Redtag
Redtag is a Salesforce partner company that provides consulting and implementation services to successfully execute the CRM and CX strategies. Over the 8 years of sole focus on Salesforce, we gathered comprehensive expertise and experience to help companies around the Salesforce platform grow. Extensive expertise in multiple clouds, including highly specialized ones – CPQ, Pardot, B2B, MuleSoft
Redtag Joins the Pledge 1 % Movement to Donate 1 % of Time to Free Education
“A small effort today can have an enormous impact tomorrow.”
The Move
Pledge 1 %, the initiative cofounded by Salesforce, Atlassian, and Rally, brings life-changing opportunities and empowers all participants to solve global issues. It is a charity program meant to encourage businesses to give more value to communities and to become a decisive force with a positive impact on the community.
Pledge 1% was something that was out there. At some point, we needed to get bigger and join the community. Having familiarized ourselves with the move, we understood that we had been doing what it took to join Pledge 1% for a while.
Redtag participates in the Pledge 1 % program and volunteers to teach those interested in Salesforce. We have been teaching for several years, and our experience is valuable and worth sharing. We realize the vast potential of Salesforce and the talents in our teams so that we give equal opportunities to everyone who wants to use this power to make beautiful things happen. Salesforce is also interested in spreading technology and knowledge that are robust and life-changing. So, we decided to share our knowledge and skills to build a better future now.
The Academy
The Redtag Academy was launched in 2018, as we wanted to give hundreds of talented people a chance to follow their passion, study new skills, and find the job they dreamt of. The Academy’s mission matches our values, as we love what we do and strive to grow a passionate team. We are all aware of the recent changes in society and feel the consequences of the pandemic and full-scale war. Most people have lost their jobs and businesses and left everything behind, and they are looking for new opportunities that we are ready to provide. As a remote job in IT is one of the best options to make a good living for most Ukrainians – our education project comes in handy. Over 100 students have graduated successfully and found the job they wanted, keeping growing professionally.
At Academy Starter Camp we introduce Salesforce to our students, teach them basics and prepare them for their first job. Those who attend our Academy get excellent networking opportunities and enjoy drinks and snacks at our cafeteria. The course duration is up to three months with zero tuition fee. We also offer equal job opportunities to the most capable students, so they join our team as trainees, keep learning and get a salary. Some aspiring developers, consultants, and QA engineers joined our team, having finished the Academy successfully, and later even got back as mentors and lecturers, sharing their knowledge and values with newcomers.
To get an idea of our Starter Camp, look at some stories of our mentors and students.
Ananstasiia Matviychuk shares her experience about being the mentor at the Academy.
When you teach someone, you, first of all, learn yourself. And this is the truth, verified by my own experience. I am very interested in watching how young talents develop professionally who a year ago had not even heard of Salesforce.
Yuriy Pinchuk about his journey from the Starter Camp to first Salesforce-related job.
The Salesforce course at Redtag is a significant life-changer for me, the opportunity to work on awesome projects and understand business needs and operations worldwide. Thanks to my study there, I have expanded my network of friends and colleagues without borders, enjoying remote work opportunities. I work in an incredible team with a decent salary and limitless growth prospects. My way is not easy, but I enjoy it and know for sure- the result depends on me and my effort.
The Influence
With the Pledge 1 % movement, we can contribute to everyday well-being, help those who need support, and consolidate a friendly culture of equality and synergy in our team and beyond. As the demand for remote jobs soared, the education we provide is essential and life-changing for many people. We keep teaching people, and new student enrollment will be next year- we are looking forward to seeing new curious minds in our team. We know how to be helpful and change the world with cutting-edge technology and collaboration!
Maven Mule
We are a Salesforce Partner who gives back the Salesforce expertise our team holds by providing Consultancy services and building products for the Salesforce ecosystem.
Adventures made possible
Longing to achieve goals and follow dreams makes us Human. Helping others to achieve their goals and follow their dreams makes us true Pledgers
Today we are honored to be a part of our friend’s dream – reach more than 150 of the most attractive Croatian peaks on his own by pushing his limits every single day.
