Jul 1, 2021Meet the Berlin Summer 2021 ClassToday we launch our first program in Berlin 🚀 Why Berlin? This eclectic city hosts a vibrant start-up, tech, and a growing Salesforce ecosystem. Moreover, there is a large refugee community and initiatives like jobs4refugees, REDI School, and CodeDoor.org helping them integrate into the growing tech ecosystem. At a peak…6 min read6 min read
Published in RefugeeForce·Apr 11, 2021Meet the Winter 2021 ClassDuring this class, we were incredible lucky and grateful for the photography of William Lounsbury. William volunteered to take professional headshots of participants and during one of the sessions. William is a documentary photographer working primarily in portraiture and reportage to share people’s stories. …Salesforce5 min readSalesforce5 min read
Published in RefugeeForce·Mar 22, 2021What does being honored as a Salesforce MVP mean to me?A LOT! I am deeply honored to be recognized among this incredible Salesforce 2021 MVP Class. As a 7X Certified Senior Salesforce Consultant with 10 years of Salesforce experience in various roles, I have worked with social impact organisations, large NGOs, and commercial companies around the world to design and…Salesforce2 min readSalesforce2 min read
Published in RefugeeForce·Feb 10, 2021ICYMI: RefugeeForce №2Originally issued February 2021. Want to stay tuned on what we’re up to? Sign up here: https://refugeeforce.nl/ 2021 🚀 Time to look ahead. Announcing two EU Partnerships 🤝 🇩🇪 We are proud to announce a multi-year partnership with Jobs4Refugees — a social impact organisation based in Berlin. Jobs4Refugees aims to help refugees find work and apprenticeships. …Salesforce3 min readSalesforce3 min read
Published in RefugeeForce·Feb 8, 2021ICYMI: RefugeeForce №1Originally issued December 2020. Want to stay tuned on what we’re up to? Sign up here: https://refugeeforce.nl/ Can you believe it’s been two years? This is our first newsletter to mark the day we were founded, exactly two years ago. Since then, we have taken an ambitious idea to help people feel included and launched it into…Salesforce3 min readSalesforce3 min read
Published in RefugeeForce·Jan 22, 2021RefugeeForce x NewMotionDuring the fall of 2020, NewMotion became our latest recruitment partner seeking to onboard Salesforce talent in order to grow and develop internally within their engineering team. Our partnership was recently featured by the Salesforce Talent Alliance on LinkedIn Live. …Salesforce2 min readSalesforce2 min read
Jan 5, 2021Magical. Inspiring. Lamé. Many words have been used to describe the Salesforce Golden Hoodie.The Zoom where it happened. During the completely re-imagined and virtual Dreamforce To You 2020 (#DreamTX) last month, I was incredibly honoured to receive the Salesforce Golden Hoodie from none other than rock star slash CMO of Salesforce, Sarah Franklin. Streaming live to over 100,000 viewers around the world, I…Salesforce4 min readSalesforce4 min read
Published in RefugeeForce·Oct 16, 2020Meet the Winter 2020 ClassWinter 2020 was our largest and most diverse cohort to date. We attempted to triple the number of participants to 30. With the onset of Covid-19 measures, came a difficult challenge for the program: going online. There are already so many digital resources and online materials available to learn Salesforce: we do not want to be another online player in a…Refugees9 min readRefugees9 min read
Published in RefugeeForce·Oct 14, 2020RefugeeForce x EurofiberEurofiber believes that societal challenges require future-proof digital solutions. In this, we are very much aligned. We believe the future of work requires people who have the digital skills necessary to power organizations in their digital transformation. What does it take to deliver on a such an ambitious vision? Great people. This mutual understanding is why Eurofiber became one of our first…Refugees2 min readRefugees2 min read
Published in RefugeeForce·Oct 14, 2020RefugeeForce x DigiphiDuring our first meeting with Digiphi, we could immediately tell this budding Salesforce consulting and development firm was going to be different. What we appreciated most about Digiphi’s founding story is their core value: happiness. At then end our first meeting with Sjoerd and Zoran it was immediately apparent that…Refugeeforce2 min readRefugeeforce2 min read
