Article originally published on Salesforce.org
Together, Salesforce.org and roundCorner will power a unified CRM solution for fundraising, alumni and donor outreach roundCorner provides technologies to enable social good organizations to achieve their missions
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Salesforce.org, a nonprofit social enterprise, today announced it has acquired roundCorner, which specializes in enterprise CRM solutions for nonprofits and other impact sectors.
“Through our technology, industry expertise and employee volunteerism, Salesforce.org is dedicated to empowering the social good sector,” said Rob Acker, CEO, Salesforce.org. “Together, Salesforce.org and roundCorner will further power our community of customers with solutions to advance their missions.”
roundCorner: An enterprise solution to transform the social impact sector
roundCorner, the first Salesforce.org Platinum App Partner for the nonprofit market in North America, offers technology solutions for enterprise nonprofit organizations, higher education institutions and foundations to become constituent-centric with products such as NGO Connect, Advancement Connect and Foundation Connect.
roundCorner empowers customers with fundraising and grants management built on Salesforce, so they can connect with each of their constituents from one single place.
In 2016, roundCorner joined Pledge 1% – a corporate philanthropy movement started by Salesforce, dedicated to making the community a key stakeholder in every business.
Acquisition to accelerate innovation and impact for Salesforce.org’s community
roundCorner technology will extend the power of Nonprofit Cloud, Education Cloud and Philanthropy Cloud as Salesforce.org continues to deliver solutions for fundraising, alumni and donor outreach.
Together, Salesforce.org and roundCorner will accelerate customers’ impact in their communities, whether a nonprofit, educational institution or a foundation. By making a unified system for connecting fundraising, advancement and engagement systems, Salesforce.org and roundCorner will unlock new ways to connect to constituents and optimize existing technology solutions.
Details Regarding the Acquisition
The boards of directors of Salesforce.org and roundCorner have unanimously approved the acquisition.
About Salesforce.org
Everyone who wants to change the world should have the tools and technology to do so. Technology is the most powerful equalizer of our time, providing access to data, knowledge, and — above all — connections. Salesforce.org gets our technology in the hands of nonprofits, educational institutions, and philanthropic organizations so they can connect with others and do more good. As a social enterprise, the more missions our technology supports, the more we invest back into technology and communities, creating an endless circle of good. We’re here to help; visit us at Salesforce.org.
Originally posted: January 17th, 2019
Written by the asUgo team.
As a recognized member of the Pledge 1% program, asUgo has committed to donating at least 1% of the company’s time, product and resources. It’s a small commitment today that can make a huge impact tomorrow.
“While still being a young company, it is important for asUgo to give back from an early stage onwards,” says Jürgen Janssens, Senior Manager at asUgo, who coordinates the Pledge 1% program. “At asUgo, we want to make a sustainable, measurable contribution to the communities in which we work and live.”
“Whether it is by sharing time, technology, people or resources, we are convinced that integrating philanthropy and societal contribution from an early stage will help in building bridges and improving communities throughout our different worlds.”
At asUgo, the impact program is articulated around 4 axes:
- Building bridges with/for companies
- Building bridges with/for the young generation
- Building bridges through structural charity support
- Building bridges through spontaneous support
Matured in 2018, the program will continue to grow in 2019. Some initiatives are already under preparation for Q1 2019. For more details, contact Jürgen Janssens, Senior Manager (j.janssens@asugoconsulting.com) or Julien Blaise, Managing Director (j.blaise@asugoconsulting.com).
About asUgo
Based in Brussels (Belgium), asUgo thinks and builds Salesforce solutions to support clients’ Customer Journeys. asUgo is a cross-functional and committed team with one focus: helping its clients to embrace a new digital era and connect with their customers in an innovative and efficient way.
asUgo establishes a transversal approach between:
- Marketing, Sales & Customer Service
- Business & IT
- Agility & Project Management
As Silver partner, asUgo relies on highly-certified Salesforce resources to provide functional guidance and relevant technical expertise to its clients (ONE TEAM approach) in key-sectors such as service, banking, utilities, micro-financing and healthcare. asUgo works as well with (very) large companies, as with SME organisations.
#curious, #nimble and #committed, asUgo is more than a Salesforce consulting provider, it is a partner.
For more information about asUgo, visit the company website, or follow the company pulse on LinkedIn.
Originally posted: January 9th, 2019
Originally published by Vidyard.