As a Salesforce partner, we value growth and community, thus it was a no-brainer for us that we wanted to help make this adventure possible, so we tried and did.
We spent some time with Dane to help him create a beautiful website about his projects to promote local traveling since Croatia has so much to offer apart from the beautiful seaside with internationally known attractions.
We also ensured that Dane had everything to make this adventure possible – equipment, hiking passes, and more.
Now we can follow Dane living his dream (and you can too!) using modern GPS technologies.
When Dane started his adventure he was pushed by the desire to seek tranquility and connect with nature far away from a modern hectic world full of stressful people. After 2000 km of the path he has already been on and after meeting so many kind people on his way who helped him with accommodation, transportation, and food, he restored his faith in humanity. And that is an achievement of its own, which we are incredibly proud to be a part of.
Visit Dane Opara’s website and follow him online on his inspiring journey to explore Croatia and his true self.
Follow Dane: https://lnkd.in/dp5cb2zR
Printfresh
A woman-owned luxury printed sleepwear and home goods brand focused on sustainability and extended size offerings.
As a sustainable, eco-friendly business in the fashion and design industry, Printfresh immediately felt a connection to FABSCRAP and the incredible work they do. A charitable, non-profit organization, FABSCRAP recycles and redistributes hundreds of thousands of pounds from the fashion industry in New York City and Philadelphia every year.
Since Printfresh’s inception, we’ve been committed to taking the extra step when producing our organic cotton sleepwear. Our cutting marker (the guide used in the cutting process) allows for a really good consumption percentage of the fabric, and our pattern master efficiently lays out our patterns before hand cutting. These efforts mean that there are very few leftover fabric scraps. All usable scraps are stored for upcycled projects. Our sewing factory partner is one of the cleanest, light filled and environmentally responsible factories we’ve seen. They recycle wastewater on site and are solar powered. Their printing facility (a different location) recycles the waste water from printing and rinsing through a private pipeline, processing and returning it to the facility for reuse.
With that being said, we know not all brands pay this close attention to their fabric waste. We are so happy that organizations like FABSCRAP exist to reduce waste and allow others to participate in the process through volunteering. As a part of 1% pledge, members of the Printfresh team volunteered for two separate sessions at the FABSCRAP location in Philadelphia. Spending our time sorting through textiles into recyclable materials was a fantastic experience. FABSCRAP currently offers service in New York City and Philadelphia where all the material collected (about 7,000lbs per week) is sorted with the help of a large community of volunteers. FABSCRAP hosts two daily volunteer sessions at both locations to help get through all of that material. About half of the material collected is reusable and is made available to their community through a thrift store model- with stores in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and online. The other half that isn’t readily reusable is downcycled into a material called shoddy- used for various forms of insulation.
Our 1% time at FABSCRAP meant so much to us, that Printfresh decided to make the organization our own Giving Tuesday Business. This means that on Giving Tuesday, 15% of our net sales for the day will be donated to FABSCRAP to continue their mission of ending textile waste.
Intellek
At Intellek we believe in the power of education, and our mission is to make sure everyone has access to the learning resources they need. We are a global company headquartered in the USA with additional locations in Canada, Europe, and the UK; we have been in business for over 30 years and pride ourselves on delivering high quality learning technology that allows people to learn in a focused, efficient, and goal-orientated way.
What would the world be like if everybody had access to the learning resources they need to truly flourish?
That is our dream at Intellek!
To accomplish this our CEO (Claire Revell) has created an initiative called Opening Doors.
The Opening Doors project was founded to provide access to education for the most vulnerable people worldwide, and its purpose is just that… to open doors. Opening doors to education, opening doors to new opportunities, opening doors to a new career, and opening doors to a safe environment. With its roots in providing free education to children and improving the lives of young people around the world, the project has constantly evolved and expanded to broaden its impact.
