Category Archives: Cloud

#CU12 follow-up: Salesforce privacy question

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

A question was asked yesterday at my presentation about Salesforce and privacy of the data in Australia. Richard from the US pointed out some facts that turned out to be incorrect – I’ve spoken with Salesforce themselves and here’s the … Continue reading →

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Take-Aways from #CU12

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

I did this last year so I think it will have to be a tradition now! Really enjoyed Connecting Up Australia 12, some great conversations and a fantastic international line-up. Was good to catch up with Terry Stokes from LASA, … Continue reading →

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Latest supporter360 news..

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

The blog and every other form of communication has been pretty quiet the last couple of months here at appiChar Central. Since we really started to push things along after Christmas the world of supporter360 has moved along massively. Where … Continue reading →

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Some great news from Salesforce, analytics features now to be free*

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

It was genuinely exciting to hear about the Salesforce Analytics features recently and then not-so-great to hear they were likely to cost $40 per user per month and EVERY user on the system would need a license. This has been … Continue reading →

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2012 – the year not-for-profits really embrace cloud computing

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

Before I get started I have to declare that I’m about to talk my own book! I’ve been in technology for about 23 years professionally, another 7 or so before that when I got my first Acorn Electron. So nearly … Continue reading →

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supporter360 top story on El Reg

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

A great way to end the year with supporter360 making (almost) top story on the IT industry’s leading news site:

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Wrap up of ’11 and into ’12 – über awesome!

Posted on December 24, 2011 by

This year for appiChar has been amazing on a lot of levels. It’s pretty astonishing to think it’s only a matter of a handful of months since our Salesforce operation started  in the UK and already the team is well into double … Continue reading →

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Getting social with supporter360

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

Without doubt the advent of social media is transforming how organisations communicate and build connections with potential and existing supporters, especially with younger generations. Regardless of the technology aspects, if people are congregating in a given place then it has … Continue reading →

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Is it the end for Kodak?

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

It’s not that long since Kodak was one of the ‘blue-chip’ stocks – one pretty much guaranteed to prosper in good times and bad. On Friday Kodak’s stock plunged more than 50% as fears mounted that bankruptcy might not be … Continue reading →

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What a week!

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

In 10 years of running appiChar we’ve never had a week like the one we’ve just had. The quick version goes: Find out day before Cloudforce that Marc Benioff is going to announce a project we’ve been developing as part … Continue reading →

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