24, 2022

Spring '22 Release: 5 things nonprofits should know

The Salesforce Spring ’22 Release is here! If you are using or managing Salesforce for your organization, you are in the right place. We will cover the top 5 th...

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Oct 23, 2020

Marketing for a Cause

The Client Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has been committed to transforming the lives of people living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related neuro...

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Oct 22, 2020

A Multi-Tenant Environment for a Common Purpose

The Client United Way is the largest privately funded, mission driven nonprofit in the world, fighting for the health, education, and financial stability of...

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Oct 19, 2020

Creating Efficiency and Success with CRM

The Client The Senior Source is the go-to nonprofit organization for aging services in the greater Dallas area. As the leading resource for all age-related i...

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Oct 19, 2020

A Unified Data Model for the Constituent Journey

The Client Susan G. Komen is the world’s largest nonprofit source of funding for the fight against breast cancer and the only organization that addresses b...

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Jul 02, 2020

Increasing Workplace Philanthropy with Salesforce's Philanthropy Cloud

The Client United Way is the largest privately funded, mission driven nonprofit in the world, fighting for the health, education, and financial stability of...

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Jul 02, 2020

Streamlining Marketing Efforts and Increasing Ticket Sales with Salesforce

  The Client The Undermain Theatre is an 80-seat regional theater, home to the professional theater company, Deep Ellum Theatre Group. This ensemble...

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