<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Spruce Bloom Consulting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Salesforce Solutions]]></description><link>https://sprucebloom.wixsite.com/home/feed</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:10:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.sprucebloomconsulting.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Why Nonprofit Staff Avoid Salesforce — And What Leadership Can Do About It]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your organization invested in Salesforce. You hoped it would replace the spreadsheets, streamline reporting, and give your team one reliable place to work from. Instead, staff still keep their own trackers. Reports get pulled from three different sources before anyone trusts a number enough to bring it to the board. Some departments use the system fluently. Others barely touch it. If this sounds familiar, the problem usually isn't your staff. It's what they've been asked to work with. After...]]></description><link>https://www.sprucebloomconsulting.com/post/why-nonprofit-staff-avoid-salesforce-and-what-leadership-can-do-about-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a58eccdcb28250fe83aea82</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:54:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8b4bd_cf24ab024e7941d4abda1e98eb32d92c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jessie Bender</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Know If Your Nonprofit Is Getting Value from Salesforce]]></title><description><![CDATA[Salesforce is one of the most powerful tools available to nonprofits — and one of the most underused. For organizations that qualified for free or discounted licenses through Salesforce.org, the barrier to entry was low. But low cost doesn't always mean high value. So how do you know if your investment is actually paying off? Your staff works around it, not through it. If your team keeps a spreadsheet "just in case," copies data into a separate tracker, or skips Salesforce entirely because...]]></description><link>https://www.sprucebloomconsulting.com/post/how-to-know-if-your-nonprofit-is-getting-value-from-salesforce</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4fb8d95c421b820217298a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:28:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8b4bd_e1d76447bb5c4f7d9c535c0a2c64bc1d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jessie Bender</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>