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January 7, 2019 – Real Leaders, Big Path Capital, and B Lab have teamed up to score and rank the “100 Top Impact Companies” of 2019. We are proud to announce that Vera Solutions has been named to the inaugural list, alongside other impact-first companies like Bridges Fund Management, Network
9th January 2019
Vera Solutions is pleased to announce that Shalinee Thakur, a finance and strategy expert with over a decade of experience in technology for social good, has joined Vera’s Board of Directors. Shalinee has worked at the crossroads of Salesforce and social impact since 2009, when she first joined Salesforce.org’s Finance
3rd December 2018
On 8 November, Vera joined 250+ nonprofits for Salesforce.org’s Connected Nonprofit Conference (CNPC) in London. As Salesforce.org puts the world’s best cloud-based technology into the hands of nonprofits and educational institutions, the CNPC served to both connect organisations and offer insights to accelerate their impact. From presenting a transformational story
20th November 2018
This year’s Fellowship applications brought in an exceptional 375 candidates from 54 countries. From that pool, we selected 13 Fellows representing 9 nationalities and speaking 14 languages. Vera Solutions is delighted to welcome the newest members of our global consulting teams. Shaping our largest and most diverse cohort
27th July 2018
Perspective from a Gender-Focused Poverty Intervention Program – By The BOMA Project and Vera Solutions This post originally appeared on The BOMA Project’s blog and is republished with permission. Accountability for nonprofits means many things: financial transparency and disclosure, to show that they are good stewards of the funding they
10th July 2018
Creating Positive Impact for our Company and our Customers Last week, Vera Solutions was recognized as Best for the World for creating positive impact as a mission-driven business based on an independent, comprehensive assessment administered by the nonprofit B Lab. This year we are thrilled to be honored in both
20th June 2018
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
19th June 2018
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
23rd May 2018
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
24th April 2018
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
16th April 2018
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
27th February 2018
“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.
17th January 2018
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
2nd January 2018
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
