Amp Impact Takes Home Demo Jam Trophy
Watch Amp Impact’s winning demo (begins 1:55) in the Program Management Demo Jam featuring Salesforce apps that help you manage and deliver programs and track your impact. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yltvT9cUZA
Webinar Recap: A Multi-Faceted Approach to Impact Measurement
Earlier this month, we joined the Aga Khan Foundation and the Impact Management Project in a webinar panel, hosted by Salesforce.org, in which we discussed how impact-driven organizations define and measure their social bottom line. Here are out three takeaways from the webinar discussion: 1. Defining Impact While organizations may think of impact in terms […]
Vera Makes Environmental Commitment to Offset Our Carbon Emissions
Vera Solutions is proud to announce that we are now a carbon-neutral organization. This means that from 2017 on, Vera will offset all calculable carbon emissions that result from business practices – including travel and energy use across our global offices. Beyond that, in all aspects of our business, we will continue to actively promote […]
Takeaways from MERL Tech London
In March, Zak Kaufman and Aditi Patel attended the second annual MERL Tech London conference to connect with leading thinkers and innovators in the technology for monitoring and evaluation space. In addition to running an Amp Impact demo session, we joined forces with Joanne Trotter of the Aga Khan Foundation as well as Eric Barela […]
Impact Measurement on Salesforce – 7 nonprofits setting the bar for Salesforce-based M&E
The world’s leading CRM platform is transforming the way NGOs deliver, measure, and improve programs. Over 32,000 nonprofits around the globe use Salesforce for CRM, but over the last decade the world’s leading cloud-computing platform has also steadily become a leading platform for impact measurement, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and program management. In this post, […]
Vera CEO Zak Kaufman to be Honored with Dartmouth MLK Social Justice Award
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Every year on MLK Day, we are reminded of the power and importance of visionary leadership in our global work to end poverty, combat climate change, and achieve social justice and equality. Today, we are proud to […]
Tackling the Healthcare Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa One Nurse at a Time: How GAIA Uses Salesforce as a Capacity Building Tool
Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) implements a grassroot strategy to help those affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in the most remote and underserved areas of Africa. The organization was founded in 2000 in response to the devastating HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. Taking a bottom-up approach to disease control and prevention, GAIA works closely […]
Vera Solutions Gives Back Through Values-based Employee Recognition Program
Cross-posted from the Pledge 1% Gives campaign as part of Giving Tuesday. Each November, staff at Vera Solutions nominate peers for annual Recognition Awards, tipping their hats to teammates who have exemplified the company’s five values: Impact, Excellence, Sustainability, Teamwork, and Leadership. The five awards are announced publicly before the holidays on Veraforce, the company’s […]
How WAVE Leverages Salesforce to Help Close the Skills Gap for Young Jobseekers in West Africa
West Africa Vocational Education (WAVE) is helping West African youth take their first steps on the road to a successful career by providing them with the vocational training and guidance they need to secure a job in an unwelcoming economy. WAVE was founded in 2013 by three MBA students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education […]
B Lab Taps Vera as One of its “Best for the World”
Last week, B Lab announced the recipients of its annual Best for the World awards. We are proud to share that Vera Solutions secured a spot on the list for Best for the World: Long Term. Vera has been a Certified B Corporation since 2012, and we are thrilled to be recognized this year as […]
