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• 5 Top Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Database!
  
  Keith Collins offers five simple ways to help get the most out of your database. ...
• Purple Page Newsletter is out!
  
  All our latest news ...
• Bertie Bosredon joins Purple Vision
  
  We are delighted to welcome one of the UK’s leading digital fundraisers as an Associate Consultant. ...
• Purple Vision partners with Salesforce
  
  We are delighted to announce our accreditation as a salesforce.com cloud alliance partner. ...
• Dawn Varley lands top Job with the League Against Cruel Sports
  
  After two great years at Purple Vision, we are sorry to see Dawn leave ...
• How peer to peer fundraising can improve the performance of your events by up to 40%
  
  
• Dan Lockeretz joins Purple Vision
  
  Welcome to the newest member of our team

• Hospice Fundraisers win at NAHF Conference 2012
  
  
• Discover why Data Protection needn't be scary!
  
  
• Maximising Data - a success story for Saint Francis Hospice
  
  Purple Vision help enhance supporter relationships at Saint Francis Hospice ...
• Working Together - Hospice Fundraising, sharing the kiwi experience
  
  
• Purple Vision partners with Convio to enable a fundraising revolution
  
  Purple Vision announces a new partnership with technology firm Convio to implement and support its game-changing CRM solution, Common Ground. ...
• Purple Vision's low cost fundraiser training proves popular
  
  In 2011 fundraising and CRM consultancy Purple Vision donated their time for the benefit of aspiring fundraisers by establishing The Purple Prot&eacut ...
• We're Hiring!
  
  Vacancies for Salesforce Consultants. ...
• Dawn Varley's story in Trustees' Week 2011
  
  Dawn Varley comments on what it's like to be a trustee for Trustees' Week 2011... ...
• Purple Page newsletter is out!
  
  Purple page is our regular round-up of the latest news, events and ideas from Purple Vision. ...
• How effective is your Fundraising?
  
  Three questions every fundraiser should be able to answer. Can you? ...
• Data Protection needn't be scary....
  
  Data Protection simply means managing your relationships with your donors, and respecting their wishes – done well it can even help you grow tho ...
• Get the right news and views from Hospice Fundraisers on LinkedIn
  
  Hospice Fundraisers is a LinkedIn group for our clients, partners and friends. There are now nearly 300 UK and international members, all sharing an i ...
• Get the right news and views from Purple Patch on LinkedIn
  
  Purple Patch is a LinkedIn group for our clients, partners and friends. There are now more than 400 members, all sharing an interest in non-profit fun ...
• The new era: Social CRM explained
  
  In this article, Steve Thomas and Keith Collins of Purple Vision explain how online social media is about to explode into the world of CRM.  This ...
• David Williams-Jones brings New Zealand hospice initiatives to the UK
  
  David Williams-Jones has recently returned to the UK from Purple Vision New Zealand.  David will join our growing Fundraising team, and will be r ...
• Purple Vision offer low cost fundraiser training courses
  
  The first training session in the Purple Proteges Programme, designed primarily for people who are new or returning to the voluntary sector has been a ...
• 78% of independent schools don't have development plans for key supporter groups
  
  In a recent survey of independent schools at the IDPE Conference, 78% did not have a plan in place for their key supporter groups.
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• Take our CRM Survey and win vouchers
  
  We would like to hear about your experience of your current CRM system, and the methods you use to keep it maintained and updated.
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• New services available for users of Blackbaud Direct Marketing
  
  Purple Vision has expanded its range of Raiser’s Edge services to include skills and expertise to help organisations get the best out of Blackba ...
• Purple Vision launches low cost fundraiser training for ”Purple Protégés”
  
  Starting this month, fundraising and CRM consultancy Purple Vision will be donating their time for the benefit of aspiring fundraisers. ...
• Hospices don't have planned donor journeys!
  
  In a recent survey of hospice fundraisers 39% did not have a plan in place for their key supporter groups. ...
• Free Consultancy at NAHF Conference
  
  Are you planning to attend the NAHF Annual Conference later this month? Purple Vision will be exhibiting at the event. ...
• Where do I start when choosing a new database?
  
  Dawn Varley from Purple Vision joined peers from within the non-profit sector (David Eder - IRIS NFP; Robin Fisk - ASI Europe; Paul Ralf - Asthma UK) ...
• Data Protection needn't be scary...
  
  On 16th February, Purple Vision's Dawn Varley chaired a half day seminar on all things Data Protection, held in conjunction with the Institute of ...
• Purple 'Dragons' help young people get a qualification with Salesforce
  
  The Salesforce.com Foundation was created to apply the core strengths of SalesForce.com to help organisations further their social mission. ...
• New partnership with ASI Europe
  
  Purple Vision is delighted to announce its appointment as an Authorised Consultant for ASI Europe’s ProgressCRM software product. ...
• Dawn Varley recruited as demand for fundraising consultancy increases
  
  Dawn Varley has joined Purple Vision as a full time Consultant ...
• Get the right news and views from Purple Patch on LinkedIn?
  
