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Real Leaders Awards 2019

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

Shalinee Thakur Joins Vera’s Board of Directors

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

Salesforce.org’s Connected Nonprofit Conference

Connected Nonprofit Conference in 5 Highlights: Tools and Technologies Reinventing Nonprofit Impact Measurement

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

2018-19 Fellows

Meet Our 2018-19 Fellows

  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

BOMA Project | Data Dilemma

The Data Dilemma: Making Measurement Matter

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

Best for the World 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

Amp Impact Demo Jam Winner

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

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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

23rd May 2018

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

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

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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

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

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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

2nd January 2018

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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

1st December 2017