As part of our pledge and giving strategy we are looking to ensure that every child around the world can get free education where and when they need it. To date Claire, Opening Doors, and Intellek have now funded the schooling of 12 young individuals in the 1000 Hills Community of Inchanga, near Durban in South Africa. With access to over 800 targeted eLearning modules, all free of charge; there are currently 5 organizations using Opening Doors LMS in South Africa and Uganda, with 144 active users across them all. Claire and the team are in talks with another 48 more schools in Africa alone.
On this year’s #GivingTuesday we wanted to showcase the efforts of some of the individuals in our team, alongside our corporate efforts to provide access to education in the wider community. We believe in empowering our team to do all they can in support of good causes that are close to their hearts. To this end we have created a volunteering program that allows scheduled time off for our staff to partake in charitable activities…
Our passionate Head of Network & Security, Adrian kickstarted our new volunteering initiative earlier this year at LifeBeat, where he gave his time to support young people struggling to cope with their own challenges. Drawing on his personal skills to teach them self-confidence, self-protection, and Filipino martial arts – among a whole bunch of other things!
As well as taking part in more physical and practical giving activities – such as a sponsored half marathon (Breast Walk Ever) for the charity Against Breast Cancer and being a volunteer transect surveyor for the Bat Conservation Trust – the leader of our marketing department, Ricci is a regular on the Reach Volunteering platform. Where he is able to use his professional skills to do good, by supporting charitable organizations with web design and digital marketing support.
Someone in the team who is an avid fundraiser is our Head of BD and Innovation, Daryl – who literally puts his feet on the ground to support MIND (https://www.mind.org.uk/), FORCE (https://forcecancercharity.co.uk/) and McMillan (https://www.macmillan.org.uk/). Last year he raised £1,500 for FORCE by running 1,084 miles over a 6-month period (7 miles every day for 6 months). More recently he’s done two 10K’s to support MIND, and he has plans for 2023 that will include both FORCE and McMillan.
We love the fact that our team finds such diverse ways to give!
As a Pledge 1% Member, we at Intellek dedicate at least 1% of our revenue and resources to support the schooling and education of some of the world’s most high-risk young people. We believe that together we can ensure that every child has a safe and supportive environment, to grow and develop into well-balance adults and valued members of their community.
Social Champ
Social Champ is a social media management tool supporting eight major networks and multiple advanced automation features.
Social Champ joins hands with Pledge1% each year to give back to the community that gives us SO much love. We donate 1% of our time and product to a variety of charities around the world.
Not only that, but Social Champ also actively takes part in the betterment of the community by helping NGOs and offering them 50% off on all plans. Currently, countless charities, educational institutes, and NGOs are a part of our customer pool.
Apart from that, in the hard times that we have endured in the past two years, Social Champ made sure to offer our product free of cost to small and medium-sized businesses for a limited time. Till they are able to make it back on their feet.
Co-founder Sameer Ahmed Khan is a humanitarian who believes in being honest with the patrons & keeping the policies as transparent as possible. He also makes sure to take out the time to train young entrepreneurs by helping them with his part startup experiences. Even during the time of the pandemic, he gave multiple online sessions to students and young start-up owners. Apart from that, he regularly gives one-on-one sessions and social media training.
According to Sameer;
“I believe that giving back to the community to co-create an ecosystem that is beneficial for all”
Furthermore, the co-founders at Social Champ ensure that all employees are dealt with full consideration for their personal and professional lives.
Social Champ and its team pledge to always help those around them and would encourage other companies to take the leap!
Cobra CRM
We help organizations in the education, non-profit, and business market to optimize their business processes by implementing Salesforce products.
We at Cobra CRM enjoy our jobs, and we work hard to bring a smile to the faces of our customers. However, we challenged ourselves to not only make our customers happy but also to have a positive impact on the people that live around us. Therefore, we pledge 1% of our time to bring smiles to the faces of those who live in our local neighborhood.
During our VTO time, we visited Abdi in his workshop. Abdi was born in Somalia and because of the war, he fled to the Netherlands when he was 11 years old. After being active in the criminal circuit and being homeless he now runs his workshop. Here he welcomes homeless people to work in his workshop and to create pieces of furniture.
