The 2025 Salesforce Education Summit: A Comprehensive Overview

The 2025 Salesforce Education Summit, held at McCormick Place in Chicago from March 10–12, was a landmark event for education professionals and technology enthusiasts alike. This year’s summit brought together over 1,800 education innovators to explore the latest advancements in educational technology, and to network with peers. Highlights from the Summit One of the most […]
Workday Rising 2024: Workday Illuminate and Innovations to Watch

Workday Rising 2024 delivered a wealth of insights, showcasing the company’s commitment to product innovation with its AI-powered solutions branded as Workday Illuminate. The conference also highlighted the company’s continued development on Workday Student and its other core products. Meanwhile, Workday’s Salesforce partnership is opening new data management and analytics possibilities for Workday customers. Workday […]
Salesforce Introduces Agentforce at Dreamforce

At this year’s Dreamforce, Salesforce introduced a game-changing AI-powered capability known as Agentforce, positioning it as the “3rd wave of AI.” Designed to enhance workforce productivity and deliver streamlined business outcomes, Agentforce integrates seamlessly across the Salesforce ecosystem, leveraging data, automation, and trusted AI. This innovation is poised to address key workforce challenges, such as […]
How Will the Workday and Salesforce Partnership Impact Higher Education?

In an era where data and AI are being leveraged to drive innovation in various industries, the recent partnership between Salesforce and Workday marks a significant development. Let’s explore the impact of this partnership on higher education institutions. The new collaboration aims to integrate Salesforce’s CRM and Workday’s comprehensive financial and human capital solutions suite. […]
Going Beyond Student System Market Leaders Might be Worth the Risk

Evaluating alternatives for cost-conscious institutions Rising costs, dwindling enrollment, and a looming demographic cliff are a recipe for trouble—particularly for smaller institutions that are struggling. While the demand and expectations surrounding technology have increased exponentially in the last few years, opportunities exist for smaller institutions to modernize their technology stack while saving money. Where We […]
Strategies for Overcoming IT Hiring Challenges

As the Director of Enterprise Software Systems at Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania, Mary Beaver is a paragon of success in building and retaining a high-performing IT team. In fact, the CRM system she and her team of MCCC alumni built won Tambellini Group’s 2023 Innovative Technology Team Award. Listen in as Mary takes […]
What Salesforce Education Cloud Means for Higher Education

Salesforce has launched its new Education Cloud industry platform, providing higher education with an integrated student-centric enterprise-wide CRM solution suite. The company is aligning its Education Cloud product strategy with the same approach that has brought it success across 11 other industries by leveraging the core Salesforce CRM platform and horizontal applications combined with innovations […]
The Unfulfilled Promise of CRM: A One-of-a-Kind Event

On Wednesday, November 16, Tambellini Group hosted a one-of-a-kind event for institutions and organizations interested in CRM (constituent relationship management) in higher education. Tambellini’s Higher Education Summit: CRM Systems brought together top strategic executives from Microsoft, Salesforce, and Technolutions for a candid discussion among competing solution providers and market leaders. Panelists for the event included The […]
Modernizing Technology to Eliminate Pain Points for Students, Faculty, and Staff

For this month’s episode, Kathy Lueckeman joins the Top of Mind family. A tech leader within her own right, Kathy most recently served as chief strategy officer at Olivet Nazarene University (ONU). After completely transforming ONU into a modern campus, Kathy is here to give an inside scoop about the cultivation and success of that […]
5 Key Salesforce Trends for Higher Education

Salesforce held its 10th annual Education Summit in mid-April 2022. While the event was virtual for the third consecutive year, it was packed with exciting innovations specifically designed for higher education. The Education Cloud, the heart of the Salesforce platform, is the foundation for these innovations, including purpose-built development and solutions—many of which leverage recently […]