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TECHNOLOGY> AppealMaster -> Raiser's Edge database?
Submitted by Forum_Admin on 11 May, 2004 - 23:43.
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 11:33:37 -0000
From: Jane McGeary
I wonder if anyone who uses the database Appeal Master has been
considering converting to Raiser's Edge. Appeal Master has been bought
out by Blackbaud and it appears that support will eventually be phased
out.....leaving us with the option of continuing to use Appeal Master
but without technical support, coverting to Raiser's Edge (at a
discount) or having to start over with a new database.
I would be interested in hearing if anyone is in the same situation or
has already taken the next step.
Thanks.
Jane McGeary
Fundraising Manager
Headway - the brain injury association
4 King Edward Court
King Edward Street
Nottingham
NG1 1EW
Tel: +44 (0) 115 924 0800
Fax: +44 (0) 115 958 4446
Minicom: +44 (0) 115 950 7825
Registered Charity Number: 1025852
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TECHNOLOGY > re: AppealMaster - > Raiser's Edge database?
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 12:15:08 -0000
From: Julian Smyth
I welcome any newcomers into the database market, not least because any
near-monopoly position is not healthy. However, I saw one US system on show
at the recent IDPE database fair and they were offering absolutely no
support at all. I also remember the problems back in 1990(ish) when
Raiser's Edge was first introduced in terms of covenants and Gift Aid,
postcodes, VAT .......
If new US products are introduced, I will want to be very very sure that
these teething problems have been sorted out and support is available before
recommending them to my clients.
Julian Smyth
Principal Consultant, ASK Associates
Tel/Fax: 01494 447115
Mobile: 07798 826105
Email: [email]julian@ask.org.uk[/email]
Website: ASK Associates - Educational Fundraising Consultants
TECHNOLOGY > re: AppealMaster - > Raiser's Edge database?
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:21:12 EST
From: John Rodd
I note that the US package Donor Perfect is now to be introduced into the UK,
and I cannot believe that they will not have a lot to offer. I work a lot in
Canada where we see Donor Perfect in English and French versions and where
organisation large (UNICEF Canada) and small use it and like it.
John Rodd
Rodd Associates
Database Marketing Consultants
for charities and nonprofit organisations
London (UK) & Toronto (Canada)
Tel & Fax UK: +44 (0)20 8742 1131
Mobile worldwide: +44 (0)77 12 00 3232
E mail worldwide: [email]johnrodd@aol.com[/email]
Tel Canada: (001) 416 690 8801 ext. 247 (-5 hours)
TECHNOLOGY > re: AppealMaster - > Raiser's Edge database?
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 12:52:27 -0000
From: Rebecca Carrick
As a fellow AppealMaster client, we are in the same situation. We have had a
presentation of the new Raiser's Edge, and it is, as David Baker said, a
very good database. However we have also asked other fundraising software
providers to give presentations and have found that there are viable
alternatives to Raiser's Edge. We are still in the process of deciding, but
I would recommend you shop around. Please feel free to email me directly if
you would like more information on the other packages we have seen.
Rebecca Carrick
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Rebecca Carrick
Researcher
The Wordsworth Trust
Dove Cottage
Grasmere
Cumbria LA22 9SH
Tel: 015394 63523
Fax: 015394 63516
[url]www.wordsworth.org.uk[/url]
TECHNOLOGY > re: AppealMaster - > Raiser's Edge database?
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:37:29 -0000
From: David Baker
We are in the same position. But have had a look at the new product offered.
Raisers Edge does have all the contact management capability of Appeal
Master - but is a far better database product - honest!
However it will still cost you to convert. We are planning to do so when we
have some cash available!
David Baker
Fundraising Manager
Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust
01524 251002
[email]david.baker@ydmt.org[/email]