In August 2019, Cheryl attended Forcelandia, a community-led Salesforce conference in Portland, OR that focuses on technical development solutions. She has attended Forcelandia each year since it began in 2014, and has previously presented and run workshops at the event. Cheryl attended sessions that reinforced best practices in planning of new features, technical design, and
Our HomeKeeper Director, Tiffany Eng, will be exhibiting and presenting 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 can be found at this link, including a recording of the session featuring Tiffany and HomeKeeper. If you are interested
Update: HomeKeeper was delighted to meet 20 Habitats who are current participating organizations in person! The Grounded Solutions session on “Creating a Permanently Affordable Housing Program” had 80 attendees the presentation, which included current HomeKeeper users Habitat for Humanity Seattle – King County, and Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East.
This month our organization, Grounded Solutions Network, held its annual Intersections conference in Pittsburgh, PA from October 1-4. This conference brought together policy makers, residents, community land trusts, Habitat for Humanity affiliates and cities from across the country to learn and speak about long-term affordable housing. Our HomeKeeper team was busy at the conference – here
In September 2018, the HomeKeeper team attended Dreamforce, the annual Salesforce conference. We joined 170,000 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 jobs
From Ideas to Action: Pro Bono Volunteering On July 19th, 2018, our Program Director Tiffany Eng spoke at Salesforce.Org’s Humanitarian Impact Summit which discussed how technology is helping community leaders respond to a wide range of natural and man-made disasters. She spoke on a panel with John Kennedy, of Habitat for Humanity Sonoma County, Ryan
HomeKeeper Training and Support Specialist, Cheryl Curry, won a ticket to TrailheaDX, the Salesforce “Developer Conference.” This ticket was thanks to Amplify, a volunteer organization dedicated to empowering underrepresented voices in the Salesforce.org ecosystem (and those who support them) to be fearless leaders in technology. On the Amplify blog, Cheryl wrote about what she learned,
Our organization, Grounded Solutions Network, recently hosted an e-learning session focused on how organizations can monitor their inclusionary housing rental portfolios effectively. Two organizations, CGP&H and the City of Park City Utah, shared their experiences on managing a rental portfolios as well as how to avoid common pitfalls in program management and what best practices
In November 2017, the HomeKeeper team attended Dreamforce, the annual Salesforce conference. We joined 170,000 attendees from all over the world, to learn about new innovations, productivity tips, and making an impact. In addition to technical skill-building, Dreamforce highlighted thought leaders like Michelle Obama and others trailblazers focused on diversity in technology. Check out our highlights and access free
This month our organization, Grounded Solutions Network, held its annual Intersections conference in Oakland from October 9-12. This conference brought together policy makers, residents, Community Land Trusts, Habitat for Humanity Affiliates and cities from across the country to learn and speak about long term affordable housing. Our HomeKeeper team attended the conference and had a