KITCHENER, Ontario, Dec. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vidyard, the leading video platform for business, has prioritized the company’s commitment to Community as a key stakeholder. By reordering their stakeholder list, and ranking “Community” above “Investors,” Vidyard makes a bold move for a technology company. Vidyard hopes to inspire similar organizations to build programming and initiatives to support their local communities and to do so in a way that is core to the way they do business.
Vidyard Stakeholder List:
1. Customers
2. Employees
3. Community
4. Investors
“Community is one of Vidyard’s top priority stakeholders, alongside its Customers, Employees, and Investors– and Vidyard’s board is on board. Shifting the order of our stakeholder list may seem like an unconventional idea, but it’s an idea that works well for us and our employees,” says Michael Litt, CEO and Co-Founder of Vidyard. “When we publicly reordered our shareholders this way, we took a stance that above all, Community counts. Our board agreed.”
Throughout 2018, Vidyard staff and leadership teams all got involved:
- Served more than 1750 meals to the House of Friendship, a Kitchener-based organization that provides support services for those dealing with poverty, hunger, homelessness, and addiction.
- Logged more than 600+ volunteer hours at the House of Friendship, as well as through outreach programming with LAUNCH Waterloo, THEMUSEUM, Catalyst at the University of Waterloo, and others.
- Supported 14 local charities, including Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada, House of Friendship, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre, Sustainable Waterloo Region, KidsAbility Centre for Child Development, Carizon Family And Community Services, Canadian Blood Services, Reception House Waterloo Region, Community Support Connections, Grand River Hospital, Kitchener Public Library, Child Witness Centre, Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, and YWCA Kitchener-Waterloo.
- Hosted 10 community-focused events, including programming to support LGBTQ+ in Technology, True North, Velocity, Making Space, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada Night, University of Guelph – English as a Second Language, Ladies Learning Code and others.
- Generated $15,000 in community donations, including gifts to support organizations involved in building a flourishing local arts and culture, developing entrepreneurship and leadership programming, aiding healthcare and wellness, and community development.
- Hosted 5 Plugin events, including “Canada”, supporting the Child Witness Centre, “Fatal Friday”, supporting Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, “Chill”, supporting YWCA Kitchener-Waterloo, “Laughs & Lagers,” supporting KidsAbility Centre for Child Development, and “Temple of Terror”, supporting Carizon Family And Community Services.
Vidyard Pledges 1% Commitment to its Community and Beyond
Vidyard is part of the Pledge 1% program, an easy way for companies to leverage a portion of their future success to support nonprofits in their community. As a recognized member, Vidyard has committed to donating at least 1% of the company’s time, product, resourcing and space to supporting non-profits in the region. It’s a small commitment today that can make a huge impact tomorrow.
“One of the amazing things about Pledge 1% is that there is no prescribed list of how to and when to implement formal giving-back programs,” says Laura Flatt, Community Engagement Program Manager at Vidyard. “Pledge 1% encourages businesses to start where they are today, then works to encourage them to think about what they can do into the future.”
“Community Giving” as a Defining Part of Vidyard Culture
Volunteering is one of the simplest and most cost-effective ways to give back to a local community while showcasing corporate values through the simple act of giving time. Volunteering also introduces and educates employees about local charities, not-for-profit organizations, and volunteer opportunities in their own backyards. Simply spreading the word on who needs help most industriously pursued our staff to get out and volunteer on their own time.
For example, on #GivingTuesday, a national day of giving that took place on November 24th, Vidyard launched its annual Food Drive. Once a year, the entire company is divided into teams, and each competes to collect the most non-perishable food items and funds for The Food Bank of Waterloo Region. Competition aside, employees look forward to this each holiday. This year, Vidyard even added an extra annual challenge by including key items that are in high-demand in the region; socks and winter coats. Employees will be donating these items to The Working Centre, a non-profit, community-based, venture that provides access to tools and opportunities to build community projects in the region.
“We constantly hear from our job seekers and employees that they’re focused on finding work within companies that offer them the opportunity to make meaningful contributions alongside passionate people,” says Lisa Brown, Vidyard’s VP of Talent. “The company had already been participating in many activities internally through various grassroots initiatives.”
Vidyard will continue to prioritize giving back through weekly volunteering, mentorship programming through local STEAM/STEM initiatives, blood drives, large-scale company-wide events, and even Plugin, community events that bring together young professionals in fun and unconventional ways to connect, build and maintain our community.
