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 […]
How Salesforce is Giving x-runner’s Race for Universal Sanitation a Boost
Have you ever thought of coming home to no toilet? Today, 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services and more than 40% of the global population remains affected by water scarcity. Water scarcity, poor water quality, and inadequate sanitation are among the largest causes of disease in the world and they negatively impact […]
Vera to Present at MERL Tech DC 2017
Vera Solutions will be attending the 2017 MERL Tech Conference taking place September 7-8 in Washington, D.C. This annual event provides an opportunity for attendees – ranging from funders and program implementers to technology providers and other development practitioners – to showcase their work and discuss the future of technology tools for monitoring, evaluation, research, […]
Introducing Vera’s 2017-2018 Fellowship Class
Vera Solutions is excited to welcome the Fellowship class of 2017-18. As integral members of our project teams, these twelve fellows will develop the hard and soft skills necessary to become data solution experts, including researching new technologies, building cloud and mobile applications, and conducting trainings on newly implemented systems. This year’s class combines a […]
ICT4D 2017: Technology’s Only as Powerful as It’s Used
This is the second in a series of posts discussing Vera’s learnings and key takeaways from ICT4D 2017. Read the first post here. Vera recently returned from ICT4D 2017, which was a whirlwind of conversations about how technology can better serve organizations working in international development. Over the course of the conference, there was a […]