After many weeks of designing, programming and testing, GiftWorks Volunteers is now available. You can download it from our Web site (http://www.missionresearch.com/giftworks_volunteers.html). We're quite proud of this release - it has really solid basic volunteer management capabilities, and is an excellent proof-of-concept for GiftWorks add-ins in general.
GiftWorks 2006 Update 4 was released simultaneously with GiftWorks Volunteers, and includes primarily some small bug fixes and support for the add-in architecture. Be on the lookout for more add-ins coming soon.
What's next? GiftWorks 2007, including support for an unlimited number of donor and donation records (via SQL Server), an update to the Volunteers module (adding full scheduling and online volunteer management) and lots more. We'll be meeting and setting the full roadmap for the next 6 months over the next couple of weeks. We look forward to continuing to serve our customers with ever-improving solutions.
Several months ago there was a terrific buyer's guide or article on this site which compared Giftworks with other databases including Raiser's Edge. When I tried to reach that link this week, the posting was gone and I was told by a MR staffer that is was removed. Is there any way to have a copy emailed to me--how I wish I had printed it out, because it was the most helpful thing I've read in ages. Thanks. PJ
Posted by: PJ Bruns | September 10, 2006 at 02:55 PM