More Information:
About Vidyard
Vidyard is the video platform for business that helps organizations drive more revenue through the use of online video. Going beyond video hosting and management, Vidyard helps businesses drive greater engagement in their video content, track the viewing activities of each individual viewer, and turn those views into action. Global leaders such as Honeywell, LinkedIn, Citibank and Sharp rely on Vidyard to power their video content strategies and turn viewers into customers.
Media Contact:
Sandy Pell, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, Vidyard
press@vidyard.com
Originally posted: December 16th, 2018
Viventa is dedicated to helping Colombians living in the US secure their dreams of owning a home. Their team is very committed to the communities we serve, both in the US and abroad.
Last year, Viventa was inspired to take the 1% pledge – they were fueled by their desire to do more in their communities. The company’s CEO, Sandra Amézquita, committed 1% of Viventa’s profit, people and product to invest in causes that resonated with her team. Sandra empowered her workforce to think about opportunities that were relevant to the communities in which they lived and worked.
To learn more about how Viventa is having an impact, watch the video below:
Originally posted: December 9th, 2018
Originally published in the Citizen Tribune.
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 27, 2018–Code42, the leader in data loss protection, visibility and recovery solutions, announced that it has expanded its corporate philanthropy program. The company recently launched the Code42 Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to supporting charitable organizations that help foster equity in the community. In addition, the company created a matching gift program for employees.
Donations made by the Code42 Foundation, a grass roots and employee-run effort, will align with the company’s Pledge 1% commitment. In 2016, Code42 joined Pledge 1%, a global movement that is creating a new normal for companies to integrate giving back into the core of their business. Code42 plans to devote one percent of its equity, one percent of its profits and one percent of its employees’ time to help improve communities where its employees live and work. In recognition of Pledge 1%’s four-year anniversary, Code42 and other member companies are joining the non-profit to ring the bell at the Nasdaq today.
“Corporate giving is an integral part of our culture,” said Joe Payne, Code42’s president and CEO. “During the past two years in support of one of our core values — leave the world a better place — we joined Pledge 1%, created and endowed our Code42 Foundation, and launched a matching gift program for employees. To help instill a giving culture, we also provide our employees Volunteer Time Off, which they have used to donate more than 6,700 service hours to the community.”
“The Pledge 1% movement along with our members are setting a new standard for successful companies of the future,” said Pledge 1% Chief Executive Amy Lesnick. “Increasingly, giving back isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s also the smart thing to do. We’re proud to work with companies like Code42 that are leveraging their business to have a tremendous impact on their community.”
Code42’s philanthropic efforts are supported by multiple programs, which play a vital role in serving the communities where its employees live and work.
Pledge 1% is an effort founded by Salesforce, Atlassian and Rally to accelerate a shared vision of every business around the globe integrating philanthropy into its corporate DNA. The global movement encourages and empowers companies of all sizes and stages to donate staff time, product, profit, and/or equity to any charity of their choosing. The Code42Cares program addresses the immediate needs of the community through employee volunteerism. Code42 employees receive two paid days off per year to volunteer at a growing list of charitable organizations and causes they are passionate about. The list includes Second Harvest Heartland, STEM events for the Girl Scouts, hurricane relief, building 3D-printed prosthetic hands, and much more.To encourage employees to contribute financially to charitable organizations, Code42 has allocated funds to match personal donations.The Code42 Foundation awards grants to local charitable organizations that progress long-term, systemic changes and promote equity in the community. The company’s founders — Matthew Dornquast, Mitch Coopet and Brian Bispala — all have donated a percentage of their stock to support the foundation.
To learn more about Code42’s community initiatives, visit the Code42 blog and follow #becode42.
Code42 is the leader in data loss protection, visibility and recovery solutions. Native to the cloud, the Code42 Next-Gen Data Loss Protection (Code42 Next-Gen DLP) solution rapidly detects insider threats, helps satisfy regulatory compliance requirements and speeds incident response — all without lengthy deployments, complex policy management or blocks on user productivity. Because the solution collects and indexes every version of every file, it offers total visibility and recovery of data — wherever it lives and moves. Security, IT and compliance professionals can protect endpoint and cloud data from loss, leak and theft while maintaining an open and collaborative culture for employees. Backed by security best practices and control requirements, Code42 Next-Gen DLP preserves files for compliance and can be configured for GDPR, HIPAA, PCI and other regulatory frameworks.
More than 50,000 organizations worldwide, including the most recognized brands in business and education, rely on Code42 to safeguard their ideas. Founded in 2001, the company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and backed by Accel Partners, JMI Equity, NEA and Split Rock Partners. For more information, visit code42.com, read Code42’s blog or follow the company on Twitter.
