Salesforce User Adoption Tips from Lizz Hellinga

In August 2023, HomeKeeper Consultant Cheryl Curry attended Lizz Hellinga’s presentation “Create Salesforce Adoption Success”, at the Salesforce Admin User Group in Boston, Massachusetts. This presentation provided timely reminders, and the latest best practices, on guiding users through Salesforce day-to-day. HomeKeeper Administrators and others can use these adoption techniques to empower staff daily to take

Tony’s Takes: #PolicyPracticePower

Hello HomeKeeper Community, I hope this email finds you in good health and continued wellness as we return from an incredible time in Washington, DC together for #PolicyPracticePower, Grounded Solutions Network’s first national convening since 2019! The only national event dedicated to housing solutions with affordability that lasts for generations, the conference really was an

Our staff is now 4x Salesforce Certified!

          Hi, Lindsey here! I’ve been HomeKeeper’s Training & Support Specialist since April 2020. I first used Salesforce and the HomeKeeper App just a few years ago as an AmeriCorps turned accidental admin, and in November 2021, I earned my Salesforce Administrator Certification! Between myself and HomeKeeper team member Cheryl, our

HK Team hosts Post-Salesforce Learning Events Chat

In October 2021, a dozen HomeKeeper superusers gathered online with staff on the HomeKeeper team, to discuss the Fall 2021 Salesforce online events, including ideas that could benefit HomeKeeper participating organizations. Based on participation in Dreamforce 2021 and Salesforce.org’s Week of Learning (2021), our key takeaways were: Flow Builder is the automation tool to learn

Salesforce Nonprofit Summit 2021: Try Innovative New Things

HomeKeeper attended the Salesforce’s inaugural Nonprofit Summit, online on April 21,2021. Here’s some of our favorite sessions and takeaways! Image credit Salesforce Session: “Less is More: How Small and Federated Organizations Deliver BIG Results!” In this session, nonprofit Beneath The Waves spoke about the benefits of receiving a Salesforce Pro Bono services, but in addition

Amplifying “Salesforce Trends from Nonprofit Dreamin”

HomeKeeper attended the Salesforce Community event Nonprofit Dreamin’ in January 2021. Read this blog by Dar Veverka (Idealist Consulting) for a great summary. Veverka pointed out, “A lot of nonprofits are leveraging additional Salesforce programs and packages to extend their use of the platform,” as the HomeKeeper team has also noticed and seen true for

Dreamforce 2019: HomeKeeper Users are in Good Company Using Salesforce

In November 2019, the HomeKeeper team attended Dreamforce, the annual Salesforce conference. We joined 190,000+ attendees from all over the world, to learn about new innovations and tools that will help our HomeKeeper user organizations make an impact using Salesforce. The HomeKeeper team has these takeaways and resources for our user organizations to help make your

Come hang out with us at Dreamforce!

              The HomeKeeper team will be attending Salesforce’s annual conference, Dreamforce, this November 19-22. We would love to catch  up with our users that are also attending or meet groups that are potentially interested in HomeKeeper. If you are interested in HomeKeeper or learning more about the resources Grounded Solutions

HomeKeeper will be exhibiting at the Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference October 2-4!

Announcement: The Grounded Solutions Network staff will be exhibiting and presenting at the Reclaiming Vacant Properties conference from October 2-4, 2019. If you are interested in HomeKeeper or learning more about the resources Grounded Solutions Network provides,  we’d love to connect with you.  Here are a few options for finding us: Attend our sessions –

Recording Available: HomeKeeper at HUD

Our HomeKeeper Director, Tiffany Eng,  exhibited and presented at the Office of Housing Counseling HUD Intermediary and State Housing Finance Agency Conference on August 8th in Washington DC. More information on the event, including session recordings, presentation slides and handouts can be found at this link.  Be sure to check out a recording of the