May 10, 2014
Can you imagine what it would take to set a goal of signing up 10,000 home care workers in two weeks? With our Canvasser SOS app, one remarkable union did just that! Real time mobile data is an absolute game changer that will revolutionize the way you organize.
Successful Implementation is a team sport.
At Strategic Organizing Systems, we know that developing the best software is only half the battle. Organizations need to commit to finding staff at all levels of the organization to help in the design, testing and training program. We treat software implementation as a campaign by encouraging feedback from end users early on, building on initial victories and gaining confidence that encourages user adoption.
Salesforce, based in San Fransisco, was the first large company to develop a product in what we now call “The Cloud”. The product manages off site sales teams. Unions are often struggling in a parallel universe. Most staff work away from the local office and need to share and access data about their current and future members remotely. There are also hierarchies of staff, and the need to design extensive data sharing rules based on peoples roles within the organization. Evaluating and communicating with contacts, whether they are customers or union members share many similar workflows and requirements.
Over the years, Salesforce has moved from being a product to a development platform. Many of the tools organizing unions need are built into Salesforce.
Here are just a few:
S.O.S. is developing a variety of products on the Salesforce platform to improve the way union staff communicate with each other, manage projects and workflows, and continue to build a strong activists union with close ties to current and future members.