MEL Breakfast Session Success!

Last month we held a free breakfast session on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning at the NCVO Head Office for a morning of education and problem solving.

We were joined by special guest speakers Sarah Ebanja, Chief Executive of of The Spurs Foundation and Annie Barber, Evidence and Impact of Khulisa UK, who both gave invaluable demonstrations on their personal experience and perspectives on MEL.

‘‘ Excellent session on monitoring, evaluation & learning this morning! Thanks @Shonetsystems @NCVO & great to hear examples from Annie @KhulisaUK & Sarah @SpursFoundation about their experience putting this into practice #charity #impact ‘‘

- @sarahsarahwilko

Our partners, Ian Seath and Robin Brady, demonstrated how you can become more effective in achieving your objectives in measuring development impact, analytics, data quality assurance and results management.

We aimed to improve knowledge, share good practice and explore better data management solutions to overcome common issues experienced.

Attendees learned how, by implementing a few simple changes and additions to their current CRM system, they are able to better track and organise the evidence linked to the results they are delivering, and report on that evidence comprehensively.

Overall, everyone came away from the event in agreement that they had learned something new and were inspired by our speakers.

Many thanks to everyone who attended. Look out for more information on scheduled events and webinars in the new year!

Click here to view the presentation slides.

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ShoNet Work Experience and Training Programme

In association with The Amos Bursary

In June we welcomed Nathan Essel, who worked with ShoNet as part of his invaluable support programme with The Amos Bursary. Students accepted for the bursary are guided through their Sixth form and University education and are mentored to develop their social and commercial skills through opportunities and life changing experiences.

Nathan worked on various projects and his knowledge of IT software and programming were very helpful in assisting with creating an app for the client.

 ‘’During my 4-day work experience at Shonet, I learnt how businesses work with IT in a commercial setting. This was a very new experience to me as I am interested in computer science and programming, but I had never thought about the implementation of technology.’’

‘’I learned about a cloud service tool called Salesforce, which is an application that manages how users interact with a database. As part of my training to use this service, I was taken to meetings to discuss whether clients could use it to manage their data. One of the meetings I attended surprised me a lot as there was a great lack of communication, such as how they saved their files etc.’’

‘’Overall, I enjoyed working at ShoNet and helping to create Salesforce applications. My colleagues were very kind and helpful, which resulted in me being introduced to Salesforce and widening my future paths.’’

Nathan was trained using Trailhead, which he can continue to further study and increase his Salesforce skills, which are recognised globally.

ShoNet are proud to support the bright young talent of the next generation and wish Nathan every success in his future endeavours. A special thanks to our Technology Director Steve Rose for his support with our training programme and his continuous work with the Amos Bursary.

We are also pleased to welcome our new interns, Ikehi Omezie and Sena Basoah, who have joined the ShoNet team for the summer.

World Day Against Trafficking In Persons

As part of World Day Against Trafficking on 30th July, ShoNet collaborated with our client Ethical Trading Initiative and Salesforce.org, to highlight how they are using Non Profit technology in the fight against modern slavery.

Forced labour is a global issue that every country is affected by.

ShoNet supports the fantastic work that Ethical Trading Initiative do to support the millions of women, children and men exploited by forced labour and human trafficking.

Read the full article here

A special thanks to Cindy Berman of ETI, and our friends and business partners Ian Seath and Robin Brady, for their work on this project.

 

GDPR

In line with the new General Protection Regulation Policy (GDPR) we have updated our records, along with our Business Privacy Policy and the ShoNet Data Protection Policy.

ShoNet goes to Salesforce World Tour London 2016

In May, ShoNet attended Salesforce World Tour London at ExCeL. With over 15,000 registrants and 100 cloud partners, it was the biggest Salesforce event held outside of the US and one of the largest software events held in the UK.

Salesforce World Tour events provide an occasion for those in the Salesforce community to get together, share knowledge and learn. The event provided attendees with the opportunity to gain insight into the future of the customer experience and the rapid growth of cloud computing.

Here are some of our highlights!:

“How you deal with change determines success.” – Sir Chris Hoy, six-time Olympic gold medallist
In our fast-changing and increasingly digital world, how can organisations deal with change and create success? With Salesforce! On the day, the live demonstrations of Salesforce products like the Marketing Cloud showed how Salesforce is a powerful tool for enhancing the customer experience in the digital age. During the Product Keynotes, we learned how organisations have risen to the challenges of the digital age by using Salesforce.

“Opportunities are out there for you to take, it’s just about seizing them really!” – Rosemary Russell, STEMettes
Only 14% of people working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) are female. But STEMettes are trying to change that – and during the Keynote, Anne-Marie Imafidon of STEMettes spoke about how Salesforce have helped STEMettes to tackle gender imbalance in STEM careers in the UK.

“Cloud is the new normal.” – Peter Coffee, VP Strategic Research, Salesforce
Did you know that 85 of the world’s 100 most valuable brands use Salesforce to run their businesses and reach customers? That said, it’s no surprise that “cloud is the new normal”! Throughout the day, we visited the Customer Success Expo to check out some of the latest innovations from cloud partners. The number of attendees and cloud partners at the event showed that cloud computing is growing at a rapid rate, with many opportunities for ShoNet to work and support others to join a fast-growing industry.

Want to read more about Salesforce World Tour London? You can catch up here or check out the Salesforce World Tour London two minute recap infographic.