Yes, The Salesforce Foundation Cares About You
The Seattle nonprofit community has bragging rights to both Steve Andersen (at ONE/NW) and Evan Callahan (here at NPower Seattle) - two top notch database experts. In addition to their database skills, they both bring a huge commitment to the nonprofit sector, and their individual and collective work to help nonprofits use Salesforce for their data tracking needs is making an impact on the sector.
Steve and Evan recently attended a conference hosted by the Salesforce Foundation - the goal of the conference was to find out how the Foundation could continue to help nonprofits adopt Salesforce. Steve has a terrific write up from the event, which I’d recommend to anyone considering using Salesforce. Here’s a quick excerpt from Steve’s write up:
“Just the fact that the Foundation put on a gathering with the explicit goal of asking us how they can serve nonprofits better is very telling.”
Evan Callahan wrote:
At the close of the conference, Salesforce (http://www.salesforcefoundation.org) committed to some exciting new support for nonprofits:
- A nonprofit customer web portal, including documentation, forums, and other resources for nonprofits.
- Better training options for nonprofit users and administrators.
- Major overhaul of the templates and applications available to nonprofits using Salesforce.
- Renewed energy for supporting nonprofit developers, implementors, and consultants to collaborate on better solutions for customers.
While I believe that Salesforce is a great tool for nonprofits today, I think it will only get stronger as the company and the foundation continue to improve their offerings.
Posted on 07-Jun-07 at 12:19 pm | Permalink