From my experience the best workplace is one that offers
diversity and equality, however this can be in short supply within the IT
industry. Often it is simply seen as a by product of the “tech” world however
it doesn’t need to be that way. With encouragement I believe that
more women could be...
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Guest Post: Derek Laney talked last week about the BizAcademy workshop the Salesforce Foundation ran at the start of September. One of the guests who joined Alethea Josephson (@tillyjosephson) and her team to provide those exceptional students with some additional guidance and mentoring was...
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When I open an e-mail from Kristi Kleinfelter, I’m at once jealous and excited. They usually begin something like ‘Hi, just arrived in Bombay…’ Or just as easily Berlin, Beijing, Bogota or Bulgaria. You get the picture.
What’s even more amazing about Kristi’s work, is what she’s...
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Are you a non-profit or non-government organisation? Can you do more with your online presence?
Recently I joined up Arttu Sipila and our Salesforce Foundation team to look at 6 key ways you can use social to achieve your mission. We look at some examples from Sydney Homeless Connect, Red...
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When people ask about the salesforce.com Foundation’s Employee Donation Matching program, one of my favorite stories is about my friend and colleague @BrittHoward. Beautiful, blonde, and one of our most talented sales people, Britt is one of our many employees who regularly gives back to...
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There's an exciting buzz around the office this morning as news is breaking that last night at a gala awards dinner, salesforce.com was named the 6th best place to work in Australia by Business Review Weekly Magazine.
The award follows being named in the Fortune Magazine Best Companies to Work...
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The integrated philanthropy model the Salesforce.com Australia Foundation pursues is based on a simple idea:
Donate 1% of salesforce.com's resources to support organizations that are working to make our world a better place.That's using 1 % of employee...
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