© 2018 Code42 Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Code42 and the Code42 logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Code42 Software, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other marks are properties of their respective owners.
Originally posted: November 28th, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Crunchbase announced today that it has joined Pledge 1%, a corporate philanthropy movement dedicated to making the community a key stakeholder in every business. Spearheaded by Atlassian, Rally, Salesforce and Tides, Pledge 1% empowers companies to donate 1% of product, 1% of equity, 1% of profit or 1% of employee time to improve communities around the world.
Crunchbase is joining an impressive network of entrepreneurs and companies across the globe that have committed to philanthropic efforts through the Pledge 1% movement. By pledging 1% of its equity, product, and employee time, Crunchbase is demonstrating a commitment to philanthropic leadership.
Crunchbase is relied on by millions of innovators who need industry trends, investments opportunities, and company information, to do business. These are the innovators who can help bring Pledge 1% to life in their organizations and communities.
Comments on the News
- Crunchbase QUOTE: “We are incredibly proud to announce that Crunchbase has joined Pledge 1% as a partner and evangelist,” said head of people, Victoria Bubien. “We have the unique opportunity to not only donate our own resources, but also bring the Pledge 1% mission to our millions-strong community of users.”
- Pledge 1% QUOTE: “We are incredibly excited that Crunchbase has taken the pledge,” said Amy Lesnick, chief executive of Pledge 1%. “Crunchbase can play a pivotal role in building this movement and promoting a new normal in which all companies—big and small—integrate giving back as a core value in their business.”
About Crunchbase
Crunchbase is the leading destination where you can discover innovative companies, connectwith the people behind them, and uncover new opportunities. Over 50 million professionals–including entrepreneurs, investors, market researchers, and sales people–trust Crunchbase to inform their business decisions. Companies all over the world rely on Crunchbase to power their applications, making over one billion API calls on our platform each year. Our mission is to democratize the way innovators connect to opportunities.
About Pledge 1%
Pledge 1% is an effort spearheaded by Atlassian, Rally, Salesforce and Tides to accelerate their shared vision around integrating philanthropy into businesses around the world. Pledge 1% encourages and challenges individuals and companies to pledge 1% of equity, profit, product and/or employee time for their communities, because pledging a small portion of future success can have a huge impact on tomorrow. Pledge 1% offers companies turnkey tools and best practices, making it accessible for any company to incorporate philanthropy into their business model. To learn more or to take the pledge, please visit www.pledge1percent.org.
Member contact: Victoria Bubien
Crunchbase
Media contact: Shanee Ben-Zur
Press@crunchbase.com
Originally posted: November 28th, 2018
Originally published on the vyn blog.
At vyn, we strive to create more human business environments, powered by more human communications and boosted by Artificial Intelligence.
What do we mean by this?
The most natural and effective type of human communication is visual and verbal. With recent technological advancements, we now have the ability to create a better work-life: One where digital tools work for us, rather than the other way round, and where curiosity, learning, and ambition are not just a privilege but a right.
Continuing to follow this purpose, we’re launching vynforGood, an initiative looking to use our platform, products and individual skills in creative ways to address societal problems. Here are three ways we’re trying to make a difference.
1. Corporate Social Responsibility
We know we need to be investing in our society today for sustainability for the future. Some of our clients are using vyn to make their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives more impactful and cost-effective. We’ve extended our product free of charge to help improve CSR project feedback, to make health advice more accessible, to help empower women from marginalised parts of society, and to promote digital upskilling of workers in the field.
2. Lifelong learning for everyone
Since the beginning, we have strived to build lasting learning moments through human interfaces. Last week we launched our first #vynsightsseries, where, powered by the vyn platform, the experience and wisdom of business leaders are shared in short videos. These learning moments are intended for the benefit of all – most importantly for those without access to further education or mentors. We encourage our partners, customers and advisors to share their unique expertise as we continue the series:
“At the core of our purpose is to create a quality life, and today is just another step. As we launch vynsights, your daily dose of insight for the global reach of many, we look to our customers, advisors, and partners to expand this collection of learning moments.”
– Kapil Singhal, CEO & Co-Founder
3. We want to help you make an impact
We’re proud to offer vyn to our customers free of charge for any CSR initiative that helps to build capability or to create a better community.
