Analytics at your fingertips: How nonprofits can get the most out of Salesforce Reports and Dashboards
Effective data management has become an increasingly significant determiner of organizational success. While many nonprofits are now collecting data regularly –90% according to a report by NonprofitHub and EveryAction – many remain unsure of what to do with it after it’s been recorded. Salesforce.org’s recent Nonprofit Trends report shows that fewer than half of nonprofits […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Connecting the Dots: Highlights from 17NTC
Ali Blajda is a Consultant in Vera’s Washington D.C. office. She brings more than five years of experience in global health and international development to the team. Ali holds a BA in International Affairs from George Washington University and an MS in Health Policy from the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. From March 23-25, […]
Omprakash Uses Salesforce to Power Crowdfunding and Online Learning
This post originally appeared on Salesforce.org and is republished with permission. By: Willy Oppenheim, Founder and Director of Omprakash Omprakash works at the intersection of technology, higher education, and international development to create mutually beneficial relationships between individuals and grassroots social impact organizations in over fifty countries around the world. Organizations (‘Omprakash Partners’) working in […]
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 […]
Amplifying Women’s Leadership Development in Asia: How WeDu Uses Salesforce for Program Management
The inspiring young women of Wedu are called Rising Stars. Representing underserved communities from Bangladesh to Cambodia to Myanmar, these 300+ young women were recruited by ‘Talent Spotters’ in their own communities and selected to participate in Wedu’s Leadership Development Program. Rising Stars have demonstrated strong leadership potential, which Wedu seeks to bolster by providing […]
Recapping Dreamforce 2016
Last month, Vera attended Salesforce’s 170,000-attendee-strong annual user meeting, Dreamforce. Held in San Francisco each year, Dreamforce attracts more than 8,000 non-profits, making it the world’s largest non-profit technology conference. While there were countless highlights, our favorite part of this event was reconnecting with our clients and seeing so many familiar faces proudly presenting the […]
Hagar Uses Salesforce to Help Fight the Effects of Trauma
They come to Hagar to start over. Following months, but more often years, as unwilling victims of human trafficking, rape, domestic violence, child labor, and other forms of exploitation, women and children throughout Cambodia seek Hagar’s help in processing their experiences and preparing for a new life. Through intensive counseling, medical support, education services, and […]