Girls Incorporated(R) Deploys Force.com Sites From Salesforce.com to Support its Mission of Inspiring All Girls to be Strong, Sm
September 21 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
National nonprofit youth organization uses Force.com platform to
manage relationships with its constituents and improve fundraising
efforts SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The
Salesforce.com Foundation, the global leader in integrating
philanthropy and business, today announced that Girls Inc., a
national nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all
girls to be strong, smart, and bold(SM) is deploying Force.com
Sites from salesforce.com to help the organization manage
relationships with all of its diverse constituents, including
donors, volunteers, affiliate staff, board members, and alumnae,
among others. (Photo:
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with global cloud computing consulting firm Navatar Group, Girls
Inc. is implementing Force.com Sites as part of its Salesforce CRM
solution to integrate online event and conference registration and
donation capabilities with the information managed by the staff
across the organization, providing a full picture of the ways in
which the organization's constituents engage with Girls Inc.
"Salesforce.com's cloud computing model will enable us to
revolutionize the way we engage with our large universe of
constituents," said Marcia Kropf, COO, Girls Inc. "With our new
Force.com Sites solution developed by Navatar Group, we will be
able to manage outreach to our community and fundraising
effortlessly and seamlessly." "Girls Inc. is a terrific example of
how salesforce.com's Force.com platform is helping innovative
nonprofits operate more effectively, better serve their
constituents, and enhance the impact of their social missions,"
said Suzanne DiBianca, executive director of the Salesforce.com
Foundation. "Our nonprofit customers report an average of 89% ROI
using our cloud computing solutions. To us, there is nothing more
gratifying than helping nonprofits reduce their infrastructure
costs and increase their efficiency so they can address important
social issues like the empowerment of girls." "Organizations of all
kinds are realizing the benefits of cloud computing," said Alok
Misra, principal, Navatar Group. "As a long time partner of
salesforce.com's, we have worked together to make many
organizations such as Girls Inc. successful in the cloud.
Additionally, we are thrilled to make a version of the event and
conference registration solution implemented for Girls Inc.
available on the Force.com AppExchange for any customer to use."
Force.com Sites Will Help Girls Inc. Manage Donations and Event
Registration Force.com Sites will enable Girls Inc. to integrate
data collection through its Web sites with data management in
Salesforce CRM, greatly streamlining functions such as: --
donations to Girls Inc. via the Internet -- registration for
fundraising events -- registrations for training and conferences
for affiliate staff and board members Force.com Sites seamlessly
integrates with the Girls Inc. organization-wide Salesforce CRM
implementation. Utilizing donated and discounted Salesforce CRM
licenses as part of the Salesforce.com Foundation's 1% Product
Donation Program, Navatar Group is helping Girls Inc. deploy
Salesforce CRM to manage: -- all fundraising, including major
gifts, planned giving, online gifts, and partnerships; --
monitoring of the efforts of affiliate organizations related to
quality standards, dues, program delivery, and awards and
scholarship programs; -- events, including setup, registrations
payments, attendance, and results; -- pilot programs for girls,
including evaluation, structuring, launch, implementation,
participation, results and training; -- public policy initiatives.
Force.com Sites, a new capability of the Force.com platform, allows
organizations to run their Web sites in salesforce.com's cloud.
Force.com Sites gives nonprofit organizations like Girls Inc. the
power to quickly and easily build any Web application or Web site.
More information on Force.com Sites can be found at:
http://www.force.com/sites. For more information about Navatar
Group's event and conference registration application, please click
here: Demo: Online Event Registration About Girls Incorporated
Girls Incorporated is a nonprofit organization that inspires all
girls to be strong, smart, and bold(SM). With local roots dating to
1864 and national status since 1945, Girls Inc. has responded to
the changing needs of girls through research-based programs and
public education efforts that empower girls to understand, value,
and assert their rights. In 2008, Girls Inc. reached over 900,000
girls through Girls Inc. affiliates, website, and educational
publications. About the Salesforce.com Foundation The
Salesforce.com Foundation is the global leader in integrating
philanthropy and business through its 1/1/1 integrated philanthropy
Model http://www.sharethemodel.org/. The 1/1/1 Model harnesses the
power of salesforce.com's people and technology through 1% Time, 1%
Equity and 1% Product to increase the effectiveness of nonprofits
in pursuing their social missions. Since the Foundation's inception
in 1999, employees have given more than 140,000 hours of their
time; more than 6,000 nonprofits in 60 countries are using donated
and discounted Salesforce CRM licenses as part of the Foundation's
1% Product Donation Program
http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/product; and numerous
organizations are benefiting from technology-related grants. For
more information on the Salesforce.com Foundation, please visit
http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/. About Navatar Group Navatar
Group (http://www.navatargroup.com/), a premier salesforce.com
partner, is a global firm providing Cloud Computing services and
products. Founded by veterans of Deloitte Consulting, Navatar Group
has enabled several large companies develop and launch SaaS
products and helped hundreds of organizations successfully
implement Cloud Computing solutions on the Force.com platform.
Navatar is also a business partner with the National Human Services
Assembly and has successfully helped several National Assembly
members such as United Way, AARP, Council On Accreditation
implement complex salesforce solutions. We are the only firm with a
comprehensive SaaS Transformation methodology designed to help
On-Premise software companies move to a Cloud Computing business
model using Force.com. Navatar Group is headquartered in New York
with offices in Washington DC, London and an offshore Force.com
Technical Excellence Center in New Delhi, India. Copyright (c) 2009
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CONTACT: Erin O'Keeffe of salesforce.com, +1-415-536-6150, ; or
Allan Siegert of Navatar Group, +1-212-461-2140, ext. 392, ; or
Cheryl Messer of Girls Incorporated, +1-212-509-2000, ext. 237, Web
Site: http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/
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