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Silverline Academy Transforms Wild Roots People’s Clinic Processes and Systems
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Wild Roots People’s Clinic provides donation-based herbalism services to those with financial challenges in Omaha, Nebraska, and its surrounding communities, regardless of age, sexual orientation, or race. These services include wellness appointments with professional and student herbalists, free information, guidance, herbal formulas, and community education programs. “Wild Roots is not only a non-profit, but a...
Managed Services
How to Break Up with Your Current Managed Services Provider
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The magic is gone. What was once such a special relationship, has grown stale and one-sided. You no longer feel fulfilled and you know that something’s got to give. We’ve all been there. But that doesn’t make it any easier to do. Here are some simple phrases you can use when you and your current...
Financial Services
Optimized Salesforce Security Features for an Independent Banking Firm
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Any digital transformation project requires significant resources — time, budget, and internal subject matter expertise. When you invest in that kind of project, you need to deliver a platform that meets initial expectations and establishes a strong foundation for future expansion. This Midwest-based, independent, and locally-owned bank recently completed their initial Financial Services Cloud implementation...
Client Services
Zen and the Art of CoE Maintenance
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Don’t be scared by the term “Center of Excellence.” It doesn’t have to be an entire section of a building staffed by dozens of people — though of course you could do that if you wanted. I work with hundreds of mid- to large-sized clients, and every single one of them has a different interpretation...
Financial Services
3 Big Factors for Your P&C Insurance Digital Transformation
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In the span of just a few months, digital transformation went from important to essential. We’ve seen in the last five years how new technology-based players in the property and casualty (P&C) insurance space forced traditional insurers to play catchup. Earlier this year, we talked about how 2020 was the year to invest in digital...
Client Services
What Do Salesforce Solution Architects Do, Anyway?
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It’s a complicated role. Salesforce Solution Architects (SAs) live in a complex world of acronyms, systems, lifecycles, processes, user stories, relationships, and politics. Solution Architects need to lead successful implementations of Salesforce and system integrations that leverage on-premise and cloud computing platforms. But that means they: Conduct business process review meetings Lead the evaluation of...
Client Services
Why Bad Data is Bad for Your Business
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How do you know if you’ve got good or bad data? How fit is your data? Is your data fit for analysis? What does data fitness even mean? Fitness isn’t just about healthy activities and svelte physiques. Fitness is defined as the quality of being suitable to fulfill a particular role or task. In terms...
Salesforce
Salesforce Record Access: Who Sees What and Why
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Data security is a top priority, The stakes are high, your company’s reputation and your customer’s trust are on the line. Users should have all the data they need, but shouldn’t have access to data they don’t need to see. So let’s dive in and explore how to leverage Salesforce Record Access features to ensure...
Client Services
Why Salesforce Managed Services is an Admin’s Best Friend
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Do you have a work BFF that you rely on day in and day out? A trusted friend that you can go to for advice and guidance? Think of Salesforce Managed Services as just that! Your new Salesforce BFF will get you to take a step back and ask yourself the hard-hitting questions like, “Do...
Client Services
Change Management as a Constant in the New Normal
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To say that this global pandemic changed our ways of working seems like a bit of an understatement. The popular Change Management book, Switch, by Chip and Dan Health, dives into many topics surrounding people’s ability to manage change, but a key theme that resonates during this pandemic is that willpower (i.e. ability to deal...