  Purple Patch on LinkedIn is a discussion group for our friends, clients and partners, and it has over 140 members. ...
• Keith Collins - NCVO's 'Ask the Expert'
  
  Ever had a question about your database?  ...
• Are you using your database to full potential?
  
  A recent survey conducted by Purple Vision at the Institute of Development Professionals in Education (IDPE) Conference in June, concluded that only 3 ...
• Are you using your database to full potential?
  
   A recent survey we conducted at the Institute of Development Professionals in Education Conference in June, concluded that only 32% of Independe ...
• 'On demand' service available for ProgressCRM users
  
  In response to client requests Purple Vision has launched a new Database Management on Demand and bespoke Training & Consultancy service for Progr ...
• The Intrapreneur's Charter
  
  Frustrated by bureaucracy?  Struggling to turn your ideas into reality?  Perhaps the way forward is to be an intrapreneur … ...
• 'Invaluable support' provided to Action for Children
  
  Having recently completed their implementation of Raiser’s Edge, Action for Children were looking for some additional support and capacity to re ...
• A Hospice first for New Zealand
  
  The 'Midnight Walk' concept successfully introduced to the New Zealand hospice movement. ...
• Has YOUR charity maximised its Gift Aid reclamation?
  
  From April 1st 2010 H.M.R.C. has confirmed that charities will only be able to reclaim Gift Aid on donations for the previous 4 rather than the c ...
• Purple Vision team enables support raising for London City Mission
  
  London City Mission has always enjoyed a strong base of support over its 175 year history, but the recession highlighted a need to modernise the way i ...
• Royal College of Art maximise their investment in The Raiser's Edge.
  
  The Royal College of Art secured Purple Vision's help with their Raiser's Edge System ...
• Sailors' Society Support across the Seas
  
  Purple Vision's David Williams-Jones presents a Case for Support for the New Zealand Sailors's Society. ...
• Marketing Manager Appointed
  
  Louise started her marketing career at Gartmore - a UK fund management company, working in a variety of roles. ...
• Support For Hospices Down Under
  
  Purple Vision's David Williams-Jones who recently moved to Auckland, New Zealand has been helping the South Auckland Hospice with their fund raisi ...
• Supporter database 'healthcheck' nets School increased Gift Aid
  
  Many Schools may be missing out on substantial Gift Aid claims, as Purple Vision discovered when they made an independent assessment of the North Lond ...
• Make your home page work harder
  
  Websites are the most valuable real estate.  Compared to shops or offices, they are quicker and easier to find, more up-to-date and always open w ...
• The man who knows the cost of everything, and the value of nothing
  
  If Oscar Wilde’s definition of a cynic is a fair one, then I’m sure most of us have encountered someone ‘foolish’ at some stag ...
• Purple Vision goes down under
  
  In May, our own David Williams-Jones went on a one-way journey to Auckland, New Zealand. ...
• Get your database managed on demand
  
  In addition to the more traditional consulting and training work, our new 'Database Management on Demand' (DBMOD) service is also proving popu ...
• Stakeholder Centric Strategy for NCVO
  
  Following a successful project last year to select and implement a new CRM system for the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), we ...
• Famous Marketing Myths: Coca-Cola Invented Santa Claus
  
  In pre-war America, in the era before colour films and television, Coca-Cola's ads in magazines, billboards and store displays helped make Santa C ...
• Mark Campbell Joins Purple Vision Team
  
  Mark Campbell has joined Purple Vision as technical consultant ...
• System Go-Live for Society of Chemical Industry
  
  We have been supporting SCI over the past year, first by advising on their selection of software systems (in this case they selected Integra by Iris), ...
• The lifecycle of a Guinea Pig
  
  A scenario - Imagine you need to invest in a software solution – a CRM solution for example. ...
• Total Branding
  
  Total Branding is where an organisation goes about its business in a purposeful and integrated way, focusing single-mindedly on the achievement of its ...
• Doctor Dan's Systems Surgery No.5: Share records across business units within Microsoft CRM
  
  Dear Dr Dan, Our team is attending a staff development event and will be away from our desks for a whole day.  Even though most of the general da ...
• Dr Dan's Systems Surgery No 2: Reporting Capabilities within Raiser's Edge
  
  There are a number of areas of reporting functionality available within Raiser’s Edge. If you understand what each tool does, maybe that will he ...
• Brand evolution - how Volvo responded to a brand crisis
  
  Many famous brands have been around for decades – some for even longer. They have survived and prospered by evolving. When properly managed, thi ...