What social initiatives is your organisation involved in where short, structured communication is critical to success? Perhaps keeping stakeholders informed of progress and project feedback, which can be seen and heard, is a key enabler? We want to know how we can help further your cause: Let us know in the comments below or email us.
vynforGood makes part of our promise to Pledge 1%, a corporate philanthropy movement where member companies pledge to improve communities around the world. We are committed to donating 1% of our product to social causes.
Originally posted: November 28th, 2018
#GivingTuesday may only be one day per year, but a lifetime committed to giving can define your legacy
A simple conversation around major life events (marriage, kids, first homes, and more) in the summer of 2017, led to the beginning of Trust & Will. We set out to achieve our vision to be the modern category leader in estate planning, helping the millions of families who have not yet set up their trust or will.
As you’ve probably picked up on family is our guiding value. It’s a tribute to those who came before us, and a reminder everyday as to WHY we are building this company. To be able to help people at scale is one of the beautiful things about building a technology company. And with growth and success, comes assessing your priorities. We knew early on that one of those priorities would be helping others, which is why we were inspired by companies like Salesforce, Atlassian, Classy and more to give back as our journey unfolds.
We made the commitment to Pledge1% upon incorporating Trust & Will in October 2017 because Pledge1% aligns with our personal values, and is injected into our company culture.
Our team is based in sunny San Diego and proud of the work we are doing to help the everyday family leave their legacy. We proudly display the Pledge1% logo at the entrance to our office to remind our team, visitors, and passerby the importance of giving back.
Originally posted: November 28th, 2018
After almost 30 years in the nonprofit sector, TJ Warfield created her own company, Data Geeks Lab, which provides Salesforce setup, coding, and consulting services exclusively for non-profits. Because community is part of Data Geeks Lab’s core values, TJ joined the Pledge 1%.
But when she recently audited her contributions, she realized she was way off track. While her company makes annual charitable donations equal to about 1% of gross income, her direct service hours are way over 1%. In fact, donated staff time makes up 17% of billable hours.
And TJ isn’t planning on reducing this amount anytime soon.
Why such a big commitment? For TJ, it’s about giving back, but also about building community and pushing the Salesforce non-profit tools forward. And, of course, it’s also good for her relationships with existing clients.
Almost all of TJ’s direct service hours go to providing community support for non-profits around the world who rely on Salesforce to keep their operations running.
When TJ started in the Salesforce world, non-profits were on their own to figure out how to make the platform work for them. Documentation was slim, the user groups and forums didn’t exist, and there wasn’t even a universal platform that solved the basic needs of most non-profits. That changed, though, when Salesforce.org made a major commitment to its non-profit users, and built out an ecosystem to support them.
Having access to resources and knowing how to use them are two different things though. That’s where TJ and Data Geeks Lab comes in. TJ answers questions in “The Hub,” the online forum for Salesforce non-profit users, participates in the Salesforce.org Open-Source Community Sprints, and participates in meetings for the Bay Area Non-Profit Salesforce Users Group.
Participating in the Hub forums takes up a lot of the volunteer hours donated by Data Geeks Lab. Often TJ can help a user solve their problem more quickly and thoroughly than the standard Salesforce support people can, just because she has spent years dealing with the specific kinds of problems non-profits encounter. Sometimes she’s even jumped in and worked one-on-one with a user to solve their actual problem – no charge. When she can invest just a few minutes of her time to get an organization back on track to fulfill their social mission, that’s a lot of leverage, and it provides a lot of satisfaction.
One of TJ’s most rewarding contributions is the time she spends at the Community Sprints. These events, held 3 times a year, bring together in-house Salesforce developers, non-profit and education users, and implementation partners like Data Geeks Lab to discuss issues, write documentation, discuss and spec out new functionality, and sometimes even build new features. These in-person events are hosted by Salesforce and free to attend. The same people often attend each Sprint, and it becomes almost like a family reunion.
Contributing to the community is its own reward, but also brings benefits in Data Geeks Lab’s relationship with its customers. For example, TJ lets her clients know she’ll be unavailable during the Sprints, but her customers know she’s working on making their non-profit Salesforce experience better. And when they see her in the Hub forums helping others, they get proof of her depth of knowledge with Salesforce’s offerings, which leads to deeper trust.
One of the core values of Data Geeks Lab is to “Lift as you climb,” meaning that the company sees helping others as an integral part of its own success. The Pledge 1% program has been a natural fit, even if it has been hard to stick to just giving 1%.
Originally posted: November 27th, 2018