Personally, I was very inspired by Abdi’s determined decision to change his life. In the Netherlands, it is hard to reintegrate when your past is not what it is supposed to be. However, his persistence and deep motivation have brought Abdi where he is now, a local entrepreneur who inspires other homeless people to make better decisions. This is someone we can learn from a lot!
After the visit to the workshop, we went karting with the homeless people. It was great to see that during this activity our two worlds came a little closer. By competing in a game, we got along with each other and learned about our different lives even more. When one man said that this afternoon was one of the highlights of the year, we were honoured and glad that we could make this happen for those who don’t have much to look forward to in life.
This VTO time inspired us to build bridges and to care for others. Although our worlds may look very different, in the end, we’re all human beings who want to bring a little love into the world.
Impactful Ninja
Impactful Ninja is a global community of experts researching and publishing science-backed content with the aim to make a positive impact on the world & society.
One of the biggest challenges we face when we want to give to charities – like during this years #GivingTuesday – is to figure out which charities would be best aligned with the causes we care most about. As a result, we might just give by chance to the charity that approached us or that we happened to come across at the right time.
And that’s one of the reasons why we, Impactful Ninja, exist: to enable millions of people (and counting), just like you, to give to the charity that best fits the causes they care most about.
- When it then comes to researching any individual charity, there are plenty of platforms out there doing a great job of compiling their most relevant information to help us make an informed decision.
- However, when it comes to finding a selection of charities for a specific cause that we want to contribute to, we were often left on our own.
Actually, our mission is even bigger than that, it is to provide you with valuable information on how to make a positive impact on the world and society!
Charity support, is one of our main educational verticals. For this, we’ve published hundreds of articles that cover the best charities for specific causes. And chances are that you either might already have or will come across us when researching for some charities that you’d want to give to. From the best charities for helping homeless people to the best charities for supporting Ukraine to the best charities for planting trees – our goal is to cover them all.
Speaking about the best charities for planting trees. We also walk the talk and have partnered with Neighborhood Forest to plant a number of trees in the name of each of our team members, each year during Earth day/week.
“We are happy to partner with Neighborhood Forest as they provide free trees to children to plant in their own backyards. In this way, these trees are more likely to endure, thrive, receive a lot of love and care, and help to green our cities in a decentralized way. And the children also experience the wonder of seeing their tree grow over their lifespans, learning to love nature, and eventually becoming ambassadors for our environment – multiplying our positive impact together.”
But in addition, we also cover many other educational verticals. At the core, Impactful Ninja is an educational platform. We are a global community of experts researching and publishing science-backed content with the aim to make a positive impact on the world & society.
Our current focus areas (a list that’s continuously expanding) are as follows:
- Ethical living
- Sustainable living
- Conscious eating
- Circular economy
- Climate action
- Charity support
Hope to see you soon at impactful.ninja
Enxoo
Enxoo is a consulting and systems integrator founded by professionals in the telecommunications industry, built on a shared promise made to all stakeholders: employees, customers, partners and owners. Since 2012, we have distinguished ourselves as one of the leading Salesforce partners for telecommunications solutions, implementing projects in the EMEA region, North America and Asia. We accelerate telco digital transformation by automating business processes with ready-made solutions based on specialist knowledge and industry standards (MEF / TM Forum).
Our mission:
It’s hard to choose and describe 1 action in which we engage, so we’d love to tell you about our mission and the actions we regularly carry out and in which our employees are involved.
Besides the fact that we make 5 actions every year periodically, we are deeply involved in helping the Foundations – providing Salesforce solutions that help them in their work
At Enxoo, we’re always happy to engage in projects that have a positive impact on the world around us. We take pride in raising the bar for corporate social responsibility to a higher level, going beyond the occasional donation.
Whether it’s working to empower women in technology or volunteering to serve those in need, our greatest satisfaction comes from contributing our time, resources and energy to work for a good cause. We know that changing the world isn’t about grandiose acts, it’s about day-to-day activities that bring us closer together and make an impact in our communities.
