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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

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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

9th October 2017

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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

27th September 2017

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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

19th September 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

5th September 2017

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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.

18th August 2017

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

28th June 2017