Managed Services – Engineering Support for Salesforce
After a decade of delivering Managed Services to our clients across the nonprofit sector, we’re delighted to share that we have expanded our services to include Managed Services – Engineering Support. In addition to our Managed Services for Salesforce Support and System Administration, this service helps organizations tackle more complex optimizations or technical challenges within their Salesforce system. […]
Prioritizing requirements in the NGO Space – Know what you need before you start building a system
Nonprofit organizations are increasingly turning to technology to streamline and automate everyday processes – from strategic planning and fundraising to program management and impact measurement to project and service delivery. Yet resource constraints often mean that organizations can’t implement everything they want at once. Prioritizing requirements is crucial for ensuring that the technology meets your […]
Change Management: assessing your readiness for technological change
A technology implementation can be a complex process, and ensuring readiness is crucial for its success. The first step is to understand your organization’s readiness for change by considering the following questions below. 1. Objectives Clearly define the objectives and expected outcomes of your technology implementation. This will help guide the entire process and ensure […]
6 Benefits of Salesforce Experiences – with Powerful Real-world Examples
At Vera Solutions, we believe that collaboration is a cornerstone to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . Over the last decade, we’ve been fortunate to work with hundreds of organizations to deliver data solutions that unlock a culture of transparency, collaboration, and data-informed decision-making. Through our work, we’ve been inspired to see a rise […]
7 reasons why Salesforce should be at the center of your nonprofit digital strategy
At Vera Solutions, we’re often asked, “Why do you build nonprofit solutions on Salesforce? Isn’t it just a CRM tool?” As a technology provider, we love Salesforce mostly for its extensive configurability and scalability—allowing us to build using ‘clicks, not code’, streamline and automate organizational workflow, and store all kinds of data on the cloud. […]
IMM and MEL: Can one tool meet impact measurement needs across sectors?
Last week, Salesforce.org, Monitor Institute by Deloitte, and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) released Impact Measurement Today, a white paper outlining a cross-sector approach to impact management capacity building. While nonprofits and governments focus efforts and resources around monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), grantmakers and impact investors are getting increasingly serious about Impact Measurement and […]
6 Capacity Building Tips to Scale Your Digital Transformation Strategy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlo1mAVClWI&feature=youtu.beAround the globe, nonprofits are taking an impact-first approach to digital transformation and using technology to work cross-functionally, communicate effectively, and enhance program effectiveness. This webinar, hosted by Salesforce.org, brings together a well-rounded group of panelists – Zak Kaufman of Vera Solutions, Tim Fives of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Elena Bonometti of Tostan, and Nick […]
10 Criteria to Evaluate When Choosing a New Technology
Organizations often choose technologies for short-sighted reasons. Here’s a better way with 3 questions to ask and 10 criteria to evaluate. When I look back at our last decade and more than 500 social sector technology projects (and the systems we’ve replaced), it strikes me that organizations often choose technologies for silly and short-sighted reasons. […]
Dashboards, Integrations, and Automations: Connecting with OpenFn
This post originally appeared on the SurveyCTO blog and is republished with permission. We recently caught up with Taylor Downs, founder of OpenFn and co-founder of Vera Solutions, to learn more about how he’s helping international organizations harness data for social impact, his recommendations for creating dashboards, and some of the cool automations available to […]
What to look for in a System Administrator
Athan Makansi, based in Mumbai, leads Vera’s work in Asia. A certified Force.com Developer, Booz Allen Hamilton alumnus, and former Kiva fellow, Athan brings more than seven years of experience in business operations and international development to the Vera team. In any organization, a data system’s success is heavily influenced by its administrator — a […]