This year we created CSR site
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSvxme_O1RU
also more about our actions you can find in our CULTURE BOOK (sites 35-40)
https://enxoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/15_11_21_CultureBook_ReadyToPublish.pdf
Enxoo’s employees are eager to participate in CSR actions, especially in the five cyclical actions we organize every year:
The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
Enxoo once again played together with The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity – “To the end of the World and one day more”! This was our 3rd time when we were involved in supporting this amazing initiative!
We participated with an e-collection box that allowed everyone to support this action. The campaign lasted 2 weeks, and despite this we managed to collect as much as PLN 12,350!
The implementation of appropriate therapies is not possible without modern equipment, which Polish institutions often lack, so the money collected has been allocated to ensuring the highest standards of diagnosis and treatment of children’s eyesight.
Photos: https://bit.ly/3X9ED0X
Children’s Day
By the end of May we opened a small shop in the Warsaw office. On this day, any volunteer could bring their own hand-made dishes. It could have been literally anything! Our employees were able to buy products of interest in the “Enxoo” shop, and the money raised was donated for the children of the Clinical Hospital in Warsaw – Psychiatry Department.
The action lasted 4 days, and we managed to collect PLN 3000!
With the collected money, we were able to buy all the necessary things that were on the “most urgent” list (many books, comics, puzzles, crosswords, games, paintings about numbers…. even boxing bars and things that were not on the list.
It is impossible to describe the joy of the director of the facility and the psychologists who, thanks to the support, are able to conduct occupational therapies with the kids.
Our activities are not only about material help. With each package, each of our employees gives something important: attention, interest, hope, acceptance or a sense of belonging… At the same time, we have the feeling of being together and getting involved in initiatives that help others.
Photos: https://bit.ly/3hSRm8k
Charity company run
Enxoo employees with an active lifestyle surely loved one of our other CSR actions that we organized. We are talking about the sports action “Charity company run”!
We started the activity at the beginning of August. To be able to take part in this action, employees had to download the Endomondo app to record their activities, e.g.running, cycling, roller skating or taking the dog for a walk. Each activity that was recorded in the app contributed to the overall company goal – collecting 2000 kilometers!
The action finished on the last day of August and it was time to count the kilometers. As it turned out … our employees demonstrated their power once again and jointly collected 2,881km during this monthly action! Enxoo exchanged this amazing achievement for money, resulting in PLN 2,881,00!
All the collected money was used to purchase goods for various schools at orphanages in Łódź and Srebrna Góra. We collected many important school supplies and kids could get back to school with the whole range of stuff they needed.
Photos: https://bit.ly/3EEepN2
Back to school
This year we chose one of the Family Children’s Home. Our employees were able to get involved in helping by bringing needed school materials to the office and donating money for buying them.
We managed to collect: 5556.00 PLN!
We helped 10 children from the Family Children’s Home: “Mieć Rodzinę”
- 7 school-age children to return to school
- 3 babies: we bought 3 gift cards to SMYK for buying the most urgent needs
We spent 2 000 PLN on necessary items for them.
The rest of the money was donated to the Foundation with which we cooperate on a permanent basis!
Photos: https://bit.ly/3GjOVWo
Santa
Everyone knows that one of the most special days of the year for each child is Christmas!
It is not only a unique day when we celebrate this time together, but also some of our dreams may come true. Probably each of us knows how nice it is to get a gift you have been waiting for a long time.
But… not every family can afford making their children’s dreams come true. So we decided to help them to create great memories for their kids!
This Christmas, our company is holding a Christmas auction, the proceeds of which will go to the Family Children’s Home and a Foundation that supports the elderly.
The finale of the auction will be held at the business trip of the whole company, where employees will bring unused items (books, headphones), handmade items (macrames, soaps, tinctures), as well as services – such as a photo session or a professional dance lesson. We asked the children to paint and describe their Christmas letters, and we will make those wishes come true! For the elderly, we will prepare Christmas packages with needed medicines and small gifts.
Photos https://bit.ly/3AoB4KB
and this year two more special actions to SUPPORT UKRAINE!
