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Following on from yesterday's blog post about Zoho, I've been working with Salesforce today, and thought I'd put up a quick post about its suitability for a frontline charity. Salesforce, like Zoho, offers a free "way in" for charities - the first 10 licenses are free. However, unlike Zoho, the free version you get access to is just the same as the paid-for version, so I have to say that for a free CRM, Salesforce has the edge here. I've found that many charities have somethi

GDPR It's going to be a big year for UK charities because GDPR is coming in May. GDPR (the General Data Protection Regulation) will extend the existing Data Protection Act, and bring more duties and requirements for everyone storing and using personal data - which of course includes all charities. Whether you're a charity that focuses on fundraising or on service delivery, there are going to be some new hoops that you'll have to jump through, such as being able to easily dele

This is a video from a series I did a while ago for Dizions, who make the Charitylog and Crossdata software packages. If you'd like a series produced for your in-house systems, please get in touch! #Consent #GDPR #Databases #Charities #Rightsoftheindividual

On this blog I'll be posting regular updates about my work, plus industry insights into GDPR, data management and other issues that relate to the UK voluntary sector. Thanks for stopping by! #GDPR #Charities #Databases #Data