by Carol Guttery, Director of Employee and Community Engagement, Salesforce.com Foundation A year ago April, salesforce.com employee Samanthia Achuff participated in a “Tech Teach-In.” This was a program organized by Google and Community Technology Network (CTN) to help train nonprofits in technology. Samanthia spend two hours that day helping nonprofits think about how to be […]
Category Archives: Volunteering
Japan – Foundation Volunteer of the Quarter
posted by harukamaruno
by Haruka Maruno, Community Engagement Coordinator Japan Salesforce.com employees the world over provide fantastic support to nonprofit organizations through the 1/1/1 model. In the Japan office, the employee that is deemed the best contributor each quarter, is crowned as the Volunteer King or Queen. The winner this quarter is Hiroichi Kitagawa. Below is an interview […]
Japan and Singapore Volunteering Update
posted by harukamaruno
by Haruka Maruno & Esther Nai, Community Engagement Coordinator Salesforce.com employees in Japan and Singapore office have dedicated their time to a variety of volunteering activities. In Japan office, Cloudforce Japan and BizAcademy have finished successfully. And, staff from the Singapore Office spent a day working with children from the AWWA Smiles programme. セールスフォース・ドットコム 日本とシンガポールオフィスのボランティア報告です。日本では、Cloudforce Japan […]
Salesforce Employees Give Back Over the Holidays
posted by gmcswine
Happy New Year from the Salesforce Foundation! Over the holidays from Thanksgiving to New Years, Salesforce.com employees from around the world dedicated time and resources to the communities they live and work in. We want to take this opportunity to share these accomplishments and thank our employees, customers and community partners for everything you do […]
Staff across Europe get involved in some great projects for the Holiday Season
posted by jleighsfdcadm
By James Leigh, Int’l Marketing & Communications Coordinator Throughout December salesforce.com staff from our offices across Europe have, with the support of the Salesforce.com Foundation, taken part in a huge range of volunteering and fundraising events bringing support and happiness to where it was needed most in our local communities. Here is a run down […]
Salesforce Employees Partner with CTN to give back on World Usability Day!
posted by Alicia Schmidt
by Kami Griffiths, Executive Director, Community Technology Network We are pleased to be able to feature this blog by guest contributor Kami Griffiths, Executive Director of the Community Technology Network(CTN). CTN works to unite organizations and volunteers to transform lives through digital literacy. Having a website that is aesthetically pleasing and easy to navigate is […]
Dreaming a Future: BizAcademy Japan
posted by harukamaruno
by Haruka Maruno, Community Engagement Coordinator Japan On October 25th, salesforce.com staff from the Tokyo office held their latest BizAcademy with Multicultural Center Tokyo. They provide educational support for children from various countries. In total 30 students attended and enjoyed a two hour program with two sessions to draw their dream and career. In the first […]
The Salesforce Dublin Golf Classic Raises €37,000 for Children’s Charities
posted by jleighsfdcadm
by James Leigh, International Marketing & Communications Coordinator In May this year, Salesforce Dublin held their second annual company Golf Day in aid of Enable Ireland, The Jack and Jill Foundation and The Katie Nugent Foundation. The event gained widespread support throughout the company and across our Partner network, which sponsored the event in all […]
Summer Volunteer Weeks in Japan!
posted by harukamaruno
by Haruka Maruno, Community Engagement Coordinator Japan Salesforce.com staff from the Tokyo and Osaka office have had a great time getting involved in the Summer Volunteer Weeks 2012 throughout July and August. Employees dedicated their time to a variety of causes including skill based volunteering and disaster relief support following the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. […]
A good and delicious cause
posted by Alicia Schmidt
by Omar Mamoon, Training Account Executive with salesforce.com On Friday, August 3rd sixty Salesforce super volunteers arrived bright and early to the Alemany Farmer’s Market where we would help La Cocina prepare for their 4th Annual San Francisco Street Food Festival happening this weekend in San Francisco. La Cocina is a non-profit restaurant business incubator based […]
The most valuable hair in Sydney!
posted by jleighsfdcadm
by Alethea Josephson, Foundation Manager APAC 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 the community using her 6 days/year volunteering […]