In addition, this year we took part in the Wings for Run action, in which we supported those in need from Ukraine. One of Enxoo’s employees contacted the local government in Warsaw’s Wola district, which had several hundred mothers with children under its care. We decided to allocate money, amounting to about 50,000 PLN, to a place that prepared sandwiches and lunches for these people. The whole action took about 2 months.
We’ve also engaged in preparing meals for Ukrainian citizens coming to Warsaw after the war outbreak. A group of brave Enxoo volunteers managed to prepare 550 sandwiches for the arriving refugees in Warsaw. There was a lot of bread to spread!
At Enxoo we’re always happy to engage in projects that have a positive impact on the world around us. We take pride in raising the bar for corporate social responsibility to a higher level, going beyond an occasional donation.
Enxoo is really committed to helping others and giving back is our second name!
OUR COOPERATION with NGOs
Helping other people is a very important part of Enxoo’s DNA. Since the very beginning our company cooperates with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), mainly with charity organizations. Together with Salesforce, we provide easy access to the modern CRM solution to favourable conditions (Enxoo rates with no profit and discounted prices for Salesforce licenses). Our engagement covers both setting up a brand new Salesforce org from scratch and delivering further improvements of the already implemented functionalities (sometimes we call such initiatives “change requests”). We also support our customers during daily work and help with solving different issues (like fixing bugs, configuring additional fields, or creating reports).
Cooperation with NGOs doesn’t differ from the cooperation with our other customers from other sectors (like telco or HR). We are following the same project delivery methodology, the same assumptions, rules, and standards. Involvement in such charitable initiatives gives our employees a chance to become more familiar with Salesforce and a chance to demonstrate their experience. It can be a good starting point for people who have just embarked on their adventure with Salesforce as they can get involved with less complex tasks and challenges. On the other hand, it can also be a great place for more experienced colleagues as they can share their knowledge and experience while working for example on integration with banking systems or payment providers.
We supporting:
- JIM Foundation (supporting people with autism)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyt6XgWxyGY&t=80s
https://bit.ly/3tEdSo2
- Empowering Children Foundation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFyHA3hjK3w&list=PLL2gp0bxPkmFrmfBjWOzYvPqHHxq-aoZv&index=5
- Alivia
- Rak’n’Roll
Jamesbeck
Jamesbeck is a boutique retained executive search firm specializing in the investment management industry. We conduct searches for a broad range of investment organizations including institutional, mutual fund, and high-net-worth firms; hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds and real estate funds; insurance company and investment bank investment subsidiaries, banks, plan sponsors, endowments, foundations and family offices. Our experience ranges across all senior functions within an investment management firm including business management, investment management and client facing positions.
Giving back is very important to Jamesbeck which is why we give 1% of our profits to charity and commit time to volunteer together as a firm. The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) was a perfect partner for us as we could utilize our professional experience in recruiting to help those returning to the workforce post-incarceration. We were inspired when touring the NY office and hearing the CEO story and happy to help as we believe this segment of the population is often overlooked in charitable giving.
Jamesbeck has been volunteering with CEO since 2018 and have assisted participants in the resume preparation and mock interviewing workshops. The one-on-one experience was key to getting to know the participants and hearing their stories, including how they want to shape their futures. We had to take a pause due to Covid-19 and our West Coast office and New York Office are thrilled to be volunteering again this December. We look forward to meeting new program participants and giving them the tools to prepare themselves for employment. The New York team will be assisting a small group of participants while they write their resumes and the West Coast team will be speaking to participants on how to improve their interviewing skills.
A few words from Jamesbeck employees on giving back to CEO.
“I was able to use my expertise and skills from my job to help others get back on their feet and to help stop the cycle of repeat offenders.”
“It felt great to help people put together their resumes and practice their interviewing skills to give them confidence going into their next job interview. Working one-on-one felt very impactful.”
“It’s really important for me to volunteer with CEO because I’ve spent one on one time with members of its program during job interview role playing and have seen firsthand how much potential each person has and want to do a small part to help them unlock it. Being a recruiter I know it takes help from a lot of people to get the job you want and not everyone has those resources, so it’s fulfilling to use my experience to help others.”